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- Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ...ur of Saint John the Evangelist. A court official described the new baby as "a small, but completely h...
6: ...f her closest sister, Maria-Carolina (two years older) and brother, Max, (one year younger.) Her other...
7: ...een years before Antoinette's birth. She was considered one of the most brilliant political figures in...
9: ...ld like as a reward, Mozart is said to have responded by saying he would like the hand of the Empress'...
11: ...d off to European royalty. Maria-Christina, the eldest, was married to the Regent of the [[Netherlands... - Marie de France (1845 bytes)
1: ...ne of her published works: ''Marie ai nun, si sui de France'', which translates as, "My name is Marie,...
3: ...of France and Countess of Champagne, though this identification is far from certain.
7: * Burgess, Glyn S. ''The Lais of Marie de France: Text and Context''. Athens: University of...
8: ...nte, Joan and Robert Hanning. ''The Lais of Marie de France''. Durham, N. C.: Labyrinth Press, 1982.
10: * Rychner, Jean. 1983. ''Les Lais de Marie de France''. Paris: Honore頃hampion. - Marie Curie (5862 bytes)
2: ...logy]] and a two-time [[Nobel laureate]]. She founded the [[Curie Institute|Curie Institutes]] in [[Pa...
5: ...Eventually, with the monetary assistance of her elder sister, she moved to [[Paris]] and studied [[che...
7: ... was far more radioactive than uranium; thus on [[December 26]]th Marie Curie announced the existence ...
9: ...itially the chloride salts (refining radium chloride on [[April 20]], [[1902]]) and then two new [[che...
11: ... Becquerel]]". She was the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize.
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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...h [[Medieval]] Welsh texts often call him ''amerauder'' ("[[emperor]]").
5: ...his power and the extent and kind of power he wielded continues to rage.
7: ...Geoffrey Ashe and Leon Fleuriot, have argued for identifying Arthur with a certain [[Riothamus]], "Kin...
9: ...ing the historical career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to be little ...
11: ...eves that Arthur is a half-forgotten Celtic deity devolved into a personage (citing sometimes a suppos... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...ached the [[Americas]] on October 12th [[1492]] under the flag of [[Castile|Castilian]] [[Spain]]. He ...
2: ...Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
3: ... time accepted that the earth was round. The main debate was over whether it would be possible to get ...
5: ...first voyage from all of these: less than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the...
7: Columbus landed in the [[Bahamas]] and later explored much of th... - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: '''Jacques Cartier''' ([[December 31]], [[1491]] – [[September 1]] [[15...
5: ...d his social status in 1520 by marrying Catherine des Granches, member of a leading ship-owning family...
9: ...ere victims of an epidemic ashore, he may be considered one of the most conscientious explorers of the...
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17: ... The site of their arrival has been confidently identified as the beginning of the Sainte-Marie sault... - Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
1: Presidency of Barack Obama
3: ... Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency and Presidency of Barack Obama
4: ...pwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico explodes, spilling millions of gallons of oil into the se...
5: ...licans retake the House of Representatives as the Democrats lose 63 seats.
6: ...Representative Gabrielle Giffords is severely wounded in an assassination attempt - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
11: *[[Dean Acheson|Acheson, Dean]], (1893-1971), USA Secretary
36: *[[Jacob Fidelis Ackermann|Ackermann, Jacob Fidelis]] (1765-1815)
53: *[[Jose de Acosta|Acosta, Jose de]] (1540-1600)
56: *[[Mercedes de Acosta|Acosta, Mercedes de]] (1893-1968) - Yolanda of Flanders (2422 bytes)
1: '''Yolanda of Flanders''' (d. [[1219]]) ruled the [[Latin Empire]] in ...
3: ...t Yolanda to Constantinople while he fought the [[Despotate of Epirus]], during which he was captured....
5: She was succeeded by her second son [[Robert of Courtenay]] becaus...
7: ...r uncle Philip of Namur in 1212 and left to her eldest son Philip when she went to Constantinople in 1...
10: ...f Namur|Philip]] (d. 1226), Marquis of Namur, who declined the offer of the crown of the Latin Empire - Isabella of Castile (4156 bytes)
2: ...ain|Ferdinand V]] as co-ruler. She was also the ''de-facto'' co-ruler of her husband's dominions. This...
5: ...-granddaughter to [[Nuno Alvares Pereira]], Count de Barcelos and his wife Leonor Alvim, Countess of B...
8: ...Her final set of grandparents were [[Afonso, Duke de Braganza]], a son of John I of Portugal by Inez P...
10: ... [[Henry the Navigator]], and his wife [[Isabella de Bragan硝].
19: As a reaction, Isabella was despised by opposers to Franco. - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
3: '''Eleanor of Aquitaine''' ([[Bordeaux]], [[France]], c. [[1124]] – [[March 31]...
6: ...], [[Duke of Aquitaine]], and her mother was Ʈor de Chⴥllerault, the daughter of Aimeric I, Vicomte...
8: ... and richest of the provinces that would become modern [[France]], when her brother, William Aigret, d...
10: ...uld remain independent of France, and Eleanor's eldest son would be both King of France and [[Dukes of...
12: ...paign, with her, the Queen of France, as their leader. - Anna of Austria (1601-1666) (1994 bytes)
6: ...in [[1643]] Parliament ratified her powers on his death. Their four-year-old son was crowned King Loui...
8: ...e over her son. In [[1659]], the war with Spain ended with the [[Treaty of the Pyrenees]]. The followi...
10: In [[1661]], on the death of Mazarin, Anne retired to a convent where sh...
12: ...ne's memoirs were published in 1662 by [[Fran篩s de la Rochefoucauld]]. Many view her as a brilliant ... - Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
1: ...humb|250px|right|style=margin-left:1em|Marguerite de Valois]]
2: '''Marguerite de Valois''' ([[May 14]], [[1553]] – [[May 27]...
4: ...f [[Henry II of France|Henri II]] and [[Catherine de' Medici]]. Three of her brothers became kings of...
6: ...eanne d'Albret died before the marriage was concluded.
8: ... It was reported that during the ceremony, the bride and groom stared straight ahead, never looking at... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...of Scots,''' was the ruler of [[Scotland]] from [[December 14]], [[1542]] – [[July 24]], [[1567]...
9: ...[[1516]] – [[1558]]), and whose reign coincided with that of Mary, Queen of Scots.
12: ...ames V of Scotland]] and his French wife, [[Marie de Guise]].
15: ...es of the royal house had gone extinct before the death of Mary's father.
17: ...Stuart during her time in France, and she and her descendants stuck with it.) - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
6: ...ragmatic Sanction when it was issued, on Charles' death ([[1740]]) the [[War of Austrian Succession]] ...
8: ...______") and 5 sons surviving to adulthood. She made him co-regent of her Austrian dominions, but she ...
25: ...a Beatrice d'Este, heiress of Breisgau and of [[Modena]]; had issue ([[Austria-Este]]). Duke of Breisg...
29: ... Additionally, the army was weak and the treasury depleted due to two wars near the end of her father'...
31: ...she focused her internal and external policies on defeating Prussia and regaining the lands that had b... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...7]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more than sixty-three years ...
12: ...ged from their wives) and father children to provide an heir for the king. At the age of fifty the Duk...
16: ...Regent during the queen's minority. Ignoring precedent, Parliament did not create a council to limit t...
18: ...an prince) and out of a sense of duty (his family desired the match). Whatever Albert's original reaso...
20: ...h II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s descendants a separate family surname, [[Mountbatten... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ...ur of Saint John the Evangelist. A court official described the new baby as "a small, but completely h...
6: ...f her closest sister, Maria-Carolina (two years older) and brother, Max, (one year younger.) Her other...
7: ...een years before Antoinette's birth. She was considered one of the most brilliant political figures in...
9: ...ld like as a reward, Mozart is said to have responded by saying he would like the hand of the Empress'...
11: ...d off to European royalty. Maria-Christina, the eldest, was married to the Regent of the [[Netherlands... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
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2: |+'''Madeleine Albright'''
4: ...n="center" colspan=2 | [[Image:secalbright.jpg|Madeleine Albright]]
6: | '''Order:'''
12: | '''Predecessor:''' - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
2: ... a spokeswoman for women's rights. She is the founder and original publisher of ''[[Ms. magazine]]''.
9: ...riter]] through the publication of her infamous undercover expose in working as a [[Playboy bunny]].
12: ...e media seemed to appoint Gloria as a feminist leader. In this role, Gloria managed to organize her le...
14: ... different owners since Steinem and the other founders sold it, she remains on the Masthead as one of ...
16: In [[1974]] Steinem founded the [[Coalition of Labor Union Women]]. In [[197... - Ninon de l'Enclos (3420 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ninon de Lenclos.jpg|right|300px|Ninon de Lenclos]]
2: ...''' also spelled ''Ninon de Lenclos'' and ''Ninon de Lanclos'' ([[November 10]]? sometime between [[16...
4: Born Anne de Lenclos in [[Paris]], [[France]], she was nicknam...
6: ...ichel de Montaigne|Montaigne]] in particular, she devoted her life to pleasure, both physical and ment...
10: ...stina of Sweden|Christina]], former queen of [[Sweden]]. Impressed, Christina wrote to [[Cardinal Maza... - Marie de France (1845 bytes)
1: ...ne of her published works: ''Marie ai nun, si sui de France'', which translates as, "My name is Marie,...
3: ...of France and Countess of Champagne, though this identification is far from certain.
7: * Burgess, Glyn S. ''The Lais of Marie de France: Text and Context''. Athens: University of...
8: ...nte, Joan and Robert Hanning. ''The Lais of Marie de France''. Durham, N. C.: Labyrinth Press, 1982.
10: * Rychner, Jean. 1983. ''Les Lais de Marie de France''. Paris: Honore頃hampion. - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
1: ...a Hamnett''' ([[February 14]], [[1890]] – [[December 16]], [[1956]]) was an artist and writer, k...
3: ...[[France]] to study at [[Marie Vassilieff]]'s Academy.
5: ... with many of the leading members of the avant-garde living there at the time. In Montparnasse she als...
7: ... during [[World War I]] including at the Royal Academy in London as well as the ''[[Salon d'Automne]]'...
11: ...oto shown here is a [[1918]] portrait of a very modest Nina Hamnett painted by Fry. - Ouida (1938 bytes)
1: ... [[England|English]] [[novelist]] '''Marie Louise de la Ram饧''.
3: ...], to an English father and a French mother. She derived her pen name from her own baby-talk nickname...
8: ...4) (also published with the title ''Two Little Wooden Shoes'') [http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/13912 G...
11: * ''[[A Dog of Flanders]]'' (1872)
13: * ''Findelkind'' (??) [http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/1367...
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