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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
20: | [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]]
25: | [[1860]] through [[1874]]
69: | [[1866]] — [[1873]] (east wing), [[1879]] — ...
76: | [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]]
135: | [[North Carolina]] - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...lorations]], [[Sea explorer|sea explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[Hi...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] ex...
8: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
15: *[[Diego de Almagro]] - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
6: ... became attracted by the example of another Scot, Robert Moffat, whose daughter he later married, and ...
8: ... for a brief time at his insistence and over the protests of the Moffats – although she was preg...
12: ...ican continent. In particular, Livingstone was a proponent of trade and missions to be established in ...
14: ... a book on his travels. At this time he resigned from the missionary society to which he belonged.
19: The other Westerners, including Livingstone's brother Charles (the one exception being [[George Rae... - List of people by name: Aa (1020 bytes)
5: *[[Jeppe Aakj沼Aakj沬 Jeppe]], (1866-1930), Danish writer
11: *[[Aaron]], (ca. 1300 BC), [[Bible|Biblical]] figure
12: *[[Hank Aaron|Aaron, Hank]], (1934-), baseball player
13: *[[Sarah Aaronsohn|Aaronsohn, Sarah]], (1890-1917), head of [[Nili]], a [...
14: ...ronson|Aaronson, Marc]], (1950-1987), American astronomer - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
10: ...air, John A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
25: *[[Karol Adamiecki|Adamiecki, Karol]], (1866-1933), Polish engineer and economist
37: ...s, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut
41: ... General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ... from [[20 June]] [[1837]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more ...
12: ...tranged from their wives) and father children to provide an heir for the king. At the age of fifty the...
14: ...oria's uncle, the Prince of Wales, inherited the Crown, becoming King George IV. Though she occupied a...
16: ...the ''[[Regency Act 1831]]'', under which it was provided that Victoria's mother, the Duchess of Kent ...
18: ...sons for marrying Victoria may have been, theirs proved to be an extremely happy marriage. - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
4: ... years old, she visited many of the capitals of Europe, including [[London]], [[Paris]], and [[Berlin]...
6: ...e [[Old Masters|old masters]] on her own and in [[1866]] she moved to Paris.
8: ...ntings in Italy, after which she traveled about Europe.
10: ...d, and in Paris, she studied with [[Camille Pissarro]].
14: ...t window and absorb all I could of his art," she wrote to a friend. "It changed my life. I saw art the... - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
3: ... [[Victorian era]], whose novels, largely set in provincial England, are well known for their [[realis...
5: ...ay have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny and to prevent scandals attendin...
8: ...ion. Charles Bray, a [[Coventry]] manufacturer, brought her into contact with more liberal theologies...
12: ...ooned in [[Venice]] and, allegedly, Cross jumped from their hotel balcony into the Grand Canal on thei...
14: Friend and author [[Henry James]] once wrote of her: - Ouida (1938 bytes)
3: ...lk nickname for "Louise". During her career, she wrote more than 40 [[novel]]s. For many years she li...
12: * ''Chandos '' (1866) - Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (3312 bytes)
5: ...oma to practise medicine. London University, the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, and many ...
7: ...rted to enable poor women to obtain medical help from qualified practitioners of their own sex. The d...
9: ...sed and equipped, the New hospital (in the Euston Road) being worked entirely by medical women, and th...
11: ...vement for the admission of women to the medical profession, of which Dr Anderson was the indefatigabl...
14: ...Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital on the Euston road in London -- this is the modern name of the New... - Matthew Henson (1087 bytes)
2: ...rst to reach the [[Geographic North Pole]] with [[Robert Peary]] in [[1909]]. However, some have estim...
4: ...[1912]] and later in collaboration with [[Bradley Robinson]] his biography ''Dark Companion'' in [[194... - Saxophone (14311 bytes)
7: ...struments led to it not being used in orchestral groups, and for a long time it was relegated to milit...
9: ...e manufactured there. The Hungarian/Roumanian [[tarogato]], which is quite similar to a [[soprano saxo...
11: ...nstruments. After 1866 many modifications were introduced by a number of manufacturers.
14: ...xophone's body is effectively conical, giving it properties more similar to the [[oboe]] than to the [...
16: ...ugh a great amount of development is required to produce a beautiful tone color. - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
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31: | '''Profession:''' || [[Lawyer]]
42: ... of the United States]], and the first president from the [[United States Republican Party|Republican ...
44: ...rica]], and took control of U.S. forts and other properties within their boundaries. These events soon...
46: ...ng competing considerations and at getting rival groups to work together toward a common goal. He pers... - Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
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19: | '''Place of Birth:''' || [[Raleigh, North Carolina]]
42: ...ebels and his vetoes of [[civil rights]] bills embroiled him in a bitter dispute with the Congressiona...
45: Johnson was born in [[Raleigh, North Carolina]], to Jacob Johnson and Mary McDonough on [[D...
48: ...s a member of the State House of Representatives from [[1835]] to [[1837]] and [[1839]] to [[1841]]. ... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
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24: Grant won many important battles, rose to become general-in-chief of all [[Union army|...
26: ...e is instead mostly criticized for not taking a strong stance against the corruption, and not acting t...
30: ... village of [[Georgetown, Ohio|Georgetown]] in [[Brown County, Ohio]], where Grant spent most of his t...
32: ...ing that the "S" stood for Simpson. He graduated from West Point in [[1843]], ranking 21st in a class ... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...ve arguments or evidence to the contrary, please provide them on the talk page, and wait until the con...
3: ... of the many "main" articles about Canada linked from this article, e.g., [[Politics of Canada]], [[Ge...
8: ...of Canada|territories]]. Initially constituted through the [[British North America Acts|British North...
15: ...overnor General of Canada]], who exercises the prerogatives of the head of state (the monarch), and th...
21: ...deposits, [[nuclear energy]] generation, and [[hydroelectric power]] capacity. Its diversified [[Econo... - Romania (19812 bytes)
1: ...tern and southern [[Carpathians]] mountains run through its center.<!--
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8: common_name = Romania |
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10: image_coat = Coa_romania.png | - Hungary (18459 bytes)
1: ...vakia]], [[Ukraine]], [[Romania]], [[Serbia]], [[Croatia]] and [[Slovenia]]. It is known locally as th...
12: ... = (none current)<br>historical: Regnum Mariae Patrona Hungariae |
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57: ... to overthrow the Avars, but their power was not broken until [[Charlemagne]]. The decline of the king... - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
43: ...permanently in Connecticut were English Puritans from Massachusetts in 1633. Its first constitution, t...
47: ... of town. One, [[Naugatuck]], is a merged town-borough.
49: ...rently has five [[U.S. Congressional Delegations from Connecticut|representatives in the House]].
54: The Connecticut River cuts through the center of the state, flowing into Long Isl...
56: ... up the coast near New London. Many towns center around a small park, known as a "green", ''e.g.'' [[N... - Tennessee (19096 bytes)
11: ... = [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] (largest [[metropolitan area]] is Nashville) |
39: ...amed [[Tanasi]] (or "Tanase") in present-day [[Monroe County, Tennessee]]. The town was located on a r...
41: ...d are uncertain. Some accounts suggest it is a Cherokee modification of an earlier [[Yuchi]] or possib...
43: ...ence during the [[1750s]]. In [[1788]], [[North Carolina]] named the third county to be established in...
46: ...abited the [[Tennessee River]] Valley prior to Cherokee migration into the river's headwaters.
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