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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
20: ... of Canterbury]] and has always been a strong believer in the [[Church of England]].
35: ... Prince of Wales|Prince Charles of Edinburgh]]. Several weeks earlier [[letters patent]] had been issu...
55: ...otel]] – a unique circumstance for any such event. She was the first British monarch since the [[...
60: ...am Palace]] in central London. It is believed, however, that like many of her predecessors she dislikes...
64: ...dent nations and principalities. As nations have developed economically and in literacy, Queen Elizabet... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ... religious policies, however, were in many cases reversed by her successor, [[Elizabeth I of England|El...
13: ...ssertions that she was created Princess of Wales, even though he was deeply disappointed that his wife ...
17: ...1522|Treaty of Windsor]]. Within a few years, however, the engagement was broken off. In [[1526]], th...
26: However, it quickly transpired that it had been Mary's f...
28: ...Prince Edward, Duke of Cornwall). Both women, however, remained legally illegitimate. - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
9: ...iter and poet. She granted [[Royal Charter]]s to several famous organizations, including [[Trinity Coll...
11: ...ight peerage dignities, one [[earl|earldom]] and seven [[baron|baronies]] in the [[Peerage of England]]...
18: ... who was often referred to as "Kat". Chapernowne developed a close relationship with Elizabeth and rema...
20: ...te girth and not her father's enormous weight. However, from her father she did inherit her red hair.
22: ... and took Elizabeth into her household. It is believed that Seymour made advances towards Elizabeth whi... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
12: Anne's reign was marked by the development of the two-party system. Anne personally p...
17: ...f she converted to Catholicism. Princess Anne, however, declared her firm adherence to [[Anglicanism]];...
22: ... Marlborough was a Jacobite (that is, one who believed that James II was the legitimate monarch), Mary ...
26: ...I of England]] through [[Elizabeth of Bohemia]]. Several genealogically senior claimants were disregard...
28: ...er father died later in [[1701]]. She did not, however, endear herself to her half-brother, James II's ... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
14: ...[French language|French]]. Her educator was the Reverend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Loui...
16: ...govern the realm as would an adult. In order to prevent such a scenario, Parliament passed the ''[[Rege...
18: ...sense of duty (his family desired the match). Whatever Albert's original reasons for marrying Victoria ...
20: ...arly [[1960s]] an [[Order-in-Council]] partially reversed the decision by granting [[Elizabeth II of th...
25: King William IV died at the age of seventy-two on [[20 June]] [[1837]], leaving the thron... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
11: ...called '''Princess Diana''' by the media despite never having had the right to that title, as it would ...
15: ...[role model]] — after her death, there were even calls for her to be nominated for [[sainthood]] ...
24: ...ow-average student, having failed all of her [[O-level]] examinations. At age 16 she briefly attended ...
32: Reportedly, the Prince's former girlfriend (and eventually his second wife) [[Camilla Parker Bowles]]...
38: ... end her life (or that the suicide attempts never even took place) and that she was merely making a [[s... - 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: ...ditor/owner of ''The Observer'' newspaper, would never forgive Claud Cockburn and his newssheet ''"The ...
12: It is generally believed that it was Nancy Astor who, during a [[World Wa... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
31: ...history to sit at the table of the [[G7|Group of Seven]] (now [[G8]]) leaders, the eight most industria...
33: She was never particularly fond of any of her given names, and...
41: Upon her election to the [[Canadian House of Commons]] in [[1988]], Campbell became Canada's first fem...
47: However, Campbell's initial popularity soon wore off. Th...
51: ...west]] and the [[Bloc Qu颩cois]] in [[Quebec]] prevented the Conservatives from winning seats under th... - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
8: ...[1913]] her husband moved to the [[Ukraine]] and never returned. Shortly thereafter she joined [[James ...
10: ...-elected to the [[Second Dᩬ]] in the [[House of Commons of Southern Ireland]] elections of 1921. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ...[[privatisation]] of government-owned industries. Even before coming to power she was nicknamed the '''...
31: ... England]], and increased wealth inequalities. However from the mid 1980s a period of sustained economi...
33: ...Rates (tax)|local government Rates]] tax with the even less popular [[Community Charge]], more commonly...
38: ...[[ice cream]]. She was a member of the team that developed the first soft frozen ice cream.
43: ...r seat in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. Unusually, her [[maiden speech]] was made in s... - The Valiant Five (3833 bytes)
8: ...(one of two women first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]], and
11: .... summon qualified Persons to the Senate; and ... every Person so summoned shall become and be a Member...
20: ... a precedent for jurisdictions over the world. However, because the Council did not hear appeals from w...
28: ...ember of the [[Canadian House of Commons|House of Commons]]. - Asia (16910 bytes)
4: ...ologically]] and [[geography|geographically]], however, Asia is not considered a continent or a [[subco...
85: ...ulf States]], for a different grouping involving several of the above countries.
158: ...and [[Japan]] have significant operations in the developing Asia to take avantage of its abundant suppl...
170: ...Asia''' can be seen as the distinct histories of several peripheral coastal regions, [[East Asia]], [[S...
172: ...dually in each area. Cities, states and empires developed in these lowlands. - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...me is now "Canada", not anything else. If you believe you have arguments or evidence to the contrary, p...
75: The name "Canada" is believed to have originated from the [[Huron]]-[[Iroquoia...
86: ... have been inhabited for at least 10,000 years. Several [[Viking]] expeditions occurred around AD [[10...
113: ...]. Much of Canada lies in [[Arctic]] regions, however, and thus Canada has only the fourth most arable...
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)
2: ...an Peninsula]] in [[Southwest Asia]], comprising seven [[emirate]]s: [[Abu Dhabi]], [[Ajman]], [[Dubai]...
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65: ...Vice-President are elected by the Supreme Council every five years. Although unofficial, the Presidency...
71: ...erves. One result of these efforts is a steadily developing tourism industry, centered on coastal, dese...
75: The UAE comprises the following seven emirates: - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ...[European Union]], and has a [[developed country|developed economy]] and an approximate population of s...
39: established_events = - Declared<br> - Recognised |
58: ... "ɩre, or, in the English language, Ireland". However the state is commonly referred to as the "Republ...
60: ...he "[[Irish Republic]]", while when the state achieved ''de facto'' independence in [[1922]] it became ...
65: ...and came about because of complex constitutional developments in the early twentieth century. - Guatemala (8475 bytes)
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72: ...gress of the Republic) with 158 seats, is elected every four years, concurrently with the presidential ...
98: ...maining challenges include beefing up government revenues, negotiating further assistance from internat...
99: Growth should remain at the same level in 2000 provided world agricultural prices do no...
112: ...ome official documents and voting materials into several indigenous languages (see summary of main subs... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
38: established_events = - Declared<br /> - Republic...
54: ...-history, civilizations of the region, and modern events to date)''
59: ...kshashila) became a great center of learning and development.
62: ...ffuse tributaries to the south and east, possibly even as far as [[Mathura]] in modern India. [[Sagala]...
72: ...prey to East India Company's conspiracies and the eventual collapse of the freedom struggle against the... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
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56: ...s]] throughout the world, and relationships with several [[Crown dependency|Crown dependencies]].
62: ...h Britain" and "South Britain", though the usage never really caught on. It should be noted that the pr...
64: ...], the [[Shetland Islands]], etc. The term is, however, often avoided, especially in [[Ireland]], by th...
74: ...er of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing Western ideas of property, liberty, capital... - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
40: New Hampshire is home to the highest winds ever recorded on Earth: 231 mph in 1934 at the [[Moun...
60: ...ernor]]; the Senate President fills that role. However, New Hampshire has a bifurcated executive branch...
62: ...this averages out to about one Representative for every 3090 people.
78: ...dams]] surrounding it. With hurricane force winds every third day on the average, 100 recorded deaths a...
84: ...he whole river. The [[Piscataqua River]] and its several tributaries form the state's only significant ... - Space (10661 bytes)
41: ...ancient Greeks]], although earlier societies had developed measuring systems. The [[SI|International S...
49: ...measurements are used to quantify how far apart [[event]]s occur.
67: ...[[regional]], [[national]] and [[international]] levels. Space can also impact on human and cultural b...
75: "Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I...
77: ...orting thought-- particularly for people who can never remember where they have left things." - [[Woody...
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