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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
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]]....
27: ...ls the demands of Olwen's [[giant]] father [[Ysbaddaden]], which includes his hunt for the great [[boa... - 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...
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, ...
20: ...[[Entente Cordiale]] and numerous visits to [[Canada]]. She was instructed in religion by the [[Archbi... - Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
3: ...a Eleanor Roosevelt''' ([[October 11]] [[1884]] – [[November 7]] [[1962]]) was an [[United State...
9: ...oman, in an autocratic house. On [[St. Patrick's Day]], [[1905]] she married [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]...
11: ...rated to [[New Amsterdam]] ([[Manhattan]]) from [[Holland]] in the 1640s. His grandsons, Johannes and Jacob...
13: ...es, Eleanor found herself at odds with his eldest daughter, [[Alice Roosevelt Longworth]] who was enra...
15: ...ntually become the Mrs. Roosevelt?s column ''[[My Day]]''. After a few years away from Washington Hick... - Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
1: ...ca]]'' in [[1687]] by [[Isaac Newton]]. These boundaries are not uncontroversial, with some claiming t...
7: ...es may arise from lack of recognition of these fundamental differences.
31: ...ar to fill fourteen centuries, and the other candidates are few:
36: ... extending to the early 17th century, are the raw data on which are built the theoretical studies of h...
40: ...ts for a means of creating a more accurate [[calendar]] for its activities. For almost two millennia,... - Recorder (12954 bytes)
3: ..., an example of which survives in Leipzig to this day. It consisted of two recorders in f' connected t...
9: ...e not uncommon historically and are still found today especially the Tenor in D known as a voice flute...
15: ... [[rosewood]] or [[boxwood]] with a fipple of [[cedar]] wood. However, many recorders are often made o...
24: ...on to modern fingering, which is in fact a latter-day derivative of historical fingering, it requires ...
26: ...e recorders produce instruments which use the standard baroque/modern fingering – –2–... - Australia (39438 bytes)
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28: established_dates=From the [[United Kingdom|UK]]:<br>[[1 January...
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54: ...ather continent, of Australia, Australasia or New Holland." - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
1: ...of the Kingdom and was split into North and South Holland in [[1840]]. There are 10 more provinces in the N...
15: capital = [[Amsterdam]]. [[The Hague]] is the seat of government |
17: largest_city = [[Amsterdam]] |
32: ...[[Christianity]], [[Islam]], [[Hinduism]] and [[Judaism]] |
40: established_dates = [[Eighty Years' War|From Spain]]<br/>[[May 2... - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
16: LandArea = 12,559 |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[January 9]], [[1788]] |
25: ...Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
43: ...tion, the "[[Fundamental Orders of Connecticut|Fundamental Orders]]", was adopted on [[January 14]], [...
52: ...n Hartford and New Haven, which stems back to the days when the two cities shared the state's capital,... - Vermont (39851 bytes)
16: LandArea = 23,974 |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[March 4]], [[1791]] |
25: ...Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] |
36: ...the east, [[New York]] to the west, and the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Quebec]] to the north.
38: ...ar|Revolutionary War]]. Famous for its scenery, [[dairy]] products and [[maple syrup]], Vermont has lo... - Silk Road (23757 bytes)
5: ...], [[China]] and [[India]], but they laid the foundations of our modern world. While goods and religi...
11: ...ations developed rapidly. For example, the [[dromedary]] may have been domesticated as early as circa ...
18: ...] trade was extended to [[Harappa]] and [[Mohenjo-daro]] in the [[Indus Valley Civilization|Indus vall...
23: ... Dynasty]], Egyptians are returning with huge [[cedar]] trees. Sahure's name is found stamped on a thi...
28: ...[Badakhshan]] and, although separated by the formidable [[Pamir]] mountains, routes across them were, ... - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
13: *[[William George Armstrong]] — [[hydraulic crane]], Armstrong breech-loading ...
14: ...e [[Canada|Canadian]] Department of Agriculture — instant mashed potato flakes
18: *[[Charles Babbage]], (1791-1871), [[England]] — [[Analytical engine]]
20: ...d]] (1863) - (1944), [[Belgian]]–American — [[plastic]]
21: ...h Baer]] - [[Germany|German]] born [[American]] — [[computer game]] - Michigan (29427 bytes)
16: LandArea = 147,255 |
24: AdmittanceDate = [[January 26]], [[1837]] |
25: TimeZone = Eastern: [[UTC]]-5/[[Daylight saving time|-4]] <br><small>(Some Upper Pen...
42: ... recognition of the state languished due to a boundary dispute with Ohio, with both sides claiming a 4...
79: ... to prospector [[Philo Everett]] near the present-day city of [[Negaunee, Michigan|Negaunee]]. - Aristotle (37648 bytes)
3: ...a;ριστοτέλης
4: Aristotelēs) ([[384 BC]] – [[March 7]], [[322 BC]]) was an [[ancient Gree...
8: ...[[presocratic]] [[Greek philosophy]] into the foundations of [[Western philosophy]] as we know it. Soc...
10: ...hysics, reason, knowledge and human life. The fundamental idea is that knowledge gained through the s...
12: ...rvived. The works of Aristotle that still exist today are in treatise form and were, for the most part... - Flood (7770 bytes)
7: ...The control of annual flooding, by dikes and by [[dam]]s, also prevents the deposition of silt on the ...
16: ...slip on continental shelf'') may all engender a tidal wave called a [[tsunami]] that causes destructio...
22: ...lta Works]] with the [[Oosterschelde|Oosterscheldedam]] as its crowning achievement.
24: ...one areas with high population density, such as [[Holland]] and parts of [[England]], planning laws have be...
33: ...s a great flood caused by the breaking of the ice dams holding [[Lake Agassiz]]. - Jan van Eyck (7234 bytes)
3: '''Jan van Eyck''' (c. [[1385]]–[[1441]]) was a [[15th century]] [[Flanders|Fle...
7: The date of his birth is not more accurately known than ...
9: ...that time resident at [[The Hague]] as [[Count of Holland]]. From the Hague he returned in [[1424]] to take...
13: ...Bruges, where he married, and his wife bore him a daughter, known in after years as a nun in the conve...
17: ...nd may now be seen at [[Chatsworth]], bearing the date of 1421; no doubt this picture would give a fai... - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
5: ...ber 20]], 1815, is sometimes (though rarely these days) referred to as the [[Great French War]].
13: ... system)|Civil law]] legal system, with clearly redacted [[code of law|codes]] compiling the basic law...
15: ...er hand, another concept had been brought about — that of Europe. Napoleon mentioned on several ...
20: ...ces in support of other troop units. Napoleon standardized the [[cannonball]] sizes to ensure easier r...
24: ...organization of the French army in 1793–4 — a time in which French fortunes were reversed ... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
7: ==Early origins: 911–1314==
10: ... nobles had never fully given up the dream of one day reconquering their homeland in Normandy; it was ...
12: ==Immediate precursors: 1314–1337==
13: ...rance|Louis X]], died in [[1316]], leaving only a daughter, [[Joan II of Navarre|Joan II]], who in 132...
15: ...had been set. When Philip V died in [[1322]], his daughters were put aside in favor of the last brothe... - Badminton (12494 bytes)
5: ...er the net so that it lands inside the marked boundaries of the court, and aim to prevent their oppone...
30: ...over the net onto the court within the marked boundaries before the opposing player or pair can hit it...
59: ... should be hit to the centre line or the back boundary line.
88: ..., Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Denmark, Holland, Canada, New Zealand and France as by founding members. I...
90: ...]]. [[Indonesia]] and [[Korea]] shared the gold medal with two each that year. - Surfing (15219 bytes)
3: ...yak]] & [[Kite]] surfing are also more popular today.
9: ..., by turns, graceful and serene, violent and formidable. Surfers' skills are tested not only in their ...
47: **[[Mainland]] – States of [[Sinaloa]], [[Jalisco]], [[Colima]]...
67: ..." Nor Cal is home to one of the most revered and dangerous spots in the world, [[Mavericks]], for whi...
68: ...outstanding beaches such as Windansea, Ponto, Lunada Bay, Huntington Beach, [[San Onofre State Park|Sa... - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
1: ...sDrake.jpg|framed|Sir Francis Drake, c. [[1540]]–[[1596]].]]
2: ...he English fleet which defeated the [[Spanish Armada]] in [[1588]].
7: ...n and could be as early as [[1535]]. The [[1540]] date is taken from a portrait painted quite late in ...
12: ...se attack in violation of a truce agreed to a few days before, nearly costing Drake his life. From the...
13: ..., Drake raided the waters around [[Dari鮬 Panama|Darien]] (in modern [[Panama]]) and tracked the Silv...
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