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  1. St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
    1: ...e Basilica of Saint Peter, portrayed by Viviano Codazzi in a 1630 painting, is the largest church in C...
    2: ...ion]] and burial of the basilica namesake [[Saint Peter]], one of the twelve [[apostle]]s of [[Jesus]] an...
    4: ...esidence, most Papal ceremonies take place at St. Peter's. The basilica also holds a relic of the ''[[Ca...
    7: ...Vatican Council convened in the Basilica of Saint Peter. The high canopy or baldocchino was designed by B...
    14: ...d new Basilicas superimposed, showing the tomb of Peter]
  2. Saint Peter (16028 bytes)
    1: ...s.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Saint Peter, portrayed by Peter Paul Rubens in a papal chasuble and pallium holdi...
    2: ...]]s do not use the title of saint in reference to Peter as a matter of doctrine against [[canonization]],...
    4: ...n the grottoes underneath the [[Basilica of Saint Peter]] in [[Vatican City]]. He is often depicted in a...
    7: [[Image:Stpeter statue.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Saint Peter is usually depicted in art holding the keys to th...
    8: ...e Apostles, Peter is always listed first, and [[Judas Iscariot]] is always listed last.

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  1. 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 [...
  2. Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
    1: ...lumbus''' ([[1451]]<sup>[[#Early life|1]]</sup> &ndash; [[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 &ndash; including many [[Native Americans]] &ndash; view him as responsible, directly or indirectl...
    21: ...ant, and his mother was Susanna Fontanarossa, the daughter of a woollens merchant. Christopher had thr...
  3. 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...
  4. Puritan (15882 bytes)
    4: ...in the 17th century would be "[[Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]]": Puritanism was a movement rather th...
    16: ...e absence of doctrine, is a set of specifically ordained rules. His thinking on the matter became the...
    20: ... of the Church he saw Puritanism as a potentially dangerous movement; he authorized the [[King James B...
    36: ... [[United Church of Christ]]) is the direct descendant of New England Puritan congregations, although ...
    59: ...and who were relatively tolerant of other faiths&mdash;at least in England; the popular image is sligh...
  5. List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
    38: *[[Johann Adam Ackermann|Ackermann, Johann Adam]] (1780-1853)
    43: ...Magdalene Charlotte Ackermann|Ackermann, Marie Magdalene Charlotte]] (1757-1775)
    51: *[[Peter Ackroyd|Ackroyd, Peter]], (born 1949), English author, novelist
  6. 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...
  7. Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
    10: She was the daughter of [[Thutmose I of Egypt|Thutmose I]] and [...
    11: ...ed tremendous influence. Thutmose II had only two daughters with Hatshepsut, Nefrure and Meritre, but ...
    22: ...sful military campaign in [[Nubia]] and in modern-day [[Israel]] and [[Syria]] early in her career.
    24: ...here it was made, and where it still lies to this day.
    28: ...ted as m3&#145;t-k3-r&#145; &#7717;3t-&#353;pswt&ndash;<u>h</u>nmt-&#7881;mn, meaning "[[Maഝ] is the...
  8. 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 ...
    20: ...nay]], [[Latin Empire|Latin emperor]], and [[Yolanda of Flanders]]. She married [[Geoffrey II Villhard...
  9. Yolanda of Flanders (2422 bytes)
    1: ... Empire]] in [[Constantinople]] for her husband [[Peter of Courtenay]] from [[1217]] to 1219.
    3: ...is]] of the [[Empire of Nicaea]], who married her daughter. However, she soon died, in 1219.
    7: Yolanda also held [[Namur]], which she inherited from her...
    9: By Peter of Courtenay she had 10 children:
    16: * Yolanda, who married [[Andrew II of Hungary]]
  10. Isabella of Castile (4156 bytes)
    2: ...used in modern Spanish) ([[April 22]], [[1451]] &ndash; [[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.
    29: *[[Al-Andalus]]
  11. Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
    3: ...taine''' ([[Bordeaux]], [[France]], c. [[1124]] &ndash; [[March 31]], [[1204]] in [[Fontevrault]], [[A...
    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...
  12. Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
    7: ...30, with the Russian resident, [[Bestuzhev-Ryumin|Peter Bestuzhev]], as her adviser. She never remarried ...
    10: On the death of [[Peter II of Russia| Peter II]], Emperor of [[Russia]], the Russian [[Suprem...
    17: ...e the bride caught a cold and died within several days.
    24: ... to cover her natural and legitimate southern boundaries which was brought to fruition by [[Catherine ...
    28: ... father, [[Ivan V]], and exclude descendants of [[Peter the Great]] from inheriting the throne.
  13. Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
    3: ...of [[Russia]] from [[1725]] until her death. With Peter, she was also co-ruler from [[1724]] until his de...
    5: ...ven the birthname of Marfa Skavronska and was the daughter of Samuil Skavronski, a [[Lithuania]]n peas...
    7: ...ged her name to Ekaterina Alexeevna. She married Peter in [[February]] of [[1712]] and bore him 11 child...
    17: ...]], Peter named her [[Tsaritsa]] and joint ruler. Peter died in early [[1725]] without naming a successor...
    20: ...1724]]&ndash;[[1727]]<br>''with [[Peter the Great|Peter I]] [[1724]]-[[1725]]''<br>''De-facto ruler Princ...
  14. Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
    2: ...[1729]] - [[November 6]], [[1796]] ([[Julian calendar|O.S.]])), born ''Sophie Augusta Fredericka'', kn...
    5: ...etat. Six months later, on [[July 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been ki...
    9: ...eccaria-Bonesana|Beccaria]] and [[Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu|Montesquieu]], Catherine d...
    13: ...oceeded to "Westernize" Russia. However, unlike [[Peter the Great]], Catherine scorned force and instead ...
    16: ... the [[Hermitage Museum]], [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]].]]
  15. Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
    3: ...l remain the chief monuments of her reign in [[St Petersburg]]. Generally, she was one of the best loved ...
    7: Elizabeth, the youngest daughter of [[Peter the Great]] and [[Catherine I of Russia|Martha Sk...
    9: ...e had a French governess, however, and at a later day picked up some Italian, German and Swedish, and ...
    11: It was Peter's intention to marry his second daughter to the young French king [[Louis XV]], but ...
    13: ... of Peter the Great, practically banished Peter's daughter from court. Elizabeth had inherited her fat...
  16. Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
    1: ... of [[Sweden]] from [[1632]] to [[1654]], was the daughter of King [[Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden]]. As...
    14: <tr valign=top><td>'''Date of Birth'''<td>[[December 18]], [[1626]]
    16: <tr valign=top><td>'''Date of Death'''<td>[[April 19]], [[1689]]
    18: <tr valign=top><td>'''Place of Burial'''<td>[[St. Peter's Basilica]], [[Rome]]
    31: ...tes (clergy, burgesses and peasants) in the [[Riksdag of the Estates]] of [[1650]] for the reduction o...
  17. Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
    6: date_of_birth=[[1 July]], [[1961]] |
    8: date_of_death=[[31 August]], [[1997]] |
    11: ...ten-Windsor]], n饠Spencer) ([[1 July]] [[1961]]&ndash;[[31 August]] [[1997]]) was the first [[wife]] ...
    13: ...anthropic endeavours were overshadowed by a [[scandal]]-plagued marriage. Her bitter accusations of [[...
    15: ...calls for her to be nominated for [[sainthood]] &mdash; while her detractors saw her life as a caution...
  18. Helen Clark (4005 bytes)
    12: |[[1981]], to [[Peter Davis (New Zealand)|Peter Davis]]
    47: Clark served in the Labour cabinets of [[David Lange]], [[Geoffrey Palmer]] and [[Mike Moore]...
    53: She married the [[sociology|sociologist]] Peter Davis, who had been her partner of five years at tha...
  19. Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
    5: ! Date of Birth:
    8: ! Date of Demise:
    31: | [[Gulzarilal Nanda]]
    51: ...1;&#2343;&#2368;)''' ([[November 19]], [[1917]] &ndash; [[October 31]], [[1984]]) was [[Prime Minister...
    67: ...should be viewed through the [[Cold War]] prism &ndash; Pakistan being a close South Asian ally of the...
  20. Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
    3: ...|1990 presidential election]] becoming, as a candidate of the [[Irish Labour Party|Labour Party]], the...
    17: <tr><td>'''Other candidates:'''</td><td>[[Fianna Fᩬ]]: Brian Lenihan, TD...
    23: ...]], [[County Mayo]] in [[1944]], Robinson was the daughter of two medical doctors. The Hiberno-Norman ...
    31: ...ich she was first elected, as an independent candidate, in 1969. From this body she campaigned on a wi...
    32: *Joint Committee on EC Secondary Legislation (1973- 89)

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