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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... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ... remembered for her attempt to return [[England]] from [[Protestantism]] to [[Roman Catholicism]]. To ...
13: ... who presumably would have contracted the disease from Mary's father. Whether or not he had the disea...
15: ..., [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[French language|French]] and [[Italian language|Italian]], as well a...
17: ...ovided that the Princess Mary should marry either Francis or his second son, [[Henry, Duke of Orl顮s]...
19: ... with the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. All appeals from the decisions of English ecclesiastical courts ... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
11: ... Wales|HRH The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales]]. From her marriage in [[1981]] to her divorce in [[19...
15: From the time of her [[engagement]] to the Prince of...
22: ...h; a great-grandmother was the American heiress [[Frances Work]] — she was also a descendant of ...
27: [[Image:princessdi.jpg|frame|right]] - Canada (35540 bytes)
3: ...e of the many "main" articles about Canada linked from this article, e.g., [[Politics of Canada]], [[G...
10: ...[English language|English]] and [[French language|French]]. Its [[Statistics Canada|official]] populat...
17: ...ions]], the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], and [[La Francophonie]]. Canada is officially [[Bilingualism ...
18: * [[Canadian French|French]] is the majority language of [[Quebec]] and ...
46: ...t|[[New Brunswick]]||[[Fredericton, New Brunswick|Fredericton]] - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
40: established_dates = From [[United Kingdom|UK]] by treaty<br>[[21 January...
58: ... "Republic of Ireland" in order to distinguish it from the island of Ireland as a whole. The name ''Re...
60: ...dence in [[1922]] it became known as the "[[Irish Free State]]", a name that was retained until [[1937...
67: ...in and Ireland]]. From [[1874]], but particularly from [[1880]] under [[Charles Stewart Parnell]], the...
69: ...of an independent Irish State whereby the [[Irish Free State]] (in the [[Gaelic|Irish language]] ''Sao... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
39: established_dates = From the [[United Kingdom]]<br />[[1947-08-14]]<br /...
62: ...nions of the divided Greek empire of [[Bactria]] (from the areas of the [[Panjshir province|Panjshir]]...
64: The Kushan kingdom stretched from modern-day [[Uzbekistan]] to northwestern India...
69: ... by the [[Mughals]] from [[1526]] until [[1739]]. From 1739 until the early [[19th century]] the entir...
72: ... the British by the Muslim leader [[Tipu Sultan]] from 1749 to 1799 left the remnants of the Mughal Em... - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
36: ... the most famous of all [[state motto]]s: "[[Live free or die]]".
38: ...embraced for reflecting the state's attachment to tradition and limited government. Its state flower is the [...
51: ... modern [[Republican Party]] by [[Amos Tuck]] and friends. New Hampshire grew as a hotbed of [[Aboliti...
58: ...ther [[John H. Sununu]] was governor of the state from [[1983]]–[[1988]]. [[List of New Hampshir...
60: ...ampshire)| Executive Council]] that is a holdover from the [[Governor's Council]] of the Colonial era.... - 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&#... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
6: ...term "Christ" to describe Jesus, which is derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] translation for "M...
8: ...lly grouped into three main branches, which split from one another in disputes over doctrine:
14: ... but not [[Restorationism]]) derive their beliefs from the conclusions reached by the Council of Nicea...
29: ...stles and other followers claimed that Jesus rose from the dead, and set out to [[preach]] the new mes...
31: ...s]]. Twelve Epistles name him as writer, and some traditions also credit him as the writer of the book of [[E... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...ic offices, including that of [[Lord Chancellor]] from [[1529]] to [[1532]]. More coined the word "[[...
7: ...o Lincoln's Inn while he considered joining the [[Franciscan]] order. Perhaps because he judged himse...
12: From [[1510]] to [[1518]], More served as one of the...
14: ... British House of Commons|Speaker of the House of Commons]]. He later served as high steward for the unive...
19: ...n the light of classical [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] tradition in literature and philosophy. More and Erasmus c... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
1: [[Image:Us senate seal.png|framed|[[Seal of the United States Senate|Seal of th...
2: ...rtisan atmosphere that is somewhat more insulated from public opinion than the House. The Senate has s...
12: ...egislation into the senatorial saucer to cool it (from the The House of Representatives)". <!--Sources...
14: ...er several southern states declared [[secession]] from the Union, culminated in the South's defeat and...
21: ...es, the Senate comprises 100 members. The senator from each state with the longer tenure is known as t... - 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... - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
13: ...ought the cause of [[India|India's]] independence from [[British India|British colonial rule]] to worl...
15: ...ften said that his values were simple; drawn from traditional [[Hinduism|Hindu]] beliefs: [[truth]] (''satya'...
18: ...he [[Jain]] influences of Gujarat, Gandhi learned from an early age the tenets of non-injury to living...
20: ...a [[barrister]] if he were to continue the family tradition of holding high office in Gujarat. Unhappy at Sa...
23: ...India to observe the Hindu precepts of abstinence from [[meat]] and [[alcohol]]. Although Gandhi expe... - Native American (42651 bytes)
1: ...age:Portrait_of_Red_Bird.jpg|thumb|A [[Sioux]] in traditional dress including [[war bonnet]], about 1908]]
5: ...t native to the American continent, such as those from arctic [[Russia]]n [[Siberia]].
19: ...nd from people who [[Migration (human)|migrated]] from [[Siberia]] across the [[Bering Strait]], betwe...
21: ...oute through Alaska and Canada that had just been freed of its ice cover. There are a number of diffic...
26: ...e is that the Siberians were preceded by migrants from [[Oceania]], who arrived either by sailing acro... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
12: ...of the [[Bible]] resulted in the formation of new traditions within Christianity and his teachings undoubtedl...
14: ...of [[clerical marriage]] within several Christian traditions.
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... - Sheep (9256 bytes)
15: ...heep''' (''Ovis aries''), which probably descends from the wild [[moufflon]] of south-central and sout...
44: ...astoralism]]. [[Selective breeding]] of sheep has frequently occurred.
46: ...ing down with the lamb. Greek Easter celebrations traditionally feature a meal of Paschal lamb. Sheep also ha...
50: ...c]], related to the [[Chinese calendar]]. Chinese tradition associates each animal is associated with certain...
59: ... and the English "[[Inclosure |inclosing]] of the commons". - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
27: Being a British colony till 1947, many British traditions stayed on in India<ref>http://www.theholidayspot...
41: ...any songs and TV drama series presented Christmas from a lover's point of view, for example '[[Last Ch...
48: ...banese Muslims celebrate Christmas with Christian friends. A poll showed that around two thirds of th...
49: ...open all night for praying and people go to visit friends and families, often to villages in the mount...
54: ...ël]]". Most of Christmas Greetings are spoken in French like "[[Joyeux Noel|Joyeux Noël]]" or Englis...
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