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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
20: ...ost recently during her [[2004]] state visit to [[France]] to commemorate the centenary of the [[Enten...
29: ...7]], when she accompanied her parents to [[South Africa]]. On her 21st birthday she made a broadcast t...
33: ...t-great-grandmother. They are also both descended from [[Christian IX of Denmark]] (she being a great-...
38: ...] [[1996]]) [[Diana, Princess of Wales|Lady Diana Frances Spencer]] ([[1961]]–[[1997]]); married...
55: ...e's health declined during [[1951]] and Elizabeth frequently stood in for him at public events. She vi... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...ngland]] and [[King of Ireland|Queen of Ireland]] from [[17 November]] [[1558]] until her death. Somet...
9: ...th impatience by her counsellors, often saved her from political and marital misalliances. Like her fa...
11: ...the number of [[Privy Council|Privy Counsellors]] from thirty-nine to nineteen, and later to fourteen.
16: ...as addressed as Lady Elizabeth and lived in exile from her father as he married his succession of wive...
18: ...th Elizabeth and remained her confidante and good friend for life. She had been appointed to Elizabeth... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...] from [[20 June]] [[1837]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more...
12: ... Duke of York were already married, but estranged from their wives) and father children to provide an ...
14: ...anguage|Greek]], [[Latin]], and [[French language|French]]. Her educator was the Reverend [[George Da...
20: ... own marital surname was. After examining records from the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha archives, they reported t...
23: [[Image:queen_victoria.jpg|framed|left|A young Victoria is depicted at her coro... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ... was the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] from [[1979]] to [[1990]], the only woman [[as of 20...
29: ...y]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]].
31: ...and]], and increased wealth inequalities. However from the mid 1980s a period of sustained economic gr...
33: ...d Monetary Union]]. Her leadership was challenged from within and she was forced to resign in [[1990]]...
36: ...hire]] in eastern [[England]]. Her father was [[Alfred Roberts]], who ran a grocers' shop in the town ... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
21: ...inian's generals reconquer North Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogoths]].
27: ...n the following decades, they take most of North Africa, and later conquer Sicily as well.
29: ...the Empire's remaining Italian territories, aside from some territories in the south.
51: ...ror of the Romans) which was now reserved for the Frankish monarch, but as "Imperator Graecorum" (Empe...
61: ...re, particularily in the [[acritic songs]], where frontiersmen (ακρίτε&#... - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: A '''castle''' (from the [[Latin]] ''castellum'', diminutive of ''ca...
2: ...expanded into pleasure dwellings and power houses from the late 15th century, their "castle" designati...
10: ...st and foremost castles were places of protection from an invading enemy, a place of retreat. This can...
11: ...e weapons, built in otherwise hostile territories from which to control surrounding lands.
14: ...nd control of a region. A castle was a stronghold from which a lord or baron could control surrounding... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
4: ... features no matter what sort of colony it sprang from. By the late [[18th century]], these different...
9: ...d [[16th century|16th]] centuries, Europe emerged from the [[Middle Ages]] and entered the [[Renaissan...
13: ... as the Europeans were concerned, they were still free for the taking.
16: ...[over-population]] and the desire for [[religious freedom]] played their respective parts.
20: [[Image:ronokmap.JPG|right|framed|1584 map of Chesapeake Bay by John White]] - Formula One (29650 bytes)
9: ...or [[Mexico]], [[India]], [[Russia]] and [[South Africa]] have reinforced the sport's "worldwide" imag...
16: ...e [[List of Formula One Grands Prix]] for results from past seasons and individual races.''
18: Historically, the Formula One series evolved from the European [[Grand Prix motor racing]] (''q.v...
24: ...rity, and it quickly and permanently replaced the front-mounted engine model.
35: ...xpiration and assured them a share of the profits from the sale of television rights, bringing an end ... - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
2: ...mage:Lightmatter sanfrancisco.jpg|thumb|293px|San Francisco skyline.]]
4: official_name = San Francisco, California |
8: image_map = California map showing San Francisco County.png |
9: ..._caption = Location of the City and County of San Francisco in California |
11: subdivision_name = [[San Francisco]] | - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...ing Roman influence into what has become modern [[France]], an accomplishment whose direct consequence...
4: ...ltering government of the weak republic. Caesar's friend [[Marcus Brutus]] conspired with others to as...
6: Caesar's military campaigns are known in detail from his own written [[Literary works of Julius Caes...
23: ...ing the funerals Caesar delivered eulogy speeches from the [[rostra]]. Julia's funeral was filled wit...
26: ...umbnail|right|250px|'''Julius Caesar''', depicted from the bust in the [[British Museum]], in ''Cassel... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
11: ...hancellor of Germany|chancellor]]) of [[Germany]] from [[1933]] to his death. He was leader of the [[N...
15: He led Germany from the depths of post-[[World War I]] defeat to be...
20: ...z]] in the province of [[Upper Austria]], not far from the [[German Empire|German]] border in what was...
24: ...s was impossible since the Jews had been expelled from Graz in the [[15th century]] and were not allow...
25: ... Hitler's profession his family moved frequently, from [[Braunau]] to [[Passau]], [[Lambach]], [[Leond... - Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
29: ... the Governor's mansion. It was used as a market commons for over six years. Although an expensive Governo...
31: ...ed in 1836, but Indiana went bankrupt in [[1839]] from the loans taken out under the aforementioned bi...
33: ...ections enlarged the town. The population soared from just over 8,000 in 1850 to more than 169,000 by...
35: ...in the [[1890s]]. The state government offered a free supply of [[natural gas]] to factories that wer...
37: ...social organization in the city during the period from [[1921]] through [[1928]]. The Klan continued ... - Lansing, Michigan (6961 bytes)
37: ...rom [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 4.60% from two or more races. 9.98% of the population are...
41: ..., 11.4% from 18 to 24, 32.7% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 9.7% who are 65 years of age or o...
47: * [[1847]] - The state capital is moved from [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]] to Lansing Townsh...
84: {{commons|Lansing, Michigan}} - Russia (28007 bytes)
6: ...tage. This influence is notable, but is still far from that of the former Soviet Union.
13: ... The Slavs constituted the bulk of the population from the [[8th century]] onwards and slowly assimila...
17: ...ded the [[Russians |Russian people]] in the north from the [[Belarusians]] and [[Ukrainians]] in the w...
23: ...unctional Christian state on the Eastern European frontier, allowing it to claim succession to the leg...
27: ...Terrible]], the first leader designated [[Tsar]] (from the Roman ''[[Caesar (title)|Caesar]]'', also w... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
2: ...Hobbes (portrait).jpg|thumb|Thomas Hobbes: detail from a portrait by John Michael Wright ([[National P...
10: ...t by a young man named Robert Latimer, a graduate from [[Oxford University]]. Hobbes was a good pupil ...
16: ...ps in Paris, held together by [[Marin Mersenne]]. From [[1637]] he considered himself a philosopher.
20: ...tion was then understood. He then singled out Man from the realm of Nature. Then, in another treatise,...
22: ...country riven with discontent which disrupted him from the orderly execution of his philosophic plan. ... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
17: ...ght|220px|The "Luther house" where Luther boarded from ages 14 to 17 while attending private school at...
19: ...opper]] mine in nearby [[Mansfeld]]. Having risen from the [[peasantry]], his father was determined to...
28: ...ed the young man needed more work to distract him from excessive [[rumination]]. He ordered the monk t...
31: ...hteousness, by which humans receive righteousness from God through the perfect works, life, death and ...
37: ...t the doctrine in question), thereby freeing them from the pains of purgatory. - Watergate (19196 bytes)
5: On [[June 17]], [[1972]], [[Frank Wills]], a security guard working at the offic...
7: ...ugenio Mart�z]], [[James W. McCord, Jr.]] and [[Frank Sturgis]] — were discovered and arrested...
11: ...ate)|Deep Throat]]", whose true identity was kept from the public, added an extra layer of mystery to ...
17: ...th campaign manager [[Jeb Stuart Magruder]] and [[Fred LaRue]], approved Hunt and Liddy's espionage pl...
33: ...ed Nixon to famously state, "I am not a crook" in front of 400 [[Associated Press]] managing editors a... - 1901 (12292 bytes)
19: * [[January 7]] - [[Alferd Pecker]] is released from prison after serving 18 years for [[Cannibalism...
38: ...]] after serving three years for [[embezzlement]] from the First National Bank in [[Austin, Texas]].
58: * [[Winston Churchill]] enters the [[House of Commons]]
72: * [[January 16]] - [[Frank Zamboni]], American inventor (d. [[1988]])
74: * [[January 27]] - [[Willy Fritsch]], actor (d. [[1973]])
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