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- Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
15: ...a, Princess of Wales was a [[role model]] — after her death, there were even calls for her to be...
22: ...ter of the romance novelist [[Barbara Cartland]], after being named as the "other party" in the Earl a...
34: ...the most senior royal woman in the United Kingdom after the Queen and the Queen Mother.
38: ...uicide]] attempts. In one [[interview]], released after her death, she claimed that, while pregnant wi... - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
6: ...t at the Slade School in [[London]] and then in [[Paris]], where in [[1893]] she met and married [[Poland...
8: ... the [[Ukraine]] and never returned. Shortly thereafter she joined [[James Connolly]]'s [[Irish Citize...
10: ...-elected to the [[Second Dᩬ]] in the [[House of Commons of Southern Ireland]] elections of 1921.
12: ...Irish Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs|Minster for the Gaeltacht]].
14: ...3 and June 1927 elections. She died in July 1927 after a short illness. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
36: ...s not re-elected as an Alderman, a decision which affected his daughter deeply.
41: ...ervative candidate but fought in the [[safe seat|safe]] Labour seat of [[Dartford (UK Parliament const...
43: ...r seat in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. Unusually, her [[maiden speech]] was made in s...
45: ...moved to the Shadow [[HM Treasury|Treasury]] Team after [[1966]].
52: ...vernment had lost control of [[monetary policy]]. After Heath lost the [[United Kingdom general electi... - Canada (35540 bytes)
6: ...most in the world and the second largest in area (after [[Russia]]). Bordering the [[United States]], ...
90: ...ng what was left of [[Acadia]] in the [[Treaty of Paris (1763)]].
92: During and after the [[American Revolution]], thousands of [[Un...
94: ... Ghent]] was signed in December 1814. It was only after the French and Napoleonic wars ended in Europe...
100: ...irmed that no act of the UK parliament would thereafter extend to Canada without its consent. Judicial... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
58: ...e. The name ''Republic of Ireland'' came into use after the [[Republic of Ireland Act]] defined it as ...
67: ...e Act 1914]]'s implementation was suspended until after the [[World War I|Great War]]. (The war at tha...
69: ... Conference, 1919]]. However it was not admitted. After the bitterly fought [[Anglo-Irish War|War of I...
75: ... battlefield. British supplies of artillery, aircraft, machine-guns and ammunition were much help to P...
161: ...as the fourth-highest GDP per capita in the world after [[Luxembourg]], [[Norway]], and the [[United S... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
21: | Justinian's generals reconquer North Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogot...
27: ...In the following decades, they take most of North Africa, and later conquer Sicily as well.
51: ...s. The term was invented in 1557, about a century after the [[fall of Constantinople]] by German histo...
67: ...m.PNG|thumb|200px|frame|right|Map of Roman empire after Diocletian's reforms]]
80: ...n the west, conquering much of [[Italy]], north [[Africa]], and [[Spain]]. - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
16: ...[France]] under [[Henry III of France|Henry III]] afforded him valuable political instruction.
29: ... to improve. She had begun to employ him in crown affairs a few years previously, and he gradually acq...
35: ...rerogative, while retaining the confidence of the Commons. In 1613, Bacon was finally able to become attorn...
37: ...His public career ended in disgrace in 1621 when, after having fallen into debt, a Parliamentary Commi...
45: ...y. In March, 1626, he came to London, and shortly after, when driving on a snowy day, he was inspired ... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
9: ... of the Renaissance led to the development of [[seafaring]] technologies needed to make long voyages a...
25: ...ary]]. [[Jamestown, Virginia|Jamestown]] - named after the recently enthroned [[James I of England|Ja...
31: ...]], which was already bringing large numbers of [[Africa]]ns to the [[sugar]]-producing islands of the...
33: ...n owners sought a less rebellious form of labor - African slaves.
47: ...e the Netherlands were gaining a reputation as a safe haven for those facing persecution. The emigran... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
1: ...er French president, Charles de Gaulle. For the [[Paris]] airport, see [[Charles de Gaulle International ...
45: ...[Lille]], de Gaulle grew up and was educated in [[Paris]].
47: ...d by [[social Catholicism]]. During the [[Dreyfus affair]] the family distanced itself from the more c...
52: ...ed, he remained in the military, serving on the staff of Gen. [[Maxime Weygand]] and then Gen. [[Phili...
56: - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
12: ...in the government, welcoming foreign diplomats, drafting official documents, and serving as a liaison ...
14: ... British House of Commons|Speaker of the House of Commons]]. He later served as high steward for the unive...
19: ...the works of [[Lucian]], which was published in [[Paris]] in [[1506]].
31: ...der of the Faith" from the [[Pope]] in [[1521]]. After [[Martin Luther]] responded, More published a ...
36: ...valid, rendering his marriage to Catherine void. After the pope steadfastly refused such an annulment... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...tween republic, empire, and monarchy for 75 years after the [[French First Republic|First Republic]] f...
25: ...the measures were opposed in the ''Parlement'' of Paris (in part, at least, thanks to the King's tactless...
33: ...ng. In order to avoid this, the ''Parlement'' of Paris, having returned in triumph to the city, proclaim...
35: ...tely the "Committee of Thirty", a body of liberal Parisians, mostly noblemen, began to agitate against th...
42: ... clear that they intended to conduct the nation's affairs with or without them. - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
27: ...s already as old as [[Notre Dame Cathedral]] in [[Paris]] is now, and far older than [[St. Peters]] in [[...
29: Shortly after this the Parthenon was converted to a [[Christ...
33: ...round and their pieces were later made souvenirs. After this the building fell into disuse.
39: ...res from the Parthenon are in the [[Louvre]] in [[Paris]] and in [[Copenhagen]]. Most of the remainder ar...
45: ...estion and air pollution. Vibration from Athens traffic threatens the Parthenon's foundations, and cor... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
15: ...rd Reich|thousand-year Reich]] ended shortly thereafter.
22: ...name of his stepfather, [[Johann Georg Hiedler]], after visiting a priest responsible for birth regist...
24: ...ntury]] and were not allowed to return until well after Maria Schicklgruber's alleged employment.{{ref...
27: ...description of himself as a misunderstood artist. After Hitler's father died on [[January 3]], [[1903]...
31: ...s' benefits to his younger sister Paula, but soon after inherited some money from an aunt. He worked a... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
3: ...he broader perspective, including the origins and aftermath of the war, see the [[American Revolution]...
23: [[African-Americans]], including slaves and free black...
25: ...ommunities east of the [[Mississippi River]] were affected by the war, many dividing over the question...
33: ...tia)|minutemen]] formed up on the village common. After [[the shot heard around the world]], the Briti...
37: After the battles of Lexington and Concord, thousand... - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
25: ...post in [[KwaZulu-Natal Province|Natal]], [[South Africa]].
27: ==Civil rights movement in South Africa==
29: ...xamine the hardships his people suffered in South Africa during his time in Pretoria.
31: ...g his wife and children to live with him in South Africa. When he returned in [[January]] [[1897]], a...
33: ...f peaceful Indian protesters finally forced South African General [[Jan Christian Smuts]] to negotiate... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
16: ...er was a regular debater in philosophic groups in Paris, held together by [[Marin Mersenne]]. From [[1637...
18: ==In Paris==
20: ...f the peculiar phenomena of sensation, knowledge, affections and passions whereby Man came into relati...
24: ... to Paris. He did not return for eleven years. In Paris he rejoined the coterie about Mersenne, and wrote...
30: ... of the king's supporters to Europe. Many came to Paris and were known to Hobbes. This revitalised Hobbes... - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
22: ...y enjoy the fellowship these observances provide; after the Christmas Eve services, for example, they ...
29: ...ng shortly before Christmas and ending a few days after [[New Year's Day]]. Christmas is also known as...
43: ... holidays, usually reopening on the first weekday after January 3.
50: ...x|Christmas lights in Charles Malek Street in Achrafiyeh, [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]]]]
62: ...r of the Catholic Research Centre (also assistant parish priest of [[St. Francis Xavier]]'s Church) has l... - 1901 (12292 bytes)
19: ...y 7]] - [[Alferd Pecker]] is released from prison after serving 18 years for [[Cannibalism and Ball Sn...
21: ...I of the United Kingdom|Edward VII]] becomes King after his mother, Queen [[Victoria of the United Kin...
26: ...ncent van Gogh]] paintings in [[Paris]], 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.
38: ...y]] is released from prison in [[Columbus, Ohio]] after serving three years for [[embezzlement]] from ...
58: * [[Winston Churchill]] enters the [[House of Commons]]
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