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- Catherine of Valois (1918 bytes)
3: ...herine) of Valois was the daughter of King [[Charles VI of France]] and [[Isabeau de Bavi貥]]. She w...
5: ...ck of interest in her on the part of the authorities which enabled her to form a liaison with, and pos...
7: ...er husband or lover, Owen Tudor, lived on until [[1461]], when he was executed by the [[Yorkist]]s follo... - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
6: ...Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset|Thomas]] (later Marquess of [[Dorset]]) and [[Richard Grey|Richard]].
10: ...rs]], began to be favored over him, he changed sides.
12: ...nd|Norfolk]]. Katherine had been widowed three times and was nearly 80 years old but very wealthy. Th...
16: ...Robert Stillington]], Bishop of Bath and Wells), testified that he had carried out the ceremony.
18: ...ir safety. This may have been to protect themselves against jealous courtiers who wanted their own ba... - Margaret of Anjou (3729 bytes)
1: ...]], and a major proponent in the [[Wars of the Roses]].
3: ... of [[Naples]] and [[Sicily]] and [[Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine]]. She married King Henry VI, who w...
12: ...ild and that the new [[Prince of Wales]] was the result of an adulterous liaison on Margaret's part.
14: ...ret is said to have witnessed her commander, [[James Touchet, Lord Audley]] defeated by a Yorkist army...
16: ...ruary 1461, at which she defeated the Yorkist forces of [[Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick]], and reca... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
2: ...[[Margaret Thatcher]]. [[David Ben-Gurion]] once described her as "the only man in the Cabinet." She i...
6: ... left for the United States in [[1903]], and the rest of the family followed in [[1906]]. They settled...
8: ==Emigration to the United States, 1906==
10: ... time each morning as her mother was buying supplies at the market.
12: When she was 14, her mother suggested that she give up school for work and to marry ... - Esther (5002 bytes)
2: ...rxes II]]), and heroine of the Biblical [[Book of Esther]] which is named after her.
5: ...eaning [[star]] — the myrtle blossom resembles a twinkling star.
7: ... workings are hidden in the events of the Book of Esther even though he is never mentioned explicitly.
9: ...share a common origin with [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] words for ''star''.
12: ...ughter of Abihail, a [[Benjamin|Benjamite]]. She resided with her cousin [[Mordecai]], who held some o... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...e from north to south). Israel shares the coastlines of the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]], the [...
13: official_languages = [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], [[Arabic]] |
14: capital = [[Jerusalem]]<sup>[[#Footnotes|1]]</sup> |
17: leader_titles = [[Prime Minister]]<br>[[President]] |
18: leader_names = [[Ariel Sharon]]<br>[[Moshe Katsav]] | - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
7: ...small>Emblem of the [[Palaeologus]] dynasty, as preserved today at the entrance of the Ecumenical Patr...
10: | Constantine makes Constantinople his capital.
13: ...is permanently split into Eastern and Western halves, following the death of Theodosius I.
15: | [[527]] || Justinian I becomes emperor.
24: | The [[Lombard]] invasion results in the loss of most of Italy. - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: ... '''carnivorous plant''' is a [[plant]] that derives some or most of its
3: especially [[insect]]s and other [[arthropod]]s. Car...
4: grow in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients,
5: especially [[nitrogen]], such as acidic [[bog]]s and...
6: [[Charles Darwin]] wrote the first well-known treatise on c... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
3: ...England acted as a province (or a group of provinces) within the Anglo-French unit" that was both batt...
5: ...ts in the early growth of nations and new monarchies. It is often viewed as one of the most significan...
8: ...gland around 150 years later in the [[Norman Conquest]] of [[1066]], defeating the [[Anglo-Saxon]] lea...
10: ...art of the nobility to gain wealth and increase prestige.
13: ...ip, count of Evreux]], who became [[List of Navarrese monarchs|king consort Philip III of Navarre]]. - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...ost importantly [[Lutheranism]], [[Reformed churches]], and [[Anabaptist]]s. It also led to the [[Coun...
5: ...lonian Captivity of the Church"), [[Avignon]], [[Western Schism|Great Schism]]
10: ...hilipp Melanchthon]], [[Indulgences]], ''[[95 Theses]]'', [[Nicolaus Von Amsdorf]]
20: ...tion with economic, political and demographic forces that contributed to a growing disaffection with t...
22: ...un in the thirteenth century was carried to a successful conclusion. - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
3: ...gustus, the pre-Augustan state is conventionally described as the [[Roman Republic]], since the struct...
5: ...and the [[Western Roman Empire]]. The end of the Western Empire is traditionally set in [[476]], when ...
7: ...zantine Empire]], [[Eastern Roman Empire]] and [[Western Roman Empire]], which are used interchangably...
9: ...ays of imperial majesty were common from the earliest days of the Empire.
11: ...]), the [[History of Russia|Russian/Kiev]] dynasties (see [[tsar|czars]]), and the [[German Empire]] (... - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
16: *[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] (Italy, [[1718]] - [[1799]])
18: *[[Ahmes]] (Egypt, roughly around [[17th century BC]])
23: *[[Giacomo Albanese]] (Italy, Brazil)
31: *[[Anthemius of Tralles]] (Constantinople c. [[474]] - c. [[534]])
36: *[[Archimedes]] (Syracuse, [[287 BC|287 B.C.]] - [[212 BC|212 B... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
8: *[[Marc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[1987]])
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[1983]])
12: *[[Charles Greeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] – [[1973]])
13: *[[Charles Hitchcock Adams]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1868]] – [[1951]])
15: *[[Walter Sydney Adams]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1876]] – [[1956]]) - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...ary Order of Malta''' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
5: ... pilgrims traveling to visit the birthplace of [[Jesus]]. It was served by [[Benedictine]] Brothers.
7: ...d into providing an armed escort to pilgrims. The escort soon grew into a substantial force.
9: ...k]]s, which in turn were divided into [[commanderies]].
13: === Knights of Rhodes === - Jean Fouquet (2536 bytes)
6: ...Fouquet was born in [[Tours]]. He is the most representative and national French painter of the [[15th...
10: ...Europe, at the exhibition of the [[French Primitives]] held at the [[Biblioth豵e nationale de France|...
12: ...t Wilczek]], and of [[Jouvenal des Ursins]], besides a portrait drawing in [[crayon]]; whilst an authe...
14: ...r [[Henry Yates Thompson]] at a London sale, and restored by him to France. - February 22 (10772 bytes)
6: * [[1290s BC]] - The coronation of [[Ramses II]], on whose face the sun's rays fall each year...
7: * AD [[1281]] - [[Pope Martin IV|Martin IV]] becomes [[Pope]].
8: ... [[1288]] - [[Pope Nicholas IV|Nicholas IV]] becomes [[Pope]].
9: ...]] - King [[Charles VIII of France]] enters [[Naples]] to claim the city's throne.
12: ...e [[United States]] for five million [[United States dollar|U.S. dollars]].
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