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- Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
7: place_of_birth=[[Sandringham]], [[Norfolk]], [[England]] |
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
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 ... - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
6: ...t at the Slade School in [[London]] and then in [[Paris]], where in [[1893]] she met and married [[Poland...
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: ...ical approach to [[European Union|European]] [[Economic and Monetary Union]]. Her leadership was chall... - 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 ... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
7: ...the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul (Constantinople).</small>
10: | Constantine makes Constantinople his capital.
21: | Justinian's generals reconquer North Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Os...
27: ...ypt. In the following decades, they take most of North Africa, and later conquer Sicily as well.
29: | [[730]]-[[787]]; [[813]]-[[843]] || Iconoclasm controversies. This results in the loss of ... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
4: ...[[Baconian method]]''. Induction implies drawing knowledge from the natural world through experimentat...
16: ...h Sir [[Amias Paulet]], the English ambassador at Paris. The disturbed state of government and society in...
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. - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
2: ...ous]], [[politics|political]], and [[economics|economic]] structures.
4: ...h; the [[frontier]] had certain unifying features no matter what sort of colony it sprang from. By th...
9: ...sance led to the development of [[seafaring]] technologies needed to make long voyages across open wat...
11: ...tematic attempts at exploration. Also, as the economy of Europe began to revive, it became clear that...
13: ...e new powers to establish colonies. Though these northerly lands were relatively close to Europe, Spa... - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
1: ...er French president, Charles de Gaulle. For the [[Paris]] airport, see [[Charles de Gaulle International ...
22: | [[November 22]], [[1890]]
28: | [[November 9]], [[1970]]
40: ...de Gaulle''' ([[November 22]], [[1890]] – [[November 9]], [[1970]]), in [[France]] commonly refe...
42: ...ogy#Political_ideologies|political ideology]] is known as [[Gaullism]], which left a major influence i... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...a [[treason|traitor]]. More was [[canonization|canonized]] in [[1935]] by the [[Roman Catholic Church...
9: ... several years his senior. His new wife bore him no children, but More raised as his own her daughter...
14: ...ed administrative and judicial control of much of northern England.
19: ...the works of [[Lucian]], which was published in [[Paris]] in [[1506]].
27: ...ative Christian, intended to offer the communist, non-Christian Utopia as a concrete model for politic... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ... I of France|Napoleon Bonaparte]], the revolution nonetheless spelled a definitive end to the ''[[anci...
17: * Resentment at noble privilege and dominance in public life by the ...
21: ...rlement]]s'' (law courts), dominated by the "Robe Nobility," which saw themselves as the nation's guar...
23: ... a show of support from a hand-picked Assembly of Notables would restore confidence in French finances...
25: ..., including the famous "Day of the Tiles" in [[Grenoble]]. Even more importantly, the chaos across Fr... - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
1: [[image:ac.parthenon5.jpg|thumb|300px|The Parthenon seen from the hill of the Pnyx to the west]]
3: ...945;ρθένος'' (parthenos), a virgin.
5: ...|Persians]]. As well as being a temple, the Parthenon was used as a treasury, and was the location of ...
8: ...g|thumb|right|300px|The western face of the Parthenon remains relatively intact.]]
9: ...C]]. Some of the financial accounts for the Parthenon survive, and show that the largest single expens... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
11: ...Socialist German Workers Party]] (NSDAP), better known as the Nazi Party.
13: ...luding 6 million [[Jew]]s, in a [[genocide]] now known as [[the Holocaust]].
20: ...of [[Linz]] in the province of [[Upper Austria]], not far from the [[German Empire|German]] border in ...
22: ...er, Adolf was accused by his political enemies of not rightfully being a Hitler, but a Schicklgruber. ...
24: ...pelled from Graz in the [[15th century]] and were not allowed to return until well after Maria Schickl... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
1: ...ar, which eventually widened far beyond [[British North America]], resulted in the overthrow of Britis...
5: ...d in the late nineteenth century that came to be known as ''The Spirit of '76''. Often imitated or par...
10: ...t have a professional [[armed force|army]] (also known as a "regular" or "standing" army). Each colony...
15: ...mates, total British strength in the colonies did not exceed 20,000 men at any one time.
19: ...ved decisive, though disastrous for the French economy. France's standing army at the time is estimate... - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
13: ...ial rule]] to world attention. His philosophy of non-violence, for which he coined the term ''[[satya...
15: ...ism|Hindu]] beliefs: [[truth]] (''satya''), and [[non-violence]] (''[[ahimsa]]''). His auto-biography,...
18: ...t, Gandhi learned from an early age the tenets of non-injury to living beings, vegetarianism, fasting ...
20: ...n [[1887]], and joining Samaldas College. He did not stay there long, however, as his family felt he ...
22: ...! Before changing the following paragraph, please note that "practise" is the correct spelling of the ... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
4: ... [[1588]] – [[December 4]], [[1679]]) was a noted [[English (people)|English]] [[Political philo...
12: ...tle attracted by the scholastic learning". He did not complete his degree until [[1608]] but he was re...
14: ...ian War]] showed that democratic government could not survive war or provide stability and was thus un...
16: ...er was a regular debater in philosophic groups in Paris, held together by [[Marin Mersenne]]. From [[1637...
18: ==In Paris== - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
2: {{Refimprove|date=November 2007}}
10: ...te Christmas-like festivities even though they do not consider themselves Christians. Many customs, in...
12: ...ormer [[colony|colonies]] of Western powers with (nominal) [[Christian]] cultural heritage.
14: ...ecting a cultural interest in this Western phenomenon, and, sometimes, as part of retail marketing cam...
20: ...a few days before, while television stations are known to air Christmas films and cartoon specials pop... - 1901 (12292 bytes)
24: ... passes the [[Platt amendment]], limiting the autonomy of [[Cuba]] as a condition for the withdrawal o...
26: ...showing of 71 [[Vincent van Gogh]] paintings in [[Paris]], 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.
40: ...r League Baseball]]), is formed in [[Chicago, Illinois]].
50: *[[November 9]] - [[George V of the United Kingdom | Pr...
52: ...rie|Marie Curie]] receives doctorate. The first [[Nobel Prize]] ceremony is held in [[Stockholm]].
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