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- 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... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
5: |'''Period in Office:'''
27: ...servative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] and the figurehead of a political philosophy that became kno...
33: Her popularity finally declined when she replaced the unpopular [[R...
36: ...cal politics, serving as an [[Alderman]] (while officially described as '[[Whig|Liberal]] Independent'...
38: .... She was a member of the team that developed the first soft frozen ice cream. - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...d resulted in the consensus that the country's *official* name is now "Canada", not anything else. If ...
10: ...ench language|French]]. Its [[Statistics Canada|official]] population estimate for [[as of 2005|June 2...
15: ...Minister]], who is the head of government, have official residences in Ottawa.
17: ...f Nations]], and [[La Francophonie]]. Canada is officially [[Bilingualism in Canada|bilingual]]:
21: ... and [[hydroelectric power]] capacity. Its diversified [[Economy of Canada|economy]] relies heavily on... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
12: official_languages = [[Languages in the United Kingdom...
46: ...inority Languages]]. In each of these, the UK's official name is as follows:
52: ...>6</sup> Official estimate provided by the UK [[Office for National Statistics]]. As of April 2005, th...
54: ...untry" to "state", "nation", "union", etc, please first contribute to the extensive discussion of this...
58: ...ded Wales]] as a [[principality]]) with those of, first, [[Kingdom of Scotland]] and then [[Kingdom of... - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...the logical development of a [[Fortification|fortified enclosure]]. The term is most often applied to ...
4: Castles also figure prominently in [[History of Japan|Japanese hi...
8: ... home. Castles were made by their owners for specific purposes, or evolved into new purposes over time...
10: * First and foremost castles were places of protection...
24: ...inseparably connected with the subjects of [[fortification]] (see also [[siegecraft]]) and [[domestic ... - Socrates (7975 bytes)
5: ...ons of Alcibiades, Socrates refused any sort of official recognition and instead encouraged the decora...
7: ...l us that he once spent all of his time on scientific research, but gave up on it when he came to see ...
9: ...of Athens. According to Dr Will Beldam he was the first person to question everything and everyone, an...
11: ...bout their knowledge of good, beauty, and virtue; finding that they knew nothing yet believed they kne...
27: ...mning me. For if you kill me, you will not easily find another such person at all, even if to say in a... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...ism|humanist]] scholar and occupied many public offices, including that of [[Lord Chancellor]] from [[...
5: ...ellous man". Thomas attended the [[University of Oxford]] for two years, where he studied [[Latin]] and [...
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... - Computer (32773 bytes)
1: ...ter case|tower]] of a [[personal computer]] (specifically a [[Power Mac G5]]).]]
3: ...f a problem or part of a system. If a computer configured in this way is given appropriate input data,...
12: In most computers today, the problem is first translated into mathematical terms by renderin...
14: ...'digital'' computers possible, was formally identified and explored by [[Claude E. Shannon]].
16: ...all mathematical problems. [[Alan Turing]] identified which problems could and could not be solved by... - 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... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
15: ...he [[Allies]] ultimately defeated Germany. In the final days of the war, [[Hitler's death|Hitler died]...
20: ...s Hitler]] ([[1837]]–[[1903]]), a customs official, and [[Klara P?]], Alois' niece and third wif...
24: ...h ancestors. Although these rumours were never confirmed, for Hitler they were reason enough to concea...
25: ...d; however, in sixth grade (1900–1901), his first year of high school (''Realschule'') in Linz, ...
27: ... the boy to follow him in a career as a customs official, although Adolf wanted to become a painter. T... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
10: ...ps, but could be effective when led by talented officers.
12: ...f men that Washington personally commanded in the field at any one time was fewer than 17,000.
15: ...erican colonists who sided with the British—fielded perhaps 50,000 men during the war years. How...
19: ... American nation and sent no troops to America to fight alongside the Americans. The Netherlands enter...
25: ... the largest group, the [[Iroquois Confederacy]], fielded about 1,500 warriors against the American re... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
10: ...s was a good pupil and around 1603 he was sent to Oxford and entered at Magdalen Hall (see [[Hertford Coll...
14: ...des]]'s [[History of the Peloponnesian War]], the first translation of that work into [[English langua...
16: Although he associated with literary figures like [[Ben Jonson]] and thinkers such as [[...
20: ...passions whereby Man came into relation with Man. Finally he considered, in his crowning treatise, how...
24: ...e, and wrote a critique of the ''[[Meditations on First Philosophy]]'' of [[Descartes]], which was pri... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
4: ...1838]]. Fully aware of the likely reaction, he confided only in close friends and researched to meet a...
6: ...ent]] as the dominant scientific theory of diversification in nature. He continued his research and w...
15: ...e Mount, Shrewsbury|The Mount House]]. He was the fifth of six children of [[Robert Waring Darwin|Robe...
17: ...a boarder at the ''[[Shrewsbury School]]''. After finishing school, Darwin went to [[Edinburgh Univers...
19: ...fe cycle of marine animals on the shores of the [[Firth of Forth]] where Grant found evidence for ''ho... - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
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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...
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