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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ...aint Vincent and the Grenadines]], the [[Solomon Islands]], [[Tuvalu]] and the [[United Kingdom|United...
9: ...e of Man|Lord of Mann]]<!--Note on spelling: the Isle of Man has one "n", but her title, Lord of Mann,...
15: ...th was born at 21 Bruton Street in [[Mayfair]], [[London]] on [[21 April]], [[1926]]. Her father was HRH [...
35: ...lizabeth took up residence at [[Clarence House]], London. On [[14 November]] [[1948]] she gave birth to h...
60: ...sidence and considers [[Windsor Castle]], west of London, to be her home. She also spends time at [[Balmor... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
13: ...rn at the [[Palace of Placentia]] in [[Greenwich, London|Greenwich]] on Monday [[18 February]] [[1516]]. ...
19: .... Since the [[Pope Clement VII|Pope]] had previously denied him the annullment, Henry broke with the ...
35: ...ort for the Lady Jane vanished and Mary rode into London triumphantly and unchallenged, with her half-sist...
37: ...en Gardiner]] from imprisonment in the [[Tower of London]].
44: ...the Lady Elizabeth was imprisoned in the Tower of London, but was put under house arrest in [[Woodstock Pa... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
20: ..., glamorous, flirtatious, charismatic and religiously tolerant. Elizabeth also inherited her mother's ...
25: ...with popular support, Mary rode triumphantly into London, her half-sister Elizabeth at her side.
27: ...ilure, Elizabeth was imprisoned in the [[Tower of London]]. The Spanish demanded Elizabeth's execution, bu...
33: ...unimportant [[Owen Oglethorpe]], [[Bishop of Carlisle]] had to crown her. The [[communion]] was celebr...
49: ...[[1566]]. The [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] threatened to withhold funds until the Queen ag... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
12: ...ild of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on [[24 May]] [[1819]].
20: ...n Wettin''). Queen Victoria's papers record her dislike of the name. Though rarely publicly used, Wet...
27: ... of 1837]]), and in [[Jamaica]], the colonial legislature had protested British policies by refusing t...
37: ...he was riding in a carriage with Prince Albert in London. Oxford fired twice, but both bullets missed. He ...
41: ...]]) to Bishop's Bridge, near [[Paddington]] (in [[London]]), in a special royal carriage provided by the [... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
30: ...istocratic background, could not have been previously married, should be, preferably, a virgin, and Pr...
34: ...edding took place at [[St Paul's Cathedral]] in [[London]] on [[Wednesday]] [[29 July]] [[1981]] before 3,...
60: ...[[Landmines Bill 1998]] to the [[British House of Commons]], the [[Foreign Secretary]], [[Robin Cook]], pai...
76: As the casualties lay seriously injured in their wrecked car, the photographers ...
91: ... an [[inquest]] into the death of Diana opened in London held by [[Michael Burgess]], the coroner of [[Eli... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
33: ...towards a doctorate in Soviet Government at the [[London School of Economics]].
39: ...arty. A few years later she resigned from the legislature to run in the [[Canadian federal election, 1...
41: Upon her election to the [[Canadian House of Commons]] in [[1988]], Campbell became Canada's first fem...
51: ...'s candidates lost their seats in a massive [[landslide victory]] by the Liberal Party, and Campbell h...
72: ..." While Campbell had little time to usher in legislation during her six brief months as Prime Ministe... - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
4: ...ily's ancestral home, Lissadell House in [[County Sligo]]. Constance and her sister, Eva Gore-Booth, ...
6: Constance studied art at the Slade School in [[London]] and then in [[Paris]], where in [[1893]] she me...
10: ...-elected to the [[Second Dᩬ]] in the [[House of Commons of Southern Ireland]] elections of 1921. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
29: ...Royal Navy]] task force to retake the [[Falkland Islands]] from [[Argentina]] in the [[Falklands War]]...
43: ...r seat in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. Unusually, her [[maiden speech]] was made in s...
61: ...he Conservative Party. Thatcher had to act cautiously in converting the Conservative Party to her [[mo...
68: ...rthern Ireland]], she announced in the [[House of Commons]] that "The future of the constitutional affairs ...
69: ...o political status for republican prisoners, famously declaring "Crime is crime is crime; it is not po... - The Valiant Five (3833 bytes)
7: ...mous [[suffragist]] and member of the Alberta legislature);
8: ...(one of two women first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]], and
15: ...R. 276, The Supreme Court of Canada ruled unanimously that the word ''person'' did not include women. ...
20: ...cil did not hear appeals from within the British Isles, the decision was non-precedental for the Briti...
28: ...ember of the [[Canadian House of Commons|House of Commons]]. - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
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15: largest_city = [[London]] |
54: ...is [[Northern Ireland]], which is located on the island of [[Ireland|Ireland]].
58: ...Six counties in the north-eastern portion of the island, meanwhile, remained a part of the United King...
62: ...] (often also including its smaller neighbouring islands, though never Ireland). Politically, the term... - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
62: ...House of Representatives and the British House of Commons. Based on 2000 Census data, this averages out to ...
66: ...n would require the agreement of both states' legislatures and the [[U.S. Congress]]. Supporters note ...
88: ...offshore are the [[Isles of Shoals]], nine small islands best known as the site of a 19th-century art ...
90: ...nion over several islands (now known as [[Seavey Island]]) that include the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard ...
151: *[[Londonderry, New Hampshire|Londonderry]] - Castle (27805 bytes)
35: *[[Tower of London]]
52: ...lar tower of [[masonry]], of which the [[Tower of London]] is the best-known example, though that of Colch...
59: ...ers (which were of a type very different from the slight projections of the shell-keep and rectangular...
73: ...al castles and increase their number, while jealously keeping in check those of the barons. But in the...
97: ...ilitary Architecture of the Middle Ages'' was translated by M Macdermott in 1860. - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
6: Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand [[London]].
14: ...reverence for [[Aristotle]] conflicted with his dislike of Aristotelian philosophy, which seemed barre...
18: ...necessitated Bacon's return to England, and seriously influenced his fortunes. Sir Nicholas had laid u...
21: ...worked quietly at Gray's Inn giving himself seriously to the study of law, until admitted as an [[oute...
29: ...to employ him in crown affairs a few years previously, and he gradually acquired the standing of one o... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
25: ...n Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen"). It lay on an island in the [[James River (Virginia)|James River]],...
27: ... coordinated by a [[joint stock company]] - the [[London Virginia Company]]. The company hoped to follow ...
31: ...mbers of [[Africa]]ns to the [[sugar]]-producing islands of the [[Caribbean]].
33: ... sought a less rebellious form of labor - African slaves.
42: ...ovince of New Hampshire]], and [[Colony of Rhode Island]].'' - Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
63: ...e United Kingdom on the morning of [[June 16]] in London. This was a last minute effort to try to strength...
65: ..., narrowly escaped German aviation, and landed in London that same afternoon. De Gaulle decided to reject ...
69: ... June 1940, the news that a French general was in London refusing the tide of events and calling for the e...
71: From London, de Gaulle formed and led the [[Free French]] mov...
126: ...ns, or multilateral agreements. De Gaulle is famously quoted for nicknaming the [[United Nations]] ''l... - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
43: ...nstruction of two observatories for Tycho on the island of [[Hven]] in [[Copenhagen]] Sound. These wer...
63: ...s study of [[astrology and astronomy]] simultaneously, and [[Uraniborg]] was constructed as both [[obs...
80: * John Robert Christianson: ''On Tycho's Island: Tycho Brahe, science, and culture in the sixt...
82: ...ho Brahe : Astronomer'' (Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, 2002) (ISBN 0766017575) (128 p. : i...
86: ...trange partnership that revolutionised science.'' London : Review, 2002 ISBN 0-747270-22-8 (published in t... - Thomas More (15893 bytes)
2: ...utopia]]", a name he gave to an ideal, imaginary island nation whose political system he described in ...
5: ...ied [[Latin]] and [[logic]]. He then returned to London, where he studied law with his father and was adm...
7: To his father's great displeasure, More seriously contemplated abandoning his legal career in orde...
12: ...ed as one of the two undersheriffs of the city of London, a position of considerable responsibility in whi...
14: ... British House of Commons|Speaker of the House of Commons]]. He later served as high steward for the unive... - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]].
32: ...er females can inflict a nasty bite. Capable of a slow awkward lumbering flight usually at dusk making... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
4: ...f both houses is necessary for the passage of legislation. The exclusive powers enumerated to the Sena...
10: ...vention]] in [[1787]]; all states except [[Rhode Island]] agreed to send delegates. Many delegates cal...
12: ...a question by Thomas Jefferson, said "we pour legislation into the senatorial saucer to cool it (from ...
14: ...ted in the South's defeat and in the abolition of slavery. The ensuing years of [[Reconstruction]] wit...
16: ... of senators by the people, rather than state legislatures; they achieved their objective in [[1913]] ... - Formula One (29650 bytes)
30: Aerodynamic [[downforce]] had slowly gained importance in car design since the app...
61: In the past it was common for slower cars to receive a "DNQ" (did not qualify) des...
72: ... car manufacturers such as [[BMW]], [[Daimler Chrysler]], [[Renault]], [[Toyota]], and [[Honda]], such...
74: ...ll maintain factory teams, [[BMW]], [[Daimler-Chrysler]], and [[Honda]] provide engines and sponsorshi...
102: ...Three times World champion [[Nelson Piquet]] famously described racing in Monaco as "flying with a hel...
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