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  1. Saint Kitts and Nevis (6100 bytes)
    39: | From the [[United Kingdom]]<br>[[September 19]], [[1...
    59: ...1998, a vote in Nevis on a referendum to separate from St. Kitts fell short of the two-thirds majority...
    68: ...leven elected representatives - three of whom are from the island of [[Nevis]] - and three members who...
  2. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (8955 bytes)
    28: | Sir [[Frederick Ballantyne]]
    59: ...lph Abercromby]] crushed a revolt fomented by the French radical Victor Hugues. More than 5,000 black ...
    63: ...e council created in 1925, and universal adult suffrage granted in 1951.
    67: ...nd the economy deteriorated. In April 1979, La Soufriere erupted again. Although no one was killed, th...
    96: ...The country's official language is English, but a French patois may be heard on some of the Grenadine ...
  3. Saint Peter (16028 bytes)
    8: ... &#928;&#949;&#964;&#961;&#959;&#962; which comes from the [[Greek language]] meaning pebble or piece ...
    15: ...k crows, you will have denied me three times." Confronted after Jesus had been arrested, Peter did den...
    19: From the early Christian writings, it is clear that ...
    23: ...h this was actually apparently an ''[[ex-voto]]'' from a [[pilgrim]], and indeed a copy of the origina...
    27: ..., and sent and showed Peter, that he might depart from Rome. And the rest of the brethren, together wi...
  4. Saint Paul, Minnesota (13759 bytes)
    33: ...n Pike]]. The [[Como Zoo and Conservatory]] is a free zoo with a year round inside garden and amuseme...
    42: ... also serves Saint Paul through coordinated buses from the train stations. The expansion of the light ...
    44: ...connected to each other, and pedestrians may walk from one building to another without going outside. ...
    46: ... by that point. Some of the road structure comes from the curve of the Mississippi River, conflicts b...
    59: ...he military officers in Fort Snelling banned them from the lands the fort controlled with one retired ...
  5. Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
    40: ...#1094;&#1072;). <!-- translator paraphrasing here from de: -->
    56: ...ikov]] Palace on the Neva Embankment, constructed from designs by Domenico Trezini in 1710&ndash;1716....
    62: ...d by [[Count Orlov]] and built in 1768&ndash;1785 from various sorts of [[marble]] to a Neoclassical d...
    72: ...reat]] and other [[tsar|Russian emperor]]s. Apart from these four principal cathedrals, which operate ...
    82: ...nd early 20th-century temples are all constructed from [[Russian Revival]] or [[Byzantine architecture...

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  1. List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
    72: | [[Frankfort, Kentucky|Frankfort]]
  2. List of explorers (24013 bytes)
    6: ...[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
    7: ...[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
    8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portugues...
    11: *[[Francisco Alvarez]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]]...
    25: *[[Samuel Baker]], Africa
  3. King Arthur (22450 bytes)
    2: [[Image:Arthur3487.jpg|right|framed|Victorian image of '''King Arthur''' in plate...
    7: Some members of this school, most notably Geoffrey Ashe and Leon Fleuriot, have argued for identif...
    19: ..., chief giver of feasts, with his tall blades red from the battle which all men remember."
    25: ...r's soldiers; Arthur was awarded a herd of cattle from Cadoc as [[wergeld]] for his men; Cadoc deliver...
    29: ...tury]] at Cadbury Castle, and in several parts of France.
  4. Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
    1: ...ns claim he could have been born in other places, from the [[Aragonese_Empire|Crown of Aragó]] to the...
    5: ...is one thing that sets off Columbus' first voyage from all of these: less than two decades later, the ...
    29: ... Atlantic Ocean. The fleet came under attack by [[French privateers]] off the [[Cape of St. Vincent]],...
    31: ...and]], [[Madeira]], [[Azores|the Azores]], and [[Africa]]. Columbus's brother Bartolomeo worked as a ...
    33: ... to purchase sugar, and along the coasts of West Africa between [[1482]] and [[1485]], reaching the Po...
  5. Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
    3: ... [[1491]] &ndash; [[September 1]] [[1557]]) was a French [[Exploration|explorer]] who is popularly tho...
    5: ... His good name in Saint-Malo is recognized by its frequent appearance in baptismal registers as godfat...
    13: ... he planted a cross and claimed the territory for France. During this trip he took [[Domagaya]] and [[...
    17: ...Hurons came to the edge of the river to greet the Frenchmen. The site of their arrival has been confi...
    19: ...Stadacona as it was by then too late to return to France. Cartier and his men prepared for winter by ...
  6. List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
    10: ...dair, John A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana
    37: ...ms, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut
    40: *[[Charles Francis Adams, Sr.|Adams, Charles Francis]] (1807-1886), grandson of John Adams, son o...
    41: *[[Charles Francis Adams, Jr.|Adams, Charles Francis, Jr.]] (1835-1915), son of above, Civil War ...
    42: *[[Charles Francis Adams (1866)|Adams, Charles Francis]] (1866-1954), son of above, Navy secretary
  7. List of people by name: Ae (1061 bytes)
    6: *[[AElfric|&#198;lfric]], (circa 955-1020), the Grammarian, English ab...
  8. List of people by name: Ai (1915 bytes)
    9: ...r, librettist, playwright, member of the Acad魩e fran硩se
    18: *[[Anouk Aim饼Aim饬 Anouk]], (born 1932), French actor
  9. 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]]&ndash;[[1997]]); married...
    55: ...e's health declined during [[1951]] and Elizabeth frequently stood in for him at public events. She vi...
  10. Theodora (6th century) (3433 bytes)
    4: ...rmation from this earliest part of her life comes from the ''Secret History'' of [[Procopius]], publis...
  11. Irene (empress) (3748 bytes)
    2: ... "emperor," rather than ''basilissa'', "empress") from [[797]] to [[802]]. She was the wife of [[Leo I...
    8: ...these, held in [[786]] at [[Constantinople]], was frustrated by the opposition of the soldiers. The se...
    10: ... restive under her autocratic sway. An attempt to free himself by force was met and crushed by the emp...
    12: A hollow semblance of friendship was maintained between Constantine and Ir...
    14: ...eophanes]], who alone mentions it, the scheme was frustrated by A&euml;tius, one of her favourites. A ...
  12. Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
    1: ...fealty from a vassal, possibly Melisende herself, from the [[Melisende Psalter]]]]
    3: ...) was [[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Queen of Jerusalem]] from [[1131]] to [[1153]].
    9: ...the [[Count of Boulogne|County of Boulogne]] in [[France]]. Melisende was the heir of this dynasty, an...
    13: ...son of previous marriage, [[Geoffrey of Anjou|Geoffrey]] was in these same years married to Empress Ma...
    15: ...d of his crusader knights Fulk excluded Melisende from granting titles and other forms of patronage, a...
  13. Isabella of Castile (4156 bytes)
    8: ...hilippa of Lancaster]], daughter of John of Gaunt from his first wife [[Blanche of Lancaster]]. Her fi...
    18: The regime of [[Francisco Franco]] claimed the prestige of the Catholic Monarc...
    19: ... a reaction, Isabella was despised by opposers to Franco.
    30: *[[Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros|Cardinal Cisneros]], I...
  14. Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
    3: ... [[Valois Dynasty|Valois]] branch of the kings of France, and mother of three further kings of that br...
    5: ...the time, but who would become King [[Henry II of France]].
    7: ...proposal. But Catherine did produce children, and Francis lived long enough to see his grandchildren b...
    11: ...r the accession of her sickly son [[Francis II of France]] at age 15. His wife, [[Mary I of Scotland|...
    13: ...e or metal. They forcefully shrank women's waists from their natural dimensions to as little as 43, 38...
  15. Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
    1: ...e notorious as the mistress of King [[Henry II of France|Henri II]].
    3: ...ho served the court of [[Francis I of France|King Fran篩s I]], she gained the title of Duchesse de Va...
    5: ...iane, Duchess d'Angoulꭥ (1538-1619) who married Fran篩s, Duke of Montmorency.
    7: [[Image:DianedePoitiers.jpg|left|frame|Diane de Poitiers]]
    11: ...en Henri entrusted Diane with the Crown Jewels of France, had the [[Chateau d'Anet]] built for her, an...
  16. 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.
  17. Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
    8: ... remembered for her attempt to return [[England]] from [[Protestantism]] to [[Roman Catholicism]]. To ...
    13: ... who presumably would have contracted the disease from Mary's father. Whether or not he had the disea...
    15: ..., [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[French language|French]] and [[Italian language|Italian]], as well a...
    17: ...ovided that the Princess Mary should marry either Francis or his second son, [[Henry, Duke of Orl顮s]...
    19: ... with the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. All appeals from the decisions of English ecclesiastical courts ...
  18. Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
    3: ...]] from 1711 to 1730 and as Empress of [[Russia]] from 1730 to 1740.
    7: ...g as Duchess of Courland (now western [[Latvia]]) from 1711 to 1730, with the Russian resident, [[Best...
    19: ...ving a distrust of Russian nobles, Anna kept them from powerful positions, instead giving those to Bal...
    24: ...gitimate southern boundaries which was brought to fruition by [[Catherine the Great]]. Anna's reign sa...
    28: ...], and exclude descendants of [[Peter the Great]] from inheriting the throne.
  19. 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...
  20. Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
    3: ...and [[writer]]. Born in [[Langres]], [[Champagne, France]] in 1713, he was a prominent figure in what ...
    5: ... [[philosophy|philosophical]] ideas relating to [[free will]]. He is also known as the author of the e...
    10: ...dash;1748) and about the same date he published a free rendering of Shaftesbury's ''Inquiry Concerning...
    14: ...ing, too, as an illustration of the comprehensive freedom with which Diderot felt his way round any su...
    23: ... Englishman [[John Mills]], and the German, [[Gottfried Sellius]]. Diderot accepted the proposal, but ...

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