In 1949 this city became the capital of the Nationalist Chinese government
In 1869 the U.S. attempted to annex this nation on eastern Hispaniola
This third party of the 1890s called for free silver & government ownership of railroads
As a result of this 1861-65 conflict, over 600,000 died and 375,000 were wounded
When this first Hungarian king was crowned in 1000, he made Esztergom the capital
Since 1940 only Harold Wilson & this man have served as British prime minister on 2 separate occasions
This future president led the 1952 military coup that forced Farouk's abdication
Around 200 A.D., Soranus wrote the earliest known biography of this physician
In 1666 Puritan families founded a village that later became this largest New Jersey city
On Sept. 10, 1813 he sailed from South Bass Island off Ohio's shore to battle the British