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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...th II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
7: ...is]], [[Saint Lucia]], [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], the [[Solomon Islands]], [[Tuvalu]] and t...
11: ...rs in the other [[personal union|personal union]] nations of which she is or was Head of State. She is...
15: ... while her two middle names are those of her paternal great-grandmother [[Alexandra of Denmark|Queen A...
20: ...e [[Entente Cordiale]] and numerous visits to [[Canada]]. She was instructed in religion by the [[Arch... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
1: :''For other people with this name, see [[Mary Tudor]]''
8: ...e fourth and penultimate monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], is remembered for her attempt to return [[E...
13: ...lowing Wednesday with [[Thomas Wolsey|Thomas Cardinal Wolsey]] standing as her godfather. The Princes...
15: ...tors with a performance on the [[harpsichord|virginals]]. A great part of the credit of her early edu...
17: ...]. Cardinal Wolsey, Henry VIII's chief advisor, managed to secure an alliance without a marriage. - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ... was the fifth and final monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], having succeeded her half-sister, [[Mary I ...
9: ...ncis Drake]] became the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe; [[Francis Bacon]] laid out his p...
13: ...afterwards a member of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen".
20: In terms of personality, Elizabeth was far more like [[Anne Boleyn|he...
22: ...]]. She came to speak or read six languages: her native [[English language|English]], as well as [[Fr... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: ...eign until her death. Anne was the last British monarch of the [[House of Stuart]]; she was succeeded ...
12: ...he development of the two-party system. Anne personally preferred the [[Tory]] Party, but endured the ...
15: ...ta Anne, Duchesse d'Orl顮s]]. Anne returned from France in [[1670]]. In about [[1673]], Anne made the acq...
19: ...cepted by, William and Mary, who ruled as joint monarchs. The [[Bill of Rights 1689]] settled successi...
22: ...e who believed that James II was the legitimate monarch), Mary II dismissed him from all his offices. ... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...t Britain and Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
9: ...ge in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; her successor bel...
14: ...ss Princess Victoria of Kent'', but was called Drina within the family. Princess Victoria's father die...
16: ... as would an adult. In order to prevent such a scenario, Parliament passed the ''[[Regency Act 1831]]'...
18: ...family desired the match). Whatever Albert's original reasons for marrying Victoria may have been, the... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
2: subject_name=Diana, Princess of Wales|
3: image_name=Diana, Princess of Wales.jpg |
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
11: ...'''. She was almost always called '''Princess Diana''' by the media despite never having had the righ...
13: ...ons of [[adultery]], [[mental cruelty]] and emotional distress riveted the world for much of the [[199... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
1: '''Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor''' ([[May 19]...
3: <table align=right><tr><td>[[Image:NancyAstor.jpg]]</td></tr></table>
4: ...h monologuist and actress, while another niece, [[Nancy Lancaster]], became famous as a 20th-century t...
8: ...ed, and the first to take a seat, in the House of Commons. She would be re-elected many times, serving unti...
10: ... Nancy Astor was often fiercely critical of the [[Nazis]], and her husband had protested to Hitler abo... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ...dustries. Even before coming to power she was nicknamed the '''Iron Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]...
29: ... to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]].
33: ...ign in [[1990]], her loss at least partly due to inadequate advice and campaigning. In [[1992]] she wa...
43: ...r seat in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. Unusually, her [[maiden speech]] was made in s...
45: ...ard Heath]] in the leadership election over [[Reginald Maudling]], and was rewarded with the job of Co... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...nsus that the country's *official* name is now "Canada", not anything else. If you believe you have ar...
3: ...e, e.g., [[Politics of Canada]], [[Geography of Canada]], etc. Thank you.}}
6: '''Canada''' is a country in [[North America]], the north...
8: ...onstitutional monarchy]] with [[Elizabeth II of Canada|Queen Elizabeth II]] as [[head of state]].
10: ...nd [[French language|French]]. Its [[Statistics Canada|official]] population estimate for [[as of 2005... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
3: native_name = Islamic Republic of Pakistan<br ...
4: common_name = Pakistan|the=|
7: ...onal_motto = Yaqeen-e-muhkam, ittihād, nazm<br /> ([[Urdu]]: Faith (self confidence), Unity...
9: national_anthem = [[Pak sarzamin shad bad]]<br>(...
15: leader_names = [[Pervez Musharraf]]<br />[[Shau... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
5: native_name = United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern ...
6: common_name = the United Kingdom |
10: national_motto = [[Dieu et mon droit]] (Royal motto)<br>(...
11: national_anthem = [[God Save the Queen]]<sup>3</sup> |
16: government_type = [[Constitutional monarchy]] | - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
2: Name = New Hampshire |
3: Fullname = State of New Hampshire |
8: Nickname = The Granite State |
36: ...th of [[Massachusetts]], south of [[Quebec]], [[Canada]], and west of [[Maine]] and the [[Atlantic Oce...
38: ...y has declined greatly in recent decades. The nickname has also been embraced for reflecting the state... - Cave (10592 bytes)
3: A '''cave''' is a natural underground void large enough for an adult h...
6: ...d by geologic processes. These may involve a combination of chemical processes, tectonic forces and at...
10: ...00px|Lava tube cave at [[Craters of the Moon National Monument|Craters of the Moon]]]]
25: *'''Solutional caves''' may form anywhere with rock which is so...
30: ...ole]]s, [[sinking stream]]s, and underground drainage. - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...], usually of the [[Middle Ages]], though traditionally in Britain it has also referred to [[Prehistor...
2: ...s from the late 15th century, their "castle" designations, relics of the [[feudalism|feudal]] age, oft...
12: ... Lastly castles evolved into residences for the monarch or lord who built them. This can best be seen ...
28: ... pass or river estuary, and often made use of the natural geography to support the defensive walls thr...
30: By their very nature they were very permanent structures and many ... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...]''. Induction implies drawing knowledge from the natural world through experimentation, observation, ...
16: ...nt and society in [[France]] under [[Henry III of France|Henry III]] afforded him valuable political instr...
21: ...rghley]], for some post at [[court]] which might enable him to devote himself to a life of learning. H...
29: ... improved when he severed ties with Essex, a fortunate move considering that the latter would be execu...
35: ...e confidence of the Commons. In 1613, Bacon was finally able to become attorney-general, by dint of ad... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
9: ...t the same time, the intellectual growth of the Renaissance led to the development of [[seafaring]] te...
11: ...e began to revive, it became clear that the first nation to find a direct trade route to the [[East In...
13: ...rs arose: [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Britain]], [[France]], and the [[Netherlands]]. The lands that now m...
16: ...testant]] militarism and adoration of [[British Monarchs|Queen]] [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth]]....
22: ...n [[1586]] off the coast of today's [[North Carolina]] by Sir [[Walter Raleigh]]. The second resupply... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
6: ...istian Love]]). Most Christians ( not all see [[Jonadabs]] ) believe Jesus to be the [[Son of God]] an...
9: #[[Roman Catholicism]] (the largest single denomination, with over one billion adherents),
11: #[[Protestantism]] (numerous denominations & schools of thought, including [[Anglicanis...
21: Christianity originated in the [[first century]]. According to [[Acts ...
27: ..., although some scholars argue that it was an ordinary Roman trial of a rebel. According to Christians... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
1: ...aris]] airport, see [[Charles de Gaulle International Airport]]''
10: | [[President of France]]
40: ...dio|fr-Charles_de_Gaulle.ogg|pronunciation of his name}})
42: ... France]] in World War II and head of the provisional government in [[1944]]–[[1946]]. Called to...
47: ...y distanced itself from the more conservative natonalist circles and supported [[Alfred Dreyfus]]. - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...sequent revolutions in France in the popular imagination. It downplays the previous trend of absolutis...
8: ...lution proceeded and as power devolved from the monarchy to legislative bodies, the conflicting intere...
15: * An unmanageable national [[debt]], both caused by and exacerbating the bu...
17: ...ominance in public life by the ambitious professional classes.
21: ...ors of the confidence and stability of France's finances. - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
3: ...''Temple of Athena the Virgin''', and its popular name derives from the Greek word ''παρ...
9: ...ontinued until at least [[433 BC]]. Some of the financial accounts for the Parthenon survive, and show...
11: ... curvature of the [[stylobate]], the taper of the naos walls and the ''entasis'' of the columns." The ...
13: ...ong by 19.2 metres wide, with internal Doric colonnades in two tiers, structurally necessary to suppor...
19: ... birth of Athena. The western pediment showed Athena's battle with [[Poseidon]] for possession of the ...
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