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  1. Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
    15: ...k|Queen Mary]]. Her mother was HRH The Duchess of York (n饠[[Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]]), the daughter...
    17: ...']]. Her full style was HRH Princess Elizabeth of York. At the time of her birth, she was third in the [...
    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-...
  2. Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
    12: ... later when the Duchess of Marlborough was banned from court during the [[War of the Spanish Successio...
    15: ...nce of Sarah Jennings, who would become her close friend and one of her most influential advisors. Jen...
    19: ...rth to a son ([[James Francis Edward Stuart|James Francis Edward]]) in [[1688]], for a Roman Catholic ...
    22: ...ffices. Lady Marlborough was subsequently removed from the Royal Household, leading Princess Anne to a...
    24: ...mplete trust of her brother-in-law, who refrained from making her his Regent during his military campa...
  3. 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...
  4. 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]]
  5. 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 ...
  6. 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]]
  7. New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
    36: ... the most famous of all [[state motto]]s: "[[Live free or die]]".
    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....
    62: ...House of Representatives and the British House of Commons. Based on 2000 Census data, this averages out to ...
  8. Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
    1: [[image:Francis_Bacon.jpg|thumb|250px|Sir Francis Bacon]]
    2: ...lish]] [[philosopher]], [[statesman]], [[spy]], [[freemason]] and [[essayist]]. He was knighted in [[1...
    4: ...n method]]''. Induction implies drawing knowledge from the natural world through experimentation, obse...
    6: Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand [[London]].
    16: ...nt and society in [[France]] under [[Henry III of France|Henry III]] afforded him valuable political i...
  9. 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]]
  10. Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
    1: ''This article refers to the former French president, Charles de Gaulle. For the [[Paris...
    10: | [[President of France]]
    13: | From [[January 8]], [[1959]]<br> to [[April 28]], [[...
    40: ...|French military]] leader and statesman. ({{audio|fr-Charles_de_Gaulle.ogg|pronunciation of his name}}...
    42: ...ism]], which left a major influence in subsequent French politics.
  11. Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
    8: ...court. [[Beate Bille]], Tycho's mother, also came from an important family which had produced leading ...
    14: ...ect with the aim of mapping the heavens conducted from a single location over a period of several year...
    22: ...burg, where he built a great quadrant, Basel, and Freiburg. He was informed about his father's illness
    33: ...hat the [[parallax]] of the object did not change from night to night, suggesting that the object was ...
    43: ...narch|King]] [[Frederick II of Denmark and Norway|Frederick II]] of [[Denmark]] and [[Norway]], impres...
  12. 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: ...llor: [[Thomas Cardinal Wolsey]], [[Archbishop of York]].
    14: ... British House of Commons|Speaker of the House of Commons]]. He later served as high steward for the unive...
    19: ...Christian humanist in continental Europe, and his friend [[Erasmus of Rotterdam]] dedicated his master...
  13. Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Uscongress.gif|right|frame|Seal of the Congress.]]
    13: ... renewed every two years; two members are elected from each [[U.S. state]] by popular vote to serve si...
    15: ...sional district]]s. Only the non-voting delegate from Puerto Rico (known as [[Resident Commissioner o...
    17: ...e Canadian House of Commons, the British House of Commons, and the German [[Bundestag]], approximately 15 p...
    24: ...ion started its term in [[Federal Hall]] in [[New York City]] on [[March 4]], [[1789]] and their first a...
  14. 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]] |
  15. American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
    10: ...t a time, were generally reluctant to go very far from home, and would often come and go as they saw f...
    15: ...f these ever set foot in America. The war was far from Britain's greatest concern at the time. [[Loyal...
    19: ...cisive, though disastrous for the French economy. France's standing army at the time is estimated to h...
    23: ...lack slaves used the war as a chance to escape to freedom.
    31: ...regiment]]s of British regulars (about 4,000 men) from his headquarters in Boston, but the countryside...
  16. Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
    13: ...ought the cause of [[India|India's]] independence from [[British India|British colonial rule]] to worl...
    15: ... He often said that his values were simple; drawn from traditional [[Hinduism|Hindu]] beliefs: [[truth...
    18: ...he [[Jain]] influences of Gujarat, Gandhi learned from an early age the tenets of non-injury to living...
    23: ...India to observe the Hindu precepts of abstinence from [[meat]] and [[alcohol]]. Although Gandhi expe...
    25: ...ost in [[KwaZulu-Natal Province|Natal]], [[South Africa]].
  17. Native American (42651 bytes)
    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...
    28: ...heir theories, at least three separate migrations from Siberia to the Americas are highly likely to ha...
  18. Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
    6: ... and low points in Death Valley National Park.png|frame|A slice through the highest and lowest points ...
    8: [[Image:Wpdms shdrlfi020l death valley.jpg|frame|left|Death Valley and environs]]
    36: ...ns front as a result. This type of canyon results from the relatively fast uplift on this mountain ran...
    38: ...le rainfall). Annual average precipitation varies from 1.90 inches (48 mm) overall below sea level to ...
    40: [[image:below_sea_map_for_Death_Valley.png|frame|Entire area in yellow is below sea level (USGS...
  19. 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.
  20. Dog (69384 bytes)
    17: ...uch as the [[Irish Wolfhound]]), and colors range from [[white]] to [[black]] with [[red]]s, [[gray]]s...
    19: ...at they have earned the [[sobriquet]] "man's best friend".
    23: ...usceptible to many of the metabolic ills stemming from overconsumption of such foods that civilization...
    35: ... their rear legs are fairly rigid and sturdy; the front legs are loose and flexible, with only muscle ...
    39: ...detect sounds as low as the 20 to 70 [[Hertz|Hz]] frequency range (compared to 16 to 20 Hz for humans)...

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