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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...beth II in an official portrait as [[Queen of Canada]] (on the occasion of her [[Golden Jubilee of Eli...
7: ...s]], [[Barbados]], [[Belize]], [[Canada]], [[Grenada]], [[Jamaica]], [[New Zealand]], [[Papua New Guin...
15: ... of York (n饠[[Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]]), the daughter of [[Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of...
17: As a granddaughter of the British sovereign in the male line, ...
20: ...[[Entente Cordiale]] and numerous visits to [[Canada]]. She was instructed in religion by the [[Archbi... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: '''Anne''' ([[6 February]] [[1665]]–[[1 August]][[1714]]) became Queen of [[England...
15: ...o would later become one of Anne's most important generals.
17: ...tant [[Prince George of Denmark]], brother of the Danish King [[Christian V of Denmark|Christian V]]. ...
19: ...m and Mary. They were to be followed by any descendants of William by a future marriage.
26: ...ver|Sophia, Electress of Hanover]], and her descendants, who descended from [[James I of England]] thr... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...h. Her reign lasted more than sixty-three years — longer than that of any other British monarch....
12: ...future King George IV), did marry, but had only a daughter, [[Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales]]. W...
14: ...French]]. Her educator was the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]].
20: ...f the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s descendants a separate family surname, [[Mountbatten-Winds...
25: ...ugustus I of Hanover|Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale]], who became King Ernest Augustus of Hanover. ... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
18: | '''Date of Birth:'''
28: | [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]]
31: ...]]'s only female head of a national government to date. She was also the second woman in history to si...
39: ...on]] as a [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]].
41: ...mpbell automatically became Prime Minister of Canada. - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
2: '''Constance Georgine Markiewicz''' ([[1868]]–July 1927), was an [[Ireland|Irish]] politician...
4: Born '''Constance Gore-Booth''', the daughter of [[baronet]] and explorer Sir Henry Gore-...
10: ...-elected to the [[Second Dᩬ]] in the [[House of Commons of Southern Ireland]] elections of 1921.
14: ...ected in the [[Irish_general_election,_1922|Irish General Election of 1922]] but was re-elected in the 1923... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
7: – [[28 November]] [[1990]]
15: |'''Date of Birth:'''
27: ...''Iron Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]...
29: ...nd [[United Kingdom general election, 1987|1987]] general elections, and became the longest-serving Prime M...
31: ...e labour market that would create jobs and could adapt to market conditions. Exacerbated by the global... - The Valiant Five (3833 bytes)
1: ...who, in [[1927]] asked the [[Supreme Court of Canada]] to answer the question, "Are women persons?" T...
8: ...en first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]], and
11: ...ors]]: "The [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] shall... summon qualified Persons to the Senate...
15: ...i>]</nowiki> S.C.R. 276, The Supreme Court of Canada ruled unanimously that the word ''person'' did no...
20: ...exclusion of women from public office "a relic of days more barbarous than ours." Because the Judicial... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...us that the country's *official* name is now "Canada", not anything else. If you believe you have argu...
3: ... e.g., [[Politics of Canada]], [[Geography of Canada]], etc. Thank you.}}
6: '''Canada''' is a country in [[North America]], the norther...
8: ...stitutional monarchy]] with [[Elizabeth II of Canada|Queen Elizabeth II]] as [[head of state]].
10: ... [[French language|French]]. Its [[Statistics Canada|official]] population estimate for [[as of 2005|J... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
40: established_dates = From [[United Kingdom|UK]] by treaty<br>[[21...
58: ...] of the state as per the [[Ireland Act 1949]]. Today while ''Republic of Ireland'' is an accepted ter...
69: ...sed to take their seats in the [[British House of Commons]]. Instead they set up an extra-legal Irish parli...
71: ...Governor-General of the Irish Free State|Governor-General]], a [[bicameral]] parliament, a cabinet called t...
77: ...e Free State suffered a hard blow in the earliest days of its existence as a result. - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
39: established_dates = From the [[United Kingdom]]<br />[[19...
42: time_zone = [[Pakistan Standard Time|PST]] |
54: ...civilizations of the region, and modern events to date)''
57: ...thumb|180px|right|[[Mohenjodaro|Ruins of Mohen-jo-Daro]], 80 km southwest of [[Sukkur]], was center of...
62: ...[1st century]] CE, as petty rulers (such as [[Theodamas]]) and as administrators, after the area was c... - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
16: LandArea = 23,249 |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[June 21]], [[1788]] |
25: ...Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
36: ... of [[Massachusetts]], south of [[Quebec]], [[Canada]], and west of [[Maine]] and the [[Atlantic Ocean...
51: ...ound Railroad]] in providing safe routes into Canada, primarily via the [[Connecticut River]] waterway... - Space (10661 bytes)
1: :''This article is about '''space''' — the scientific and philosophical concept. For ...
4: * One view of space is that it is part of the fundamental structure of the universe, a set of [[dimen...
6: ... A contrasting view is that space is part of a fundamental [[abstract]] mathematical [[concept]]ual fr...
8: ...s, but treats both as features of [[spacetime]] – a conception that challenges intuitive notions...
19: ...using three [[coordinate system|coordinate]]s. [[General relativity|Relativistic physics]] examines [[spac... - Space exploration (14877 bytes)
1: ...ysical exploration of outer-[[Earth]] objects and generally anything that involves the technologies, scienc...
11: ...s sometimes uses a 50 mile definition. (See [[boundary to space]].)
22: ... is the government department responsible for Canada's space programme.
28: ...hing 14 orbits before returning to Earth the next day.
33: ...hich has grown to be a much bigger organisation today. - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
7: ...em of the [[Palaeologus]] dynasty, as preserved today at the entrance of the Ecumenical Patriarchate i...
21: ...ls reconquer North Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogoths]].
46: ... Empire'''. There is no consensus on the starting date of the Byzantine period. Some place it during t...
51: ...te between Romans (Byzantines as we render them today) and [[Franks]], who, under [[Charlemagne]]'s ne...
63: ...]], albeit the former has now retreated to a secondary folkish name rather than a national synonym as ... - Castle (27805 bytes)
2: ...astle" designations, relics of the [[feudalism|feudal]] age, often remained attached to the dwelling, ...
4: ...y of Japan|Japanese history]], where the feudal [[Daimyo]] inhabited them.
26: ...as lower grade housing within the walls to accommodate some of the key population of the local area, s...
30: ...structures and many survive through to the modern day; they are now mostly considered monuments.
48: ... in the life of John, [[bishop]] of Terouanne (''Ada Sanctorum'', quoted by GT Clark, ''Medieval Mil. ... - Tree (23723 bytes)
3: ...gh at maturity and, more importantly, having secondary branches supported on a single main stem or tru...
11: ...he [[Cretaceous]] Period. Most species of trees today are [[flowering plant]]s and conifers. The listi...
20: ...ted to determine the age of the tree, and used to date cores or even wood taken from trees in the past...
22: The roots of a tree are generally embedded in earth, providing anchorage for the ...
24: ...tion. A plant form that is similar to a tree, but generally having smaller, multiple trunks and/or branches... - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: ...arlingtonia_californica.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''[[Darlingtonia]]'': note the small entrance to the tra...
6: [[Charles Darwin]] wrote the first well-known treatise on carn...
38: ...ains two other genera, ''[[Sarracenia]]'' and ''[[Darlingtonia]]'',
39: which are endemic to [[Florida]] (for the most part) and [[California]] respecti...
49: ...nia californica'', the cobra plant, possesses an adaptation also found in - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...Viscount St Albans''' ([[January 22]], [[1561]] – [[April 9]], [[1626]]) was an [[England|Englis...
8: ...mber of the Reformed or [[Puritan]] Church, and a daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke, whose sister married ...
25: ...]ship fell vacant in 1594 and Bacon became a candidate for the office, Lord Essex's influence could no...
31: ...ment session Bacon married [[Alice Barnham]], the daughter of a London merchant. Little or nothing is ...
35: ...y, but a law was passed that forbade the attorney-general to sit in parliament -- and to the various royal ... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
4: ...Colonies]]. Some historians add a fifth region – the [[frontier]] had certain unifying features...
22: ...had apparently disappeared in the middle of their daily tasks.
29: ...colonists to work, and befriended [[Pocahontas]], daughter of Chief [[Powhatan]], who was able to supp...
35: ... However, because rivers and [[creek]]s were abundant, this allowed the plantations to spread out. Th...
49: ...as known as Virginia - somewhere in the area of today's [[New York]]. Blown off course, they came ins... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
6: ...tian Love]]). Most Christians ( not all see [[Jonadabs]] ) believe Jesus to be the [[Son of God]] and ...
8: ...nds of diverse beliefs and sects. Christianity is generally grouped into three main branches, which split f...
14: ...right hand of" (become one with) God. Christians generally believe that faith in [[Jesus]] is the only way...
23: ...g of the Jews" by [[Pontius Pilate]] (John 19:19–22; see Luke 16:8) on the [[INRI|''titulus cruc...
27: ... whipping (Isa. 53:5; John 19:1; Matt. 27:26) and general humiliation that is centred on the given referenc...
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