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- Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
3: ...ight|thumb|220px|'''Mary I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</small>]]
8: ...cases reversed by her successor, [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]].
13: ... Catherine's sixth and last child was a stillborn daughter.
17: ...her Francis I, who was eager for an alliance with England. A marriage treaty was signed; it provided that ...
19: ...acknowledged as "Supreme Head" of the [[Church of England]]. - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: ...right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</small>]]
7: ...d during a period of great religious turmoil in [[England|English]] history.
9: ...tal misalliances. Like her father [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]], she was a writer and poet. She gran...
11: ... and seven [[baron|baronies]] in the [[Peerage of England]], and one barony in the [[Peerage of Ireland]], ...
16: ...ed in the line of succession after [[Edward VI of England|Prince Edward]] under the [[English Act of Succes... - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
2: ...umb|right|175px|'''Mary II''' <br><small>Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland</small>]]
8: ...th her husband and first cousin, [[William III of England|William III]], who became the sole ruler upon her...
11: ...nne Hyde]]. Mary's uncle was King [[Charles II of England|Charles II]]; her maternal grandfather, [[Edward ...
15: ... the [[Louis, the Grand Dauphin|Dauphin Louis]] — but afterwards approved, as a coalition with t...
20: ...mes Francis Edward Stuart|James Francis Edward]]—in June [[1688]], for the son would, unlike Mar... - William I of England (8753 bytes)
2: ...England.jpg|thumb|right|180px|''King William I of England'']]
7: ...in [[France]], William succeeded to the throne of England by right of conquest by winning the [[Battle of H...
16: ...was 22. Their marriage produced four sons and six daughters (see list below).
20: ==Conquest of England==
23: ...bably in [[1052]]) and that [[Harold Godwinson]], England's foremost magnate, had reportedly pledged his su... - Culture of England (4178 bytes)
1: ...t to which other cultures have influenced life in England.
6: ... the geographical region presently referred to as England. This results in the term being almost indefinabl...
10: ...sts presently working range from Lucian Freud and Damien Hirst.
12: Oil painting came comparatively late to England. Hans Holbein, an imported talent, is generally c...
14: And although Charles I of England built up a great royal collection of art, the dis...
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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer...
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
21: ...] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
23: ...]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlement in the...
38: *[[Saint Brendan]] - [[Ireland|Irish]] [[abbot]] who sailed the [... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
5: ... [[Cornwall]], or the west of what would become [[England]], but controversy over the centre of his power a...
9: ...little reason for him to have become a major legendary figure.
15: ...ed the later legends, like the [[Scots]] king [[Aedan mac Gabran]], who had a son called Artuir and wh...
19: ... [[Taliesin]] are possibly from a similarly early date: ''The Chair of the Sovereign'', which refers t...
23: ...]] by [[Caradoc of Llancarfan]], Arthur killed Gildas' brother Hueil, a pirate on the [[Isle of Man]].... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...lumbus''' ([[1451]]<sup>[[#Early life|1]]</sup> – [[20 May]] [[1506]]) ( ''Cristòfor Colom'' in...
5: ...led by [[João Vaz Corte-Real]] to Terra Verde (today's Newfoundland). [[Giovanni Caboto]] (better kno...
7: ... in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]].
11: ...ome – including many [[Native Americans]] – view him as responsible, directly or indirectl...
21: ...ant, and his mother was Susanna Fontanarossa, the daughter of a woollens merchant. Christopher had thr... - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
1: [[image:david_livingstone.jpg|thumb|right|David Livingstone]]
3: '''David Livingstone''' ([[March 19]], [[1813]] – [[May 1]], [[1873]]) was a [[Scotland|Scottish...
6: ...the example of another Scot, Robert Moffat, whose daughter he later married, and joined the [[London M...
8: ...though she was pregnant – but returned to [[England]] with their children.
11: ...orial at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.jpg|thumb|right|David Livingstone memorial at [[Victoria Falls]]]] - Middle Colonies (4101 bytes)
1: ...erant. They had more [[agriculture]] than the New England colony. The Middle Colonies were also known as th...
5: ... ate a form of pudding called cornmeal mush every day of the year. [[Johnnycake]], bread made with co...
11: ...d less schooling than the average second grader today. The only book owned by many families was the [[...
13: ...iends and relatives along with [[gardening]], and dancing was popular among both women and men. From t... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...y industry and machine manufacture. It began in [[England]] with the introduction of [[steam engine|steam p...
3: The dating of the Industrial Revolution is not exact, bu...
10: ... institutional changes wrought by the end of [[feudalism]] in [[Great Britain]] after the [[English Ci...
16: ...so they invested in the production of machines in England.
22: ...able as there was privilege and monopoly. The abundant supply of coal and iron ore made the making of ... - Steel (28384 bytes)
8:
32: ...copper-smelting sites on the [[Sinai Peninsula]], dated to about 3000 BC. Some iron oxides are effect...
34: ...] died in [[1323 BC]] and was buried with an iron dagger with a golden hilt. An [[Ancient Egyptian]] [...
40: ...artifact is a knife found on [[Cyprus]] at a site dated to [[1100 BC]].
46: ...and weapons. A mass grave in [[Hebei]] province, dated to the early third century BC, contains severa... - Puritan (15882 bytes)
1: ...p of radical [[Protestants]] which developed in [[England]] after the [[Reformation]].
4: ...in the 17th century would be "[[Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]]": Puritanism was a movement rather th...
8: ...ervient to politics. Persecuted under [[Mary I of England]] ("Bloody Mary"), Protestants like [[Thomas Cart...
12: ...otestants. As a group, they wanted the Church of England to resemble more closely the Protestant churches ...
14: ...ed. Attempts by the [[bishop]]s of the Church of England to enforce uniformity of usage in the ''Book of C... - China (38909 bytes)
32: ...[Silk Road]] before it finally reached Europe and England. The Western "China", transliterated to [[Shina (...
34: ...low [[political divisions of China|provincial boundaries]]. In many contexts, "China" is commonly used...
38: ...hina]]" (中國大陸,''zhōngguó dàlù'' in Mandarin), especially when contrasting it with other, p...
45: ...hang]], who settled along the [[Huang He]] river, dating from the 18th to the 12th centuries BC. The S...
55: ...ist state]]—the People's Republic of China—that laid claim to be the successor state of th... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...p year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
4: {{NovemberCalendar}}
7: ... captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
9: ...e [[Mary II of England]] marries [[William III of England|William, Prince of Orange]]. They would later be...
35: ...�tien]] takes office as [[Prime Minister of Canada]]. - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...beth II in an official portrait as [[Queen of Canada]] (on the occasion of her [[Golden Jubilee of Eli...
7: ...s]], [[Barbados]], [[Belize]], [[Canada]], [[Grenada]], [[Jamaica]], [[New Zealand]], [[Papua New Guin...
9: ... of England|Supreme Governor]] of the [[Church of England]], [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the [[UK Armed Force...
15: ... of York (n饠[[Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon]]), the daughter of [[Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of...
17: As a granddaughter of the British sovereign in the male line, ... - Adela of Normandy (2741 bytes)
5: ...her of both [[Stephen of England|Stephen, King of England]] and [[Henry of Blois]], [[Bishop of Winchester]...
7: ... She was the favorite sister of King [[Henry I of England]]; they were probably the youngest of the Conquer...
9: ...89]], making him one of the wealthiest men of his day. He was a proud and self-indulgent man, who had ...
15: # [[Stephen I of England|Stephen of Blois]]
22: ...ft Blois in [[1111]] to join his uncle's court in England. - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
5: Melisende was the eldest daughter of King [[Baldwin II of Jerusalem]] and the...
11: ... in diplomatic correspondence. Baldwin raised his daughter as a capable successor to himself and Melis...
13: ...Maud, [[Henry I of England]]'s designated heir as England's next Queen regnant). Throughout the negotiation...
21: ...ons of infidelity was a public affront that would damage Melisende's position entirely.
37: ...hem. The result of this breach of treaty was that Damascus would never trust the Crusader states again... - Agnes of Courtenay (6051 bytes)
3: Agnes was the daughter of [[Joscelin II of Courtenay]], [[County o...
9: ...s questioned by supporters of Amalric and Maria's daughter [[Isabella of Jerusalem|Isabella]]. There w...
13: ...f [[Humphrey IV of Toron]] to Amalric and Maria's daughter Isabella; one of the terms of marriage was ...
15: ...10 years, while the Haute Cour and the kings of [[England]], [[France]], and [[Germany]] were to choose the...
20: ...nay]], [[Latin Empire|Latin emperor]], and [[Yolanda of Flanders]]. She married [[Geoffrey II Villhard... - Sibylla of Jerusalem (11497 bytes)
1: ...salem]] from [[1186]] to 1190. She was the eldest daughter of [[Amalric I of Jerusalem]] and [[Agnes o...
17: ...Bohemund, her political rivals, from marrying her daughter into the rival court faction, led by the Ib...
19: Sibylla bore her new husband two daughters, Alice and Maria. Initially Baldwin IV ves...
23: ...3]] allowed for the Haute Cour and the kings of [[England]], [[France]], and [[Germany]] to choose the next...
27: ...wing the precedent of Melisende, and as the elder daughter of King Amalric, Sibylla had the best claim... - Isabella of Jerusalem (7928 bytes)
3: ...n of Jerusalem]] [[1192]]–1205. She was the daughter of [[Amalric I of Jerusalem]] and his secon...
11: ...succession would be adjudicated by the kings of [[England]], [[France]], and [[Germany]]. The selection wou...
19: ...e King of France. It was his uncle [[Richard I of England|Richard the Lion-Hearted]], a close ally and frie...
23: ... (born [[1200]]), and one son, Amalric ([[1201]]–1205). King Amalric died in 1205, shortly befor...
25: ...er death in 1205, she was succeeded by her eldest daughter [[Maria of Montferrat]]. - Isabella of Castile (4156 bytes)
2: ...used in modern Spanish) ([[April 22]], [[1451]] – [[November 26]], [[1504]]) was [[Kings of Cast...
5: ...l de Beaumont]]. Finally she was great-great-granddaughter to [[Nuno Alvares Pereira]], Count de Barce...
7: She was great-granddaughter of [[John I of Castile]] and his wife [[Ele...
8: ...nez Perez, and his wife Beatriz Pereira, countess da Barcellos.
10: ... Lancaster]], a half sister of King [[Henry IV of England]]. Her maternal grandparents were Prince [[Joao o... - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
3: ...he was [[Queen consort]] of both [[France]] and [[England]] in her lifetime.
6: ...ad been arranged by his father and her mother, as Dangereuse was the long-time mistress of [[William I...
10: ... [[Loire]] to the [[Pyrenees]]: most of what is today the southwest of France. However, there was a c...
12: ...] from V麥lay, the rumored location of [[Mary Magdalene]]'s burial, dramatically emphasized the role ...
16: ...tence on conquest, the crusade leaders targeted [[Damascus]], an ally until the attack. Failing in thi... - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
3: ...dici family|Medici]]''' ([[April 13]], [[1519]] – [[January 5]], [[1589]]), born in Italy as '''...
5: Born in [[Florence, Italy]], she was a daughter of [[Lorenzo II de' Medici]], Duke of Urbin...
11: During the reign of her husband (1547–1559), Catherine lived a quiet and passive life...
13: ... she enforced a ban on thick waists at court attendance during the 1550s. For nearly 350 years, women'...
17: ...son, the duke of Anjou, to Queen [[Elizabeth I of England]], but that did not come about. - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
3: ...ight|thumb|220px|'''Mary I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</small>]]
8: ...cases reversed by her successor, [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]].
13: ... Catherine's sixth and last child was a stillborn daughter.
17: ...her Francis I, who was eager for an alliance with England. A marriage treaty was signed; it provided that ...
19: ...acknowledged as "Supreme Head" of the [[Church of England]].
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