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- List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
6: ...ale, Frank]], (born 1948), US impostor and cheque fraud
7: ...d'Abancourt|Abancourt, Charles d']], (1758-1792), French statesman
10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
14: ...ari ben Moses ben Joseph]], (circa 14th century), French rabbi
15: *[[Frank Abbandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
20: ...ost recently during her [[2004]] state visit to [[France]] to commemorate the centenary of the [[Enten...
29: ...7]], when she accompanied her parents to [[South Africa]]. On her 21st birthday she made a broadcast t...
33: ...t-great-grandmother. They are also both descended from [[Christian IX of Denmark]] (she being a great-...
38: ...] [[1996]]) [[Diana, Princess of Wales|Lady Diana Frances Spencer]] ([[1961]]–[[1997]]); married...
55: ...e's health declined during [[1951]] and Elizabeth frequently stood in for him at public events. She vi... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...eat''', reigned as [[tsar|empress]] of [[Russia]] from [[June 28]], [[1762]], to her death on [[Novemb...
5: ...onths later, on [[July 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been killed by ...
11: ...tion the throne as a legal body; freed the nobles from state service and taxes; made noble status here...
13: ...the Russian society. First, she established the [[Free Economic Society]] (1765) to encourage the mode...
17: ...|Nikita Panin]], exercised considerable influence from the beginning of her reign. Though a shrewd sta... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
11: ... Wales|HRH The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales]]. From her marriage in [[1981]] to her divorce in [[19...
15: From the time of her [[engagement]] to the Prince of...
22: ...h; a great-grandmother was the American heiress [[Frances Work]] — she was also a descendant of ...
27: [[Image:princessdi.jpg|frame|right]] - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
9: ...the House of W?berg, Mary was distantly descended from the [[Habsburgs]], the once powerful ruling fam...
11: ...ment]]ary [[Annuity]] of [[UKP|?]]4000 plus ?4000 from her mother, the Duchess of Cambridge. Despite t...
13: ...ld War I]], the Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from Mary to her aunt, who lived in [[Germany]].
32: ...[[1919]]<td> suffered from epilepsy, raised apart from his royal siblings, and died young.
44: ...b|left|'''''The Royal Family in 1913'''<br><small>From left to right, King George V, Princess Mary, <b... - Elizabeth Cady Stanton (4406 bytes)
4: ... of the women's rights movement and was, with her friend [[Lucretia Mott]], the primary organizer of t...
6: ...t of three volumes of the ''[[History of Woman Suffrage]]'', an anthology of writings about the moveme...
12: ...e found, at least in part, in the elevation and enfranchisement of women. She was also a strong criti...
14: ... a judge. Margaret Livingston was the daughter of Colonel James Livingston, an officer in the Revolutionary... - Flora Tristan (1707 bytes)
3: ...Spanish Armada]], and her mother, Anne Laisney, a Frenchwoman. Her parents met in [[Bilbao, Spain]] du...
5: ...ation of Flora and her mother changed drastically from the high standards of living they were accustom...
7: ...fe through their experiences outside their native France. - Emma Abbott (633 bytes)
2: ..., and appeared first in opera in [[London]] under Colonel Mapleson's direction at [[Covent Garden]], also s... - Jackie Cochran (7825 bytes)
4: ...nt) and Ira Pittman, a poor mill worker who moved from town to town in search of work. As a child, Bes...
8: After a friend offered her a ride in an airplane, a thrilled...
10: ..., and association with the wealthy elite, she was frequently interviewed by the press and she made up ...
14: ... Reserve where she eventually rose to the rank of Colonel.
16: ... is the only woman to ever receive the Gold Medal from the [[Federation Aeronautique Internationale]].... - Hanna Reitsch (3751 bytes)
6: ...[Ernst Udet]]. While under direct command of Karl Franke she soon became a major test pilot on the [[J...
10: ...in order to be used during gliding tests, dropped from a [[Heinkel He 111]] bomber. Later it was sugge...
12: ...f the war Reitsch was asked to fly her companion, Colonel-General [[Robert Ritter von Greim]], into [[Berli...
16: After the war German citizens were forbidden from flying, except, after a few years, in gliders. ...
20: From 1962 to 1966 Reitsch resided in [[Ghana]], wher... - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (8386 bytes)
5: ...art of the [[Russian Empire]]), the daughter of [[Colonel|Col.]] Peter Alexeivich von Hahn and Elena Fadeev...
7: ...closed after dissatisfied customers complained of fraudulent activities.
13: ...arriage was not consummated either. She separated from Betanelly after a few months, and their divorce...
15: ... [[nineteenth century]] that took its inspiration from [[Hinduism]] and [[Buddhism]]. Madame Blavatsky...
21: ...ght's disease]] of the kidneys, and complications from [[influenza]], Madame Helena Petrovna Blavatsky... - Odette Sansom (1906 bytes)
1: [[Image:Soe_sansom2.jpg|frame|Odette Sansom while in service of the SOE]]
5: ...istance|French underground]] in [[Nazi]]-occupied France. She left her three daughters in the care of...
9: ...mprisoned. Under torture by the [[Gestapo]] at [[Fresnes prison]] in [[Paris]], Odette stuck to her c...
15: Her third husband was Geoffrey Hallowes. - George Washington (29551 bytes)
26: ...e was initiated as a [[Freemasonry|Freemason]] in Fredericksburg on [[4 February]] [[1752]]. On Lawren...
28: ==French and Indian War and afterwards==
29: ...llson Peale]], and shows Washington in uniform as colonel of the 1st Virginia Regiment.]]
31: ...nternational incident, and helped to ignite the [[French and Indian War]], which eventually became the...
33: ...ition]], which successfully drove the French away from [[Fort Duquesne]]. - James Madison (15187 bytes)
21: ..., helping to draft their declaration of religious freedom and persuading [[Virginia]] to give their no...
25: ...the thinking of what Thomas Jefferson (who was in France at the time) called an "assembly of demi-gods...
31: ... States_House_of_Representatives|Representative]] from his home state of [[Virginia]]. He successfully...
33: ..., Madison was the nation's shortest president and frequently ill. In [[1794]] Madison married [[Dolley...
38: ...th any nation that would not remove the blockade: France did, and Britain did not. - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
18: ...e first president who had lived on the American [[frontier]], and thus the first not primarily associa...
22: ...trust and dislike of Eastern aristocrats stemming from his feeling that they were too inclined to favo...
24: ...ugh-and-tumble world of frontier law. He became a colonel in the state militia, which began his military ca...
34: ...ackson's election represented a significant break from that past.
36: He was also the first President from a state west of the [[Appalachian Mountains]]. ... - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
3: ...entative]] and a [[United States Senate|Senator]] from [[Kentucky]] and the ninth [[Vice President of ...
5: ...as a member of the state House of Representatives from [[1804]]-[[1806]] and again in [[1819]]. He wa...
7: ...ohn J. Crittenden]], and was reelected and served from [[December 10]], [[1819]] to [[March 3]], [[182...
9: ...rican-American woman. He served as vice President from March 4, 1837, to March 3, [[1841]].
11: ...oon after taking his seat. He is interred in the Frankfort Cemetery. - Franklin Pierce (19017 bytes)
1: {{Infobox President | name=Franklin Pierce
3: | image name=Franklin Pierce.jpg
18: ... 14th [[President of the United States]], serving from [[1853]] to [[1857]]. Pierce was a [[United Sta...
20: ...[[American Civil War|Civil War]]. He died in 1869 from [[cirrhosis]].
25: ...[[Benjamin Pierce (governor)|Benjamin Pierce]], a frontier farmer who became a [[American Revolutionar... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
32: ...ging that the "S" stood for Simpson. He graduated from West Point in [[1843]], ranking 21st in a class...
34: ...[August 22]], [[1848]]. They had four children: [[Frederick Dent Grant]], Ulysses S. (Buck) Grant, Jr....
39: ...pultepec]]. On [[July 31]], [[1854]], he resigned from the army. Seven years of civilian life followed...
41: ...an could be put to better use and appointed him [[colonel]] of the 21st Illinois Infantry (effective [[June...
48: ... attack until the enemy surrendered or was driven from the field. Such tactics often resulted in heavy... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
14: * The Roman era from [[80 BC]] until the arrival of the Arabs in [[6...
15: * The Arab city from [[641]] until [[1798]] when Napoleon arrived (y...
16: * The modern city from [[1798]] (red).
21: ...ects metal effigies on the beach which succeed in frightening the monsters away.
23: ...ehind the screen of the Pharos island and removed from the silt thrown out by Nile mouths. An Egyptia... - Greece (54754 bytes)
1: ...cially influential in [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [[Africa]].
11: ...#932;ΟΣ<br>''([[Greek language|Greek]]: Freedom or Death)''
29: ...]'''<br> - Declared<br> - Recognised || From the [[Ottoman Empire]]<br/>[[25 March]] [[1821]...
42: | '''[[National anthem]]''' || [[Hymn to Freedom]]
52: ...especially influential in [[Europe]], [[Northern Africa]] and the [[Middle East]]. Today, Greece is a ...
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