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- Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
11: ... would imply that she was a [[princess]] by [[birthright]] rather than by marriage.
13: ...ioneering [[charity]] work, the Princess's philanthropic endeavours were overshadowed by a [[scandal]]...
32: ...n of Burma as a potential spouse for the heir to throne some years before, reportedly due to her age (...
34: ...st Englishwoman to marry an heir-apparent to the throne since 1659, when [[Anne Hyde|Lady Anne Hyde]] ... - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
6: ...], where she became involved in radical politics through the [[suffragette]] movement and in the Irish...
10: ...-elected to the [[Second Dᩬ]] in the [[House of Commons of Southern Ireland]] elections of 1921. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
43: ...r seat in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. Unusually, her [[maiden speech]] was made in s...
61: ... many Heath supporters in the Shadow Cabinet and throughout her administrations sought to have a cabin...
68: ...rthern Ireland]], she announced in the [[House of Commons]] that "The future of the constitutional affairs ...
73: ... waiting with baited breath for that media catch-phrase- the U-turn- I can only say this: You turn if ...
96: ... protest song|"Maggie Out!" protest song]], sung throughout that period by some of her opponents. Many... - Canada (35540 bytes)
8: ... of Canada|territories]]. Initially constituted through the [[British North America Acts|British Nort...
23: Canada has ten provinces and three territories.
90: ...ng what was left of [[Acadia]] in the [[Treaty of Paris (1763)]].
98: ...create a federal union. On [[July 1]], [[1867]], three colonies—Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Bru...
100: ... assumed full control of its own foreign affairs through the [[Balfour Declaration 1926|Balfour Declar... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
13: national_anthem = ''[[Amhrᮠna bhFiann]]'' |
67: ...l political power. Though Irish unionism existed throughout the whole of Ireland, in the late nineteen...
69: ... [[Ceann Comhairle]] [[Sean T. O'Kelly]] to the [[Paris Peace Conference, 1919]]. However it was not admi...
75: ...ion were much help to Pro-Treaty forces, and the threat of a return of Crown forces to the Free State ...
79: ...:Irishpopulation.png|400px|left|Irish population through the [[20th century]].]] - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
46: ... capital, the process of [[Hellenization]] and [[Christianization]] was well underway.
57: ...fined as a multi-ethnic empire that emerged as a Christian empire, soon comprised the Hellenized empir...
72: ...mpire was not yet "Byzantine" under Constantine, Christianity would become one of the defining charact...
78: ...Zeno negotiated with the [[Goths]], ending their threats to the east but leaving them in control of th...
82: ...e [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Eastern Orthodox]] form of Christianity. The sixth century was also a time of fl... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...implies drawing knowledge from the natural world through experimentation, observation, and testing of ...
10: ...ambridge]], in 1573 at the age of 13, living for three years there with his older brother [[Anthony Ba...
16: ...h Sir [[Amias Paulet]], the English ambassador at Paris. The disturbed state of government and society in...
21: ...d aid him toward these ends, in 1580 he applied, through his uncle, [[William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghle...
35: ...rerogative, while retaining the confidence of the Commons. In 1613, Bacon was finally able to become attorn... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
11: ...fit immensely. It was in this atmosphere that [[Christopher Columbus]] left Spain on his famous westw...
16: ...] and national assertiveness blossomed under the threat of Spanish invasion, assisted by a degree of [...
25: ...irginia|Jamestown]] - named after the recently enthroned [[James I of England|James I]] - very nearly ...
44: ...orm it by setting an example of a holy community through the society they were to build in the New Wor...
60: ...itan community were expected to be active in all three of these organizations, ensuring the moral, pol... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
1: ...er French president, Charles de Gaulle. For the [[Paris]] airport, see [[Charles de Gaulle International ...
45: ...[Lille]], de Gaulle grew up and was educated in [[Paris]].
59: ...s]] due to his bold views. After the German breakthrough at [[Sedan, France|Sedan]] on May 10, 1940, h...
69: ...]" could be heard nationwide in the evening. The phrase "France has lost a battle; she has not lost th...
80: ...ccupied Territories]] in France. On his return to Paris, he moved back into his office at the War Ministr... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
14: ... British House of Commons|Speaker of the House of Commons]]. He later served as high steward for the unive...
19: ...the works of [[Lucian]], which was published in [[Paris]] in [[1506]].
23: ...eigning [[Tudor dynasty]], which had wrested the throne from Richard at the end of the [[Wars of the R...
27: ... Christian, intended to offer the communist, non-Christian Utopia as a concrete model for political re...
34: ...], Henry became [[heir apparent]] to the English throne and was compelled to marry his brother's widow... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...ocrats]] and [[republicanism | republican]]s overthrew the [[absolute monarchy]] and the [[Roman Catho...
25: ...the measures were opposed in the ''Parlement'' of Paris (in part, at least, thanks to the King's tactless...
33: ...ng. In order to avoid this, the ''Parlement'' of Paris, having returned in triumph to the city, proclaim...
35: ...tely the "Committee of Thirty", a body of liberal Parisians, mostly noblemen, began to agitate against th...
42: ...state, now meeting as the ''Communes'' (English: "Commons"), proceed with verification of its own powers an... - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
21: Internally, the cella was lined on three sides with a [[frieze]] showing the great proce...
27: ...s already as old as [[Notre Dame Cathedral]] in [[Paris]] is now, and far older than [[St. Peters]] in [[...
29: ... the Parthenon was converted to a [[Christianity|Christian]] [[church]]. In [[Byzantine]] times it was...
39: ...res from the Parthenon are in the [[Louvre]] in [[Paris]] and in [[Copenhagen]]. Most of the remainder ar...
43: ...up the path at the western end of the Acropolis, through the restored [[Propylaea]], and up the Panath... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
22: ...r, and was ironically closely related to Hiedler through his mother's family, too.
52: ...epartment'' (Dept Ib/P) of the Bavarian ''Reichswehr'' Group, Headquarters 4 under Captain Mayr. A key...
54: ...mando" ("Intelligence Commando") of the [[Reichswehr]], for the purpose of influencing other soldiers ...
56: ..., but was ordered by his superiors in the Reichswehr to infiltrate an existing one instead.]]
60: ...l to the Bavarian War Ministry, intending to overthrow Bavaria's right-wing separatist government and ... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
1: ...d [[British North America]], resulted in the overthrow of British rule in the thirteen colonies and th...
10: ...ach colony instead provided for its own defenses through the use of local [[militia]]. Militiamen serv...
12: ... regular troops with short-term colonial militia throughout the war. Although as many as 250,000 men m...
41: ...e of the American forces. The standoff continued throughout the fall and winter, until in early March ...
54: ...ain managed to delay the fateful British counter thrust (the [[Saratoga Campaign]]) until [[1777]]. - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
23: ... he began to read works of and about Hinduism, [[Christianity]], and other religions.
29: ...alyst for his activism. First, he was literally thrown off a train at [[Pietermaritzburg]] after refu...
31: ...ngress]] in [[1894]] with himself as secretary. Through this organization, he formed the Indian commu...
33: ...sters finally forced South African General [[Jan Christian Smuts]] to negotiate a compromise with Gand...
35: ...ne a profound conversion to a personal form of [[Christian anarchism]]. Gandhi translated Tolstoy's "[... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
10: ...]], was forced to leave the town, abandoning his three children to the care of an older brother Franci...
16: ...er was a regular debater in philosophic groups in Paris, held together by [[Marin Mersenne]]. From [[1637...
18: ==In Paris==
24: ... to Paris. He did not return for eleven years. In Paris he rejoined the coterie about Mersenne, and wrote...
30: ...ting was begun in 1646 by [[Samuel de Sorbiere]] through the [[Elzevir press]] at [[Amsterdam]] with a... - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
1: {{Redirect|Christmas around the world||Christmas Around the World (Bradley Joseph album)}}
4: The [[Christmas]] season is celebrated in different ways ar...
8: ...wWorldCentre.jpg|thumb|left|A large artificial [[Christmas tree]] outside a shopping mall in [[Hong Ko...
10: ...es Christians. Many customs, including sending [[Christmas cards|cards]], exchanging gifts, and hangin...
12: ...ny|colonies]] of Western powers with (nominal) [[Christian]] cultural heritage. - 1901 (12292 bytes)
7: ...ry]] - '''[[20th century]]''' - [[21st century]] <hr>
26: ...showing of 71 [[Vincent van Gogh]] paintings in [[Paris]], 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.
38: ... from prison in [[Columbus, Ohio]] after serving three years for [[embezzlement]] from the First Natio...
39: ...ident]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]] utters the famous phrase, "Talk fluently and hold an [[Big Stick Diplom...
58: * [[Winston Churchill]] enters the [[House of Commons]]
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