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- Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
10: ...Parliament, various coercive tactics (such as crippling the Scottish economy by restricting trade) wer...
19: ...Catholics was not well-received by the English people. Public alarm increased when James's second wife...
24: ...lliam's government. Still, she did not win the complete trust of her brother-in-law, who refrained fro...
26: ...otally extinguished, then it would have become simple for the deposed King James to reclaim the Throne...
35: ... of Sunderland]] and [[Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer|Robert Harley]]). One may observe th... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
12: ...f Leiningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on [[24 M...
18: ...tch, but his objections failed to dissuade the couple. Many scholars have suggested that Prince Albert...
20: ...merged the Royal House name and family surname, replacing both with one deliberately English sounding ...
29: ...wives of Whigs, but Sir Robert Peel expected to replace them with wives of Tories. Victoria strongly o...
37: ... the assassination attempt; others attributed the plot to supporters of the heir-presumptive, the King... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
18: |'''Place of Birth:'''
31: ..., her policies initially caused large-scale [[unemployment]], especially in the industrial heartlands ...
33: ...At the same time the Conservative Party began to split over her sceptical approach to [[European Union...
36: ...derman, a decision which affected his daughter deeply.
38: ...udied [[chemistry]]. She became Chairman of the [[Oxford University Conservative Association]] in [[1946]]... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...e you have arguments or evidence to the contrary, please provide them on the talk page, and wait until...
3: ...or Canada. To keep this overview article concise, please consider adding information instead to one of...
10: ...e for [[as of 2005|June 2005]] is 32.2 million people [http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/clock/populat...
21: ...tates|U.S.]], with which it has had a long and complex relationship (''see'' [[U.S.-Canada relations]]...
86: ... that the [[Aboriginal peoples in Canada|First Peoples]] have inhabited parts of what is now called Ca... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
54: ...[[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. Usually known simply as the '''United Kingdom''' or the '''UK''', it ...
64: ...) has been proposed, but is little used outside diplomatic circles.
69: ...land was on the brink of economic ruin and was deeply unpopular with the broader Scottish population.
71: ...nd]]. This was also an unpopular decision, taking place just after the unsuccessful United Irishmen Re...
74: ...he 20th century saw the UK's strength seriously depleted in two World Wars. The second half witnessed ... - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...n|fortified enclosure]]. The term is most often applied to a small self-contained [[fortress]], usuall...
2: ...European castles were opened up and expanded into pleasure dwellings and power houses from the late 15...
10: ...re places of protection from an invading enemy, a place of retreat. This can be seen by many of the ty...
17: ... decline of the German kingdom, castle building exploded as local warlords staked claims to minor king...
19: ...ht|[[Craigievar Castle]] in [[Aberdeenshire]], completed in 1626.]] - Socrates (7975 bytes)
5: ...of Amphipolis]]. We know from [[Symposium (Plato)|Plato's ''Symposium'']] that Socrates was decorated ...
7: ... scientific institute with his friend Chaerophon; Plato has Socrates tell us that he once spent all of...
11: ...to the version of his defense speech presented in Plato's ''Apology'', Socrates' life as the "gadfly" ...
13: ...s disciples and thinkers that reflect on his accomplishments through their writing.
21: ...he following quotes are attributed to Socrates in Plato's and Xenophon's writings: - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...[[1516]]. He is chiefly remembered for his principled refusal to accept King [[Henry VIII of England|...
5: ...ellous man". Thomas attended the [[University of Oxford]] for two years, where he studied [[Latin]] and [...
7: ... father's great displeasure, More seriously contemplated abandoning his legal career in order to becom...
12: ...nfluential in the government, welcoming foreign diplomats, drafting official documents, and serving as...
14: ...er served as high steward for the universities of Oxford and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]]. In [[... - Computer (32773 bytes)
3: ...hat perform simple well-defined functions. The complex interactions of these components endow computer...
4: ...iscipline which studies the theory, design, and application of computers is called '''[[computer scie...
6: ==General principles==
10: ... the physical phenomena being exploited. For example, electron flows might be used to model the flow ...
12: ... operations on that information are reduced to simple [[Boolean algebra]]. - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...e into what has become modern [[France]], an accomplishment whose direct consequences are visible to t...
6: ...rded by later historians such as [[Suetonius]], [[Plutarch]], and [[Dio Cassius|Cassius Dio]].
17: ...Roman Senate]], people were forced to stand and applaud his presence.
28: ...n asked why he would have such a reaction, his simple response was: "Do you think I have not just...
30: ...elationship with Rome’s great general would play into his hands later. - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
6: place_of_birth = [[Braunau am Inn]], [[Austria-Hunga...
9: place_of_death = [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]
13: ...he systematic extermination of over 11 million people, including 6 million [[Jew]]s, in a [[genocide]]...
20: ...on more strictly than was usual for that time and place.
22: ...ng a Hitler, but a Schicklgruber. This was also exploited in Allied propaganda during the Second World... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
10: ...t. Militia typically lacked the training and discipline of regular troops, but could be effective when...
37: ... War of Independence)|Henry Clinton]]. They began plans to break out of the city.
39: ...siege was not broken, and General Gage was soon replaced by Howe as commander-in-chief for the British...
41: ...d by the Americans]] at [[Fort Ticonderoga]] were placed upon [[Dorchester Heights]], overlooking the ...
52: ...d defeated Arnold in a naval battle on [[Lake Champlain]] (the [[Battle of Valcour Island]]) in Octobe... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
4: ...December 4]], [[1679]]) was a noted [[English (people)|English]] [[Political philosophy|political phil...
6: ...René „escartes|Descartes]] and wrote one of the replies to Descartes' ''Meditations.''
10: ...s was a good pupil and around 1603 he was sent to Oxford and entered at Magdalen Hall (see [[Hertford Coll...
12: ...racted by the scholastic learning". He did not complete his degree until [[1608]] but he was recommend...
14: ...[[scholastic philosophy]] which he had learned in Oxford. His scholarly efforts at the time were aimed at ... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
6: ...inued his research and wrote a series of books on plants and animals, now including mankind in ''[[The...
19: ... March [[1827]] Darwin made a presentation to the Plinian society of his discovery that black spores o...
22: ...clergymen who saw it as part of their duties to explore the wonders of God's creation.
26: ...t Cambridge till June and following Henslow's example and advice he was in no rush to take holy orders...
27: ...anted to study natural history in the tropics and planned to visit [[Madeira]] with some class-mates u... - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
20: ...increasing numbers of stores and buildings are displaying Christmas decorations.
22: ...rovide; after the Christmas Eve services, for example, they go caroling to the homes of older church m...
41: ...d Christmas from a lover's point of view, for example '[[Last Christmas]]' by [[Exile (Japanese band)|...
49: ... a giant Christmas tree of 25m high for public display every year in Downtown Beirut.
52: ...gnized that Christmas controversies such as the replacement of the greeting "Merry Christmas" by "Happ...
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