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- Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: ... of Great Britain|George I]], of the [[House of Hanover]].
10: ...ercive tactics (such as crippling the Scottish economy by restricting trade) were used to ensure that ...
17: ...d to send her Catholic books and essays, but made no serious attempt to effect a conversion.
19: ...npopular and despotic James II. Princess Anne did not endeavour to support her father; instead, she qu...
22: ...Princess Anne was then stripped of her guard of honour, and the guards at the royal palaces were forbi... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
5: {{House of Hanover}}
7: ...nasty)|Wettin]], ''[[n饝]'' [[House of Hanover|Hanover]]) ([[24 May]] [[1819]] – [[22 January]]...
9: ...Victoria was the last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; her successor belonged to the [[House of Wi...
12: ...rathearn, like many other sons of George III, did not marry during his youth. The eldest son, the [[Ge...
16: ...en's minority. Ignoring precedent, Parliament did not create a council to limit the powers of the Rege... - 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]] — 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... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
5: native_name = United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
12: ...ial_languages = [[Languages in the United Kingdom|None]]; [[English language|English]] ''[[de facto]]'...
46: ...]] under the [[European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages]]. In each of these, the UK's offic...
51: ...and Scots]]: ''Unitit Kinrick o Great Breetain an Northren Ireland''<br/>
52: ...]. As of April 2005, the July 2004 estimates were not yet available.<br><sup>7</sup> [[ISO 3166-1]] is... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
7: ...the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul (Constantinople).</small>
10: | Constantine makes Constantinople his capital.
21: | Justinian's generals reconquer North Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Os...
27: ...ypt. In the following decades, they take most of North Africa, and later conquer Sicily as well.
29: | [[730]]-[[787]]; [[813]]-[[843]] || Iconoclasm controversies. This results in the loss of ... - Castle (27805 bytes)
2: ...''chau-fort,'' for in French a simple ''chau'' connotes a grand [[country house]] at the center of an ...
8: Castles were built not only as a defensive measure, and offensive weapo...
15: ... tried anything, were easily overcome as they had no refuge.(Hariulf, ''Gesta ecclesiae Centulensis'')
17: ...ing exploded as local warlords staked claims to minor kingdoms from behind newly-built castles.
28: ...nd key part of the countryside such as a mountain pass or river estuary, and often made use of the natur... - 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... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ... I of France|Napoleon Bonaparte]], the revolution nonetheless spelled a definitive end to the ''[[anci...
17: * Resentment at noble privilege and dominance in public life by the ...
21: ...rlement]]s'' (law courts), dominated by the "Robe Nobility," which saw themselves as the nation's guar...
23: ... a show of support from a hand-picked Assembly of Notables would restore confidence in French finances...
25: ..., including the famous "Day of the Tiles" in [[Grenoble]]. Even more importantly, the chaos across Fr... - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
7: ...al to the House of Representatives. The Senate is not a mere "chamber of review," as is the case with ...
13: ...efused to go along with any Constitution that did not give them an equal vote in at least one house of...
15: ... Only the non-voting delegate from Puerto Rico (known as [[Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico|Resid...
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
24: ... D.C.]] hosted its first session of Congress on [[November 17]], [[1800]]. - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ...l exclusive powers enumerated in the Constitution not granted to the House; most significantly, the [[...
4: ... the approval of both houses is necessary for the passage of legislation. The exclusive powers enumerate...
6: ...ber of the United States Senate is located in the north wing of the [[United States Capitol|Capitol]] ...
12: ...se as "A necessary fence against...fickleness and passion". [[George Washington]], in answer to a questi...
14: ...he populous North. Sectional conflict was most pronounced over the issue of slavery, and persisted unt... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...tin]]: <small>IMP?C?IVLIVS?CAESAR?DIVVS</small>[[#Notes|¹]]) (b. [[July 13]], c.[[100 BC]] d. [[M...
6: Caesar's military campaigns are known in detail from his own written [[Literary works...
9: Caesar was born in [[Rome]] to a well-known [[patrician]] family (''[[gens]]'' [[Julius|Jul...
11: ...ch by the standards of the Roman nobility. Thus, no member of his family had achieved any outstanding...
13: ... to the Marius party through family connections. Not only was he Marius' nephew, he was also married ... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
11: ...Socialist German Workers Party]] (NSDAP), better known as the Nazi Party.
13: ...luding 6 million [[Jew]]s, in a [[genocide]] now known as [[the Holocaust]].
20: ...of [[Linz]] in the province of [[Upper Austria]], not far from the [[German Empire|German]] border in ...
22: ...er, Adolf was accused by his political enemies of not rightfully being a Hitler, but a Schicklgruber. ...
24: ...pelled from Graz in the [[15th century]] and were not allowed to return until well after Maria Schickl... - Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
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19: time zone = Does not observe DST as of 2005 |
21: north_coord = 39.7671 |
29: ...]], designed by [[Germany|German]] architect [[Bruno Schmitz]], was completed on the site in [[1901]].
31: ...ianapolis with the village of Broad Ripple to the north was ever operational. - 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 ... - Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
1: ...i² ([[1 E10 m²|13,518 km²]]), encompassing [[Saline Valley, California|Saline Valley]], a...
3: ...ry]] and early [[20th century|20th]] to exploit minor local bonanzas of gold. The only long-term profi...
5: ...egion out of the sea and created a line of [[volcano]]es. Later the [[Crust (geology)|crust]] started ...
9: ...in the last few million years and both bounded by north-south trending [[mountain range]]s. These and ...
36: ...on this mountain range doesn't allow the canyons enough time to cut a classic V-shape all the way down... - Global warming (53726 bytes)
3: ...many journalists and politicians, but by only a minority of established scientists.
5: ...tm]]). Much of this uncertainty results from not knowing future CO<sub>2</sub> emissions, but there is...
9: ==Terminology==
11: ...ty" for non-human caused change [http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg1/518.htm]. Sometimes the ter...
18: ...that current climate change is natural. However, none of these papers (sic) argued that point." - Dog (69384 bytes)
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19: ...d]] or [[Service dog|disabled]]. For dogs that do not do their traditional jobs, a wide range of [[dog...
23: ...ivorous diet much better than humans are, and are not susceptible to many of the metabolic ills stemmi... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
4: ...]] the information that [[Alfred Russel Wallace]] now had a similar theory forced early joint [[public...
6: ...nd wrote a series of books on plants and animals, now including mankind in ''[[The Descent of Man and ...
21: His father, unhappy that his younger son would not become a physician and fearing that Charles woul...
24: ...classics, maths and physics, coming 10th out of a pass list of 178.
26: ... following Henslow's example and advice he was in no rush to take holy orders. - Flying shuttle (5068 bytes)
5: ...forward, holding the [[shuttle]] in one hand, and pass it through the shed; the shuttle carries a [[bobb...
8: ...read is stored on a "pirn" (a conical, one-ended, non-turning bobbin) to allow it to feed more easily....
10: ...to complete the pick as before. The operator does not need to touch the shuttle until it needs to be r...
12: ...b that was simplified with the invention of the [[Northrop Loom]], which reloaded the shuttle automati...
15: ...nners and weavers, and Kay's patent was largely ignored. His home attacked, he fled to France and died... - 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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