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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...cial portrait as [[Queen of Canada]] (on the occasion of her [[Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Golden J...
9: ...f Mann, has two-->; she has reigned in these positions since the death of her father, [[George VI of t...
11: ...in the other [[personal union|personal union]] nations of which she is or was Head of State. She is ma...
15: ...th was born at 21 Bruton Street in [[Mayfair]], [[London]] on [[21 April]], [[1926]]. Her father was HRH [...
17: ...f succession to the British throne|line of succession to the crown]], behind her father and her uncle,... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...she is often known as '''Bloody Mary'''. Her religious policies, however, were in many cases reversed ...
13: ...ince of Wales]], sometimes leading to false assertions that she was created Princess of Wales, even th...
15: ...]. A great part of the credit of her early education was undoubtedly due to her mother, who not only ...
19: ...man Catholic Church]]. All appeals from the decisions of English ecclesiastical courts to the Pope we...
21: ...ng a mere "Lady". Her place in the line of succession was transferred to the Princess Elizabeth (daugh... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...ry I]]. She reigned during a period of great religious turmoil in [[England|English]] history.
9: ...ted [[Royal Charter]]s to several famous organizations, including [[Trinity College, Dublin]] ([[1592]...
16: ...der the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Succession 1544]].
18: ...d to as "Kat". Chapernowne developed a close relationship with Elizabeth and remained her confidante a...
20: ...tic, glamorous, flirtatious, charismatic and religiously tolerant. Elizabeth also inherited her mother... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
9: ...the height of the [[Industrial Revolution]], a period of great social, economic, and technological cha...
12: ...ild of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on [[24 May]] [[1819]].
14: ...he occupied a high position in the line of succession, Victoria was taught only [[German language|Germ...
16: ... would an adult. In order to prevent such a scenario, Parliament passed the ''[[Regency Act 1831]]'', ...
18: ...h young Victoria, and that he entered into a relationship with her in order to gain social status (he ... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
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13: ...pawning biographies, magazine articles and television movies.
15: ...mdash; while her detractors saw her life as a cautionary tale.
22: ...land|King Charles I]]. During her parents' acrimonious divorce over Lady Althorp's adultery with wallp... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
24: | '''[[Profession]]:'''
31: ...ains [[North America]]'s only female head of a national government to date. She was also the second wo...
33: ...towards a doctorate in Soviet Government at the [[London School of Economics]].
39: ...Canadian federal election, 1988|1988 federal election]] as a [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canad...
41: ... the [[Progressive Conservative leadership convention]] that June. As leader of the Conservatives Camp... - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
2: ...27), was an [[Ireland|Irish]] politician and [[nationalist]].
6: ... F驮]] in [[1908]], and founding the militant nationalist boy scouting movement [[Fianna ɩreann]] in...
10: ...the [[House of Commons of Southern Ireland]] elections of 1921.
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14: ...but was re-elected in the 1923 and June 1927 elections. She died in July 1927 after a short illness. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
5: |'''Period in Office:'''
27: ...er vocal opposition to [[communism]]), an appellation that stuck.
29: ...elations, Thatcher maintained the "[[special relationship]]" with the [[United States]], and formed a ...
31: ...lth inequalities. However from the mid 1980s a period of sustained economic growth occured that led to...
33: ...use of Lords]] and as head of the Thatcher Foundation. - The Valiant Five (3833 bytes)
1: ...he [[Supreme Court of Canada]] to answer the question, "Are women persons?" The case came to be known...
8: ...(one of two women first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]], and
11: Specifically the question was whether Section 24 of the [[British North America Act]], [[1867]...
20: ...r appeals from within the British Isles, the decision was non-precedental for the British House of Lor...
28: ...ember of the [[Canadian House of Commons|House of Commons]]. - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
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10: national_motto = [[Dieu et mon droit]] (Royal motto)<br...
11: national_anthem = [[God Save the Queen]]<sup>3</sup> |
13: capital = [[London]] |
15: largest_city = [[London]] | - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
12: PostalAbbreviation = NH |
36: ...primary|primary]] in the [[U.S. presidential election]]s, and has probably the most famous of all [[st...
38: ...ed for reflecting the state's attachment to tradition and limited government. Its state flower is the ...
42: ...p, [[Gene Robinson]], within the [[Anglican Communion]] (the [[Episcopal Church]] in the USA).
44: ...the Lakes Region; and the [[New Hampshire International Speedway]] (formerly Loudon Racetrack), home o... - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...s]], usually of the [[Middle Ages]], though traditionally in Britain it has also referred to [[Prehist...
2: ...rom the late 15th century, their "castle" designations, relics of the [[feudalism|feudal]] age, often ...
10: ... First and foremost castles were places of protection from an invading enemy, a place of retreat. This...
14: ...easons: territorial expansion and control of a region. A castle was a stronghold from which a lord or ...
15: ...what he liked without fear, relying on the protection of the castle, while others, if they tried anyth... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...he natural world through experimentation, observation, and testing of hypotheses. In the context of hi...
6: Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand [[London]].
10: Biographers believe that Bacon received an education at home in his early years, and that his health ...
12: ...rst met the Queen, who was impressed by his precocious intellect, and was accustomed to call him "the ...
14: ...totelian philosophy, which seemed barren, disputatious, and wrong in its objectives. - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...s with very different [[social]], [[religion|religious]], [[politics|political]], and [[economics|econ...
4: ...rnment on issues of [[taxation]] and [[representation]].
6: ==Motives for exploration and colonization==
9: ... interest in [[geography]] and an intellectual curiosity about the world that had subsided during the ...
11: ...[Portugal]] quickly mounted an effort of colonization and conquest. Within a few years, they had divid... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
1: ...[Paris]] airport, see [[Charles de Gaulle International Airport]]''
40: ...sman. ({{audio|fr-Charles_de_Gaulle.ogg|pronunciation of his name}})
42: ...overnment in [[1958]], he inspired a new constitution<sup>1</sup> and was the [[Fifth Republic]]'s fir...
45: ...mily of rich entrepreneurs from the industrial region of Lille in [[French Flanders]]. Born in [[Lille...
47: ...the family was legalist and respected the institutions of the French Republic. Their social ideas were... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...[research institute]]". For purposes of [[publication]], he owned a [[printing press]] and [[paper mil...
8: ... dead twin which was printed as his first publication in 1572). He also had two sisters, one older ([[...
10: ...h they moved, and where Tycho began a Latin education until he was 12 years old.
12: ...Cosmographia seu descriptio totius orbis and [[Regiomontanus]]' De triangulis omnimodis.
14: ...eavens conducted from a single location over a period of several years.'' -Tycho Brahe, [[1563]] (age ... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...]] as a [[treason|traitor]]. More was [[canonization|canonized]] in [[1935]] by the [[Roman Catholic ...
5: ...ied [[Latin]] and [[logic]]. He then returned to London, where he studied law with his father and was adm...
7: ...earing a [[hair shirt]] and occasional [[flagellation]].
9: ...d his daughters with an excellent classical education at a time when such learning was usually reserve...
12: ...of requests". After undertaking a diplomatic mission to [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Charles V, Holy Roma... - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
2: ...[[Image:Vacalloria.jpeg|200px|Stag beetle]] | caption = }}
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28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]].
30: ...legs which they use for communication ([[stridulation]]) with other larvae. The name [[cervus]] is der...
32: ...le to an approaching large object is to remain motionless making them a good photographic subject. Sex... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ...ate" ([[Article One of the United States Constitution|Article I]]).
4: ...e powers enumerated to the Senate in the Constitution are regarded as more important than those exclus...
6: ...pitol]] building, in [[Washington, D.C.]], the national capital. The House of Representatives convenes...
10: ...gates. Many delegates called for a second Congressional chamber, modeled on the [[House of Lords]] (th...
12: ...resentatives)". <!--Sources are in references section--> - Formula One (29650 bytes)
2: ...ula One race.jpg|thumb|215px|Cars jockey for position during the [[2004 Monaco Grand Prix|2004]] [[Mon...
7: ...nnual team budgets average in the hundreds of millions of [[United States dollar|US dollars]]. It is b...
9: The sport has traditionally been centred in [[Europe]], which undoubtedl...
11: ...ort is regulated by the FIA, [[F餩ration Internationale de l'Automobile]], and is generally promoted ...
14: ...io]] and [[Stirling Moss|Moss]] at [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]] in [[1955]]]]
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