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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ...nited Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]].
9: ...ist of Lords of the Isle of Man|Lord of Mann]]<!--Note on spelling: the Isle of Man has one "n", but h...
20: ...ge|Eton]], and also learned modern languages. She now speaks fluent [[French language|French]], as she...
23: ...sed to consider this, saying, "The children could not possibly go without me, I wouldn't leave without...
27: ...itary, though other royal women have been given honorary ranks. - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
6: {{House of Tudor}}
8: ...senters executed; as a consequence, she is often known as '''Bloody Mary'''. Her religious policies, h...
13: ...at [[Ludlow Castle]] and many of the prerogatives normally only given to a [[Prince of Wales]], someti...
15: ... education was undoubtedly due to her mother, who not only consulted the Spanish scholar [[Juan Lu�V...
17: ...It was then suggested that the Princess Mary wed, not the Dauphin, but his father Francis I, who was e... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
5: {{House of Tudor}}
7: ...nd [[King of Ireland|Queen of Ireland]] from [[17 November]] [[1558]] until her death. Sometimes refer...
9: ...d political views; and English colonisation of [[North America]] took place under [[Walter Raleigh|Si...
11: ...nce in the granting of [[British honours system|honours and dignities]]. Only eight peerage dignities,...
13: [[Virginia]], an English [[13 colonies|colony in North America]] and afterwards a member of the [[Uni... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
6: {{House of Stuart}}
8: ... of Great Britain|George I]], of the [[House of Hanover]].
10: ...ercive tactics (such as crippling the Scottish economy by restricting trade) were used to ensure that ...
17: ...d to send her Catholic books and essays, but made no serious attempt to effect a conversion.
19: ...npopular and despotic James II. Princess Anne did not endeavour to support her father; instead, she qu... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
5: {{House of Hanover}}
7: ...nasty)|Wettin]], ''[[n饝]'' [[House of Hanover|Hanover]]) ([[24 May]] [[1819]] – [[22 January]]...
9: ... her successor belonged to the [[House of Windsor|House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha]].
12: ...rathearn, like many other sons of George III, did not marry during his youth. The eldest son, the [[Ge...
16: ...en's minority. Ignoring precedent, Parliament did not create a council to limit the powers of the Rege... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
7: place_of_birth=[[Sandringham]], [[Norfolk]], [[England]] |
13: Though she was noted for her pioneering [[charity]] work, the Princ...
15: ...er her death, there were even calls for her to be nominated for [[sainthood]] — while her detrac...
22: ... of Dartmouth]], the only daughter of the romance novelist [[Barbara Cartland]], after being named as ...
24: ...th Hall]] [http://www.riddlesworthhall.com/] in [[Norfolk]] and at West Heath School in [[Kent]], wher... - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
4: ...s a noted British monologuist and actress, while another niece, [[Nancy Lancaster]], became famous as ...
8: ...in [[1918]], [[Constance Markiewicz]], had chosen not to do so. - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
10: | [[June 25]] - [[November 4]], [[1993]]
31: ...to sit at the table of the [[G7|Group of Seven]] (now [[G8]]) leaders, the eight most industrialized c...
33: ...in Soviet Government at the [[London School of Economics]].
41: Upon her election to the [[Canadian House of Commons]] in [[1988]], Campbell became Canada's first fem...
45: ...amentary opposition|opposition]] to a Liberal [[minority government]]. - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
4: ...e poet [[W. B. Yeats]] who frequently visited the house, and were influenced by his artistic and politica...
8: ...eturned. Shortly thereafter she joined [[James Connolly]]'s [[Irish Citizen Army]] (ICA), and, though ...
10: ...-elected to the [[Second Dᩬ]] in the [[House of Commons of Southern Ireland]] elections of 1921.
14: ...nna Fᩬ]] on its foundation in [[1926]]. She was not elected in the [[Irish_general_election,_1922|Ir... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
7: – [[28 November]] [[1990]]
24: |'''Retirement honour:'''
27: ...figurehead of a political philosophy that became known as [[Thatcherism]], which involves reduced gove...
31: ...ccured that led to an improvement in Britain's economic performance. Supporters of Margaret Thatcher a...
33: ...n her direct political work has been within the [[House of Lords]] and as head of the Thatcher Foundation... - The Valiant Five (3833 bytes)
1: ...stion, "Are women persons?" The case came to be known as the '''Persons Case'''.
8: ...(one of two women first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]], and
11: ...enators]]: "The [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] shall... summon qualified Persons to t...
15: ...da ruled unanimously that the word ''person'' did not include women. The stated grounds included:
17: ...in mind to permit women senators, since women did not participate in politics at that time; - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...at the country's *official* name is now "Canada", not anything else. If you believe you have arguments...
3: {{editnote | Notice: This overview article is already too long an...
6: ...d north into the [[Arctic Ocean]] as far as the [[North Pole]].
8: ... through the [[British North America Acts|British North America Act of 1867]] and styled the "[[Canada...
15: ...arliament of Canada|Parliament]]. Both the [[Governor General of Canada]], who exercises the prerogati... - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ...nited Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]]. Under the [[Constitution of Irel...
12: national_motto = none |
49: footnotes = <sup>1</sup> Prior to [[1999]]: [[Irish poun...
60: ... ''de facto'' independence in [[1922]] it became known as the "[[Irish Free State]]", a name that was ...
67: ...r at that stage was expected to be ended by 1915, not the four years it did ultimately last.) For the ... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
44: time_zone_DST = not observed |
48: footnotes =
62: ...s conquered by various Central Asian groups, most notably the [[Tocharian]] [[Kushan]]s.
64: ...Kadphises' son [[Vima Takto]] conquered territory now in India, but lost much of the western parts of ...
72: ...hal Empire completely vulnerable. The British did not gain strong footholds in the Pakistani region un... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
5: native_name = United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
12: ...ial_languages = [[Languages in the United Kingdom|None]]; [[English language|English]] ''[[de facto]]'...
46: ...]] under the [[European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages]]. In each of these, the UK's offic...
51: ...and Scots]]: ''Unitit Kinrick o Great Breetain an Northren Ireland''<br/>
52: ...]. As of April 2005, the July 2004 estimates were not yet available.<br><sup>7</sup> [[ISO 3166-1]] is... - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
11: Governor = [[John Lynch]] |
36: ...], and west of [[Maine]] and the [[Atlantic Ocean|North Atlantic Ocean]]. The state ranks 46th of the ...
38: ...rican white birch]], also called paper birch or canoe birch.
46: ... Hampshire|USS ''New Hampshire'']] was named in honor of this state.
49: ...for the [[Battle of Bunker Hill]] that took place north of Boston a few months later. - Space (10661 bytes)
6: ...es, and their speeds. In this view ''space'' does not refer to any kind of entity that is a "container...
8: ...]] – a conception that challenges intuitive notions of distance and time.
16: * That which separates objects from one another
23: ==Astronomy and space==
24: In [[astronomy]], '''space''' refers collectively to the relat... - Cave (10592 bytes)
3: ...must be large enough that some portion of it will not receive daylight; however, in popular usage, the...
11: ...the surface cools down and becomes hard. The lava now flows inside its crust, until the eruption ends....
28: <!-- nothing to do with speleothems, which can be in any ...
30: ...solution process produces a distinctive landform known as [[karst]] and characterized by [[sinkhole]]s...
34: ...in Hall of the Mountain Kings, [[Ogof Craig a Ffynnon]], [[South Wales]]]] - Castle (27805 bytes)
2: ...up and expanded into pleasure dwellings and power houses from the late 15th century, their "castle" desig...
8: Castles were built not only as a defensive measure, and offensive weapo...
15: ... tried anything, were easily overcome as they had no refuge.(Hariulf, ''Gesta ecclesiae Centulensis'')
17: ...ing exploded as local warlords staked claims to minor kingdoms from behind newly-built castles.
30: ... many survive through to the modern day; they are now mostly considered monuments. - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...[[Baconian method]]''. Induction implies drawing knowledge from the natural world through experimentat...
6: Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand [[London]].
21: ...rvice to his country, and service to the church. Knowing that a prestigious post would aid him toward ...
23: ...ent, into the enjoyment of which, however, he did not enter until 1608.
25: ...y sold for ?1800, equivalent to a much larger sum now.
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