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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
23: ... She and her younger sister [[Princess Margaret]] were [[Evacuations of civilians in Britain during Wor...
64: ...in as it has shared world economic and military power with a growing host of independent nations and pr...
76: ...ly were perceived as cold and unfeeling when they were seen not to participate in the public outpouring...
94: ...ith the [[upper house|upper]] and [[lower house|lower]] houses. In practice, however, the Queen's role ...
96: ... the first instance not to the Queen but to the lower house of Parliament. The Queen's role in the judi... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...'Bloody Mary'''. Her religious policies, however, were in many cases reversed by her successor, [[Eliza...
19: ...ions of English ecclesiastical courts to the Pope were abolished, and the King was acknowledged as "Sup...
21: ...y was expelled from the Royal Court; her servants were dismissed from her service, and she was forced t...
23: ...eaulieu or Newhall in Essex, Richmond and Hunsdon were among her principal places of residence.
28: There were several attempts to marry her off to European pr... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
11: ...]], and one barony in the [[Peerage of Ireland]], were created during Elizabeth's reign. Elizabeth also...
27: ...ent would not allow it. After two months in the Tower, Elizabeth was put under house arrest under the g...
37: ...re greatly diminished. Elizabeth's chief advisors were Sir William Cecil, a [[Secretary of State]], and...
41: ...zabeth inheiretted from her father [[Henry VIII]] were only hers until she wed.
44: ...[Treaty of Edinburgh]], under which French troops were to be withdrawn from Scotland. Though Mary vehe... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
10: ...ppling the Scottish economy by restricting trade) were used to ensure that Scotland would co-operate. T...
15: ... her sister was the future Mary II. Anne and Mary were the only children of the Duke and Duchess of Yor...
17: ... of Charles II, however, Anne and her sister Mary were raised as Protestants. In [[1683]], Anne married...
19: ...e line of succession after William and Mary. They were to be followed by any descendants of William by ...
22: ...rd of honour, and the guards at the royal palaces were forbidden to salute her husband. - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
12: ...aalfeld]], the sister of Princess Charlotte's widower [[Leopold I of Belgium|Prince Leopold of Saxe-Cob...
16: ...arliament did not create a council to limit the powers of the Regent.
27: ...rne".) The Melbourne ministry would not stay in power for long; it was growing unpopular and, moreover,...
29: ...es). Many of the Queen's Ladies of the Bedchamber were wives of Whigs, but Sir Robert Peel expected to ...
39: ...nder Melbourne lost the elections of [[1841]] and were replaced by the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Tories... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
13: ...y]] work, the Princess's philanthropic endeavours were overshadowed by a [[scandal]]-plagued marriage. ...
15: ...s a [[role model]] — after her death, there were even calls for her to be nominated for [[saintho...
34: ...r]]) and an estimated 1 billion [[television]] viewers around the world. Diana was the first Englishwom...
44: ...ession, and after numerous legal wranglings, they were given to the Princess's voice coach, who had ori...
58: ...stic helmet and [[Bulletproof vest|flak jacket]], were seen worldwide. (Mine-clearance experts had alre... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
8: ...ed, and the first to take a seat, in the House of Commons. She would be re-elected many times, serving unti...
12: ...the future invasion. The allied soldiers in Italy were so incensed, they composed a sarcastic song to t... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
35: ...ouver school board trustee. Campbell and Divinsky were divorced in [[1983]], and Campbell married [[How...
41: Upon her election to the [[Canadian House of Commons]] in [[1988]], Campbell became Canada's first fem...
43: Also in [[1993]], Campbell and Eddy were divorced, although the divorce was finalized bef... - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
4: ... B. Yeats]] who frequently visited the house, and were influenced by his artistic and political ideas.
10: ...-elected to the [[Second Dᩬ]] in the [[House of Commons of Southern Ireland]] elections of 1921. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ...ernment-owned industries. Even before coming to power she was nicknamed the '''Iron Lady''' in [[Soviet...
31: ... assert that [[Thatcherism|Thatcherite]] policies were responsible for this.
41: ...Carol Thatcher|Carol]] and [[Mark Thatcher|Mark]] were born. On returning to work, she specialised in t...
43: ...r seat in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. Unusually, her [[maiden speech]] was made in s...
45: ..., keeping the post until the Conservatives lost power in the [[1964]] election. When [[Sir Alec Douglas... - The Valiant Five (3833 bytes)
1: ...927]] asked the [[Supreme Court of Canada]] to answer the question, "Are women persons?" The case came...
3: The women, all of whom were from [[Alberta]], were:
8: ...(one of two women first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]], and
20: ...ruled that Canadian women were indeed persons and were competent to serve in the Senate. In their decis...
28: ...ember of the [[Canadian House of Commons|House of Commons]]. - Asia (16910 bytes)
174: ...he dense forests and the [[tundra]]. These areas were very sparsely populated.
176: ...uered states in China, India, and the Middle East were soon forced to adapt to the local societies.
182: ...lakes, reservoirs, rivers) and may therefore be lower here.
494: {{commons|Asia}} - Canada (35540 bytes)
21: ...uclear energy]] generation, and [[hydroelectric power]] capacity. Its diversified [[Economy of Canada|e...
88: ...rench settlers, who became known as [[Acadian]]s, were the first Europeans to settle permanently in Can...
90: ...olonization of the Americas|British settlements]] were established along the [[East Coast of the United...
92: ...unswick]] in [[1784]] and divided Quebec into [[Lower Canada]] and [[Upper Canada]] in 1791.
96: [[The Canadas]] were merged into a single colony, the [[Province of C... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
2: ...harjah]] and [[Umm al-Quwain]]. Before 1971, they were known as '''the Trucial States''' or '''Trucial ...
61: ...sh; merged to form the United Arab Emirates. They were joined in [[1972]] by [[Ras al-Khaimah]].
90: ...between the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia were never made public. Therefore the exact border of...
136: {{commons|United Arab Emirates}} - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
67: ...sh [[Catholics]] were to achieve real political power. Though Irish unionism existed throughout the who...
69: ...sed to take their seats in the [[British House of Commons]]. Instead they set up an extra-legal Irish parli...
75: ... artillery, aircraft, machine-guns and ammunition were much help to Pro-Treaty forces, and the threat o...
77: ...800 fatalities and perhaps as many as 4000 people were killed altogether. As their forces retreated, th...
83: ...nated membership of the association. Only in 1950 were the rules changed to allow [[India]] as a republ... - Guatemala (8475 bytes)
62: ...missionaries. Almost all Pre-Columbian Maya books were lost due to the policy of Spaniards during the c...
67: ...t in the nation in which over 100,000 Guatemalans were killed. A 36-year war between the guerrilla and...
123: {{commons|Guatemala}} - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
74: ...Major Hudson of the British Army, and their Heads were then put up for display at the Delhi Court.
103: The lower house is called the [[National Assembly of Pakist...
111: The last National Assembly elections were held in October 2002, and Senate elections in Fe...
126: ...ct with Turkey and Iran, when all three countries were closely allied with the USA – and as neigh...
128: ...lose friendship, causing concern in the Western powers. Despite US opposition, Pakistan dropped out of ... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
47: ...Welsh]]: ''Teyrnas Unedig Prydain Fawr a Gogledd Iwerddon''
50: ...Cornish]]: ''An Rywvaneth Unys a Vreten Veur hag Iwerdhon Gl館''
52: ...tics]]. As of April 2005, the July 2004 estimates were not yet available.<br><sup>7</sup> [[ISO 3166-1]...
74: ...d Kingdom, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in dev...
78: ...the same year, [[devolution|devolved assemblies]] were created in [[Wales]] and [[Northern Ireland]]. A... - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
38: ...to tradition and limited government. Its state flower is the [[lilac|purple lilac]]. Its state bird is ...
62: ...House of Representatives and the British House of Commons. Based on 2000 Census data, this averages out to ...
66: ...]]. Supporters note that almost all Vermont towns were first chartered by New Hampshire, and point out ...
90: ... and [[Berwick, Maine|Berwick]], which NH asserts were granted to it by Massachusetts prior to Maine be...
128: ...r runs through the city and once provided water power to a textile mill industry. - Space (10661 bytes)
21: ...in's work on relativistic physics, time and space were seen as separate dimensions. Einstein's work un...
103: {{commons|Category:Space}}
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