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- 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]] - Gertrude Stein (13569 bytes)
1: ...t and literature, who spent most of her life in [[France]].
7: ...r, she was educated in [[California]], graduating from [[Radcliffe College]] in 1897 followed by two y...
11: In 1902 she moved to [[France]] during the height of artistic creativity ga...
12: From 1903 to 1912 she lived in [[Paris]] with her br...
13: ... her whole life, Stein was supported by a stipend from her brother Michael's business. - Joan of Arc (27453 bytes)
2: ...[16th century]], embraced as a cultural symbol in French patriotic circles since the [[19th century]],...
4: ...ponsible for a revitalization of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]'s faction during the [[Hundred ...
7: ...[[Duke of Orl顮s]] and later of [[Charles VII of France|Charles VII]]). The groups were involved in a...
11: ...876]]) depicts Joan's awe upon receiving a vision from the [[archangel]] [[Michael (archangel)|Michael...
16: ...May 7]], the remaining English forces were pulled from their [[siege]] lines on [[May 8]]. The lifting... - Bette Davis (6722 bytes)
7: ...the outrage that she received many write-in votes from disgruntled Academy members.
9: ...laimed to have named the "Oscar", but only served from October to December [[1941]], when she resigned...
21: ...e Arts and Sciences. This was to protect an Oscar from commercial exploitation.
23: ...October 6]], [[1989]] in [[Neuilly-sur-Seine]], [[France]], following a long battle with [[breast canc... - Woodworking (12397 bytes)
9: ...m a sanctuary at the source of the [[Seine]] in [[France]].
13: ...u Ban]] (魯班) and his wife Lady Yun, from the [[Spring and Autumn Period]]. Lu Ban is sai...
22: ...d with a convoluted, complex grain, usually taken from cancerous growths on trees
28: ...tch: the section of a tree where a branch divides from the trunk, or the trunk divides in two; typical...
43: * fretsaw: a saw with a very fine toothed blade used f... - Claude Monet (4533 bytes)
1: [[Image:ClaudeMonet.jpg|right|frame|Claude Monet]]
2: ... [[1840]] – [[December 5]], [[1926]]) was a French [[impressionism|impressionist]] painter.
4: Monet was born in [[Paris|Paris, France]], but his family moved to [[Le Havre]] in [[...
8: ...e-Auguste Renoir]], [[Frederic Bazille]], and [[Alfred Sisley]]. Together they shared new approaches t...
12: During the [[Franco-Prussian War]] ([[1870]] – [[1871]]), M... - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: A '''castle''' (from the [[Latin]] ''castellum'', diminutive of ''ca...
2: ...expanded into pleasure dwellings and power houses from the late 15th century, their "castle" designati...
10: ...st and foremost castles were places of protection from an invading enemy, a place of retreat. This can...
11: ...e weapons, built in otherwise hostile territories from which to control surrounding lands.
14: ...nd control of a region. A castle was a stronghold from which a lord or baron could control surrounding... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
2: ...|right|thumb|240px|Left: original [[paddlewheel]] from a paddle steamer on the lake of Lucerne. Right:...
19: ...France]], by [[1774]] the Marquis [[Claude de Jouffroy]] and colleagues had made a working steamboat t...
21: ...River]], but then patent disputes dissuaded Fitch from continuing.
23: ...hile, [[Patrick Miller of Dalswinton]], near [[Dumfries]], [[Scotland]], had developed double-hulled b...
25: ...777]] at the age of 12, visited [[Britain]] and [[France]] where he built and tested an experimental s... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
11: ...hancellor of Germany|chancellor]]) of [[Germany]] from [[1933]] to his death. He was leader of the [[N...
15: He led Germany from the depths of post-[[World War I]] defeat to be...
20: ...z]] in the province of [[Upper Austria]], not far from the [[German Empire|German]] border in what was...
24: ...s was impossible since the Jews had been expelled from Graz in the [[15th century]] and were not allow...
25: ... Hitler's profession his family moved frequently, from [[Braunau]] to [[Passau]], [[Lambach]], [[Leond... - Pierre Abelard (18114 bytes)
2: ...rd''' ([[1079]] – [[April 21]], [[1142]]) was a French [[Scholasticism|scholastic]] [[philosopher]]....
7: ...whether this was in early youth, when he wandered from school to school for instruction and exercise, ...
11: ...sm prior to Abélard). First, against opposition from the metropolitan teacher, while yet only twenty...
13: ...gne Sainte-Geneviève]], overlooking Notre-Dame. From his success in dialectic, he next turned to [[t...
15: ... crowds - it is said thousands of students, drawn from all countries by the fame of his teaching. Enr... - William I of England (8753 bytes)
7: ...alvados, France|Falaise]], [[Normandy]], now in [[France]], William succeeded to the throne of England...
14: ...rp his place. King [[Henri I of France|Henry I of France]] knighted him at the age of 15. By the time ...
16: ... at [[Eu, Seine-Maritime|Eu]], Normandy (now in [[Seine-Maritime]]). He was 26, she was 22. Their marriage produce...
23: ...ade the promise under duress and so may have felt free to break it.
34: ...acing [[History of the English Language#Period of French Domination|English]] as the language of the r... - Viking Age (10637 bytes)
2: ...s of [[Europe]], the [[Middle East]], northern [[Africa]], and even reached [[North America]].
6: ...ovgorod]]. Other Norse people, particularly those from the area that is now modern-day Sweden, continu...
8: [[France]] was particularly hard-hit by these raiders,...
10: ... identified themselves as French, but carried the French language and culture into [[England]] in 1066...
17: ...use could well be pressure caused by the [[Franks|Frankish]] expansion to the south of Scandinavia. - River (12397 bytes)
4: ...iver consists of several basic parts, originating from headwaters or a [[spring (water)|spring]] at th...
11: ...rom a body of water such as a [[lake]], or simply from damp, [[bog|boggy]] places where the [[soil]] i...
22: ...nt from those of the ocean because the water is [[fresh water|sweet]] (non-salty). Living things in a ...
31: ...] and [[sediment]] which enriched the fields with fresh [[nutrient]]s. Nowadays, floods are disasters,...
63: ...ongest rivers are, mainly because rivers have a [[fractal]] property, which means that the more precis... - Spotted Dolphins (5640 bytes)
17: ...urse seine]]s. The 1980s saw the rise of "dolphin-friendly tuna [capturing methods]" in order to save ...
20: ... separate. Both the genus and specific names come from [[Latin]] words meaning thin or thinning.
25: :''S. a. graffmani'', coastal form found from Mexico to Peru
31: ...und the [[Gulf of Mexico]] may be relatively spot-free even in adulthood. In the Atlantic, confusion i...
35: ...active and is prone to making large splashy leaps from the sea. It is a common breacher and will often... - Spinner Dolphins (5175 bytes)
19: ...', particularly in older texts, to distinguish it from the similar [[Clymene Dolphin]] which is often ...
28: The specific name comes from the [[Latin]] for long-beaked.
33: ...ave varied in size from 129cm to 235cm and weight from 23kg-78kg. The gestation period is 10 months. I...
35: Spinners congregate in groups that vary from just a few dolpins to great schools numbering i... - Woodwork (12397 bytes)
9: ...m a sanctuary at the source of the [[Seine]] in [[France]].
13: ...u Ban]] (魯班) and his wife Lady Yun, from the [[Spring and Autumn Period]]. Lu Ban is sai...
22: ...d with a convoluted, complex grain, usually taken from cancerous growths on trees
28: ...tch: the section of a tree where a branch divides from the trunk, or the trunk divides in two; typical...
43: * fretsaw: a saw with a very fine toothed blade used f...
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