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- Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ... Queen of Scots,''' was the ruler of [[Scotland]] from [[December 14]], [[1542]] – [[July 24]], ...
12: ... [[1542]] to King [[James V of Scotland]] and his French wife, [[Marie de Guise]].
17: ...ted the French spelling Stuart during her time in France, and she and her descendants stuck with it.)
24: ... there. Then he stood by, holding her to keep her from rolling off.
31: ...ted them to break their traditional alliance with France. Fearing an uprising among the people, the [[... - 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 Orlé¡®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... - Abraham Lincoln (48771 bytes)
42: ...t of the United States]], and the first president from the [[United States Republican Party|Republican...
44: ...y and Legal Status |<small><sup>1</sup></small>]] from the [[United States]], formed the [[Confederate...
53: ... Offutt and accompanied by friends, he took goods from New Salem to [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orlea...
59: ...n a company of the [[Illinois]] [[militia]] drawn from New Salem during the [[Black Hawk War]], writin...
61: ...s House of Representatives]], as a representative from [[Sangamon County, Illinois|Sangamon County]], ... - East Timor (13677 bytes)
19: ...ETILIN]] party, which received some vocal support from the [[People's Republic of China]], was communi...
23: ...]], the East Timorese voted for full independence from Indonesia, but violent clashes, instigated prim...
34: ...to a five-year term. The number of seats can vary from a minimum of 52 to a maximum of 65, though it e...
59: ... the south the [[Timor Sea]] separates the island from [[Australia]], while to the west lies the Indon...
66: .... In late [[1999]], about 70% of the economic [[infrastructure]] of East Timor was laid waste by [[Ind... - Panama (10077 bytes)
35: | From [[Colombia]]<br>[[November 3]], [[1903]]
55: ...ped a small number of Panamanian rebels to secede from Colombia. On [[November 3]], the rebels install...
63: ...o gained control of canal-related buildings and infrastructure as well as full administration of the c...
69: ...als and municipal courts. An autonomous Electoral Tribunal supervises voter registration, the election proce... - Rwanda (10946 bytes)
10: official_languages = [[French language|French]], [[Kinyarwanda language|Kinyarwanda]], [[En...
35: established_dates = From [[Belgium]] <br> [[July 1]], [[1962]] |
36: currency = [[Rwandan franc]] |
46: ...s]]", supports one of the densest populations in Africa. It is best known to the outside world for the...
50: Prior to [[Scramble for Africa|European colonization]], Rwanda was the site o... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
5: ... the country's early history, stemming as it does from the Roman name ''Portus Cale'', a possibly mixe...
15: ...C]], several waves of [[Celts]] invaded Portugal from [[Central Europe]] and intermarried with local ...
17: ...Portugal started from the south, where they found friendly natives, the [[Conii]]. Over decades, the R...
25: ...s. From there they aimed to reconquer their lands from the [[Moors]] (mainly [[Berber]] with some [[Ar...
27: ...r of the Iberian Peninsula, faced new competition from other regions. The lords of the cities of [[Coi... - Angola (15614 bytes)
1: '''Angola''' is a country in southwestern [[Africa]] bordering [[Namibia]], [[Congo-Kinshasa]], a...
38: established_events = From [[Portugal]] |
48: ...on regression; other PPP figures are extrapolated from the latest International Comparison Programme b...
61: ...n overseas province, also called Portuguese West Africa. When Portugal refused a decolonization proces...
63: * the [[National Liberation Front of Angola]] (''Frente Nacional de Liberta磯 de Angola'', FNLA), wi... - Zambia (24496 bytes)
1: ...ocked country in [[southern Africa|south-central Africa]]. It borders the [[Democratic Republic of th...
10: ... = [[Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and Free]] |
49: ...e joined in the 19th century by [[Ngoni]] peoples from the south. By the latter part of that century, ...
53: ...tral Africa, obtained a mineral rights concession from local chiefs. In the same year, Northern and So...
55: ...s. At the core of the controversy were insistent African demands for greater participation in governme... - Luxembourg (11321 bytes)
1: ...the continental [[European Union]], bordered by [[France]], [[Germany]] and [[Belgium]].<br>
15: ...'''[[Official languages]]''' || [[French language|French]], [[German language|German]], [[Luxembourgis...
48: ...sup>1</sup> Prior to [[1999]]: [[Franc|Luxembourg franc]].</small>
53: ...]], [[Habsburg]]s, [[Hohenzollern]]s and [[France|French]]. Even after the [[Treaty of Paris (1815)|de...
68: ...e]], in Luxembourg and in Diekirch), two district tribunals (Luxembourg and Diekirch) and a Superior Court o... - Spanish Inquisition (11421 bytes)
3: ...isition was the result of the reconquest of Spain from the [[Muslim]]s and the policy of converting Sp...
6: ...] and [[Valencia]], there was a local inquisition from the [[Middle Ages]], as in the rest of the Euro...
22: ...on]], who threatened to withhold military support from his kingdom of [[Sicily]]. Sixtus issued the [[...
26: ...possession of [[Greece]] and the Greek islands. [[France]], as always, was looking for signs of weakne...
36: ...uld last a whole day. The clerical members of the tribunal were assisted by civilians (''familiares''). The ... - Bill Clinton (59225 bytes)
19: ...) was the 42nd [[President of the United States]] from [[1993]] to [[2001]]. Before his Presidency, C...
23: ... conviction of many staff members, associates and friends, though never himself. He became the second ...
25: ...ssumption of office marked a "generational shift" from the former Presidents who were mostly World War...
27: ...-the-time the largest American [[budget deficit]] from his predecessor [[George H. W. Bush|President G...
38: ...popular anger over the escape of Cuban prisoners (from the [[Mariel Boat Lift]]) detained in [[Fort Ch... - Vatican City (21873 bytes)
5: The city takes its name from ''Mons Vaticanus'', also known as [[Vatican Hil...
60: ...supposed site of the tomb of [[Saint Peter]], and from then on the area started to become more populat...
75: ...rdinals (one being chosen by lot every three days from each order of cardinals), performs other functi...
77: ...hed to be so, this resolution would not impede it from requesting it."
78: ...umb|right|300px|The main entrance to Vatican City from the top of [[St. Peter's Basilica]], surrounded... - 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 - Chile (39914 bytes)
39: established_dates = From [[Spain]]<br>[[September 18]], [[1810]]<br>[[Fe...
56: ...ego de Almagro]]'s first Spanish expedition south from Peru in [[1535]]-[[1536|36]] called themselves ...
64: ...ed in [[1541]] by [[Pedro de Valdivia]], one of [[Francisco Pizarro]]'s lieutenants. Although the Span...
66: ...f [[slavery]] in [[1683]] defused tensions on the frontier between the colony and the Mapuche land to ...
68: The drive for independence from Spain was precipitated by usurpation of the Spa... - Court (2910 bytes)
14: ...me before its "[[jurisdiction]]" — may stem from a provision
15: of a written constitution, from an enabling [[statute]] or, for example in
16: [[English law]], it may be ''inherent'', deriving from the [[Common Law]]
56: * [[Revolutionary Tribunal]] ([[French Revolution]]) - Barrister (15976 bytes)
3: ...uperior courts of that jurisdiction. Details vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.
7: ...nsive rights as advocates (the lower courts and [[tribunal]]s as well as preliminary [[hearing (law)|hearing...
17: ...urt as "my learned friend", and solicitors as "my friend"; this harks back to the days when the legal ...
24: ... rooms: arguably, this facilitates the transition from [[public school (UK)|public school]] to [[Oxbri...
31: ... senior practising barristers or judges. However, from 2008, only those who have successfully complete... - Lawyer (33471 bytes)
14: It is frequently said that there are more lawyers ''[[per ...
18: ...quire that the applicant have earned a law degree from an [[American Bar Association]]-accredited [[la...
20: ...century, but gradually withdrew it under pressure from bar associations.
22: ...atent bar." Legal ethics rules prohibit lawyers from using the title "patent attorney" unless they a...
74: ...ican lawyers are very credential-oriented. Apart from the minimum requirements of a J.D. and admissio...
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