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- Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
2: subject_name=Diana, Princess of Wales|
3: image_name=Diana, Princess of Wales.jpg |
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
11: ...at title, as it would imply that she was a [[princess]] by [[birthright]] rather than by marriage.
13: ...biographies, magazine articles and television movies. - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
1: ...sh_Stamp_Countess_Markievicz.jpg|right|thumb|Countess Markiewicz]]
4: ...ved as a child at the [[Anglo-Irish]] family's ancestral home, Lissadell House in [[County Sligo]]. C...
6: ...t at the Slade School in [[London]] and then in [[Paris]], where in [[1893]] she met and married [[Poland...
8: ...e 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. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
9: |'''PM Predecessor:'''
10: |[[James Callaghan]]
12: |'''PM Succesor:'''
27: ... of [[privatisation]] of government-owned industries. Even before coming to power she was nicknamed th...
29: ... "[[special relationship]]" with the [[United States]], and formed a close bond with [[Ronald Reagan]]... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ... the talk page, and wait until the consensus changes before making the edit. Thank you.
3: ...formation instead to one of the many "main" articles about Canada linked from this article, e.g., [[Po...
6: ...ea (after [[Russia]]). Bordering the [[United States]], its territorial claims extend north into the [...
8: ...as a [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary]] [[representative democracy]] and is a [[constitutional mon...
10: ...]]. Its [[Statistics Canada|official]] population estimate for [[as of 2005|June 2005]] is 32.2 millio... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ...ff the coast of north-west [[Europe]]. It is the westernmost state of the [[European Union]], and has ...
14: official_languages = [[Irish language|Irish]], [[English language|En...
18: largest_city = [[Dublin]] |
20: leader_titles = [[President of Ireland|President]]<br>[[Taoiseach]] |
21: leader_names = [[Mary McAleese]]<br>[[Bertie Ahern]] | - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
7: ...small>Emblem of the [[Palaeologus]] dynasty, as preserved today at the entrance of the Ecumenical Patr...
10: | Constantine makes Constantinople his capital.
13: ...is permanently split into Eastern and Western halves, following the death of Theodosius I.
15: | [[527]] || Justinian I becomes emperor.
24: | The [[Lombard]] invasion results in the loss of most of Italy. - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...scount St Albans''' in [[1621]]; both peerage titles becoming extinct upon his death.
4: ...erimentation, observation, and testing of hypotheses. In the context of his time, such methods were co...
8: He was the youngest of five sons of [[Nicholas Bacon|Sir Nicholas Ba...
12: At Cambridge he first met the Queen, who was impressed by his precocious intellect, and was accustome...
14: ...ed barren, disputatious, and wrong in its objectives. - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...s|political]], and [[economics|economic]] structures.
4: ...]] government on issues of [[taxation]] and [[representation]].
6: ==Motives for exploration and colonization==
9: ...seafaring]] technologies needed to make long voyages across open water.
11: ...uickly mounted an effort of colonization and conquest. Within a few years, they had divided up lucrati... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
1: ... de Gaulle. For the [[Paris]] airport, see [[Charles de Gaulle International Airport]]''
5: |+ <big><big>'''Charles de Gaulle'''</big></big>
10: | [[President of France]]
19: | [[Georges Pompidou]]
31: - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...], in which he became the [[patron saint]] of statesmen, lawyers, and politicians.
5: ...s More was the eldest son of Sir John More, a successful lawyer who served as a judge in the [[King's ...
7: ...life he continued to observe many monastic practices, including self-punishment in the form of wearing...
9: ...ucation at a time when such learning was usually reserved for men.
12: ...an Emperor]] [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]], More was knighted and made undertreasurer in... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...d of absolutism and people as subjects and amplifies the power of the people, boosting them to the sta...
5: == Causes ==
6: ''See main article [[Causes of the French Revolution]].''
8: ...egislative bodies, the conflicting interests of these initially allied groups would become the source ...
10: Certainly, causes of the revolution must include all of the followi... - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
1: ... Parthenon seen from the hill of the Pnyx to the west]]
3: ...f Athena the Virgin''', and its popular name derives from the Greek word ''παρθ	...
5: ...enon replaced an older [[temple]] which had been destroyed by the [[Iran|Persians]]. As well as being ...
7: ==Design and construction==
8: [[Image:ac.parthenon2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The western face of the Parthenon remains relatively inta... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
13: ... The [[Racial policy of Nazi Germany|racial policies]] that Hitler directed culminated in the systemat...
15: ...'s most powerful nations. Nevertheless, the [[Allies]] ultimately defeated Germany. In the final days ...
20: ...f]]'', his [[autobiography]], Adolf Hitler describes his father as an "irascible tyrant"; however, the...
22: ...il Schicklgruber" were airdropped over German cities. He was legally born a Hitler, however, and was i...
24: ...ish the probability Hitler had Jewish or Czech ancestors. Historians such as [[Werner Maser]] and [[Ia... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
1: ...e establishment of the [[United States|United States of America]].
5: ...ted or parodied, it is one of the most famous images relating to the American Revolutionary War.]]
10: ...). Each colony instead provided for its own defenses through the use of local [[militia]]. Militiamen ...
12: ...arms for the colonies in any given year. The greatest number of men that Washington personally command...
15: ...rn estimates, total British strength in the colonies did not exceed 20,000 men at any one time. - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
5: quotation=An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. |
15: ...e 14th [[Dalai Lama]]. He often said that his values were simple; drawn from traditional [[Hinduism|Hi...
18: ... and sects. He was born into the vaishya, or business, caste. At the age of 13 Gandhi married [[Kastur...
22: ... spelling of the verb in the UK and Indian varieties of English --->
23: ...a]]. Although he had not shown a particular interest in religion before, he began to read works of an... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
2: ...age:Thomas Hobbes (portrait).jpg|thumb|Thomas Hobbes: detail from a portrait by John Michael Wright ([...
4: '''Thomas Hobbes''' ([[April 5]], [[1588]] – [[December 4]],...
6: ...escartes]] and wrote one of the replies to Descartes' ''Meditations.''
10: ...John Wilkinson]] and he had some influence on Hobbes.
12: At university Hobbes appears to have followed his own curriculum; he w... - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
10: ...gifts, and hanging stockings are very similar to Western celebrations.<ref name=autogenerated1 />
12: ...ember 25. Both are former [[colony|colonies]] of Western powers with (nominal) [[Christian]] cultural ...
14: ... interest in this Western phenomenon, and, sometimes, as part of retail marketing campaigns.
20: ...countries. In addition, increasing numbers of stores and buildings are displaying Christmas decoration...
22: ...services, for example, they go caroling to the homes of older church members, where they are usually t... - 1901 (12292 bytes)
5: | align="center" colspan=2 | <small>'''[[Decades]]:'''</small> <br> [[1870s]] [[1880s]] [[1890s]]...
7: | align="center" | <small>'''[[Centuries]]:'''</small> <br> [[19th century]] - '''[[20th c...
11: '''1901''' was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] (see link for calendar).
16: * [[January 1]] - World celebrates what is regarded as the start of the new century....
17: ...mmonwealth of Australia]]. [[Edmund Barton]] becomes first [[Prime Minister]].
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