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  1. Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
    7: ...nited Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]].
    9: ...ist of Lords of the Isle of Man|Lord of Mann]]<!--Note on spelling: the Isle of Man has one "n", but h...
    20: ...ge|Eton]], and also learned modern languages. She now speaks fluent [[French language|French]], as she...
    23: ...sed to consider this, saying, "The children could not possibly go without me, I wouldn't leave without...
    27: ...itary, though other royal women have been given honorary ranks.
  2. Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
    7: place_of_birth=[[Sandringham]], [[Norfolk]], [[England]] |
    13: Though she was noted for her pioneering [[charity]] work, the Princ...
    15: ...er her death, there were even calls for her to be nominated for [[sainthood]] &mdash; while her detrac...
    22: ... of Dartmouth]], the only daughter of the romance novelist [[Barbara Cartland]], after being named as ...
    24: ...th Hall]] [http://www.riddlesworthhall.com/] in [[Norfolk]] and at West Heath School in [[Kent]], wher...
  3. Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
    7: &ndash; [[28 November]] [[1990]]
    24: |'''Retirement honour:'''
    27: ...figurehead of a political philosophy that became known as [[Thatcherism]], which involves reduced gove...
    31: ...ccured that led to an improvement in Britain's economic performance. Supporters of Margaret Thatcher a...
    33: ...ical approach to [[European Union|European]] [[Economic and Monetary Union]]. Her leadership was chall...
  4. Christianity (47078 bytes)
    6: ...esus (see [[Christian Love]]). Most Christians ( not all see [[Jonadabs]] ) believe Jesus to be the [...
    8: ...d into three main branches, which split from one another in disputes over doctrine:
    9: #[[Roman Catholicism]] (the largest single denomination, with over one billion adherents),
    11: #[[Protestantism]] (numerous denominations & schools of thought, including [[Anglic...
    14: ...reached by the Council of Nicea in [[325]] C.E., known as the [[Nicene Creed]]. This describes the bel...
  5. Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
    3: ... [[printing press]] and [[paper mill]]. His best known assistant was [[Johannes Kepler]].
    8: ...hie Brahe]]). [[Otte Brahe]], Tycho's father, a [[nobleman]], was an important figure in the [[Denmark...
    10: ...h.'' Apparently this did not lead to any disputes nor did his parents attempt to get him back. Tycho l...
    12: ...him that he began to make his own studies of astronomy helped by some of the professors. He purchased ...
    14: ...s many measurements and methods as there are astronomers and all of them disagree. What's needed is a ...
  6. Thomas More (15893 bytes)
    2: ...a [[treason|traitor]]. More was [[canonization|canonized]] in [[1935]] by the [[Roman Catholic Church...
    9: ... several years his senior. His new wife bore him no children, but More raised as his own her daughter...
    14: ...ed administrative and judicial control of much of northern England.
    27: ...ative Christian, intended to offer the communist, non-Christian Utopia as a concrete model for politic...
    34: ...mony that the marriage between her and Arthur had not been [[consummate|consummated]].
  7. San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
    19: population_note = 7,533,384 ([[metropolitan area|metro area]]) ...
    29: footnotes = |
    31: ...ty]] (the only one in California) situated at the northern tip of the [[San Francisco Peninsula]] that...
    44: ...name of [[Yerba Buena]] in [[1822]], when what is now the downtown area was first settled by William R...
    48: ... Buena Cove, granted to the city by military governor [[Stephen Watts Kearny]] in 1847.
  8. Russia (28007 bytes)
    2: ...hes over a vast expanse of eastern [[Europe]] and northern [[Asia]]. With an area of 17,075,400 km&sup...
    6: ...ential role on the world stage. This influence is notable, but is still far from that of the former So...
    13: ...ted both the Scandinavians as well as native [[Finno-Ugric]] tribes, such as the [[Merya]], the [[Muro...
    17: ...s divided the [[Russians |Russian people]] in the north from the [[Belarusians]] and [[Ukrainians]] in...
    19: ...her with [[Novgorod]] retained some degree of autonomy during the time of the [[Mongol]] yoke and was ...
  9. Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
    13: ...ial rule]] to world attention. His philosophy of non-violence, for which he coined the term ''[[satya...
    15: ...ism|Hindu]] beliefs: [[truth]] (''satya''), and [[non-violence]] (''[[ahimsa]]''). His auto-biography,...
    18: ...t, Gandhi learned from an early age the tenets of non-injury to living beings, vegetarianism, fasting ...
    20: ...n [[1887]], and joining Samaldas College. He did not stay there long, however, as his family felt he ...
    22: ...! Before changing the following paragraph, please note that "practise" is the correct spelling of the ...
  10. Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
    6: date_of_birth=[[November 10]], [[1483]] |
    12: ...y '''Martin Luder''' or '''Martinus Luther''') ([[November 10]], [[1483]]&ndash;[[February 18]], [[154...
    19: ...n ascend to [[civil service]] and bring further honor to the family. To that end, Hans sent young Mart...
    28: ...a Bachelor's degree in the ''[[Sentences]]'' by [[Peter Lombard]] (the main textbook of theology in the [...
    31: ...f God" in [[Epistle to the Romans|Rom.]] 1:17 did not mean active righteousness, that by which humans ...
  11. Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
    2: {{Refimprove|date=November 2007}}
    10: ...te Christmas-like festivities even though they do not consider themselves Christians. Many customs, in...
    12: ...ormer [[colony|colonies]] of Western powers with (nominal) [[Christian]] cultural heritage.
    14: ...ecting a cultural interest in this Western phenomenon, and, sometimes, as part of retail marketing cam...
    20: ...a few days before, while television stations are known to air Christmas films and cartoon specials pop...

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