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- Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
2: ...ay 27]], [[1615]]), "Queen Margot" was Queen of [[France]] and [[Navarre]]. She should not be confuse...
4: ...rles IX of France|Charles IX]] and [[Henri III of France|Henri III]].
6: ...ter Henri de Navarre and eventually [[Henry IV of France|Henri IV]]), the son of the Protestant [[Jean...
10: ...atherine de' Medici orchestrated the slaughter by French Catholics of thousands of Huguenots, [[St. Ba...
12: ...itle of queen. Her ex-husband would become one of France's most beloved monarchs. - 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... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
9: ... these languages with more fluency than accuracy. From her earliest years she delighted every one by h...
11: ...tention to marry his second daughter to the young French king [[Louis XV]], but the pride of the [[Bou...
13: ...d her fathers sensual temperament and, being free from all control, abandoned herself to her appetites...
19: ..., he took no part whatever in the actual [[coup d'etat]] which was as great a surprise to him as to ever...
23: ...the 6th of December [[1741]], with a few personal friends, including her physician, Armand Lestocq, he... - Ethiopia (20233 bytes)
1: ...aintained independence during the [[Scramble for Africa]], and continued to do so until [[1936]], when...
40: ...gdom|British]]) [http://www.civicwebs.com/cwvlib/africa/ethiopia/pankhurst/history_of_northern_ethiopi...
59: ...at powers of his time. It was at this time that [[Frumentius]] introduced [[Christianity]] into the co...
61: ...r]]), basing their claims on their direct descent from [[Solomon]] and the queen of [[Sheba]].
67: ... the southern entrance of the Red Sea, was bought from the local sultan in March 1870 by an Italian co... - 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 ... - The Gambia (13678 bytes)
1: ...nter. In [[1965]], The Gambia became independent from the [[British Empire]]. [[Banjul]] is its capi...
37: | From the United Kingdom<br>[[February 18]], [[1965]]
57: ...]]. The first written accounts of the region come from records of Arab traders in the [[9th century|9t...
59: ...hants; this grant was confirmed by letters patent from [[Queen Elizabeth I]]. In [[1618]], [[King Jame...
61: ...e Great Britain possession of The Gambia, but the French retained a tiny enclave at Albreda on the nor... - Ming Dynasty (65624 bytes)
2: ...Empire'') was the ruling [[dynasty]] of [[China]] from [[1368]] to [[1644]], though claims to the Ming...
5: [[Image:Hung-wu.jpg|framed|left|Hongwu Emperor]]
8: ...one of the only two dynastic founders who emerged from the [[peasant]] class, the other being [[Han Ga...
12: ...ded estate]]s were confiscated by the government, fragmented, and rented out; and private slavery was ...
16: ...on of Hongwu, who ruled as the Emperor [[Yongle]] from [[1403]] to [[1424]] and was responsible for mo... - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
1: {{French_Revolution}}
2: ...is a [[partial list]] of people involved in the [[French Revolution]]. It includes both supporters and...
5: *[[Charles X of France|Charles, comte d'Artois]] - younger brother o...
6: ...ench Empire|Empire]], general, later [[Marshal of France]].
9: ...ist]], guillotined in [[1797]] after a ''[[coup d'etat|coup]]'' attempt - El Salvador (12362 bytes)
49: | From [[Spain]]: [[September 15]], [[1821]]<br />
50: From the [[Central American Federation]]: [[1842]]
61: El Salvador gained its independence from [[Spain]] on [[September 15]], [[1821]] and the...
63: ...r|Minister of Defense]], took power in a [[coup d'etat]]. Soon after, Mart�z, now [[List of Presidents...
67: ...els of the FMLN and the government of President Alfredo Cristiani of the [[Nationalist Republican Alli... - Pirate (23151 bytes)
2: ...ry|robs]] or plunders at sea without a commission from a recognised [[sovereignty|sovereign]] nation. ...
4: ... it is also much reduced in the [[Caribbean Sea]] from days of yore. Seaborne piracy against transport...
8: ...ecue|barbacoa]]'' elsewhere). These were used by French hunters called ''boucaniers''. These hunters...
10: ...es in [[Latin American revolution]]s and [[coup d'etat|coups]] and then finally came to mean the disrupt...
14: ...rived from the European word, which in turn comes from the mediaeval Latin ''cursa'', "raid, expeditio... - Timeline of the French Revolution (9550 bytes)
1: {{French_Revolution}}
3: '''[[Timeline]] of the [[French Revolution]]'''.
5: ===Events preceding but pertinent to the French Revolution===
13: * Louis XVI and France face economic ruin
36: * [[June 17]]: [[National Assembly (French Revolution)|National Assembly]] declared - Head of state (33577 bytes)
3:
10: [[Image:Bushtaxcuts.jpg|left|framed|U.S. President [[George W. Bush]] signs a bil...
14: ...and empower the legislature to remove a president from office (for example, in the [[United States]])....
20: ... speculated that the United States too would move from a presidential system to a semi-presidential or...
23: - Judiciary (4660 bytes)
2: ...le; [[case law]] is created by the courts' interpretations;
3: ... the law, but are, at least in theory, prohibited from ''creating'' law, and thus, still in theory, do...
5: ...can be seen by comparing the [[United States]], [[France]] and the [[People's Republic of China]]:
6: ...reme Court]] is the final authority on the interpretation of the law;
7:
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