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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
5: {{British Royal Family}}
9: ...reigned in these positions since the death of her father, [[George VI of the United Kingdom|King Georg...
15: ...fair]], [[London]] on [[21 April]], [[1926]]. Her father was HRH [[George VI of the United Kingdom|The...
17: ...one|line of succession to the crown]], behind her father and her uncle, HRH [[Edward VIII of the Unite...
23: When her father became King in [[1936]] upon her uncle [[Edwa... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...3]] (''[[de jure]]'') or [[19 July]] 1553 (''[[de facto]]'') until her death. Mary, the fourth and pen...
13: ...e was deeply disappointed that his wife had again failed to produce a healthy son; Catherine's sixth a...
17: ...t the Princess Mary wed, not the Dauphin, but his father Francis I, who was eager for an alliance with...
19: ...y's parents was in jeopardy. Queen Catherine had failed to provide Henry the male heir he desired; co...
21: ...n Anne's aunt, the [[Lady Shelton]], to her own infant half-sister Elizabeth, then living in [[Hatfiel... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
9: ...d poet. She granted [[Royal Charter]]s to several famous organizations, including [[Trinity College, D...
16: ...sed as Lady Elizabeth and lived in exile from her father as he married his succession of wives. Henry'...
18: ...ul Anne had entrusted her daughter's spiritual welfare to Parker before her death. Later, Parker would...
20: ...t her father's enormous weight. However, from her father she did inherit her red hair.
25: ...ving left a will which purported to supersede his father's. Contravening the [[English Act of Success... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
10: ...] and [[William III of England|William III]]. The failure of either Anne or of her sister to produce a...
12: ...ill, Duchess of Marlborough]], though there was a falling out later when the Duchess of Marlborough wa...
17: ...ing to Roman Catholicism on his deathbed), Anne's father ascended the Throne as James II. James, desir...
19: ...I. Princess Anne did not endeavour to support her father; instead, she quickly defected to the invader...
22: ...reatment of the Marlboroughs, however, was not as favourable. In [[1692]], correctly suspecting that L... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
12: ...eady married, but estranged from their wives) and father children to provide an heir for the king. At ...
14: ...monia]] eight months after she was born. Her grandfather, George III, died blind and insane less than ...
18: ...or German prince) and out of a sense of duty (his family desired the match). Whatever Albert's origina...
20: ...dom|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s descendants a separate family surname, [[Mountbatten-Windsor]].)
27: ...itish colonies. In [[Canada]], the United Kingdom faced an insurrection (see [[Rebellions of 1837]]), ... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
15: ...inent female [[celebrity]] of her generation: a [[fashion]] [[icon]], an ideal of feminine [[beauty]],...
22: ... Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer]] in [[1975]], Diana's father became the 8th [[Earl Spencer]], and she acqu...
24: ... as an academically below-average student, having failed all of her [[O-level]] examinations. At age ...
26: ===Marriage and family===
28: ...the Spencers, had been close to the British Royal Family for decades. Her maternal grandmother, the Do... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
1: ... politician and a member of the prominent [[Astor family]].
4: ...e influential British decorating firm [[Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler]].
8: ...ed, and the first to take a seat, in the House of Commons. She would be re-elected many times, serving unti... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
41: Upon her election to the [[Canadian House of Commons]] in [[1988]], Campbell became Canada's first fem...
45: ...ernment. When an election had to be called in the fall of 1993, the party had high hopes that they may...
49: ...l]] leader [[Jean Chr鴩en]]'s [[1993 Chretien ad|facial paralysis was mocked]] was largely regarded a...
51: ...tory]] by the Liberal Party, and Campbell herself failed to hold onto her [[Vancouver]] [[riding]]. T...
67: ...rward to the day when there are many other female faces.” The painting shows a pensive Ms. Campb... - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
4: ...ooth, she lived as a child at the [[Anglo-Irish]] family's ancestral home, Lissadell House in [[County...
10: ...-elected to the [[Second Dᩬ]] in the [[House of Commons of Southern Ireland]] elections of 1921.
12: ...ish Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs|Minster for the Gaeltacht]]. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
29: ... [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]].
31: ...rial culture. She also aimed to cut back the [[welfare state]] and foster a more flexible labour marke...
36: ...] in [[Lincolnshire]] in eastern [[England]]. Her father was [[Alfred Roberts]], who ran a grocers' sh...
43: ...r seat in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. Unusually, her [[maiden speech]] was made in s...
47: ...minalise male [[homosexuality]], and she voted in favour of the principle of [[David Steel]]'s Bill to... - The Valiant Five (3833 bytes)
1: '''The Valiant Five''' or '''The Famous Five''' were five [[Canada|Canadian]] women w...
6: *[[Irene Parlby|Irene Marryat Parlby]] (farm women's leader, activist and first woman [[Cabi...
7: *[[Nellie McClung|Nellie Mooney McClung]] (a famous [[suffragist]] and member of the Alberta legi...
8: ...(one of two women first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]], and
13: Only men had been appointed to the Senate thus far. For years, pressure had grown for women to be a... - Asia (16910 bytes)
156: ===Manufacturing===
158: ...] and [[Singapore]]. The industry varies from manufacturing cheap goods such as [[toy]]s to high-tech ...
160: One of the major employers in manufacturing in Asia is the [[textile]] industry. Much ...
473: ... the people in the world who practice a religious faith practice one which was founded in Asia.
477: *[[Bah᧭ Faith]] (not much more than half of adherents in Asi... - Canada (35540 bytes)
6: ... claims extend north into the [[Arctic Ocean]] as far as the [[North Pole]].
50: ...=left|[[Nova Scotia]]||[[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]]
100: ...1926]], assumed full control of its own foreign affairs through the [[Balfour Declaration 1926|Balfour...
121: ...tundra]] and finally to [[Arctic barren]]s in the far north. The northern Canadian mainland is ringed ...
123: ...Temperatures often reach lows of -50°C in the far North; the record coldest temperature in North A... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
36: | Sheik [[Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahayan]]
61: ... Kingdom]] control of their defense and foreign affairs in nineteenth-century treaties. In [[1971]], s...
67: ...death on [[2 November]] [[2004]]. His son, [[Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahayan]] was elected president the ...
71: .... The success of these ventures, along with other factors like the relatively low price of commodities...
94: ...izable minorities of Christians, Hindus and other faiths. Around 90% of the population can read and wr... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
60: ...h Republic]]", while when the state achieved ''de facto'' independence in [[1922]] it became known as ...
67: ...ng Irish [[Protestant]]s, fearing that they would face discrimination, and lose economic and social pr...
69: ...sed to take their seats in the [[British House of Commons]]. Instead they set up an extra-legal Irish parli...
71: ...n the British had intended to give but did not go far enough to satisfy Republican concerns. The new I...
73: ... no right to do wrong". They objected most to the fact that the state would remain part of the [[Briti... - Guatemala (8475 bytes)
26: | [[ӳcar Jos頒afael Berger Perdomo]]
62: ...[[Alta Verapaz]] is known for the fact that after failing to conquer it by the sword the Spanish enter...
93: Manufacturing and construction account for one-fifth of ...
123: {{commons|Guatemala}}
126: *[[List of Guatemalans|List of famous Guatemalans]] - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
7: ... Yaqeen-e-muhkam, ittihād, nazm<br /> ([[Urdu]]: Faith (self confidence), Unity, Discipline) |
62: ...ibutaries to the south and east, possibly even as far as [[Mathura]] in modern India. [[Sagala]] (mode...
72: ...]] arrived in the east of Sub-Continent under the false pretenses of trade in [[Tea]], [[Tobacco]], a...
74: ...a]] (now [[Yangon]], [[Myanmar]]). Bhadur Shah Zaffar, known as the Poet King, contributed some of [[U...
76: ... Muslim population of the empire, employing the infamous "[[Divide and rule]]" policy. This suppressio... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
12: ...ngdom|None]]; [[English language|English]] ''[[de facto]]'' <sup>4</sup> |
47: ...[Welsh language|Welsh]]: ''Teyrnas Unedig Prydain Fawr a Gogledd Iwerddon''
74: ...re]] stretched over one quarter of the earth's surface. The first half of the 20th century saw the UK'...
91: ...ntable to the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]], the lower and only directly elected house in B...
93: ... his or her ability to command the support of the Commons. The current Prime Minister is [[Tony Blair]] of ... - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
36: ...esidential election]]s, and has probably the most famous of all [[state motto]]s: "[[Live free or die]...
44: ...ude skiing and other winter sports; observing the fall foliage; the Lakes Region; and the [[New Hampsh...
58: ...lican) and [[John E. Sununu]] (Republican), whose father [[John H. Sununu]] was governor of the state ...
62: ...House of Representatives and the British House of Commons. Based on 2000 Census data, this averages out to ...
76: ...rmation called the [[Old Man of the Mountain]], a face-like profile in [[Franconia Notch]], until May ... - Space (10661 bytes)
49: ...nd temporal measurements are used to quantify how far apart [[event]]s occur.
67: ... the design of buildings and structures, and on [[farming]].
88: ... Marvell]], ''Upon Appleton House, to My Lord Fairfax''
103: {{commons|Category:Space}}
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