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  1. Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
    15: ...th was born at 21 Bruton Street in [[Mayfair]], [[London]] on [[21 April]], [[1926]]. Her father was HRH [...
    35: ...lizabeth took up residence at [[Clarence House]], London. On [[14 November]] [[1948]] she gave birth to h...
    60: ...sidence and considers [[Windsor Castle]], west of London, to be her home. She also spends time at [[Balmor...
    87: ...ld be reducing their international travel. The subsequent, perhaps pointed, announcements that they w...
    100: ...in the [[United Kingdom House of Commons|House of Commons]], because she would be better briefed and more c...
  2. Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
    13: ...rn at the [[Palace of Placentia]] in [[Greenwich, London|Greenwich]] on Monday [[18 February]] [[1516]]. ...
    35: ...ort for the Lady Jane vanished and Mary rode into London triumphantly and unchallenged, with her half-sist...
    37: ...en Gardiner]] from imprisonment in the [[Tower of London]].
    44: ...the Lady Elizabeth was imprisoned in the Tower of London, but was put under house arrest in [[Woodstock Pa...
    47: ...nant, had thanksgiving services at the diocese of London in November 1554. But Philip found his queen, who...
  3. Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
    25: ...with popular support, Mary rode triumphantly into London, her half-sister Elizabeth at her side.
    27: ...ilure, Elizabeth was imprisoned in the [[Tower of London]]. The Spanish demanded Elizabeth's execution, bu...
    49: ...[[1566]]. The [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] threatened to withhold funds until the Queen ag...
    74: ...over ?300,000 to Henry IV, and 8,000 troops and subsidies of over ?1,000,000 to the Dutch. Although He...
    78: ...and|James I]] negotiated peace in the [[Treaty of London, 1604]].
  4. Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
    12: ...ild of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on [[24 May]] [[1819]].
    37: ...he was riding in a carriage with Prince Albert in London. Oxford fired twice, but both bullets missed. He ...
    41: ...]]) to Bishop's Bridge, near [[Paddington]] (in [[London]]), in a special royal carriage provided by the [...
    53: ...the monarchy's appeal in Ireland had diminished substantially, partly as a result of Victoria's decisi...
    69: ...ded public appearances and rarely set foot inside London in the following years, her seclusion earning her...
  5. Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
    34: ...edding took place at [[St Paul's Cathedral]] in [[London]] on [[Wednesday]] [[29 July]] [[1981]] before 3,...
    60: ...[[Landmines Bill 1998]] to the [[British House of Commons]], the [[Foreign Secretary]], [[Robin Cook]], pai...
    84: ===Subsequent events===
    91: ... an [[inquest]] into the death of Diana opened in London held by [[Michael Burgess]], the coroner of [[Eli...
    104: Later in [[2004]], US TV network [[CBS]] showed pictures of the crash scene showing an i...
  6. Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
    33: ...towards a doctorate in Soviet Government at the [[London School of Economics]].
    41: Upon her election to the [[Canadian House of Commons]] in [[1988]], Campbell became Canada's first fem...
    74: ...ears after the 1993 election debacle. The party subsequently merged with the [[Canadian Alliance]] to ...
  7. Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
    6: Constance studied art at the Slade School in [[London]] and then in [[Paris]], where in [[1893]] she me...
    10: ...-elected to the [[Second Dᩬ]] in the [[House of Commons of Southern Ireland]] elections of 1921.
  8. Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
    31: ...a more flexible labour market that would create jobs and could adapt to market conditions. Exacerbated...
    43: ...r seat in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. Unusually, her [[maiden speech]] was made in s...
    61: ...sed particular controversy as immigration was a substantial party issue at that time. Most opinion pol...
    68: ...rthern Ireland]], she announced in the [[House of Commons]] that "The future of the constitutional affairs ...
    91: ...overnment controversially abolished the [[Greater London Council]] (GLC), led by [[Ken Livingstone]], and ...
  9. The Valiant Five (3833 bytes)
    8: ...(one of two women first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]], and
    20: ...he [[Judicial Committee of the Privy Council]] in London—effectively Canada's highest court at that ...
    28: ...ember of the [[Canadian House of Commons|House of Commons]].
  10. United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
    13: capital = [[London]] |
    15: largest_city = [[London]] |
    42: time_zone_DST = [[British Summer Time|BST]] |
    58: ...ngdom of Ireland]] under a single government in [[London]]. The greater part of Ireland left the United Ki...
    91: ...ntable to the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]], the lower and only directly elected house in B...
  11. New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
    34: Website = www.state.nh.us
    40: ...ngton (New Hampshire)|Mount Washington]] weather observatory in the [[Presidential Range]].
    44: ...ractions include skiing and other winter sports; observing the fall foliage; the Lakes Region; and the...
    62: ...House of Representatives and the British House of Commons. Based on 2000 Census data, this averages out to ...
    78: ...atory is located on the peak for the purposes of observing harsh environmental conditions.
  12. Castle (27805 bytes)
    35: *[[Tower of London]]
    52: ...lar tower of [[masonry]], of which the [[Tower of London]] is the best-known example, though that of Colch...
    67: ...ess on his imaginary site in the valley of the Doubs, the construction by Charles the Bold of artiller...
    73: ... Conqueror and his sons showed how formidable an obstacle to the rule of the king was the existence of...
    75: ...ill, [[Windsor Castle|Windsor]] and Marlborough subsequently, while the siege of Nottingham had to be ...
  13. Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
    4: ... from the natural world through experimentation, observation, and testing of hypotheses. In the contex...
    6: Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand [[London]].
    21: ...arliament]] for [[Melcombe]] in [[Dorset]], and subsequently for [[Taunton]] ([[1586]]). He wrote on t...
    25: ...ted him with a property at Twickenham, which he subsequently sold for ?1800, equivalent to a much larg...
    31: ...acon married [[Alice Barnham]], the daughter of a London merchant. Little or nothing is known of their mar...
  14. Colonial America (32872 bytes)
    9: ...intellectual curiosity about the world that had subsided during the Middle Ages. At the same time, the...
    27: ... coordinated by a [[joint stock company]] - the [[London Virginia Company]]. The company hoped to follow ...
    31: ... fabulously high profits in the first year, and substantially lower but still extraordinary ones in th...
    96: ...m witch trials]]. After the Great Awakening, it subsided again, although later American history abound...
    114: ...corresponding to the [[governor]], the [[House of Commons]] to the [[colonial assembly]], and the [[House o...
  15. Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
    42: ...s [[Gaullism]], which left a major influence in subsequent French politics.
    54: Based partially on his observations during war in Poland, which was so diffe...
    63: ...e United Kingdom on the morning of [[June 16]] in London. This was a last minute effort to try to strength...
    65: ..., narrowly escaped German aviation, and landed in London that same afternoon. De Gaulle decided to reject ...
    69: ... June 1940, the news that a French general was in London refusing the tide of events and calling for the e...
  16. Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
    16: ...bservations, but only by systematic and rigorous observation, night after night, and by using instrume...
    18: ...fessor's house, he quarrelled with Parsbjerg. A subsequent duel (in the dark) resulted in Tycho losing...
    23: ... his other uncle Steen Bille helped him build an observatory and alchemical laboratory at Herrevad Abb...
    33: ...thing in the Earth's atmosphere. Tycho, however, observed that the [[parallax]] of the object did not ...
    38: ..._parallax|parallax]] does exist; it could not be observed with the naked eye, or even with the [[Teles...
  17. Thomas More (15893 bytes)
    5: ...ied [[Latin]] and [[logic]]. He then returned to London, where he studied law with his father and was adm...
    7: ...]], but for the rest of his life he continued to observe many monastic practices, including self-punis...
    12: ...ed as one of the two undersheriffs of the city of London, a position of considerable responsibility in whi...
    14: ... British House of Commons|Speaker of the House of Commons]]. He later served as high steward for the unive...
    46: ...ur days later he was imprisoned in the [[Tower of London]]. There he wrote his devotional ''Dialogue of C...
  18. Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
    28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]].
    30: ...t from the very sharp brown pincers. They have combs in their legs which they use for communication ([...
  19. United States Senate (35505 bytes)
    14: ...nguished orators and statesmen such as [[Daniel Webster]], [[John C. Calhoun]], [[Henry Clay]], [[Step...
    23: ...ith a [[plurality]] of votes (not necessarily an absolute majority) wins. The sole exception is [[Loui...
    42: ...y president") to preside in the Vice President's absence; the most senior senator of the majority part...
    54: ...tor may request a quorum call by "suggesting the absence of a quorum"; a clerk then calls the roll of ...
    80: ...hich only the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] may originate such measures.
  20. Formula One (29650 bytes)
    51: ... created a number of trademarks and an official website for the sport ([http://www.formula1.com/ formu...
    102: ... [[Monaco Grand Prix]], though a street race in [[London]] has been discussed. Some of the other circuits ...
    104: ...d at improving the ability of barriers to safely absorb the energy of a crash.
    140: ...ath=ASIN/0760316880/qid=1119374338/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1 The Complete Book of Formula One]. (Motorbo...
    145: ...ww.formula1.com/insight/ The Official Formula 1 Website]. [[25 October]] [[2004]].

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