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  1. Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
    11: ...isters of the United Kingdom]] and numerous Prime Ministers in the other [[personal union|personal union]] n...
    27: ... at home. She was the first (and as of 2005 the only) female member of the royal family to actually s...
    66: .... This is one reason why it is considered highly unlikely that she will ever [[abdicate]]. Like her mo...
    68: ...o have very good relations with her current Prime Minister, [[Tony Blair]], during the first years of his te...
    70: ...ng with a DJ pretending to be then Canadian prime minister [[Jean Chr鴩en]].
  2. Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
    15: ...r was the future Mary II. Anne and Mary were the only children of the Duke and Duchess of York to surv...
    26: ...s Anne, [[heir apparent]] to the Throne, was the only individual remaining in the line of succession e...
    35: ...1st Baron Godolphin]]. The Whigs—who were, unlike the Tories, vigorous supporters of the War of ...
    38: ...right to own property in England into jeopardy), unless Scotland either repealed the Act of Security o...
    40: ...rlborough, was also related to one of Anne's Whig ministers, Robert Harley. Through Masham, Harley exerted i...
  3. Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
    12: ...ingen|Karl, Prince of Leiningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensington Pala...
    14: ...n in the line of succession, Victoria was taught only [[German language|German]], the first language o...
    27: ...r brief intervals, since [[1830]]. The Whig Prime Minister, [[William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne|Lord Melb...
    29: ...ronage|patronage system]] (that is, for the Prime Minister to appoint members of the Royal Household on the ...
    35: ...le ''His Royal Highness''. Prince Albert was commonly known as the "Prince Consort", though he did not...
  4. Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
    22: ...tess Spencer|Raine, Countess of Dartmouth]], the only daughter of the romance novelist [[Barbara Cartl...
    36: ...ince Harry of Wales|Prince Henry of Wales]] (commonly called Prince Harry) on [[15 September]] [[1984]...
    38: ... suicide attempts did take place, there was certainly a significant risk she would [[miscarriage|misca...
    60: ...[[Landmines Bill 1998]] to the [[British House of Commons]], the [[Foreign Secretary]], [[Robin Cook]], pai...
    78: ...r, [[Jean-Pierre Chev讥ment]] (France's Interior Minister) and [[Michael Jay]] (Britain's ambassador to Fra...
  5. Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
    8: ...ed, and the first to take a seat, in the House of Commons. She would be re-elected many times, serving unti...
    10: ...reatment of the [[Jew]]s. In 1940 she urged Prime Minister [[Neville Chamberlain]] to resign and supported [...
  6. Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
    31: ...lized countries in the world, after British Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]].
    41: ...Conservatives Campbell automatically became Prime Minister of Canada.
    43: ...ce was finalized before she was sworn in as Prime Minister.
    45: ...t that she was a woman, the first to become Prime Minister, initially made her very popular. For a while, it...
    47: ...ell's initial popularity soon wore off. The prime minister appeared to have troubles relating to "regular" C...
  7. Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
    10: ...-elected to the [[Second Dᩬ]] in the [[House of Commons of Southern Ireland]] elections of 1921.
    12: ...ointed to the then junior cabinet post of [[Irish Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs|Minste...
  8. Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
    27: ... United Kingdom]] from [[1979]] to [[1990]], the only woman [[as of 2005]] to serve in that position. ...
    29: ...l elections, and became the longest-serving Prime Minister of the [[20th century]]. In foreign relations, Th...
    31: ... profound changes Thatcher set in motion as Prime Minister altered much of the economic and cultural landsca...
    33: ...even less popular [[Community Charge]], more commonly known as the [[poll tax]]. At the same time the ...
    43: ...r seat in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. Unusually, her [[maiden speech]] was made in s...
  9. The Valiant Five (3833 bytes)
    6: ...omen's leader, activist and first woman [[Cabinet minister]] in Alberta);
    8: ...(one of two women first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]], and
    13: Only men had been appointed to the Senate thus far. F...
    28: ...ember of the [[Canadian House of Commons|House of Commons]].
  10. Canada (35540 bytes)
    3: ...iew article is already too long and should serve only as an introduction for Canada. To keep this over...
    15: ...onarch), and the [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]], who is the head of government, have official r...
    94: ...y of Ghent]] was signed in December 1814. It was only after the French and Napoleonic wars ended in Eu...
    96: ...ntion of assuming control of [[Rupert's Land]] (administered by the [[Hudson's Bay Company]]) and the [[Arct...
    111: ...to. To the north lies the [[Arctic Ocean]]; [[Greenland]] is to the northeast. Since [[1925]], Canada...
  11. United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
    38: | '''Prime Minister'''
    65: ...i. The Supreme Council also elects the Council of Ministers, while an appointed 40-member Federal National C...
    90: ...erefore the exact border of the two countries is only known to their governments.
    97: ...cations Corporation ("[[Etisalat]]") is also the only [[Internet Service Provider|Internet Service Pro...
    136: {{commons|United Arab Emirates}}
  12. Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
    58: ...ish language, Ireland". However the state is commonly referred to as the "Republic of Ireland" in orde...
    67: ...to avoid rebellion in Ulster, the British [[Prime Minister]] [[Herbert Asquith]], with agreement of the lead...
    69: ...public]]. This Declaration of Independence was mainly a restatement of the 1916 Proclamation with the ...
    71: ...abinet called the "Executive Council" and a prime minister called the [[President of the Executive Council o...
    83: ...ically terminated membership of the association. Only in 1950 were the rules changed to allow [[India]...
  13. Pakistan (74854 bytes)
    1: ...the 8 October 2005 [[earthquake]] in [[Pakistan-administered Kashmir]].''
    14: ...esident]]<br />[[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] |
    105: ...rs of the National Assembly and Senate as federal ministers in the cabinet - the executive branch.
    107: ...erm are constitutionally independent of the Prime Minister’s term.
    109: ... head of the province. Constitutionally the Chief Minister should nominate the governor and the provincial a...
  14. United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
    17: ...]<br>[[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] |
    64: ...ch includes the mainland of Great Britain, the mainland of [[Ireland]], and the smaller islands associ...
    89: ...[[Image:Tonyblair1.jpg|thumb|182px|left|The Prime Minister, Tony Blair]]
    91: ...use of Commons|House of Commons]], the lower and only directly elected house in Britain's [[bicameral]...
    93: ...and the support of the Commons. The current Prime Minister is [[Tony Blair]] of the [[British Labour Party|L...
  15. Space exploration (14877 bytes)
    24: ...gency is led by its president, who reports to the Minister of Industry.
    28: ...rt being the China Aerospace Corp. China became only the third country on Earth to send a human into ...
    47: ...ons on [[October 1]], [[1958]], NASA consisted mainly of the four laboratories and some 8,000 employee...
    153: ...2]]; However, [[Vostok 3]] and [[Vostok 4]] were only within five kilometers of one another, and were ...
    191: ...ht, [[April 12]] [[1981]]. The first (and so far only) automatic reusable spacecraft was [[Buran]], la...
  16. Castle (27805 bytes)
    8: Castles were built not only as a defensive measure, and offensive weapon, bu...
    46: ...ayeux Tapestry]], and was then familiar on the mainland of western [[Europe]].
    52: ...where they found a natural rock stronghold which only needed adaptation, as at Clifford, Ludlow, the P...
    55: ...of which defied the [[battering ram]], and could only be undermined at the cost of much time and labou...
    59: ...ame merely the last refuge of the garrison, used only when all else had been captured. Indeed the keep...
  17. Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
    8: ...r married William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the great minister of Queen Elizabeth.
    18: ... died before doing so, and Francis was left with only a fifth of that money. Having started with insu...
    35: ...rerogative, while retaining the confidence of the Commons. In 1613, Bacon was finally able to become attorn...
    107: ...t.library.adelaide.edu.au/aut/bacon_francis.html Online editions of Bacon's works]
  18. Colonial America (32872 bytes)
    22: ...nd, found no trace of the colonists, discovering only the mysterious word "CROATOAN" carved on a tree....
    29: ... a harvest, named the winter the Starving Times. Only a third of the colonists survived the first wint...
    37: ...]]s out of the far-flung tobacco planters. Thus, unlike in [[Puritanism|Puritan]] New England, there w...
    49: ... later relocated to [[Plymouth Colony]] on the mainland, establishing that settlement on [[December 21...
    51: ...ing of [[1621]]. Later that year, the colonists enlisted the aid of [[Squanto]] and [[Samoset]], two ...
  19. Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
    40:
    59: At the outbreak of World War II, de Gaulle was only a [[colonel]], having encountered hostility from...
    61: ...ed against the Germans during the campaign. Prime Minister [[Paul Reynaud]] promoted him provisional [[briga...
    69: ...ure the spirit of de Gaulle's position. Although only few people actually heard the speech that night ...
    75: ...his partners in the war. "France has no friends, only interests" is one of his best-remembered stateme...
  20. French Revolution (36529 bytes)
    8: ...d come under the influence of the ideas of [[the Enlightenment]]. As the revolution proceeded and as p...
    10: Certainly, causes of the revolution must include all of th...
    14: * The rise of [[the Enlightenment|enlightenment]] ideals.
    21: ...spotism, as well as from court factions, and both ministers were ultimately dismissed. [[Charles Alexandre ...
    25: ... refused to endorse his measures, insisting that only a truly representative body &mdash; preferably t...

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