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  Encyclopedia: List of state leaders in 1859   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The emperor or huangdi (皇帝 in pinyin: huang2 di4) of China was the head of government and head of state of China from the Qin dynasty in 221 B.C. until the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1911.
This is a List of Portuguese monarchs from the independence of Portugal from Castile in 1139, to the beginning of the Republic in October 5, 1910.
Lists of state leaders by year Dom Pedro IIs family Dom Pedro II and President Ulysses S. Grant, Philadelphia Exposition, 1876 Dom Pedro II in his old age Dom Pedro II of Brazil Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (December 2, 1825-December 5, 1891) was the second and final Brazilian Emperor.
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 International Cooperative Information Center: Famous Co-op People through the Ages   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
He was one of the first to state that consumers' cooperation included all joint purchasing and production of goods and services, no matter their nature, by ultimate users - whether by farmers of anyone else.
Returning to the States, he took steps to learn more about this concept and was soon involved in establishing, with help from Desjardins, the CU idea in his home State of MA.
Leader of co-ops in Spain - appointed to Chair of Cooperation at School of Social Studies in Madrid; a member of Spanish Inst.
www.wisc.edu /uwcc/icic/def-hist/history/famous.html   (12991 words)

  
 1861   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
February 4 - American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama the Confederate States of America is formed by delegates from six break-away United States.
February 9 - American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.
July 25 - American Civil War: The Crittenden-Johnson Resolution is passed by the United States Congress stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery.
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 Background Notes on Selected East European Countries from the Department of State
Its leaders, Husak and party chief Milos Jakes, resigned in December 1989, and Havel was elected President of Czechoslovakia on December 29.
State ownership of businesses, estimated to be about 97% under communism, will be reduced to about 30% by the end of 1994.
An agreement was concluded to divide all federal property of the former Czechoslovak state according to a 2:1 ratio in favor of the Czech Republic.
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 1859   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
October 12 - Self-described "Emperor of the United States" Joshua A. Norton 'orders' the United States Congress to dissolve.
October 16 - John Brown raids Harper's Ferry in Virginia, the signal for a general slave rebellion.
December 2 - Militant abolitionist leader John Brown is hanged for his October 16th raid on Harper's Ferry.
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 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
1859 is a common year starting on Saturday.
February 14 - Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state.
Hostilities ceases, partly due to Napoleon's fear of the Nationalism in Italy.
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 Kansas and Kansans p.935-945
That Legislature in the meantime had met on July 2, 1855, and passed a long list of laws, many of which were aimed to perpetuate the institution of slavery, and also to make permanent the control of the affairs of the territory by the pro-slavery adherents.
This election was held December 15, 1855, and the constitution adopted by a vote of 1,731 to 46.
In the meantime, on June 15th, the first National Republican Convention declared "that Kansas should be immediately admitted as a state of the Union, with her present free Constitution." On June 25th Galusha A. Grow, of Pennsylvania, introduced a bill in Congress to admit Kansas under the Topeka Constitution.
skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/archives/1918ks/v2/935.html   (4199 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Masonry (Freemasonry)
Findel states that the principal reason is to prevent Masonry from being dominated by a people whose strong racial attachments are incompatible with the unsectarian character of the institution.
The principal system in the United States (Charleston, South Carolina) is the so-called Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, organized in 1801 on the basis of the French Scottish Rite of perfection, which was established by the Council of the Emperors of the East and West (Paris, 1758).
In North America, especially in the United States, a characteristic feature of the outer work is the tendency toward display in the construction of sumptuous Masonic "temples", in Masonic processions, at the laying of cornerstones and the dedication of public buildings and even of Christian churches.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/09771a.htm   (14785 words)

  
 Eastern Patriarchates   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In 544, Jacob Baradaeus (a Monophysite leader) consecrated Sergius of Tella as Patriarch in opposition to the Imperial-backed Orthodox candidate.
With the establishment of an independent Armenian state in Cilicia in 1058, the Armenian patriarchate was transferred to Sivas, eventually settling in the city of Sis.
During the ascendancy of the Mongols, many notable leaders, including Hulegu (the first Ilkhan), belonged to this church, and though reliable statistics are not available, it is likely that this church, whose remnants today number at most a few million, boasted the largest population of any Christian denomination.
www.hostkingdom.net /orthodox.html   (1948 words)

  
 Time Trail, West Virginia, December 1997 Programs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
If early western Virginia leaders had had their way after the Revolutionary War, the national capital would now be located in the vicinity of the Jefferson County community of Shepherdstown.
He was convicted and the judge stated that the hanging of John Brown would be held December 2, 1859.
Benjamin Franklin headed the list of subscribers to the society and acted as organizing chairman until a president was elected.
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 US Department Of State Post Report   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
State Department pouch facilities are more reliable than international posts and are used by U.S. Government personnel for the majority of correspondence.
The State Department pouch is not available to post personnel for outbound parcels; personnel with pouch privileges may only send first-class letter mail, videotapes, or return merchandise from post through the pouch.
There are waiting lists, however, and it is best to contact post in advance to secure a place for your preschooler.
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Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies and is succeeded by
Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus in the United States.
United States Congress stating that the war is being fought to preserve the
en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/1861   (751 words)

  
 Kansas Historical Quarterly, 1931-1977
lists of contributors, book lists, errata, and other contents which are not formal articles).
Douglas C. McMurtrie, "The Shawnee Sun: The First Periodical Publication in the United States to be Printed Wholly in an Indian Language," p.
George H. Mayer, "Alf M. Landon, As Leader of the Republican Opposition, 1937-1940," p.
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 Robinson, Charles - KS-Cyclopedia - 1912
Before he recovered he was indicted for conspiracy, assault with intent to kill, and murder, and for ten weeks was confined on board a prison ship, at the end of which time he was tried and acquitted.
4, 1859, and on the 6th of December following he was elected governor, though he did not assume the duties of the office until after the admission of the state in 1861.
His loss was keenly felt by the people of the state, and four ex-governors came to pay tribute of respect to the man whose course in earlier years has left a lasting impression upon Kansas and her institutions.
skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/archives/1912/r/robinson_charles.html   (1275 words)

  
 1859 - Biocrawler definition:1859 - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Since the death of Metternich in 1859, he negotiates "personally".
The French Navy's La Gloire ("Glory"), the first ocean-going ironclad warship in history, was layed down and commisioned.
You can find it there under the keyword 1859 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1859)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1859andaction=history).
www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/1859   (1113 words)

  
 archivists newsletter - BULLDOG, Maryland State Archives
Each state was allowed only one vote on any issue, and that vote was cast by a state delegation consisting of at least three, and as many as eight, delegates.
Rogers, a Prince George's County lawyer and a leader of the independence movement in Maryland, was a member of the Maryland delegation to Congress from late 1775 through early July 1776.
List of sources for PG cemetery, church, census, tax list, and probate records, as well as family genealogies.
www.mdarchives.state.md.us /msa/refserv/bulldog/bull93/html/bull93.html   (19125 words)

  
 National Center for Science Education   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
At its November 8, 2005, meeting in Topeka, the Kansas state board of education voted 6-4 to adopt the draft set of state science standards that were rewritten, under the tutelage of local "intelligent design" activists, to impugn the scientific status of evolution.
Anticipating the Kansas state board of education's expected decision to adopt a set of science standards in which the scientific status of evolution is systematically deprecated, the National Academy of Sciences and the National Science Teachers Association have rejected the state department of education's request to use material from th...
If enacted, HB 5251 would require the state board of education to revise the state science standards to ensure that students wi...
www.ncseweb.org   (1502 words)

  
 VMI Cadets at the execution of John Brown, 1859.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In the summer of 1859, leading an armed group of 16 whites and 5 fls, Brown set up a headquarters in a rented farmhouse in Maryland, across the Potomac from Harper's Ferry, Virginia, the site of a federal arsenal.
He was tried for murder, inciting slave insurrection, and treason against the state, and was sentenced to be hanged.
Although no definitive list of the selected cadets has survived, the records indicate that the group was chosen primarily from members of the Classes of 1860 and 1861.
www.vmi.edu /archives/Civil_War/cwjbrown.html   (577 words)

  
 Working-Class Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Stony Brook State University of New York Group for the Study of Working Class Life is dedicated to exploring the meaning of class in today's world.
Capital-and-Class is a mailing list on research teaching issues related to Marxist political economy.
The Youngstown State University Oral History Collection, begun in 1974, collects and preserves first-person narratives of northeastern Ohioans who have participated in, or closely observed events which have significantly affected both the state and nation.
www.as.ysu.edu /~cwcs/wclinks.html   (2808 words)

  
 All National Women's History Month Honorees   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
She was on the National Committee of the United States Democratic Party and was a delegate to the national conventions until 1992.
After graduating from Stanford Law School in 1952, O'Connor was an Arizona state senator from 1969 to 1974 where she was the first woman to be majority leader of a state senate.
Chien-Shiung Wu came to the United States to study science as a teenager and became "the world’s foremost female experimental physicist" because of her significant contributions to nuclear physics.
www.nwhp.org /whm/all-honorees.html   (10326 words)

  
 The History Guy: The War List
War List Page Format: the format used for these lists is fairly simple.
If a conflict can be broken up into one or more component parts, the secondary wars are listed below the primary war and are indented to show they "belong" to it.
-A series of wars involving the United States government and her migrating settlers with the native tribes of what became the continental United States.
www.historyguy.com /War_list.html   (4852 words)

  
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The State Historical Society of Wisconsin presents the first 20 issues of "Freedom's Journal," the first African-American owned and operated newspaper published in the United States.
Hosted by the United States Civil War Center at Louisiana State University, this exhibit explores "the relationship between art and politics in the Civil War era" with over 100 digital images of Confederate notes.
Visitors are warned that some of the content, which is presented to give a true historical picture of the leading 19th century newspaper's view of fl Americans, is considered racially offensive by today's standards.
usinfo.state.gov /usa/blackhis/resource.htm   (3719 words)

  
 U.S. Senate: Senators Home > State Information > Tennessee
The Republican leader's office, S-230, is named for Howard H. Baker, Jr.; his portrait (on loan) by Herbert E. Abrams hangs in the conference room of the office.
President Andrew Johnson, who was impeached by the House of Representatives and subsequently acquitted in trial by the Senate, is the only president to have later returned to serve in the Senate.
State election results must be certified by the State's Secretary.
www.senate.gov /pagelayout/senators/one_item_and_teasers/tennessee.htm   (505 words)

  
 The History of the State of Israel - Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
We are currently in the process of transferring all the links listed on our site to a new searchable database (annotated with keywords and many more functions)!
Eliyahu Golomb (1893-1945), Leader of the Jewish defense effort in Palestine and chief architect of the Haganah between 1920 and 1948 - The Jewish Agency
Aharon David Gordon (1856-1922), Hebrew writer and Zionist, leader of the movement for settlement on the land (the halutzim) - The Jewish Agency
jewishhistory.huji.ac.il /Internetresources/Zionism.htm   (1168 words)

  
 HUMAN EVENTS ONLINE :: Ten Most Harmful Books of the 19th and 20th Centuries
Summary: Marx and Engels, born in Germany in 1818 and 1820, respectively, were the intellectual godfathers of communism.
Summary: Mao, who died in 1976, was the leader of the Red Army in the fight for control of China against the anti-Communist forces of Chiang Kai-shek before, during and after World War II.
Summary: John Dewey, who lived from 1859 until 1952, was a “progressive” philosopher and leading advocate for secular humanism in American life, who taught at the University of Chicago and at Columbia.
www.humaneventsonline.com /article.php?id=7591   (1192 words)

  
 N³ July/August 2001
Established in 1993 by the Illinois State Library and the Missouri Library Network Corporation (MLNC), LVIS was the first OCLC "no charge" Group Access Capability (GAC) organization in the midwest.
Discussion leaders met with Bob Seal, member of the Users Council Executive Committee, and university librarian, Mary Couts Burnett Library, Texas Christian University, who summarized the group discussions for the full council.
The CORC service offers a listing of records by status that have URLs that are not found or have moved temporarily or permanently.
www.nlc.state.ne.us /netserv/archives/n3ja01.html   (7772 words)

  
 Religion of Great Philosophers
The following list of "great philosophers" is taken directly from Living Biographies of Great Philosophers by Henry Thomas and Dana Lee Thomas, Garden City, New York: Garden City Books (1959), one volume in the Thomas's classic Living Biographies series.
We simply thought it would be interesting to present a generally respected list of philosophers, along with the "religious affiliation" of each -- to whatever extent such a concept can be applied to these individuals.
This list represents the perspective of Henry and Dana Lee Thomas, who are historians and biographers.
www.adherents.com /adh_phil.html   (835 words)

  
 The Virginia Civil War Home Page
Election Returns for 1856 Presidential and 1859 Gubernatorial Elections in Virginia
Richmond Enquirer May 10, 1861 Secession Ordnance This is a 127K JPG file, it may take a while to load.
This is the place to post your queries about genealogy, history, politics, leaders, reenactments, etc.
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