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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
14: ...et") made the cover of ''Time'' in 1929, at age three.]]
15: Elizabeth was born at 21 Bruton Street in [[Mayfair]], [[London]] on [[21 April]], [[19...
27: ... at home. She was the first (and as of 2005 the only) female member of the royal family to actually s...
33: ...e Philip had renounced his claim to the [[Greece|Greek]] throne and was simply referred to as Lieutenan...
35: ... is named [[House of Windsor|Windsor]], it was decreed via a [[1960]] [[Order-in-Council]] that the des... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...oman Catholicism]]. To this end, she had almost three hundred religious dissenters executed; as a conse...
13: ...w Castle]] and many of the prerogatives normally only given to a [[Prince of Wales]], sometimes leadin...
15: ...ation was undoubtedly due to her mother, who not only consulted the Spanish scholar [[Juan Lu�Vives]...
17: ...I of France|Francis I, King of France]]. After three years, the contract was repudiated; in [[1522]], ...
21: ...all [[Europe]], furthermore, regarded her as the only true heir and daughter of Henry VIII, although s... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
11: ...[British honours system|honours and dignities]]. Only eight peerage dignities, one [[earl|earldom]] an...
16: ...er elder brother, and witchcraft. Elizabeth was three years old at that time and was also declared ille...
22: ..., [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Greek language|Greek]], and [[Latin]]. Under the influence of Catheri...
31: ...t upon Mary's death, the people rejoiced in the streets.
33: ...in, [[Matthew Parker]], to become Archbishop. He only accepted out of loyalty to [[Anne Boleyn]]'s mem... - 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: ...Commissioners on [[22 July]] [[1706]], and were agreed to by the Scottish Parliament (though opposed by...
45: ...everell was merely suspended from preaching for three years, and did not face imprisonment, as some Whi... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...til her death. Her reign lasted more than sixty-three years — longer than that of any other Briti...
12: ...ingen|Karl, Prince of Leiningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensington Pala...
14: ...k [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Greek language|Greek]], [[Latin]], and [[French language|French]]. H...
35: ...le ''His Royal Highness''. Prince Albert was commonly known as the "Prince Consort", though he did not...
39: ...tween Victoria and Prince Albert. Albert was not only the Queen's companion, but also an important pol... - 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...
70: ...[Henri Paul]], and Fayed's [[bodyguard]] [[Trevor Rees-Jones]]. - 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: ...ish military, believing that war would most certainly bring defeat. Her promotion of entente with Germ... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
31: ...pularly elected, she remains [[North America]]'s only female head of a national government to date. Sh...
41: Upon her election to the [[Canadian House of Commons]] in [[1988]], Campbell became Canada's first fem...
55: ==Post-political career==
61: ...c Society]]. She was cited for her status as the only woman leader of a North American country to date...
63: ...cy in the world. Its membership is by invitation only and consists of former Heads of State and Govern... - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
10: ...-elected to the [[Second Dᩬ]] in the [[House of Commons of Southern Ireland]] elections of 1921. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ... United Kingdom]] from [[1979]] to [[1990]], the only woman [[as of 2005]] to serve in that position. ...
33: ...even less popular [[Community Charge]], more commonly known as the [[poll tax]]. At the same time the ...
38: ... to hold the post. She obtained a second class degree and worked as a research chemist for [[British Xy...
40: ==Political career between 1950 and 1970==
43: ...r seat in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. Unusually, her [[maiden speech]] was made in s... - The Valiant Five (3833 bytes)
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]]. - Asia (16910 bytes)
14: ...at the word Asia is rooted in a [[Greek language|Greek]] term given originally to the plains of [[Ephes...
52: * [[China]], but sometimes only the eastern regions
62: * In [[Indochina|mainland Southeast Asia]], the countries [[Myanmar]], [...
66: ...y the [[South China Sea]], and thus has both a mainland and island part.
76: ...e Western term ''[[Middle East]]'', which is commonly used by Europeans and Americans. ''Middle East''... - Canada (35540 bytes)
3: ...iew article is already too long and should serve only as an introduction for Canada. To keep this over...
8: ...nces and territories of Canada|provinces]] with three [[Provinces and territories of Canada|territories...
23: Canada has ten provinces and three territories.
94: ...y of Ghent]] was signed in December 1814. It was only after the French and Napoleonic wars ended in Eu...
96: ... assimilate the French Canadians. Once the U.S. agreed to the [[49th parallel north]] as its border wit... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
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}}
156: ... [http://www.careeruae.net/ Career UAE - famous career web site] - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
43: time_zone = [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]] |
58: ...ish language, Ireland". However the state is commonly referred to as the "Republic of Ireland" in orde...
60: ...ence in [[1922]] it became known as the "[[Irish Free State]]", a name that was retained until [[1937]]...
67: ...sh [[Prime Minister]] [[Herbert Asquith]], with agreement of the leadership of the [[Irish Parliamentar...
69: ...f an independent Irish State whereby the [[Irish Free State]] (in the [[Gaelic|Irish language]] ''Saors... - Guatemala (8475 bytes)
123: {{commons|Guatemala}} - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
59: ...including [[Aryans]], [[Achaemenid|Persian]]s, [[Greeks]], [[Greco-Bactrian]]s, [[Kushan]]s, [[White Hu...
62: ...gn ended about [[10]] [[Common Era|CE]]. Various Greek kings ruled into the beginning of the [[1st cent...
72: ...'s conspiracies and the eventual collapse of the freedom struggle against the British by the Muslim lea...
74: ... in solitary confinement in 1862. The Emperor's three sons, also involved in the War of Independence, w...
79: .... The British divided up the Indian empire into three parts: the central part, with a [[Hindu]] majorit... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
51: ...nguage|Lowland Scots]]: ''Unitit Kinrick o Great Breetain an Northren Ireland''<br/>
54: ...nation]]s). The UK has four constituent parts, three of which — the ancient nations of [[England...
64: ...ch includes the mainland of Great Britain, the mainland of [[Ireland]], and the smaller islands associ...
69: ...and, having shared the same monarch since 1603, agreed to a permanent union as the [[Kingdom of Great B...
71: ...ce]] of [[Ulster]], immediately opted out of the Free State and to remain in the UK. The nomenclature o... - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
36: ...the most famous of all [[state motto]]s: "[[Live free or die]]".
38: ...ts state bird is the [[purple finch]]. Its state tree is the [[Paper Birch|American white birch]], also...
42: ...d international attention for having the first openly [[gay]] bishop, [[Gene Robinson]], within the [[...
49: ... [[John Mason]] and first settled in 1623, just three years after the Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts ...
60: Unlike most states, New Hampshire does not have a [[L... - Space (10661 bytes)
8: ... described as having three dimensions, and that three numbers are needed to specify the size of any obj...
19: ...ace]] where any position can be described using three [[coordinate system|coordinate]]s. [[General rel...
41: ...atial relations, was popularised by the [ancient Greeks]], although earlier societies had developed mea...
79: "Beyond a critical point within a finite space, freedom diminishes as numbers increase. ...The human q...
85: ...rgetfulness; but it does so by setting us bodily free from our surroundings and giving us back our prim...
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