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  1. List of explorers (24013 bytes)
    30: ...]]?-[[1377]]?), [[Morocco|Moroccan]] [[Berber]] Muslim, visited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to ...
    34: *[[Moric Benovsky]], [[Slovakia|Slovak]]
    53: ...ry]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[Atlantic]] islands)
    66: ... to the [[Indies]]; discovered various lands and islands and established a colony on [[Hispaniola]]
    67: ...Pacific]], discovering or mapping many lands and islands
  2. John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
    2: ...major party to run on a platform of opposition to slavery. He was born in [[Savannah, Georgia]].
    5: ...ed portions of the [[Des Moines River]], and from 1841 to [[1846]] he led exploration parties on the [[O...
    18: *Miles Harvey, ''The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Cri...
  3. List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
    90: *[[George Ade|Ade, George]] (1866-1944), ''[[The Slim Princess]]''
    97: *[[Cl魥nt Ader|Ader, Cl魥nt]], (1841-1925), French engineer and inventor
  4. Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
    20: ...n Wettin''). Queen Victoria's papers record her dislike of the name. Though rarely publicly used, Wet...
    27: ... of 1837]]), and in [[Jamaica]], the colonial legislature had protested British policies by refusing t...
    33: ...Queen Victoria appears on the widely circulated [[1841]] [[Penny Red]] postage stamp.]]
    39: ...)|Whigs]] under Melbourne lost the elections of [[1841]] and were replaced by the [[Conservative Party (...
    41: ...ade her first journey by train, travelling from [[Slough railway station]] (near [[Windsor Castle]]) t...
  5. Sojourner Truth (2794 bytes)
    3: ...ed States|American]] [[abolitionist]] born into [[slavery]]. (later changed to '''Baumfree'''). Other...
    5: ...] in [[1827]]; after [[New York]] state abolished slavery, she returned there in [[1829]], working as ...
    10: ...], the ''Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave''.
    13: ...ion Proclamation]] was issued to work with former slaves. She also met President [[Abraham Lincoln]].
    17: ''See also:'' [[Slave narrative]]
  6. Jennie Kidd Trout (1706 bytes)
    1: '''Jennie Kidd Trout''' ([[April 21]], [[1841]] – [[1921]]) was the first woman in Canada...
    3: ... Mills, [[Scotland]], Jennie (whose name is variously spelled '"Jenny'") moved with her parents to Can...
  7. Pansy (10101 bytes)
    20: ...ular. By 1835, 400 varieties were available. By 1841 the pansy had become a favorite show plant.
    37: ...of the flower, a single '''bottom petal''' with a slight indentation.
    42: ...urely. Stem will snap at the soil line if tugged slightly.
    69: ====Slugs and Snails====
    129: ...s]]") is a love [[potion]] : "the juice of it, on sleeping eyelids laid, will make or man or woman mad...
  8. Painting (4567 bytes)
    52: ... from an actual group that the artist was consciously involved with or it can be a category in which a...
    105: *[[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist...
  9. President of the United States (42878 bytes)
    14: ...f State]] [[Madeleine Albright]], born in [[Czechoslovakia]]; and [[Michigan]] [[List of Governors of ...
    16: ...should he have succeeded to the Presidency previously and served less than two years completing his pr...
    19: ...ally elected officials in the United States. (Legislators are elected on a state-by-state basis; other...
    35: ...l. In addition, the president has important [[legislative]] and [[judicial]] powers.
    96: || [[1837]] || [[1841]] || [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]...
  10. John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
    32: ...on]] remained the only American president unanimously chosen by the [[U.S. Electoral College|electoral...
    80: ...nish ship where they were being held as illegal [[slave]]s, should not be returned to [[Spain]], but r...
  11. Martin Van Buren (21629 bytes)
    6: ...td><td>[[March 4]], [[1837]]&ndash;[[March 4]], [[1841]]</td></tr>
    35: ...ution opposing the admission of [[Missouri]] as a slave state. In the same year he was chosen a presid...
    43: ...uctions from the New York [[State legislature|legislature]] &mdash; an action which was cited against ...
    55: ...District of Columbia]] without the consent of the slave states.
    59: ... He expressed himself plainly on the questions of slavery and the bank, at the same time voting, perha...
  12. Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
    9: ... vice President from March 4, 1837, to March 3, [[1841]].
    15: ... former [[History of slavery in the United States|slave]], [[Julia Chinn]], whom he had inherited from...
    30: ...ears=[[March 4]], [[1837]] &ndash; [[March 3]], [[1841]]}}
  13. John Tyler (18019 bytes)
    6: ...><td>'''Term of Office:'''</td><td>[[April 4]], [[1841]] - [[March 4]], [[1845]]</td></tr>
    21: ...resident of the United States]], and the tenth ([[1841]]-[[1845]]) [[President of the United States|Pres...
    27: ...ate to [[William Henry Harrison]]. Their campaign slogans of "Log Cabins and Hard Cider" and "Tippecan...
    29: ...the death of President Harrison on [[April 4]], [[1841]], and took the [[President of the United States ...
    58: ...er was officially expelled from the Whig Party in 1841, a few months after taking office, and the entire...
  14. Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
    18: ...his running mate [[William R. King]] won in a landslide, beating [[Winfield Scott]] by a 50 to 44 perc...
    20: ...sion of [[History of slavery in the United States|slavery]] in the [[American West|West]]. Pierce's cr...
    40: ... [[epidemic typhus]]. Benjamin "Bennie" Pierce ([[1841]]&ndash;[[1853]]) died in a tragic railway accide...
    45: ...dopted, opposing any further "agitation" over the slavery issue and supporting the [[Compromise of 185...
    47: ...m as a [[war hero]]. Pierce was nominated unanimously on the 49th ballot on [[June 5]]. Senator [[Will...
  15. Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
    44: ...tion]] in [[March]] of [[1861]], seven Southern [[slave state]]s [[secession|seceded]][[Confederate St...
    46: ... evident in his diplomatic handling of the border slave states at the beginning of the fighting, in hi...
    48: ...wever, he is most famous for his role in ending [[slavery]] in the United States with the enactment of...
    53: ..., Louisiana|New Orleans]] he may have witnessed a slave auction that left an indelible impression on h...
    61: ...]]. In [[1837]] he made his first protest against slavery in the [[Illinois House of Representatives|I...
  16. Andrew Johnson (12662 bytes)
    48: ...[1841]]. He was elected to the State Senate in [[1841]], and elected as a [[United States Democratic Pa...
    107: ... his Cabinet members at will. Johnson had previously vetoed the Act, claiming it was unconstitutional...
  17. Schuyler Colfax (2924 bytes)
    4: ...h County, Indiana]] in [[1841]]. He became a legislative correspondent for the ''[[Indiana State Jour...
  18. Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
    5: ...e was a member of the state legislature between [[1841]] and [[1852]], and was owner and editor of the '...
  19. Alexandria (28378 bytes)
    1: ...3;&#1585;&#1610;&#1577;''', [[transliteration|transliterated]] '''al-&#700;Iskandariyyah''') is the ch...
    3: ... founding of [[Cairo]] by Egypt's medi&aelig;val Islamic rulers its status as the country's capital wa...
    23: ...e possible site, behind the screen of the Pharos island and removed from the silt thrown out by Nile m...
    34: ...an influence for more than a hundred years previously. [[Julius Caesar]] dallied with [[Cleopatra VII...
    58: ...port, and a flourishing city arose on the Pharos island and the Heptastadion district, with outlying s...
  20. Afghanistan (23568 bytes)
    3: ...s now officially named the '''[[Islamic republic|Islamic Republic]] of Afghanistan'''.
    5: ...''Da Afghanistan Islami Dawlat'''<br>'''Dawlat-e Eslami-e Afghanestan'''</big>
    40: ...|| [[Sunni Islam]] <small>77%</small><br>[[Shi'a Islam]] <small>22%</small>
    72: ...an sought to impose a strict interpretation of [[Islam]]ic [[Sharia]] law. The Taliban gave safe haven...
    88: ...sidential form of government with a bicameral legislature.

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