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- Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
10: Mary I is sometimes confused with her first cousin, once removed [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary...
13: ...d of [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] and his first wife, [[Catherine of Aragon]]. A [[stillbirth|...
15: ... the subject, but was herself the Princess Mary's first teacher in Latin.
17: ...he [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] by the [[Treaty of Windsor 1522|Treat...
21: ...beth, then living in [[Hatfield, Hertfordshire|Hatfield]]. She was not permitted to see her mother Ca... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: ...ngdom of Great Britain|Kingdom]], Anne became the first Sovereign of [[Great Britain]]. She continued ...
15: ...ames, Duke of York, (afterwards James II) and his first wife, the [[Lady Anne Hyde]] (daughter of [[Ed...
17: ...Catholicism. Princess Anne, however, declared her firm adherence to [[Anglicanism]]; James II continue...
22: ...te monarch), Mary II dismissed him from all his offices. Lady Marlborough was subsequently removed fro...
24: ...our by restoring Lord Marlborough to all of his offices. In return, Princess Anne publicly supported W... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ... of Great Britain and Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
12: ...ld I of Belgium|Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield]] and widow of [[Karl of Leiningen|Karl, Princ...
14: ...a was taught only [[German language|German]], the first language of both her mother and her governess,...
18: ...s sixteen years old. Prince Albert was Victoria's first cousin; his father was the brother of her moth...
27: ...ng unpopular and, moreover, faced considerable difficulty in governing the British colonies. In [[Cana... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
7: ...m, ittihād, nazm<br /> ([[Urdu]]: Faith (self confidence), Unity, Discipline) |
10: official_languages = [[Urdu language|Urdu]], [[E...
16: largest_city = [[Karachi]] (also [[financial capital]]) |
74: ...dia and died in solitary confinement in 1862. The Emperor's three sons, also involved in the War of Indepen...
85: ...d the United States supported anti-Soviet freedom fighters (called [[Mujahideen]]) in Afghanistan, and... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
15: | [[527]] || Justinian I becomes emperor.
35: | The Emperor Romanus IV is defeated by the [[Seljuk Turks]] at...
41: | Constantinople is liberated by the Byzantine emperor of [[Nicaea]], Michael Palaeologus.
46: ...us]], was forced to abdicate, thus leaving to the emperor in the Greek East sole imperial authority. In any...
51: ...e Frankish monarch, but as "Imperator Graecorum" (Emperor of the Greeks) and the land as "Imperium Graecoru... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
14: ...ant to the [[Old Testament]] scriptures, was crucified by humanity, died and was buried, only to be re...
21: ...6 in the [[New Testament]], Jesus' followers were first called Christians by non-Christians in the cit...
29: ...nessed his miracles and teachings. After his crucifixion, his apostles and other followers claimed tha...
31: ...l as a student of Gamaliel (Acts 22:3), a leading figure amongst the Jewish Sanhedrin (Acts 5:34&ndash...
34: ...istianity.]] Christianity spread rapidly over the first three centuries aided by the relative internal... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
8: ... Tycho's father, a [[nobleman]], was an important figure in the [[Denmark|Danish]] King's court. [[Bea...
33: ...ntained since [[antiquity]] that the world of the fixed stars was eternal and unchangeable (a fundamen...
38: ... of the [[solar system]]. Tycho believed in a modified [[geocentric model]] known as the [[Tychonian s...
43: ...rway]], impressed with Tycho's 1572 observations, financed the construction of two observatories for T...
45: ...I|Rudolf II]], the [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman Emperor]], he built a new observatory (in a castle in Ben... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...ism|humanist]] scholar and occupied many public offices, including that of [[Lord Chancellor]] from [[...
7: ...he judged himself incapable of [[celibacy]], More finally decided to marry in [[1505]], but for the re...
9: More had four children by his first wife, Jane Colt, who died in [[1511]]. He rem...
12: ...vernment, welcoming foreign diplomats, drafting official documents, and serving as a liaison between t...
14: ... British House of Commons|Speaker of the House of Commons]]. He later served as high steward for the unive... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...end of absolutism and people as subjects and amplifies the power of the people, boosting them to the s...
21: ...itors of the confidence and stability of France's finances.
23: ...ly of Notables would restore confidence in French finances, and allow further borrowing until the land...
25: ...ing the convocation of the Estates-General within five years, but also attempted in the meanwhile to g...
27: ...8]], and Necker again took charge of the nation's finances. He used his position not to propose new r... - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
4: official_name = San Francisco, California |
22: timezone = [[Pacific Standard Time Zone|PST]] |
24: timezone_DST = [[Pacific Daylight Time|PDT]] |
31: ...Farallon Islands]] 27 miles offshore in the [[Pacific Ocean]].
35: The first [[Europe]]ans to settle in San Francisco were ... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...the [[Roman Empire]]. In 55BC Caesar launched the first Roman invasion of [[Britain]], and his conques...
15: ...stained with me; for in this one Caesar, you will find many a Marius."
21: ...l, he had their throats cut before they were crucified to lessen their suffering.
23: ...as propaganda for his upcoming election for the office of [[quaestor]].
28: ...n [[Spain]]. As an administrative and financial officer, the trip was largely uneventful, but it was w... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
23: ...k near to him as he was returning to school. Terrified, he cried out, "Help,[[Saint Anne]]! I'll becom...
25: ==Luther's struggle to find peace with God==
31: ... most important of these was the doctrine of justification by faith alone.
37: Luther's first public challenge of papal power came in [[1517...
41: ...eter's Basilica]], agreed that Albert could pay a fine for the violation and keep both sees. Albert wo... - Island (4674 bytes)
4: ...'''volcanic''' islands. There are also some [[artificial island]]s.
19: ...ian Islands]], and most of [[Tonga]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]]. Some of the [[Lesser Antilles]] and the...
23: ...ea surface in a more northerly direction as the [[Emperor Seamounts]]. Another chain with similar orientati...
25: ...an]] and [[Bora Bora]] in the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]].
28: {{commons|Island}} - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
2: {{Refimprove|date=November 2007}}
8: ...mage:TSTNewWorldCentre.jpg|thumb|left|A large artificial [[Christmas tree]] outside a shopping mall in...
10: ...e citizens who consider themselves Christians unofficially, and usually privately, observe Christmas.<...
20: ...le television stations are known to air Christmas films and cartoon specials popular in the Western co...
27: ...ely participate in the programmes. Christmas is officially celebrated at the [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]] by... - 1901 (12292 bytes)
17: ...nwealth of Australia]]. [[Edmund Barton]] becomes first [[Prime Minister]].
20: * [[January 10]] - The first great [[Texas]] gusher, [[oil]] discovered at ...
22: ...e of [[Hawaii|Hawaii Territory]] convenes for the first time.
29: * [[April 25]] - [[New York State]] becomes the first to require [[automobile]] [[license plate]]s.
30: * [[May 9]] - [[Australia]] opens its first [[Australian Parliament|parliament]] in [[Melb... - Pomegranate (4637 bytes)
22: ...e [[flower]]s are bright red, 3 cm diameter, with five petals (often more on cultivated plants).
41: {{commons|Punica granatum}}
42: {{Commons|Punica granatum nana}}
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