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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ...led "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
9: ...3 million. It's Brazil's [[Second city|second-largest city]] after [[S㯠Paulo]] and used to be the co...
13: ...lorers in an expedition led by Italian [[Amerigo Vespucci]] in January of 1501. Since the Europeans th...
15: ...and an alliance was formed with nearby native tribes to defend the settlement against invaders - neigh...
17: ...ntown (Centro, see below) to southwards and then westwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowada... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...model for him, ever actually existed: in the earliest mentions and Welsh texts he is never given the t...
5: ...nd the extent and kind of power he wielded continues to rage.
7: ... and scholars are not certain whether the "Brettones" he led were [[Britain|Britons]] or [[Armorica|Br...
9: ... surrounding the historical career of Artorius makes this identification unlikely, as there seems to b...
11: ...ic deity devolved into a personage (citing sometimes a supposed change of the sea-god [[Lir]] into [[L... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...d that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
3: ...hout running out of food or getting stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the...
5: ...s likely due to the invention of the [[printing press]].
7: ...]]. He never reached the present-day [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], the anniv...
9: ...ficial to humans, such as [[tomato]]es, [[potato]]es, [[maize]], and [[horse]]s), and the first large-... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
9: ...gland]] marries [[William III of England|William, Prince of Orange]]. They would later be known as [[Will...
12: ...ombard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: ...ublican]] [[James G. Blaine]] in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive term...
22: ...d as the first woman governor in the [[United States]]. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
4: ...i Abacha|Abacha, Sani]], (1943-1998), [[List of Presidents of Nigeria|dictator]] of [[Nigeria]] (1993-...
7: ...|Abancourt, Charles d']], (1758-1792), French statesman
8: *[[Abaris]], (circa 8th century BC), priest of [[Apollo (god)|Apollo]]
14: *[[Abba Mari|Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
18: ...Abbadie|Abbadie, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
5: ...atazo]], (1890-1947), Lieutenant general and Japanese commander in [[New Guinea]]
6: *[[Adachi Kagemori]], (died 1248), Japanese warrior
7: *[[Adachi Morinaga]], (1135-1200), Japanese warrior
9: ...|Adair, John]], (1757-1840), U.S. soldier and statesman, governor of Kentuvky
10: ...Adair|Adair, John A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ... [[Saint Lucia]], [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], the [[Solomon Islands]], [[Tuvalu]] and the [[...
9: ...[Australasia|Australasia]], and is the second-longest-serving current head of state in the world, afte...
11: ...]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
14: ...azine-cover-p'incess-lilybet.jpg|thumb|left|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cover...
15: ...ark|Queen Alexandra]] and grandmother Queen Mary respectively. - Boudicca (6973 bytes)
1: ...[61]] during the reign of the emperor [[Nero]]. These events are told by two historians, [[Tacitus]] (...
3: ...castatue.jpg|thumb|300px|Statue of Boudicca near Westminster Pier]]
7: ...revious Icenian rebellion in [[47]]). Hoping to preserve his line, Prasutagus made the [[Roman emperor...
9: ...their loans. Tacitus does not mention this, but does single out [[procurator]] [[Catus Decianus]] for ...
11: ...a'']], attempted to relieve the city, but his forces were routed. - Empress Wu (14478 bytes)
1: {{Chinese_Emperor_1 |
2: ...amily_name=Wu (武)|posthumous_name_full=Empress Zetian Shunsheng<sup><small><small>8</sup></smal...
8: posthumous_name_short=Empress Zetian<sup><small><small>7</sup></small></small>...
9: notes=''General note: Dates given here are in the [[Julian calendar]].<br>The...
11: ...'given to her in February [[705]] by her son the restored emperor<br>Zhongzong. The honorific name was... - Agnes of Courtenay (6051 bytes)
1: '''Agnes of Courtenay''' (died c. [[1184]]) was the mother...
3: ...at they waited until Fulcher's death to marry. Agnes bore Amalric two children, first [[Sibylla of Jer...
5: ...d make a more advantageous diplomatic marriage. Despite the annulment, their two children were declar...
7: ...nd received a pension from that fief's income. Agnes soon thereafter married to [[Hugh of Ibelin]], to...
9: ...ella of Jerusalem|Isabella]]. There was no such questioning of Baldwin's rights. - Constance of Antioch (2293 bytes)
3: ...[Byzantine]] throne. Fulk exiled her again and re-established the regency for Constance. In 1136, whil...
11: * Agnes (1154-1184), married king [[Bela III of Hungary]]
12: * Alice, married [[Azzo V d'Este]]
19: ...lign="center" | '''[[Principality of Antioch|Princess of Antioch]]'''<br>''with [[Raymond of Antioch|R... - Yolanda of Flanders (2422 bytes)
3: ...a]]ns against the various Byzantine successor states, and was able to make peace with [[Theodore I Las...
7: ... uncle Philip of Namur in 1212 and left to her eldest son Philip when she went to Constantinople in 12...
14: ...argaret, Marquioness of Namur|Margaret]], Marquioness of Namur, who married first Raoul d'Issoudun and...
15: ...beth, who married Walter count of Bar and then Eudes sire of Montagu
19: ...y II de Villehardouin]], [[Principality of Achaea|Prince of Achaea]] - Isabella of Castile (4156 bytes)
2: ...s. This monarch is known by a variety of other names including ''Isabel I of Castile'' and ''Isabel La...
5: ...Count de Barcelos and his wife Leonor Alvim, Countess of Barcelos.
8: ...by Inez Perez, and his wife Beatriz Pereira, countess da Barcellos.
10: ...y IV of England]]. Her maternal grandparents were Prince [[Joao of Portugal, Grand Master of Santiago]], w...
16: ...ear on a United States coin, an 1893 [[United States Commemorative Coin|commemorative]] quarter, celeb... - Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
4: ... thirteen, Francis married her to the Duke of Cleves, but this political marriage was annulled four ye...
6: ... Jeanne was married to Antoine de Bourbon, "first prince of the blood," who would become heir to the Frenc...
12: ...on [[Henry IV of France|Henry]] now became "first prince of the blood."
16: ==Marriages==
18: In [[1541]] Jeanne married William, Duke of Cleves, annulled in [[1545]], with no issue. - Anna of Austria (1601-1666) (1994 bytes)
2: ...France]]. During her relatively brief reign, [[Jules Cardinal Mazarin|Cardinal Mazarin]] served as Fra...
6: ...rusted the government to the prime minister, [[Jules Mazarin]], who was believed to be her lover.
8: ... niece, the Spanish Hapsburg princess [[Maria Theresa of Spain|Marie-Th鲨se of Austria]].
12: ... cunning woman and she is one of the central figures in [[Alexandre Dumas]]' novel, ''[[The Three Musk... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ..., however, were in many cases reversed by her successor, [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]].
10: Mary I is sometimes confused with her first cousin, once removed [[Ma...
13: ...se assertions that she was created Princess of Wales, even though he was deeply disappointed that his ...
15: ...ives]] upon the subject, but was herself the Princess Mary's first teacher in Latin.
17: ...iage treaty was signed; it provided that the Princess Mary should marry either Francis or his second s... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...ndash; [[July 24]], [[1567]]. She is perhaps the best known of the Scottish monarchs, in part because ...
9: Mary, Queen of Scots, is sometimes confused with her first cousin once removed, [[Ma...
12: ...tland]], on [[December 8]], [[1542]] to King [[James V of Scotland]] and his French wife, [[Marie de G...
14: ...es could inherit only after extinction of male lines.
15: ...ary ascended the throne because all other male lines of the royal house had gone extinct before the de... - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...[[1780]]. Also see [[Maria Theresa of Spain]], a less known relative of hers, who was the queen consor...
3: ... Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla]]
4: ...emia]] from [[1740]] to [[1780]]. She became empress when her husband was elected [[Holy Roman Empire...
6: ...arles' death ([[1740]]) the [[War of Austrian Succession]] began.
8: ...ne]] with whom she had sixteen children. Her youngest daughter was [[Marie Antoinette]] who would be p... - Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
1: ...vna, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias, Duchess of Courland]]
3: ...hess of [[Courland]] from 1711 to 1730 and as Empress of [[Russia]] from 1730 to 1740.
7: ...death of her husband, but was reputed by her enemies to indulge in a love affair with [[Count Biron]] ...
10: ...sing her popularity with the imperial guards and lesser nobility.
13: ==Policies of her reign== - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
1: ...459.jpg|thumb|right|230px|H.I.M. Ekaterina I, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias]]
3: ... of [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]] and Empress of [[Russia]] from [[1725]] until her death. Wit...
5: ...to minister Gluck of [[Marienburg]]. Russian forces captured the city, she was captured and forced to...
7: ... Marfa, and shortly after he took her as his mistress. In [[1705]], she converted to [[Orthodoxy]] an...
9: *Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna ([[1708]]-[[1728]])
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