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  1. Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
    3: ...#1085;а) ([[April 15]], [[1683]]/[[1684]]–[[May 17]],[[1727]]) was the second wife of [[P...
    5: ...captured and forced to work in the laundry of the regiment which captured her.
    7: ...o, and became the mistress of, Prince [[Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov|Aleksandr Menshikov]], the best...
    17: ...ithout naming a successor, encouraging the guards regiments to proclaim her as the ruler of Russia, giving h...
    20: ...r=[[Peter II of Russia|Peter II]]|years=[[1724]]&ndash;[[1727]]<br>''with [[Peter the Great|Peter I]] ...
  2. Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
    3: ...f the [[University of Moscow]] and Shuvalov's foundation of the [[Imperial Academy of Arts|Academy of ...
    7: Elizabeth, the youngest daughter of [[Peter the Great]] and [[Catherine I of...
    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...
  3. 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...
  4. Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
    3: ...ne Claudine Agnes) ([[May 26|26 May]], [[1867]] &ndash; [[March 24|24 March]], [[1953]]) was the [[Que...
    9: ...e of Cambridge]], the third child and the younger daughter of [[HRH]] [[Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambr...
    17: ...cess May's first cousin once removed; May was the daughter of HRH [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridg...
    19: ...orge never took a mistress and wrote to May every day.
    27: ...arried [[Wallis Simpson]] ([[19 June]] [[1896]] &ndash; [[24 April]] [[1986]]); no issue.
  5. Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
    7: &ndash; [[28 November]] [[1990]]
    15: |'''Date of Birth:'''
    27: ...''Iron Lady''' in [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda (because of her vocal opposition to [[communism]]...
    31: ...e labour market that would create jobs and could adapt to market conditions. Exacerbated by the global...
    33: ...[House of Lords]] and as head of the Thatcher Foundation.
  6. Marina Raskova (5055 bytes)
    3: ...ervice in a huge way by founding three female air regiments which would eventually fly over 30,000 sorties i...
    9: ...o food. The rescue crew had found the aircraft 8 days after the landing, and so were waiting when she...
    11: ...ceived training. After their training, the three regiments received their formal designations as follows:
    13: ...bat ([[April 16]], [[1942]]) of the three female regiments and participated in 4,419 combat missions (125 a...
    15: ... They were also the only one of the three women's regiments to remain solely female throughout the war, a di...
  7. George Washington (29551 bytes)
    6: | date1=[[April 30]], [[1789]]
    7: | date2=[[March 4]], [[1797]]
    9: | succeeded=[[John Adams]]
    10: | date of birth=[[February 22]], [[1732]]
    13: | date of death=[[December 14]], [[1799]]
  8. John Hancock (8787 bytes)
    5: ...; [[October 8]], [[1793]] <small>[[Gregorian calendar|(N.S.)]]</small>) was President of the [[Contine...
    8: ...aduation, he worked for his uncle. From [[1760]]&ndash;[[1764]], Hancock lived in England while buildi...
    17: ... led Bostonians to joke that "[[Samuel Adams|Sam Adams]] writes the letters [to newspapers] and John H...
    19: ...ed they could be ready to fight in sixty seconds&mdash;and his boycott of [[tea]] imported by the [[Br...
    27: From [[1780]]&ndash;[[1785]], he was [[governor of Massachusetts]]....
  9. Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
    3: ...hard Mentor Johnson''' ([[October 17]], [[1780]]&ndash;[[November 19]], [[1850]]) was a [[United State...
    7: ...March 3]], [[1829]]. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1829.
    9: ...ree succeeding Congresses ([[March 4]], [[1829]]&ndash;[[March 3]], [[1837]]) He was chairman of the ...
    15: ...rom his father. Together they had two daughters, Adaline Chinn Johnson and Imogene Chinn Johnson.
    29: ...e]]|before=[[Martin Van Buren]]|after=[[George M. Dallas]]| years=[[U.S. presidential election, 1836|1...
  10. Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
    3: '''Henry Wilson''' ([[February 16]], [[1812]]&ndash;[[November 22]], [[1875]]) was a [[United State...
    7: ...[1861]] he raised and commanded the Twenty-second Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
    12: ... Republican Party vice presidential nominees|candidate]]|before=[[Schuyler Colfax]]|after=[[William A....
    13: ...illiam A. Wheeler]]|years=[[March 4]], [[1873]] &ndash; [[November 22]], [[1875]]}}
  11. Jamaica (16893 bytes)
    43: <br>&nbsp;- Date
    94: ...hools are available for specialty training in Canada, the U.S. and Britain.
    96: ...ican Infantry Volunteers in WWII. The West Indies Regiment was reformed in 1958 as part of the West Indies F...
    98: ...icle, armorers and supply units. The 1st Engineer Regiment provides military engineering support to the JDF....
    148: ...]. Other religions include Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism.
  12. Flag of Tennessee (1512 bytes)
    2: ...gned by a soldier named LeRoy Reeves of the Third Regiment, [[Tennessee]] Infantry. The Tennessee State Legi...
  13. Utah (29154 bytes)
    18: LandArea = 212,751 |
    26: AdmittanceDate = [[January 4]], [[1896]] |
    27: ...untain Standard Time Zone|Mountain]]: [[UTC]]-7/[[Daylight saving time|-6]] |
    59: Dance = N/A |
    76: ... center of the [[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS or [[Mormon]] Church), of which ap...
  14. Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
    4: ...nic|&Mu;&#8051;&gamma;&alpha;&sigmaf; &#7944;&lambda;&#8051;&xi;&alpha;&nu;&delta;&rho;&omicron;&sigma...
    6: ... tradition in which he appears as a towering legendary [[hero]] in the tradition of [[Achilles]].
    13: ===The ascendance of Macedon===
    14: ...as]] for his father's murder, stating that it was Darius who had been bragging to the rest of the Gree...
    23: ...xander left Caria in the hands of [[Ada of Caria|Ada]], the sister of Mausolus, whom [[Orontobates]] h...
  15. Civil rights (27169 bytes)
    4: ... and accommodations of any place of public accommodation, as defined in this section, without discrimi...
    12: Today, in most western societies, it is taken for gran...
    14: ... peace and the right to a clean environment as fundamental human rights.
    26: ...s, but those laws that attempt to restrict a [[fundamental right]] may be unconstitutional. If the law...
    54: ...t that a state should always provide the basic fundamentals of [[physical existence]], whereas Nozick ...
  16. Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
    21: ! align="left" | Date of birth:
    27: ! align="left" | Date of death
    40: ...h Marie de Gaulle''' ([[November 22]], [[1890]] &ndash; [[November 9]], [[1970]]), in [[France]] commo...
    42: ...d head of the provisional government in [[1944]]&ndash;[[1946]]. Called to form a government in [[1958...
    44: ==1890&ndash;1912: Formative years==
  17. Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (14006 bytes)
    2: ...of the Bath|KCB]]''' ([[February 22]], [[1857]] &ndash; [[January 8]], [[1941]]) was a soldier, writer...
    7: ...us artist of some talent, and enjoyed acting. Holidays were usually spent on yachting or canoeing expe...
    13: ...ce|Natal province]] of [[South Africa]] where his regiment had been posted and where he was [[mentioned in d...
    17: ...umbered, the garrison withstood the siege for 217 days, and much of this is attributable to some of th...
    31: ...s late marriage to a woman young enough to be his daughter in order to deflect persistent rumours abou...
  18. George Washington Carver (7937 bytes)
    7: One day he was called to a neighbor's house to help with...
    11: ...College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, which today is [[Iowa State University]].
    13: ... the highest student rank, of the campus military regiment. His poetry was published in the student newspape...
    29: ...ngs to establish the George Washington Carver Foundation at Tuskegee University. He was even honoured ...
    32: Upon returning home one day, George Washington Carver took a bad fall down a...
  19. Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
    3: '''Aaron Burr, Jr.''' ([[February 6]], [[1756]]&ndash;[[September 14]], [[1836]]) was an [[United Sta...
    7: ...n University]]; his mother Esther Edwards was the daughter of [[Jonathan Edwards (theology)|Jonathan E...
    13: ... himself as a [[Roman Catholic]] priest, making a dangerous journey of 120 miles to [[Montreal]] throu...
    14: ...nel in July [[1777]], he assumed the command of a regiment. During the winter at [[Valley Forge]] guarded t...
    18: ...r daughter, Sarah, died at age three, their older daughter [[Theodosia Alston|Theodosia]], born in [[1...
  20. Benedict Arnold (11750 bytes)
    3: ...Benedict Arnold, V''' ([[January 14]], [[1741]] &ndash; [[June 14]], [[1801]]) was a [[general]] in th...
    6: ..., Connecticut|Norwich]], [[Connecticut]], a descendant of a [[Benedict Arnold (governor)|namesake]] co...
    10: ...nying Allen and his [[Green Mountain Boys]]. In a dawn attack on [[May 10]], [[1775]], Ticonderoga was...
    13: ...eplacements in command at Ticonderoga, but when a regiment under Colonel [[Benjamin Hinman]] arrived and Arn...
    15: ... American forces were forced to withdraw from Canada in June of 1776.

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