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- Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
46: ...ion on the French mainland, [[Calais]], after the defeat of an English expedition at [[Le Havre]]. Elizab...
49: ...[[1566]]. The [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] threatened to withhold funds until the Queen ag...
70: ...was made in approximately 1588 to commemorate the defeat of the [[Spanish Armada]] (depicted in the backgr...
84: ...e; upon its expiry, the English faced their worst defeat in the Irish rebellion at the [[Battle of the Yel...
86: ... the Dutch rebellion against Spain. Lord Mountjoy defeated both the Spanish and the Irish troops at the [[... - 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...
10: ...ry, believing that war would most certainly bring defeat. Her promotion of entente with Germany was seen b... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
41: ...gressive Conservative Party in [[1993]]. Campbell defeated [[Jean Charest]] at the [[Progressive Conservat...
53: ...h many pundits saw the unprecedented scope of her defeat as a reflection of the unpopularity of her predec...
57: .... Then, in 1996, the Liberal government that had defeated Campbell appointed her [[Consul General]] to [[... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
29: ...he Conservative leadership in [[1975]]. She was undefeated at the polls, winning the [[United Kingdom gene...
43: ...r seat in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. Unusually, her [[maiden speech]] was made in s...
52: After the Conservative defeat in [[United Kingdom general election, February 19...
68: ...rthern Ireland]], she announced in the [[House of Commons]] that "The future of the constitutional affairs ...
104: ...e prominent members of the party. Thatcher easily defeated Meyer's challenge, but there were sixty ballot ... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
69: ...sed to take their seats in the [[British House of Commons]]. Instead they set up an extra-legal Irish parli...
75: ...nment to defeat them contributed greatly to their defeat. - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
35: | The Emperor Romanus IV is defeated by the [[Seljuk Turks]] at the [[Battle of Manz...
74: ...ple (378)|Battle of Adrianople]] in [[378]]. This defeat, along with the death of Emperor [[Valens]], is o...
84: ... Palestine, Syria and Armenia. The Persians were defeated and the territories were recovered by the emper...
100: ...he [[Bulgaria]]ns. The Bulgarians were completely defeated by [[Basil II]] in [[1014]]. The Empire also ga...
104: ...uiting ground for the Byzantine armies. With the defeat at [[Manzikert]] of emperor [[Romanus IV]] in [[1... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
9: ...[Athens]] was seeking to recover from humiliating defeat, the Athenian public court was induced by three l...
37: {{commons|Socrates}} - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
116: ...to be directly elected by the people. Following a defeat in the National Assembly, he dissolved that body ...
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150: ... resigned on [[April 28]], [[1969]] following the defeat of his referendum to transform the Senate (upper ...
272: {{commons|Charles de Gaulle}} - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
42: ...state, now meeting as the ''Communes'' (English: "Commons"), proceed with verification of its own powers an...
177: ...ty; he also foresaw an opportunity to exploit any defeat: either result would make him stronger. The Giron... - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
139: ...which means setting it aside and is tantamount to defeat) or return it to committee. A bill passed by one ...
157: ...ay be put aside by either house, thus effectively defeating it without rendering a judgment on its substan... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
14: ...ssion]] from the Union, culminated in the South's defeat and in the abolition of slavery. The ensuing year...
62: The [[filibuster]] is a tactic used to defeat bills and motions by prolonging debate indefinite...
80: ...hich only the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] may originate such measures. - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
55: ...le already holding the highest office in Rome and defeating his enemies at every turn, the true greatness ...
60: ...heir own. Before long, the Veneti were completely defeated, and like many tribes before them, sold into sl...
62: ...soners were sent back to Rome as slaves. With the defeat of the Gallic resistance, Caesar next began to fo...
74: ... on the inside. Forced back into Alesia after the defeat of his relief force, with no hope of additional r...
76: The defeat of Vercingetorix lead to an effective end of the ... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
15: ... nations. Nevertheless, the [[Allies]] ultimately defeated Germany. In the final days of the war, [[Hitler...
45: ...lt of a hysterical reaction to Germany's military defeat. Hitler was treated by a military physician who s...
47: ...German army remained (in popular German belief) undefeated. Like many other German nationalists, Hitler bl...
52: ...egoat]] for the outbreak of the war and Germany's defeat. The scapegoats were found in "international Jewr...
64: ...ed by the [[Treaty of Versailles]] imposed on the defeated [[Second Reich|German Empire]] by the Allies. G... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
50: ...ked Quebec]] on [[December 31]], but were soundly defeated by Carleton. Montgomery was killed, Arnold was ...
52: ...]]. Carleton then launched his own invasion, and defeated Arnold in a naval battle on [[Lake Champlain]] ...
78: ...he raiders were [[Battle of Bennington|decisively defeated]] by local American militia, depriving Burgoyne...
116: ... Blue Licks]], a party of Kentuckians was soundly defeated by a superior force of British regulars and Nat...
119: ...ston, South Carolina]]. This ended in humiliating defeat for the British, and the revolutionaries remained... - Native American (42651 bytes)
81: Military defeat, cultural pressure, confinement on reservations, ...
201: {{commons|Native Americans}} - Chile (39914 bytes)
72: ...ndependence, crossed the [[Andes]] into Chile and defeated the royalists. On [[February 12]], [[1818]], Ch...
99: ...ed into force in March [[1981]]. After Pinochet's defeat in the [[1988]] plebiscite, the Constitution was ...
239: {{Commons|Chile|Chile}}
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