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- Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
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9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
13: ...pawning biographies, magazine articles and television movies.
15: ...mdash; while her detractors saw her life as a cautionary tale. - 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. - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...untry to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else, please read the Talk Page. Th...
3: ...w article concise, please consider adding information instead to one of the many "main" articles about...
8: ... [[representative democracy]] and is a [[constitutional monarchy]] with [[Elizabeth II of Canada|Queen...
10: ...e [http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/clock/population.htm].
17: ... the [[United Nations]], the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], and [[La Francophonie]]. Canada is officiall... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ...nder the [[Constitution of Ireland|Irish constitution]] the state's official name is simply '''Ireland...
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13: national_anthem = ''[[Amhrᮠna bhFiann]]'' |
26: population_estimate = 4,015,676 | - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
24: | The [[Lombard]] invasion results in the loss of most of Italy.
46: ...e process of [[Hellenization]] and [[Christianization]] was well underway.
51: ...eir eastern neighbours as true Romans. The [[Donation of Constantine]], one of the most famous [[forge...
53: ...g manner since he ascribed his changes to ''historiography'' and not ''history'' itself.
57: ...ek Orthodox]] state: An empire that became a [[nation]], almost by the modern meaning of the word".<su... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...he natural world through experimentation, observation, and testing of hypotheses. In the context of hi...
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.
16: ...nry III]] afforded him valuable political instruction. - 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: ...[Lille]], de Gaulle grew up and was educated in [[Paris]].
47: ...the family was legalist and respected the institutions of the French Republic. Their social ideas were... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...]] as a [[treason|traitor]]. More was [[canonization|canonized]] in [[1935]] by the [[Roman Catholic ...
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...
14: ... chancellor of the [[Duchy of Lancaster]], a position that entailed administrative and judicial contro... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
1: {{French Revolution}}
2: ... in the popular imagination. It downplays the previous trend of absolutism and people as subjects and ...
6: ''See main article [[Causes of the French Revolution]].''
8: ...the ideas of [[the Enlightenment]]. As the revolution proceeded and as power devolved from the monarch...
10: Certainly, causes of the revolution must include all of the following: - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
3: ... the city's [[patron]] [[goddess]], for the salvation of [[Athens]] and [[Greece]] in the [[Persian Wa...
5: ...arthenon was used as a treasury, and was the location of the treasury of the [[Delian League]], which ...
7: ==Design and construction==
9: ...y completed by [[438 BC]], but work on the decorations continued until at least [[433 BC]]. Some of th...
11: ...Norwich|John Julius Norwich]], "enjoys the reputation of being the most perfect [[Doric temple]] ever ... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
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11: ... [[1933]] to his death. He was leader of the [[National Socialist German Workers Party]] (NSDAP), bett...
13: ...nation of over 11 million people, including 6 million [[Jew]]s, in a [[genocide]] now known as [[the H...
15: ...eat to become one of the world's most powerful nations. Nevertheless, the [[Allies]] ultimately defeat... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
1: ...ngdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] and revolutionaries within the [[13 colonies|thirteen North Ame...
3: ...d aftermath of the war, see the [[American Revolution]].
5: ...ost famous images relating to the American Revolutionary War.]]
10: ... thirteen American colonies did not have a professional [[armed force|army]] (also known as a "regular...
15: ... concern at the time. [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalists]]—American colonists who sided ... - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
1: {{Infobox_Biography |
4: ...aption=''"[[Father of the Nation|Father of the nation]]"'' —Mohandas Gandhi |
5: quotation=An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. |
13: ...]]'', has influenced both nationalist and international movements for peaceful change.
15: ... with truth" reveals his inner persona and reflections on his early life. - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
2: ...tail from a portrait by John Michael Wright ([[National Portrait Gallery]], London)]]
6: ...d wrote one of the replies to Descartes' ''Meditations.''
8: ==Early life and education==
12: ...arl of Devonshire]]), and began a lifelong connection with that family.
14: ...ory of the Peloponnesian War]], the first translation of that work into [[English language|English]]. ... - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
4: ... ways around the world, varying by country and region.
10: ...ing stockings are very similar to Western celebrations.<ref name=autogenerated1 />
14: However, commercial Christmas decorations, signs, and other symbolic items have become in...
20: ...res and buildings are displaying Christmas decorations.
24: ...sian]] country to recognize [[Christmas]] as a national holiday. - 1901 (12292 bytes)
17: ...a]] and [[Western Australia]] [[Australian Federation|federate]] as the [[Commonwealth of Australia]]....
23: ...]] incorporates the [[United States Steel Corporation]].
24: ...t]], limiting the autonomy of [[Cuba]] as a condition for the withdrawal of American troops.
26: ...aris]], 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.
34: * [[June 24]] - First exhibition of [[Pablo Picasso]] opens. It receives favorabl...
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