- Isabella II by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Born Oct. 10, 1830, in Madrid; died Apr. 9, 1904, in Paris. Queen of Spain from 1833 to 1868. Daughter of Ferdinand VII.Until Isabella II was proclaimed to be of age in 1843, Spain was ruled by regents. (Isabella IPs mother, María Cristina, ruled from 1833 to 1840, and General Espartero ruled from 1840 to 1843.) The period after 1843 was one of rule by a court clique, or camarilla. Isabella II ...
- Linn, Lewis Fields by Trinity Arnold
... 1795–1843) physician, U.S. Senator; born near Louisville, Ky. A surgeon in the War of 1812, he set up his practice in Missouri, and was then appointed to serve that state in the U.S. Senate (Dem., 1833–43). An exponent of "manifest destiny," his Oregon Bill of 1843 provided liberal land grants and military defense of that territory.
- Wyman, Seth by Genesis Fernandez
... 1784–1843) burglar; born in Goffstown, N.H. He stole almost from infancy but he was first brought to justice about the age of 20. He was later convicted of larceny in Maine (then part of Massachusetts) but pardoned in 1818 in order to shift the cost of maintaining him and his wife and 6 children. He served 3 years in New Hampshire for stealing cloth and ...
- Applegate, Jesse by Patrick Sharp
... 1811–88) colonist, cattleman; born in Kentucky. He went to Oregon in 1843 and opened the southern road to that area in 1845. He raised beef cattle in the Umpqua valley and wrote the Western classic A Day with the Cow Column in 1843 (1876). He was an influential supporter of President Abraham Lincoln and the Union.
- Brooks, Maria Gowen by Camila Brewer
1795?–1845, American poet, b. Medford, Mass. Her first collection of verse, Judith, Esther, and Other Poems (1820), was praised by Southey, who named her "Maria del Occidente," which she later used as a pseudonym. While living in Cuba she wrote the epic Zophiel; or, The Bride of Seven (1833) and Idomen; or, The Vale of Yumuri (1843). Her poetry, especially the Ode to the Departed. (1843), was ...