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- Saint Kitts and Nevis (6100 bytes)
2: ...er: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
59: ...and limited [[Gross domestic product|GDP]] growth for the year.
68: ...ugh they are referred to as Senators, they do not form a separate house of parliament, as in some othe...
74: There are fourteen [[parish]]es:
118: * [[Foreign relations of Saint Kitts and Nevis]] - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
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59: ...General Sir [[Ralph Abercromby]] crushed a revolt fomented by the French radical Victor Hugues. More t...
61: ... in the 1860s. Conditions remained harsh for both former slaves and immigrant agricultural workers, as...
65: ...ng it complete control over its internal affairs. Following a referendum in 1979, St. Vincent and the ...
76: ...h [[Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force]] includes a Special Service Unit. - Saint Peter (16028 bytes)
8: ... the masculine "Petros"). Jesus calls the church foundation as Petra or πετρα...
11: ...her contemporary accounts of his life or death. Before becoming a disciple of Jesus, Simon (''i.e.'', ...
13: ...]. Seeing them cast a net for fish, He told them "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."
15: ...nswered, "In truth I tell you, this very night, before the cock crows, you will have denied me three t...
17: ...ouncil of Jerusalem]], where Paul argued his case for converting the non-Jews, or [[gentile]]s, to the... - Saint Paul, Minnesota (13759 bytes)
2: ...nt city of [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]] form the core of the area known as the [[Minneapolis...
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33: ...index.html], which incorporates Pike Island named for the [[List of explorers|explorer]] [[Zebulon Pik...
35: ...as events centering around the [[Snoopy]] family. For the past several years, local [[artist]]s have p... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
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36: ...0;тер (transliterated "Piter"), formerly known as '''Leningrad''' (Ле...
38: ... today [[Russia]]'s second largest city, Europe's fourth largest city, a major European cultural cente...
40: ...tage Site|UNESCO World Heritage Site]]; the city, for over 300 years Russia's political and cultural c...
56: ...e adjacent to the Menshikov palace was redesigned for [[Peter II of Russia|Peter II]] and now houses t...
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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
23: | [[California]]
24: | [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]
32: | [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]]
72: | [[Frankfort, Kentucky|Frankfort]]
209: * [[List of current and former capital cities within the United States]] - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...]] (especially replacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book...
9: *[[Afonso de Albuquerque]] ([[16th century]] [[Portugues...
23: ...|Spanish]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving European settlemen...
37: ...n explorer naturalized French. French [[Congo]]'s founder.
43: ...rd Francis Burton]], ([[1821]]-[[1890]]), looking for the source of the [[Nile]], discovered [[Lake Ta... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ... is disagreement about whether Arthur, or a model for him, ever actually existed: in the earliest ment...
4: :''Main article: [[Historical basis for King Arthur]]''
5: ...ve been of [[Romano-British]] origin, and to have fought against the [[pagan]] [[Saxon]]s. His power b...
7: ...e reign of the [[Roman Emperor]] [[Anthemius]]. Unfortunately, Riothamus is a shadowy figure of whom w...
9: ...tion unlikely, as there seems to be little reason for him to have become a major legendary figure. - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...]) ( ''Cristòfor Colom'' in [[Catalan]], ''Cristoforo Colombo'' in [[Italian]], ''Cristóbal Colón''...
3: ...e to get around the planet without running out of food or getting stuck in windless regions. Although...
5: ...João Vaz Corte-Real]] to Terra Verde (today's Newfoundland). [[Giovanni Caboto]] (better known as Joh...
11: ...slavery in the [[West Indies]]. Others honour him for the massive boost his explorations gave to Weste...
13: ...ristóvão Colombo''. ''Columbus'' is a Latinized form of his surname. The Latin roots of his name can... - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
7: ...ee right) was painted by a Russian artist in 1839 for the city of Saint-Malo.
9: Very little information is available on Cartier's character and pe...
13: ...here he planted a cross and claimed the territory for France. During this trip he took [[Domagaya]] an...
17: ...ho were returned to the chief). He sailed upriver for the first time and reached the site of present-d...
19: ...is men prepared for winter by strengthening their fort, stacking firewood and salting down game and fi... - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
35: *[[Alvin Adams|Adams, Alvin]] (1804-1877), founder of [[Adams Express]]
71: *[[Tony Adams (footballer)|Adams, Tony]], (born 1966), athlete
77: ...eorge Adamski|Adamski, George]], (1891-1965), US UFO "traveler" - List of people by name: Ae (1061 bytes)
- List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
13: ...ikenhead|Aikenhead, Thomas]], (died 1697), hanged for blasphemy, near Edinburgh, Scotland.
16: ...oy Aikman|Aikman, Troy]], (born 1966), [[American football]] star
21: ...th|Ainsworth, Henry]], (1571-1622), English Nonconformist clergyman and scholar - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
9: ...gland]], [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the [[UK Armed Forces]] and [[List of Lords of the Isle of Man|Lord...
20: ...chess of York. Her [[governess]] was [[Marion Crawford]], better known as "Crawfie". She studied histo...
23: ..., she became [[heiress presumptive]] and was henceforth known as HRH The Princess Elizabeth. She was t...
27: ...ld be allowed to contribute directly to the war effort. She joined the [[Auxiliary Territorial Service...
33: ...le heir to the throne, as Philip had been trained for royal responsibilities. - Theodora (6th century) (3433 bytes)
4: ...of a bearkeeper for the [[circus]]. Much of the information from this earliest part of her life comes ...
6: It is believed by some scholars that sometime before meeting Justinian she became an adherent of the...
8: ...ika riots]] of [[532]], her advice and leadership for a strong (and militant) response caused the riot...
10: ...e; she probably had a large part in Justinian's efforts to reconcile the Monophysites to orthodoxy.
12: ...erit property, and enacting the [[death penalty]] for [[rape]], all of which raised women's status far... - Irene (empress) (3748 bytes)
2: ...ristocracy and bureaucracy|basileus]]'', the male form of the word "emperor," rather than ''basilissa'...
6: ...ter, Irene ruled the empire at her own discretion for ten years, displaying great firmness and sagacit...
8: ...s. The second, convened at [[Nicaea]] in [[787]], formally revived the adoration of images and reunite...
10: ...d the soldiers, headed by the [[Armenia]]n guard, formally proclaimed Constantine VI as the sole ruler...
12: ...cy on her own behalf. Constantine could only flee for aid to the provinces, but even there he was surr... - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
9: ... competebat." Melisende was no mere regent-queen (for her son Baldwin III), but a Queen Regnant, reign...
11: ... minting of money, granting of fiefdoms and other forms of patronage, and in diplomatic correspondence...
13: ...her position, he designated Melisende as guardian for the young Baldwin, excluding Fulk altogether.
15: ...excluded Melisende from granting titles and other forms of patronage, and publicly dismissed her autho...
21: ...een's party to openly challenge Fulk, as Fulk's unfounded assertions of infidelity was a public affron... - Isabella of Castile (4156 bytes)
5: ... wife [[Leonor of Portugal]], daughter of King [[Afonso IV of Portugal]], as well as of her half-broth...
8: ...ancaster]]. Her final set of grandparents were [[Afonso, Duke de Braganza]], a son of John I of Portug... - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
5: ...as sent to a convent to be educated; she was only fourteen when she was married (1533), at [[Marseille...
7: ...ncis lived long enough to see his grandchildren before he died.
11: ...uthority. In 1552, when the king left the kingdom for the campaign of Metz, she was nominated [[regent...
13: ... laces and stays made of whalebone or metal. They forcefully shrank women's waists from their natural ...
15: ...l vigorous and active. She retained her influence for more than twenty years in the troubled period of... - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
5: ...Henri II fulfilled his duty by marrying the noble foreigner [[Catherine de' Medici]], Diane de Poitier...
9: ...Queen Catherine the "[[Golden Rose]]", he did not forget to present the royal mistress with a pearl ne...
11: ...au|Chⴥau Chenonceau]] that Catherine had wanted for herself.
13: ...s to him. Although the king called out repeatedly for Diane, she was never summoned, and on his death,...
15: ...e with her wishes, and to provide a resting place for her, her daughter completed the funeral chapel b... - Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
6: ...the marriage was arranged. Jeanne d'Albret died before the marriage was concluded.
8: ...he groom, a Huguenot, remained outside the church for much of the wedding. It was reported that during...
12: ...]], one of her appenages. After several months of fortifying the city, the citizens of Agen revolted a...
14: ...s IX]], [[Henri III of France|Henri III]] and her former husband, Henri IV that scandalized the popula...
16: ...t of selling all of her jewels. Reconciled to her former husband and his second wife, [[Marie de' Medi... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
1: :''For other people with this name, see [[Mary Tudor]]'...
8: ...e monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], is remembered for her attempt to return [[England]] from [[Protest...
13: ...]] [[1516]]. She was [[baptism|baptised]] on the following Wednesday with [[Thomas Wolsey|Thomas Card...
15: ...ears old, she entertained some visitors with a performance on the [[harpsichord|virginals]]. A great ...
17: ... Dauphin, but his father Francis I, who was eager for an alliance with England. A marriage treaty was... - Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
7: ... to indulge in a love affair with [[Count Biron]] for many years.
10: ...ld feel indebted to the nobles for her unexpected fortune and remain a figurehead at best, and malleab...
17: ...st of her time at that city in the company of her foolish and ignorant maids. Finding delight in humil...
19: ...e departments were in the able hands of two other foreigners, who thoroughly identified themselves wit...
24: ... separate peace with the Porte, forcing Russia to follow suit and to give up all recently captured ter... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
4: == Life before becoming empress ==
5: ...marriage was unsucessful - it was not consummated for 12 years due to Peter III's impotence and mental...
9: ...ument the law, but she disbanded the commission before it took effect, possibly having turned more con...
11: ...rovinces and districts which were more manageable for the government. In [[1785]] Catherine issued a c...
13: ...laxed the censorship law and encouraged education for the nobles and middle class. - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
7: ...x and with Sophie Voland, to whom he was constant for the rest of her life. His letters to her are amo...
14: ...its presentation, in a distinct though undigested form, of the theory of variation and [[natural selec...
16: ...nto the prison of [[Vincennes]]. Here he remained for three months; then he was released, to enter upo...
23: ... and pregnant intelligence the scheme became transformed. Instead of a mere reproduction of the ''Cycl...
25: ...letterpress was issued in 1765, but it was 1772 before the subscribers received the final volumes of t...
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