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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
9: | [[1851]]
13: | [[1923]] — [[1931]]
17: | [[1899]] — [[1900]]
21: | [[1895]] — [[1915]]
29: | [[1886]] — [[1907]] - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...he familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
7: ...addy]] agriculture is [[Radiocarbon dating|carbon-dated]] to about 6000 BC, and associated with the [[...
14: ...皇五帝). These rulers were legendary sage-kings and moral examplars, and one of them...
18: ...22799;朝) to some 4,000 years ago, but this date has not yet been corroborated. Some archaeolog...
22: ...he last of the six capitals of the Shang (c 1300–1046 BC). - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ... United States]], and the first Presidential candidate of a major party to run on a platform of opposi...
5: ...evada]]. During his expeditions in the Sierra Nevada, it is generally acknowledged that Frémont becam...
7: ...resident of the United States|presidential]] candidate, but he lost (see [[U.S. presidential election,...
13: ...ty, Colorado|Colorado]], [[Fremont County, Idaho|Idaho]], [[Fremont County, Iowa|Iowa]] and [[Fremont ...
15: ... discovery of the [[Single-leaf Pinyon]]. The standard [[Binomial nomenclature#Authorship in scientifi... - China (38909 bytes)
34: ...low [[political divisions of China|provincial boundaries]]. In many contexts, "China" is commonly used...
38: ...hina]]" (中國大陸,''zhōngguó dàlù'' in Mandarin), especially when contrasting it with other, p...
45: ...hang]], who settled along the [[Huang He]] river, dating from the 18th to the 12th centuries BC. The S...
53: ...Rebellion|Taiping Civil War]] which lasted from [[1851]] to [[1862]]. The civil war was started by an ex...
55: ...ist state]]—the People's Republic of China—that laid claim to be the successor state of th... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...h. Her reign lasted more than sixty-three years — longer than that of any other British monarch....
12: ...future King George IV), did marry, but had only a daughter, [[Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales]]. W...
14: ...French]]. Her educator was the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]].
20: ...f the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s descendants a separate family surname, [[Mountbatten-Winds...
25: ...ugustus I of Hanover|Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale]], who became King Ernest Augustus of Hanover. ... - Rani Lakshmi Bai (4917 bytes)
7: ...ur months old. After this, the couple adopted Damodar Rao as their son. But Maharaja Gangadhar Rao exp...
10: ...m that Damodar Rao was their [[legal heir]]. Lord Dalhousie decided to annex the state of Jhansi under...
15: ..., [[Lala Bhau Bakshi]], [[Moti Bai]], [[Sunder-Mundar]], [[Kashi Bai]], [[Deewan Raghunath Singh]] and...
19: ...ress ramparts. The British captured Gwalior three days later. The 22 year-old Rani was cremated nearby...
25: ...pant Tambe, was captured and hanged to death, few days after fall of Jhansi. - Elizabeth Cady Stanton (4406 bytes)
1: ...|200px|thumb|right|Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her daughter Harriot.]]
2: ...beth Cady Stanton''' ([[November 12]], [[1815]] – [[October 26]], [[1902]]) was a social activis...
6: ...Starting in [[1881]], Stanton, Anthony and [[Matilda Joslyn Gage]] published the first of three volume...
14: ...later became a judge. Margaret Livingston was the daughter of Colonel James Livingston, an officer in ... - Sojourner Truth (2794 bytes)
3: '''Sojourner Truth''' ([[circa|c.]] [[1797]]–[[1883]]) was the self-given name, from [[1843]...
5: She escaped to [[Canada]] in [[1827]]; after [[New York]] state abolished...
8: ... short but well pointed commentary delivered in [[1851]] at the Women's Convention in [[Akron, Ohio|Akro...
26: * [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1044&pt=Sojo... - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
5: ...vate life from public scrutiny and to prevent scandals attending her relationship with [[George Henry ...
8: ... in [[1850]] and became its assistant editor in [[1851]]. The ''Westminster Review'' had been founded b...
10: ...career. Evans' cohabitation with Lewes was a scandalous matter. Lewes' wife refused to be divorced, ...
21: ...[Middlemarch]]''. By the time of ''[[Daniel Deronda]]'', Eliot's sales were falling off, and she fade...
27: * ''[[Adam Bede]]'' (1859) - Anna Maxwell (1551 bytes)
2: '''Anna Caroline Maxwell''' [[March 14]], [[1851]] - [[January 2]], [[1929]], [[United States|US]]...
8: ...ded her the [[Medaille de l'Hygiene Publique]] (Medal of honor for Public Health). - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ...|nursing]]. Each year, the [[International Nurses Day]] is celebrated on her birth anniversary.
11: ...nfirmary]] in [[London]] that became a public scandal, Nightingale became the leading advocate for imp...
17: In [[1851]] she rejected the marriage proposal of politicia...
19: ...46]]), a position he would hold again ([[1852]] – [[1854]]) during the [[Crimean War]]. Herbert ...
23: ...ctivity, and the [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] foundations of the hospital. While at Kaiserwerth, Flore... - Flowering plant (29088 bytes)
8: [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]] - Dicots<br>
9: [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]] - Monocots<br>
18: ...edons. This is the sense in which the term is nowadays received and in which it is used here.
22: ...etween these two extremes is every conceivable gradation, embracing aquatic and terrestrial herbs, cre...
27: ... and is available here [[Wikipedia Tree of Life/Update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group]]. - Marco Polo (6716 bytes)
1: ... known as one of the world's greatest explorers — some skeptics see him as the world's greatest ...
7: ... from the island of [[Korcula|Korčula]] in today's [[Croatia]] (then known as ''Curzola'') in the...
18: ...ranslations. The book became an instant success — quite an achievement in a time when printing w...
23: ...served as a special emissary for [[Kublai Khan]]—which is puzzling, given the careful record-kee...
29: ...n is circumstantial, and there are no arguments today that refute any of the descriptions that he did ... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
6: ...y of the name evolved into the title "Qahirat Al Adaa" meaning "subduer of the enemies". This title wa...
11: ...g|thumb|left|200px|This Envisat ASAR Wide-Swath radar multicolour composite image is focused over the ...
18: ...idges link the Nile islands of [[Gezira]] and [[Roda]], where many government buildings are located an...
32: ...et [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] which was rising on the day the city was founded.
34: ...ol remains a major center for [[Islamic]] study today. The [[Seljuk]]s caputured Cairo in the mid 1100... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
6: | date1=[[April 30]], [[1789]]
7: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1797]]
9: | succeeded=[[John Adams]]
10: | date of birth=[[February 22]], [[1732]]
13: | date of death=[[December 14]], [[1799]] - John Tyler (18019 bytes)
9: <tr><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[March 29]], [[1790]]</td>...
11: <tr><td>'''Date of Death:'''</td><td>[[January 18]], [[1862]]</...
14: [[Priscilla Cooper Tyler]] (daughter-in-law)<br>
44: ... [[1842]]. John spent two years as a widower. His daughter-in-law [[Elizabeth Priscilla Cooper]] serve...
46: *David Gardiner Tyler ([[July 12]], [[1846]] - [[Sept... - Millard Fillmore (12296 bytes)
9: <tr><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[January 7]], [[1800]]</td...
11: <tr><td>'''Date of Death:'''</td><td>[[March 8]], [[1874]]</td>...
14: [[Mary Abigail Fillmore]] (daughter)</td></tr>
26: ... It was thought that the obscure, self-made candidate from [[New York]] would complement Taylor, a sl...
31: ...the merits of the compromise proposals, but a few days before President Taylor's death, he intimated t... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
13: | [[March 4]], [[1861]] – [[April 15]], [[1865]]
19: | '''Date of birth:''' || [[February 12]], [[1809]]
24: | '''Date of death:''' || [[April 15]], [[1865]]
42: ... '''Great Emancipator''', was the 16th ([[1861]]–[[1865]]) [[President of the United States]], a...
44: ... U.S. forts and other properties within their boundaries. These events soon led to the [[American Civi... - Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
3: '''Henry Wilson''' ([[February 16]], [[1812]]–[[November 22]], [[1875]]) was a [[United State...
5: ...r of the ''Boston Republican'' from [[1848]] to [[1851]].
7: ...nvention in [[1853]] and was an unsuccessful candidate for [[Governor of Massachusetts]] in 1853. In ...
12: ... Republican Party vice presidential nominees|candidate]]|before=[[Schuyler Colfax]]|after=[[William A....
13: ...illiam A. Wheeler]]|years=[[March 4]], [[1873]] – [[November 22]], [[1875]]}} - William A. Wheeler (2833 bytes)
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44: ...'William Almon Wheeler''' ([[June 30]], [[1819]]–[[June 4]], [[1887]]) was a [[United States Hou...
46: ... a member of the state Assembly in [[1850]] and [[1851]] and a member of the state Senate from [[1858]] ...
48: ...been nominated in [[1876]] as the Republican candidate for Vice President. He was elected on the Repu... - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
5: | date1=[[September 20]], [[1881]]
6: | date2=[[March 3]], [[1885]]
9: | date of birth=[[October 5]], [[1829]]
12: | date of death=[[November 18]], [[1886]]
18: ...Chester Alan Arthur''' ([[October 5]], [[1829]] – [[November 18]], [[1886]]) was an [[Politics o... - Australia (39438 bytes)
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54: ...glish to use the word "Australia" was [[Alexander Dalrymple]] in his ''An Historical Collection of Voy... - Saqqara (4142 bytes)
3: ...ramid]]. It is located some 30 km south of modern-day [[Cairo]] and covers an area of around 7 km by 1...
12: ...dynasty of Egypt|Third Dynasty]]. Still visible today, is the [[Pyramid of Djoser|Step Pyramid]] of th...
14: ... site, in various states of preservation or delapidation.
15: ...the earliest known example of the Pyramid Texts – inscriptions with instructions for the afterli...
18: ...g Djoser's pyramid was not uncovered until 1924 – many of these have been superbly preserved, wi... - California (63989 bytes)
16: TradAbbreviation = Calif. |
19: LandArea = 404,298 |
31: AdmittanceDate = [[September 9]], [[1850]] |
32: ...Pacific]]: [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]-8/[[Daylight saving time|-7]] |
63: ... = [[West Coast Swing]]; folk - [[Square dance]] | - New Mexico (31079 bytes)
17: LandArea = 314,590 |
25: AdmittanceDate = [[January 6]], [[1912]] |
26: ...untain Standard Time Zone|Mountain]]: [[UTC]]-7/[[Daylight saving time|-6]] |
46: ...542]]. Coronado camped near an excavated pueblo today preserved as [[Coronado State Monument]] in [[15...
52: ...ted Native Americans to forced labor on the haciendas and attempted to convert them to Christianity. T... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
8: *[[Salvador Dali]], ([[1904]]-[[1989]]), Catalan artist
11: *[[Leonardo da Vinci]], ([[1452]]-[[1519]]), Italian painter, sc...
29: *[[Franklin Adams]]
45: *[[David Allan]] ([[1744]]-[[1796]])
68: *[[John James Audubon]] ([[1785]]-[[1851]]) - Cuneiform script (7588 bytes)
4: The Sumerian script was adapted for the writing of the [[Akkadian language|Ak...
13: ...ographic meaning. When the cuneiform script was adapted to writing the [[Hittite language]], a layer ...
16: ...as written using the [[Ugaritic alphabet]], a standard Semitic style [[alphabet]] (an ''[[abjad]]'') w...
21: ... I of Persia|King Darius of Persia]] ([[522 BC]]–[[486 BC]]), they consisted of identical texts ...
25: By [[1851]], Hincks and Rawlinson could read 200 Babylonian... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
13: *[[William George Armstrong]] — [[hydraulic crane]], Armstrong breech-loading ...
14: ...e [[Canada|Canadian]] Department of Agriculture — instant mashed potato flakes
18: *[[Charles Babbage]], (1791-1871), [[England]] — [[Analytical engine]]
20: ...d]] (1863) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]]
21: ...h Baer]] - [[Germany|German]] born [[American]] — [[computer game]] - January 17 (12233 bytes)
1: ...year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]]. There are 348 days remaining (349 in [[leap year]]s).
3: {{JanuaryCalendar}}
9: ...]] - Continental troops under Brigadier General [[Daniel Morgan]] defeat British forces under Lieutena...
13: ...h]] army at the [[Battle of Abu Klea]] in the [[Sudan]].
32: * [[1982]] - [[Cold Sunday|"Cold Sunday"]] in the [[United States]] sees temperatures fa... - History of California (38344 bytes)
1: {{dablink|This article covers the History of Californi...
3: Although the present-day State of [[California]] has been occupied for mi...
11: ...re among the traces of a very early inhabitation, dated to the last [[ice age]] ([[Wisconsin glaciatio...
13: ...s. Tribes in the [[Sierra Nevada (US)|Sierra Nevada]] foothills collected [[acorn]]s from [[oak]] tre...
36: ...irst European to explore the coast of the present day State of California was Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo... - Pope Boniface IV (5099 bytes)
1: '''Boniface IV''' (''ca''. [[550]] – [[May 25]] [[615]]) was [[pope]] from [[608]] ...
9: ...nciliengeschichte, III, 66), questionable by [[Haddan]] and [[Stubbs]] (Councils, III, 65), and genuin...
17: ...asilica]]. His remains were three times removed — in the [[10th century|tenth]] or [[11th centur...
19: ...a saint in the [[Roman Martyrology]] on his feast day, [[25 May]].
25: * Gasquet, Francis Aidan. A Short History of the Catholic Church in Engla... - Pope Boniface V (3289 bytes)
5: ... a [[Naples|Neapolitan]] who succeeded [[Pope Adeodatus I]] after a vacancy of more than a year. Befor...
9: ... the [[pallium]] upon him and directing him to "ordain bishops as occasion should require." According ...
15: *Gasquet, Francis Aidan. ''A Short History of the Catholic Church in Eng...
17: *Hunt, William. ''The English Church from Its Foundation to the Norman Conquest''. Vol. 1. "A History ...
18: ...rum ab condita ecclesia ad annum 1198''. Berlin, 1851; 2d ed., Leipsic, 1881-88. I, 222 - Golf (35905 bytes)
4: ...he hole by a stroke or successive strokes in accordance with the Rules."'' Golf is believed to have or...
18: ...reen is not static and may be changed from day to day. This hole on the green has a flag on a pole pos...
27: ...y the course layout. On a nine-hole course, a standard round consists of two successive nine-hole roun...
54: ...sh/rules/PDF/RoG2004.pdf] are internationally standardised and are jointly governed by the [[Royal and...
77: ...amount of earth moving resulting in an affordable daily green fee and a more natural golfing experienc... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
20: *[[Johannes Nicolaus Br?d]], (1879-1947), Danish chemist
36: *[[John Dalton]], (1766-1844), physicist
37: ...[[Henrik Carl Peter Dam]], (1895-1976), [[Denmark|Danish]] biochemist, winner of the [[1943]] [[Nobel ...
38: *[[Humphry Davy]], (1778-1829)
43: *[[Davorin Dolar]], (born 1921), chemist - Underground Railroad (17993 bytes)
2: ...cape to [[free state]]s, or as far north as [[Canada]], with the aid of [[abolitionists]]. Other route...
23: ...m to safety, where they eventually escaped to Canada.
25: Slaves escaped bondage with and without outside assistance as early as...
27: ...re. The slaveowner, in hot pursuit, remarked that Davids had disappeared as if through an "underground...
31: ...d slavery in [[1829]], and until [[1819]], [[Florida]] was under the jurisdiction of [[Spain]]. - Sloth (5489 bytes)
3: ...ng Book]] | caption = A sloth, as depicted in the 1851<br />Illustrated London Reading Book}}
6: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordata]]}}
11: '''Megalonychidae'''<br />
12: '''Bradypodidae'''
14: ...[[families]] '''Megalonychidae''' and '''Bradypodidae''', part of the [[order (biology)|order]] [[Xena... - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
22: timezone = [[Pacific Standard Time Zone|PST]] |
24: timezone_DST = [[Pacific Daylight Time|PDT]] |
31: ...ates]], in terms of population. It is a [[consolidated city-county]] (the only one in California) sit...
33: ... whose population is over 7 million. U.S. census data show that San Francisco has the highest populat...
51: ...ervice the growing population are still present today, notably [[Levi Strauss & Co.]] clothing, [[Ghir... - James K. Polk (27988 bytes)
6: | date1=[[March 4]], [[1845]]
7: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1849]]
10: | date of birth=November 2, 1795
13: | date of death=June 15, 1849
17: | vicepresident=[[George M. Dallas]] - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
1: The '''American Revolutionary War''' ([[1775]]–[[1783]]), also known as the '''American War of...
12: ...r) a regular army—the [[Continental Army]]—in June of 1775, and appointed [[George Washing...
15: ...sh;American colonists who sided with the British—fielded perhaps 50,000 men during the war years...
33: ...l Patriot riders—including [[Paul Revere]]—alerted the countryside, and when the British t...
43: === Canada, 1775-76 === - Jefferson Davis (14427 bytes)
2: ...:President-Jefferson-Davis.jpg|thumb|'''Jefferson Davis''']]
3: '''Jefferson Davis''' ([[June 3]], [[1808]]–[[December 6]], [[1889]]) was an [[United State...
6: ... under [[Andrew Jackson]] and receiving his commendation for bravery in the [[Battle of New Orleans]].
8: During Davis's youth, his family moved several times, in [[...
10: ...[[Lexington, Kentucky]] in [[1821]]. In [[1824]], Davis entered the [[United States Military Academy]]... - Stonewall Jackson (15247 bytes)
3: ..."Stonewall" Jackson''' ([[January 21]], [[1824]]–[[May 10]], [[1863]]) was an American [[teacher...
6: ...]–[[1831]]) and Jonathan Jackson ([[1790]]–[[1826]]), an [[attorney]]. Both of Jackson's p...
8: ...r gave birth to Thomas' sister Laura Ann the next day. Julia Jackson was widowed at 28 and was left wi...
12: ... a grist mill in [[Jackson's Mill]] (near present-day [[Weston, West Virginia|Weston]]). Cummins Jacks...
26: ...asingly. During this time Jackson even began a Sunday school for blacks, both slave and free. - March 20 (10075 bytes)
1: ...alendar]] (80th in [[Leap year]]s). There are 286 days remaining.
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
7: *[[1413]] – [[Henry V of England|Henry V]] becomes King of...
8: *[[1602]] – The [[Dutch East India Company]] is establishe...
9: *[[1739]] – [[Nadir Shah]] occupies [[Delhi]] in [[India]]... - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
23: timezone = [[Pacific Standard Time Zone|PST]] |
25: timezone_DST = [[Pacific Daylight Time|PDT]] |
46: ...her Lode]] in the [[Sierra Nevada (US)|Sierra Nevada]], the newly founded city grew, quickly reaching ...
58: ... Sacramento River sees many boaters, who can make day trips to nearby sloughs or go all along the Delt...
69: ...and city manager form of government, still used today. - Des Moines, Iowa (13222 bytes)
4: ...]], which was incorporated on [[September 22]], [[1851]] as Fort Des Moines.
43: ... county departments and programs have been consolidated.
52: ... Moines metropolitan area only consisted of Polk, Dallas, and Warren counties.)
66: * [[Urbandale, Iowa|Urbandale]]
89: ... International Airport|Atlanta Hartsfield]] and [[Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport]]. Despite i... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
14: *[[John Couch Adams]] (United Kingdom, [[1819]] - [[1892]])
25: *[[Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov]] (Russia, [[1912]] - [[1999]...
66: *[[David Bates (physicist)|David Bates]]
75: *[[Daniel Bernoulli]] (Switzerland, [[1700]] - [[1782]]...
88: *[[Danilo Blanusa]], ([[Croatia]], [[1903]] - [[1987]]) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
8: ...arc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[1987]])
9: ... Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[1983]])
10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
12: ...reeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] – [[1973]]) - Johann Gottfried Galle (1693 bytes)
1: ...Johann Gottfried Galle''' ([[June 9]], [[1812]] – [[July 10]], [[1910]]) was a German [[astronom...
4: in [[1851]] he moved to Breslau (now [[Wrocław]]) to b...
11: ... observation of [[Uranus (planet)|Uranus]] on the days from [[October 20]] to [[October 23]], [[1706]]... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
14: *[[Isaac Abrabanel|Isaac ben Judah Abravanel]], (1437-1508){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}}
15: *[[Judah Leon Abravanel|Judah ben Isaac Abravanel]], (1460?-1535?){{fn|C}}{{fn...
19: *[[Adam Parvipontanus]], (d. 1181)
20: *[[Marilyn McCord Adams]], (born 1943){{fn|O}}
21: *[[Robert Adams (philosopher)|Robert Adams]], (born 1937){{fn|O}} - Timeline of railway history (5902 bytes)
11: *[[1825]] Stephenson's [[Stockton and Darlington Railway]], the world's first steam operat...
16: *[[1851]] First train in India
34: ...e|diesel]] locomotive service introduced in [[Canada]]. - Franz Xaver von Baader (10383 bytes)
1: ...anz Xaver von Baader''' ([[March 27]], [[1765]] – [[May 23]], [[1841]]), was a [[Germany|German]...
3: ...ricts in north Germany, and for four years, 1792–1796, resided in [[England]].
5: ... of [[David Hume]], [[David Hartley (philosopher)|David Hartley]] and [[William Godwin]], which were a...
7: ...he title ''Spekulative Dogmatik,'' 4 parts, 1827–1836. In 1838 he opposed the interference in ci...
9: ...''scientia'', it is invariably ''con-scientia'' — a knowing with, consciousness of, or participa... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
1: ...ge:Charles Darwin aged 51.jpg|thumb|300px|Charles Darwin, about the same time as the publication of ''...
2: ...arles Robert Darwin''' ([[12 February]] [[1809]]–[[19 April]] [[1882]]) was a [[United Kingdom|B...
4: ...imilar theory forced early joint [[publication of Darwin's theory]].
8: In a national recognition of Darwin's pre-eminence, he was buried in [[Westminste...
12: ''For details see [[Charles Darwin's education]].'' - James A. Garfield (15070 bytes)
9: <tr><td>'''Date of Birth'''</td><td>[[November 19]], [[1831]]</...
11: <tr><td>'''Date of Death:'''</td><td>[[September 19]], [[1881]]...
19: ...es Abram Garfield''' ([[November 19]], [[1831]] – [[September 19]], [[1881]]) was the 20th ([[18...
21: ...as in power for a total of just six months and 15 days.
26: From [[1851]]-[[1854]] he attended the Western Reserve Eclect... - John C. Breckinridge (5870 bytes)
2: ...Cabell Breckinridge''' ([[January 16]], [[1821]]–[[May 17]], [[1875]]) was a lawyer, [[United St...
4: ...ucky]]. He graduated from [[Centre College]] in [[Danville, Kentucky]], in [[1839]], later attended th...
6: ...es Congress|Congresses]] ([[March 4]], [[1851]] – [[March 3]], [[1855]]). Breckinridge did not ...
8: ... more electoral votes than the other 2 major candidates, [[John Bell (Tennessee politician)|John Bell]...
10: ...rable surrender, even while President [[Jefferson Davis]] fiercely desired to continue the fight. - Hannibal Hamlin (5219 bytes)
2: '''Hannibal Hamlin''' ([[August 27]], [[1809]] – [[July 4]], [[1891]]) was an [[American politi...
6: ...enate vacancy in [[1848]] and to a full term in [[1851]].
10: ...ted States)|Democrat]], Hamlin supported the candidacy of [[Franklin Pierce]] in [[1852]]. However, he...
25: [[Hamlin County, South Dakota]] is named in his honor.
35: ...idential nominees|candidate]]|before=[[William L. Dayton]]|after=[[Andrew Johnson]] *|years=[[U.S. pre... - Thomas A. Hendricks (3507 bytes)
2: ... Andrews Hendricks''' ([[September 7]], [[1819]]–[[November 25]], [[1885]]) was a [[United State...
4: ...arch 3]], [[1855]]). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in [[1854]]. He was Chairman of...
6: ... to [[1859]], and an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for [[Governor of Indiana]] in [[1860]]. He mo...
8: ...to Greeley. Hendricks ran as an unsuccessful candidate for Vice President on the Democratic ticket wit...
12: ..._Democratic_Party_vice_presidential_nominees|candidate]]|before=[[B. Gratz Brown]]|after=[[William Hay... - Ancient China (39554 bytes)
1: ...he familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
6: ...addy]] agriculture is [[Radiocarbon dating|carbon-dated]] to about 6000 BC, and associated with the [[...
14: ...皇五帝). These rulers were legendary sage-kings and moral examplars, and one of them...
18: ...22799;朝) to some 4,000 years ago, but this date has not yet been corroborated. Some archaeolog...
22: ...he last of the six capitals of the Shang (c 1300–1046 BC). - California Condors (7528 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
8: ...milia_entry | taxon = [[New World vulture|Cathartidae]]}}
18: ...ld vulture]]s, which are in the family ''Accipitridae'' along with [[hawk]]s, [[eagle]]s and [[kite (b...
20: ...e, resulting in a very large total wing area, an adaptation for soaring.
24: ...ntil the completion of the first moulting. As an adaptation for hygiene, the head and neck have no fea... - Daddy-Long-Legs Spiders (4018 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color=pink | name=Daddy long-legs spider}}
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Arthropoda]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Arachnida]]}}
9: ...author = [[Carl Ludwig Koch|C. L. Koch]] | date = 1851}}
17: ...ily, in the suborder [[Araneomorphae]]. The name "Daddy long-legs spider" has recently been accepted a... - Ladybugs (5703 bytes)
12: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = '''Coccinellidae'''}}
22: ''see [[list of Coccinellidae genera]]''
28: ...scientists favor this) are a family, '''Coccinellidae''' ("little sphere"), of [[beetle]]s; the name i...
32: ...g their role in saving crops from destruction. Today they are commercially available from a variety o...
47: and ancient (recounted in an [[1851]] publication): - List of U.S. military history events (12126 bytes)
1: ...76, and either are located within territorial boundaries of the United States ''or'' involve the armed...
4: ...arized conflicts involving the United States, the dates show the years in which U.S. military units (p...
6: *'''[[American Revolutionary War]]''' (1775–1783)
7: *[[Quasi-War]] (1798–1801)
8: *[[First Barbary War]] (1801–1805) - Sea Lamprey (9084 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = '''Petromyzontidae'''}}
12: [[Mordaciinae]]<br>
23: ...se lasts about 18 months. Whether lampreys are predators or parasites is a blurred question.
27: ... at sea and spawning can be up to 18 months long—surely one of the most remarkable endurance eve... - Sloths (6298 bytes)
2: ...ng Book]] | caption = A sloth, as depicted in the 1851<br />Illustrated London Reading Book}}
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordata]]}}
10: '''Megalonychidae'''<br />
11: '''Bradypodidae'''
13: ...[[families]] '''Megalonychidae''' and '''Bradypodidae''', part of the [[order (biology)|order]] [[Xena... - Cuneiform (script) (7717 bytes)
4: The Sumerian script was adapted for the writing of the [[Akkadian language|Ak...
13: ...ographic meaning. When the cuneiform script was adapted to writing the [[Hittite language]], a layer ...
16: ...as written using the [[Ugaritic alphabet]], a standard Semitic style [[alphabet]] (an ''[[abjad]]'') w...
21: ... I of Persia|King Darius of Persia]] ([[522 BC]]–[[486 BC]]), they consisted of identical texts ...
25: By [[1851]], Hincks and Rawlinson could read 200 Babylonian... - Geography1 (26085 bytes)
2: ...ionary.reference.com/browse/geography |accessmonthday=October 9|accessyear=2006 }}</ref> A literal tra...
5: .../jhayesboh/environmentalgeography.htm |accessmonthday=October 9|accessyear=2006 }}</ref> As space and ...
7: ...t is Geography. In a word Geography is a Science—a thing not of mere names but of argument and r...
9: ...www.aag.org/Careers/What_is_geog.html |accessmonthday=October 9|accessyear=2006 }}</ref> As a result o...
71: ...owledge in which the spatial dimension plays a fundamental role, such as [[regional economics]], [[res... - Modern architecture (3868 bytes)
8: ...ements such as [[Cubism]] and [[De Stijl]] as fundamentally altering the way in which buildings are d...
21: ...s the ideology differed slightly. However, the fundamental aim was to unite art and technolgy to produ... - 1901 (12292 bytes)
11: ...mon year starting on Tuesday]] (see link for calendar).
37: ...n River at [[Hartland]], [[New Brunswick]], [[Canada]] opens. It is the longest [[Covered bridge|cover...
41: ... [[Buffalo, New York]]. McKinley dies there eight days later.
47: * [[October 24]] – Michigan schoolteacher [[Annie Taylor]] goes d...
48: ...rse [[Jane Toppan]] is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of [[morphin... - December 9 (7837 bytes)
1: ... year in the [[Gregorian calendar]]. There are 22 days remaining.
3: {{DecemberCalendar}}
6: ...]] - [[New York, New York|New York City]]'s first daily [[newspaper]], the ''American Minerva'', is es...
9: *[[1851]] - First [[YMCA]] in [[North America]] establish...
14: ...leading [[suffragette]], founded the [[feminist]] daily [[newspaper]], ''[[La Fronde]]''.
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