(Encyclopedia) medicine man, among Native Americans and other traditional peoples as far back as Paleolithic times, a person believed to possess supernatural healing powers. Like the shaman the…
(Encyclopedia) Navarino, battle ofNavarino, battle ofnävärēˈnō [key], 1827, naval battle resulting from the intervention of the European powers in the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman…
(Encyclopedia) Brüning, HeinrichBrüning, Heinrichhīnˈrĭkh brünˈĭng [key], 1885–1970, German chancellor. Elected to the Reichstag in 1924, he was a leader of the Catholic Center party and a fiscal…
(Encyclopedia) Stambuliski, Alexander, Bulgarian Aleksandr StamboliskiStambuliski, Alexander,both: älĕksänˈdər stämbōlēˈskē [key], 1879–1923, Bulgarian politician. He was a leader of the Peasants'…
(Encyclopedia) canon, in Christianity, in the Roman Catholic Church, decrees of church councils are usually called canons; since the Council of Trent the expression has been especially reserved to…
(Encyclopedia) Boxer Uprising, 1898–1900, antiforeign movement in China, culminating in a desperate uprising against Westerners and Western influence.
By the end of the 19th cent. the Western powers…
Johannadesigner of the first Texas flagBorn: 2/19/1818Birthplace: Crawford County, Ga. In 1835, Georgia raised a battalion to fight in Texas, which had issued an appeal for help in gaining…
BLANTON, Thomas Lindsay, a Representative from Texas; born in Houston, Harris County, Tex., October 25, 1872; educated in the public schools; was graduated from the law department of the…
Senate Years of Service: 1886-1887Party: RepublicanCHENEY, Person Colby, a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Holderness (now Ashland), N.H., February 25, 1828; attended academies in…
MARTIN, Augustus Newton, a Representative from Indiana; born near Whitestown, Butler County, Pa., March 23, 1847; attended the common schools and Witherspoon Institute, Butler, Pa., and was…
