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- Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...the [[Tudor dynasty]], is remembered for her attempt to return [[England]] from [[Protestantism]] to [...
13: ...ay [[18 February]] [[1516]]. She was [[baptism|baptised]] on the following Wednesday with [[Thomas Wo...
17: ...he [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] by the [[Treaty of Windsor 1522|Treat...
19: ...male heir he desired; consequently, the King attempted to have his marriage to her annulled. In [[153...
26: ... religion and royal position. The Lady Mary attempted to reconcile with her father by submitting to h... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
10: .... When the [[Scottish Parliament]] refused to accept the choice of the English Parliament, various coe...
17: ...tholic books and essays, but made no serious attempt to effect a conversion.
19: ...erefore vacant. The Crown was offered to, and accepted by, William and Mary, who ruled as joint monarc...
33: ... army to Lord Marlborough, whom she appointed [[Captain-General]]. Marlborough also received numerous ...
38: ...unite with England. The Estates chose the latter option, and Commissioners were appointed to negotiate... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
16: ... Victoria became [[heir presumptive|heiress-presumptive]] to the throne. Since the law at that time ma...
25: ...hildless, Ernest Augustus was also the heir-presumptive to the British throne.
27: ... the [[Whig]] Party, which had been in power, except for brief intervals, since [[1830]]. The Whig Pri...
37: ...tributed the plot to supporters of the heir-presumptive, the King of Hanover. These conspiracy theorie...
39: ... Eight more children would be born during the exceptionally happy marriage between Victoria and Prince... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
62: ...l around [[10 BCE]]. To the south, this kingdom captured [[Sindh]] and extended to the coast of the [[...
74: ...dia and died in solitary confinement in 1862. The Emperor's three sons, also involved in the War of Indepen...
76: ...nah]] a British-educated Indian Muslim leader, adopted the cause, and later earned the title of Quaid-...
90: ...he [[Persian language|Persian]] language the concepts of "Pak" meaning "Pure" and "stan" for "land" or...
130: ...73]] Pakistan itself had. The US also did not accept Bangladesh in favor of Pakistan until after the [... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
15: | [[527]] || Justinian I becomes emperor.
27: | Arab armies conquer the Levant and Egypt. In the following decades, they take most of Nor...
35: | The Emperor Romanus IV is defeated by the [[Seljuk Turks]] at...
41: | Constantinople is liberated by the Byzantine emperor of [[Nicaea]], Michael Palaeologus.
46: ...us]], was forced to abdicate, thus leaving to the emperor in the Greek East sole imperial authority. In any... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
6: ...tral and some would argue the most contested concept is " '''The Greatest Command''' " or the "'''New...
14: ...s [[Jesus]] pursuant to the [[Old Testament]] scriptures, was crucified by humanity, died and was buri...
27: ...dicate that the Roman charge was actually an attempt to appease the Jewish authorities, although some ...
35: * via [[Egypt]] into [[North Africa]], [[Sudan]] and [[Ethiopia...
39: ...circumcision]], dietary restrictions and the concept of purity, [[sabbath]], [[quartodecimanism]]) pej... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
8: Tycho Brahe was born '''Tyge Brahe''', adopting the Latinised form Tycho at around age fifteen...
10: ...not lead to any disputes nor did his parents attempt to get him back. Tycho lived with his childless u...
12: ...s de Sphaera, [[Apianus]]' Cosmographia seu descriptio totius orbis and [[Regiomontanus]]' De triangul...
38: ...er tried, but was unable, to persuade Brahe to adopt the [[heliocentrism|heliocentric model]] of the [...
45: ...I|Rudolf II]], the [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Roman Emperor]], he built a new observatory (in a castle in Ben... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...efly remembered for his principled refusal to accept King [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]'s claim...
12: ...to [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]], More was knighted and made undertrea...
14: ... British House of Commons|Speaker of the House of Commons]]. He later served as high steward for the unive...
41: ...nry's marriage to Catherine. In [[1531]] he attempted to resign after being forced to take an oath de...
44: ...nd. Shortly thereafter More was charged with accepting [[bribe]]s, but the charges had to be dismisse... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
25: ...s tactlessness), Brienne went on the attack, attempting to disband the parlements entirely and collect...
31: ''For a more detailed description of the events of [[August 8]], [[1788]] &ndash...
33: ... of the opposition that the government would attempt to gerrymander an assembly to its liking. In ord...
35: ...nd that the Third Estate itself was the nation, kept these resentments alive.
40: ''For a more detailed description of the events of [[June 17]], [[1789]] –... - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
9: map_caption = Location of the City and County of San Franc...
48: Situated at the tip of a windswept peninsula without water or firewood, San Francisc...
53: ...ht over [[slavery]]. Disgusted by increasing corruption and crime, a group of San Franciscans formed a...
60: ...l figures of late 19th century San Francisco was "Emperor" [[Joshua A. Norton]].
64: ...ched 8.25 on the [[Richter scale]]. Water mains ruptured throughout San Francisco, and the fires that ... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
4: ...Roman Empire]] under Caesar's grand-nephew and adopted son, [[Caesar Augustus]].
15: ...he dictator in relenting on Caesar’s proscription said, "He whose life you so much desire will o...
19: ...former governors notorious for extortion and corruption. The great orator [[Cicero]] even commented, "...
21: ...somed and released, he organized a naval force, captured the pirates and their island stronghold and p...
32: ...BC]], along with a young rival and member of the optimate faction by name of Bibulus. - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
5: image_caption= Luther at age 46 (Lucas Cranach the Elder, 15...
19: ..., [[1483]] in [[Eisleben]], [[Germany]] and was baptized on the feast day of [[Martin of Tours|St. Mar...
31: ...h;he immersed himself in the teachings of the Scripture and the early church. Luther recounted that hi...
39: ... and was disgusted at the Papacy's greed and corruption.
51: ... who was a candidate for the office of Holy Roman Emperor, who was unwilling to part with his theologian, t... - Island (4674 bytes)
6: ...ally: ''iland''. The letter "s" was added to attempt to link it to the [[Latin]] ''insula'' (which is ...
23: ...ea surface in a more northerly direction as the [[Emperor Seamounts]]. Another chain with similar orientati...
28: {{commons|Island}} - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
43: The birthday of the current emperor, [[Akihito]], on [[December 23]] is a national ho...
80: ...on, with Christmas carols are heard as early as September and the season lasting up until Epiphany.
82: ...ces of the holiday arise beginning from early [[September]], it is traditionally ushered in by the nin...
99: ... native festival here, there is nothing local except for maybe the warmer tropical climate. Christmas ...
114: ...he 1990s, Mexican society has embraced a new concept linking several celebrations around Christmas tim... - 1901 (12292 bytes)
25: * [[March 6]] - In [[Bremen]] an assassin attempts to kill [[Wilhelm II of Germany]].
36: ===July-September===
39: * [[September 2]] - [[Vice President of the United States|...
40: * [[September 5]] - The National Association of Profession...
41: * [[September 6]] - American anarchist [[Leon Czolgosz]] s... - Pomegranate (4637 bytes)
2: ...age:Pomegranate fruit.jpg|Pomegranate|250px]] | caption = Fruit of pomegranate}}
36: ...] mixing. The juice can also be used as an antiseptic when applied to cuts.
41: {{commons|Punica granatum}}
42: {{Commons|Punica granatum nana}}
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