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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
11: ...union|personal union]] nations of which she is or was Head of State. She is married to [[Prince Philip,...
15: ...e]] and his wife, the Countess of Strathmore. She was named after her mother, while her two middle name...
17: ... Elizabeth of York. At the time of her birth, she was third in the [[Order of succession to the British...
20: ...Cordiale]] and numerous visits to [[Canada]]. She was instructed in religion by the [[Archbishop of Can...
23: ...acuated]] to [[Windsor Castle]], Berkshire. There was some suggestion that the princesses be sent to [[... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...uary]] [[1516]] – [[17 November]] [[1558]]) was [[List of British monarchs|Queen of England]] and...
13: ...e a healthy son; Catherine's sixth and last child was a stillborn daughter.
15: ...scholar [[Juan Lu�Vives]] upon the subject, but was herself the Princess Mary's first teacher in Lati...
17: ... for an alliance with England. A marriage treaty was signed; it provided that the Princess Mary should...
19: ...l courts to the Pope were abolished, and the King was acknowledged as "Supreme Head" of the [[Church of... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...loriana''', or '''Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch of the [[Tudor dynast...
9: ... father [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]], she was a writer and poet. She granted [[Royal Charter]]s...
11: The reign was marked by prudence in the granting of [[British h...
13: ...and afterwards a member of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen".
16: ...ister, Mary, daughter of [[Catherine of Aragon]], was reinstated in the line of succession after [[Edwa... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: ...t British monarch of the [[House of Stuart]]; she was succeeded by a distant cousin, [[George I of Grea...
10: ...h united England and Scotland into Great Britain) was a product of subsequent negotiations.
12: ...uccession]]. The Duchess of Marlborough's husband was [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]], who ...
15: ...uffered from an eye infection; for treatment, she was sent to [[France]]. She lived with her grandmothe...
19: ...d that the Throne was therefore vacant. The Crown was offered to, and accepted by, William and Mary, wh... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...nited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress...
9: ...hnological change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; her...
12: ...ningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on [[24 May]] [...
14: ...s the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]].
16: ...ssed the ''[[Regency Act 1831]]'', under which it was provided that Victoria's mother, the Duchess of K... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
11: ...e right to that title, as it would imply that she was a [[princess]] by [[birthright]] rather than by m...
13: Though she was noted for her pioneering [[charity]] work, the Pr...
15: ...world. To her admirers, Diana, Princess of Wales was a [[role model]] — after her death, there w...
22: ...the trial, meant custody of Diana and her brother was given to their father. On the death of her patern...
24: ...chool]] in [[Rougemont]], [[Switzerland]]. Diana was a talented amateur [[pianist]], excelled in [[spo... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
1: ...[[May 19]], [[1879]] – [[May 2]], [[1964]]) was a socialite politician and a member of the promin...
4: ...son Girl]]. One of her nieces, [[Joyce Grenfell]] was a noted British monologuist and actress, while an...
8: ...g until 1945. She attracted much attention as she was the first woman member to actually take her seat,...
10: ...h criticism of her position. However, Nancy Astor was often fiercely critical of the [[Nazis]], and her...
12: It is generally believed that it was Nancy Astor who, during a [[World War II]] speech... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
31: ...female head of a national government to date. She was also the second woman in history to sit at the ta...
33: ...dopted the first name '''Kim''' in her teens. She was educated at the [[University of British Columbia]...
39: She was elected to the British Columbia legislature as a ...
41: Upon her election to the [[Canadian House of Commons]] in [[1988]], Campbell became Canada's first fem...
43: ...ed, although the divorce was finalized before she was sworn in as Prime Minister. - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
2: ...eorgine Markiewicz''' ([[1868]]–July 1927), was an [[Ireland|Irish]] politician and [[nationalist...
8: ...ntence was commuted to life imprisonment, and she was released under the amnesty of [[1917]].
10: ...-elected to the [[Second Dᩬ]] in the [[House of Commons of Southern Ireland]] elections of 1921.
12: ... record until 1979 when [[Mᩲe Geoghegan-Quinn]] was apointed to the then junior cabinet post of [[Iri...
14: ...ection,_1922|Irish General Election of 1922]] but was re-elected in the 1923 and June 1927 elections. ... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ...owned industries. Even before coming to power she was nicknamed the '''Iron Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|S...
29: ... for the Conservative leadership in [[1975]]. She was undefeated at the polls, winning the [[United Kin...
33: ...nadequate advice and campaigning. In [[1992]] she was created '''Baroness Thatcher'''; since then her d...
36: ... control of Grantham Council in [[1945]], Roberts was not re-elected as an Alderman, a decision which a...
38: ...develop methods for preserving [[ice cream]]. She was a member of the team that developed the first sof... - The Valiant Five (3833 bytes)
8: ...(one of two women first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]], and
11: Specifically the question was whether Section 24 of the [[British North America...
20: ...peals from within the British Isles, the decision was non-precedental for the British House of Lords. ...
28: ...ember of the [[Canadian House of Commons|House of Commons]]. - Asia (16910 bytes)
172: The coastal periphery was the first to be home to civilization, with each o...
174: ...thern part of Asia, covering much of [[Siberia]], was inaccessible to the steppe nomads, due to the den...
473: ...who practice a religious faith practice one which was founded in Asia.
494: {{commons|Asia}} - Canada (35540 bytes)
90: ...nd the remainder of [[New France]] including what was left of [[Acadia]] in the [[Treaty of Paris (1763...
94: ...Treaty of Ghent]] was signed in December 1814. It was only after the French and Napoleonic wars ended i...
123: ...; the record coldest temperature in North America was -63°C, at Snag, [[Yukon Territory|Yukon]] in ...
136: ...he constitution, with procedures for amending it, was agreed to one night in November 1981. Quebec nati...
138: ...l party that holds the most seats in the House of Commons. The Prime Minister, in turn, appoints the [[Cabi... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
67: ...2004]]. His son, [[Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahayan]] was elected president the next day.
88: ...in merging into rolling sand dunes of vast desert wasteland; with mountains in the east. Its strategic ...
136: {{commons|United Arab Emirates}} - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
58: ...urpose of the act being to declare that the state was a [[republic]] rather than a form of [[constituti...
60: ... known as the "[[Irish Free State]]", a name that was retained until [[1937]].
67: ...[[World War I|Great War]]. (The war at that stage was expected to be ended by 1915, not the four years ...
69: ...]] ''Saorstᴠɩreann'') with [[dominion status]] was created. The [[Dᩬ]] narrowly ratified the treat...
71: ...sfy Republican concerns. The new Irish Free State was in theory to cover the entire island, subject to ... - Guatemala (8475 bytes)
60: ...owlands area of the [[Peten]] region of Guatemala was the heart of the flourishing [[Maya civilization]...
67: ...85]] to date. The most recent democratic election was in [[2003]]. Guatemala still has to build an oper...
123: {{commons|Guatemala}} - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
57: ...f Mohen-jo-Daro]], 80 km southwest of [[Sukkur]], was center of [[Indus Valley Civilization]], 2600 BCE...
59: ...the site of the [[Indus Valley civilization]] and was subsequently conquered by many groups, including ...
62: ...heodamas]]) and as administrators, after the area was conquered by various Central Asian groups, most n...
64: ...[[Uzbekistan]] to northwestern India. The kingdom was founded by King [[Heraios]], and greatly expanded...
69: ... until the early [[19th century]] the entire area was ruled briefly by [[Nadir Shah]] and then by the [... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
58: ...which, until 1949, the King of the United Kingdom was also King of Ireland). This state later became th...
62: ...he [[Act of Union 1707|Act of Union of 1707]], it was customary to refer officially to Scotland and to ...
69: ...en Scotland was on the brink of economic ruin and was deeply unpopular with the broader Scottish popula...
71: ...d to remain in the UK. The nomenclature of the UK was changed in 1927 to recognise the departure of mos...
91: ...ntable to the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]], the lower and only directly elected house in B... - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
40: ...4 at the [[Mount Washington (New Hampshire)|Mount Washington]] weather observatory in the [[Presidentia...
46: [[USS New Hampshire|USS ''New Hampshire'']] was named in honor of this state.
49: ...t British rule in the [[American Revolution]]. It was the first state to declare its independence, and ...
58: ...u]] (Republican), whose father [[John H. Sununu]] was governor of the state from [[1983]]–[[1988]...
62: ...House of Representatives and the British House of Commons. Based on 2000 Census data, this averages out to ... - Space (10661 bytes)
41: ...[[mathematics]] which measures spatial relations, was popularised by the [ancient Greeks]], although ea...
47: ...ime]], and an important formulation in both areas was given by [[Immanuel Kant]].
103: {{commons|Category:Space}}
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