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- Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
1: :''For other people with this name, see [[Mary Tudor]]''
3: ...ight|thumb|220px|'''Mary I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</small>]]
8: ...cases reversed by her successor, [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]].
10: Mary I is sometimes confused with her first cousin, once re...
13: ...les, even though he was deeply disappointed that his wife had again failed to produce a healthy son; C... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: ...right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</small>]]
7: ...f great religious turmoil in [[England|English]] history.
9: ...rinity College, Dublin]] ([[1592]]) and the [[British East India Company]] ([[1600]]).
11: ... and seven [[baron|baronies]] in the [[Peerage of England]], and one barony in the [[Peerage of Ireland]], ...
13: [[Virginia]], an English [[13 colonies|colony in North America]] and afte... - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
2: ...umb|right|175px|'''Mary II''' <br><small>Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland</small>]]
8: ...ho became the sole ruler upon her death. Popular histories usually know the joint reign as that of "[[...
11: ...s bore eight children, only Mary and her younger sister [[Anne of Great Britain|Anne]] survived into a...
13: ... her father married again in [[1673]], taking as his second wife the Catholic [[Mary of Modena]], also...
15: ...marriage, falsely assuming that it would improve his popularity amongst Protestants. The first cousins... - William I of England (8753 bytes)
2: ...England.jpg|thumb|right|180px|''King William I of England'']]
7: ...in [[France]], William succeeded to the throne of England by right of conquest by winning the [[Battle of H...
9: ...ate armour]] that was invented generations after his death.
11: ==Early life history==
14: ...th threats of rebellion and invasion. With the assistance of King Henry, William finally secured contr... - Culture of England (4178 bytes)
1: ...t to which other cultures have influenced life in England.
4: ''Main article: [[English art]]''
6: ...efinition in his 1956 book The Englishness of English Art.
10: Famous English artists presently working range from Lucian Freud and D...
12: ...inting. The rich ecclesiastical decoration of English churches was, in great measure, lost during the ...
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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...]]. Also, see [[International Space Station]] for ISS explorers, and for the [[Ford Motor Company|Ford...
8: *[[Francisco de Almeida]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] n...
11: ...cisco Alvarez]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] missionary and explorer in [[Ethiopia]])
21: ...eorge Back]], (1796—1878), [[British Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Ca...
23: ... de Balboa]], (c. [[1475]]-[[1519]]), [[Spain|Spanish]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...sted: in the earliest mentions and Welsh texts he is never given the title "King." Early texts refer ...
2: ...of '''King Arthur''' in plate armour with visor raised and with jousting shield]]
3: ==The Arthur of history==
4: :''Main article: [[Historical basis for King Arthur]]''
5: ... [[England]], but controversy over the centre of his power and the extent and kind of power he wielded... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ... most probably [[Genova|Genoese]], although some historians claim he could have been born in other pla...
2: [[Image:Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided b...
3: ... or getting stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Amer...
5: ...own to the general public throughout Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[printing pre...
7: ... anniversary of Columbus' landing in the Bahamas) is celebrated as a [[Holiday|holiday]]. - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
3: ...meeting with [[Henry Morton Stanley]] which gave rise to the popular quotation, "''Dr. Livingstone, I ...
6: ... the [[London Missionary Society]], becoming a minister.
8: ...though she was pregnant – but returned to [[England]] with their children.
10: ==Discovery of Victoria Falls==
12: ...was a proponent of trade and missions to be established in central Africa. - Middle Colonies (4101 bytes)
1: ...erant. They had more [[agriculture]] than the New England colony. The Middle Colonies were also known as th...
5: ... made out of corn, rye, wheat, and barley. The whiskey was often mixed with spices, milk, and sugar w...
9: ...]: [[blacksmith]]s, and others. Printing and publishing were also very important trades.
13: ...with the men, as they are now. The women enjoyed visiting with friends and relatives along with [[gard... - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...y industry and machine manufacture. It began in [[England]] with the introduction of [[steam engine|steam p...
3: The dating of the Industrial Revolution is not exact, but it covers roughly [[1760]]-[[1830]...
5: ...ct of this change on [[society]] was enormous and is often compared to the [[Neolithic revolution]], w...
7: ...' was introduced by [[Friedrich Engels]] and [[Louis-Auguste Blanqui]] in the second half of the [[19t...
10: ...conomics)|capital]] are also cited as factors, as is the [[scientific revolution]] of the 17th century... - Steel (28384 bytes)
1: :''See [[Steel (disambiguation)]] for other uses.''
3: ...nically, alloys with higher carbon content than this are known as [[cast iron|iron]].
5: ...f present, is undesired. A more recent definition is that steels are iron-based alloys that can be [[p...
8: ...environment. Unlike copper and tin, liquid iron dissolves carbon quite readily, so that smelting resu...
10: ...tningVolt Iron Ore Pellets.jpg|thumb|left|250px|This heap of [[iron ore]] pellets will be used in stee... - Puritan (15882 bytes)
1: ...p of radical [[Protestants]] which developed in [[England]] after the [[Reformation]].
4: ...d be "[[Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]]": Puritanism was a movement rather than a denomination.
5: ...] or [[Calvinism|Calvinist]] and led to the establishment of the [[Presbyterian Church]]. The term was...
7: ==History==
8: ...s in [[Calvinism|Calvinist Geneva]] and [[Lutheranism|Lutheran Germany]]. These contacts shaped their ... - China (38909 bytes)
3: ...rs to a number of states and cultures that have existed and are viewed as having succeeded one another...
5: ...wever the next four decades were marred by warlordism, the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chi...
7: ...[[Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
14: ...eans "middle (or centre) land," referring to the historic position of China at the centre of her known...
16: ...ly and politically distinct from - and as the [[axis mundi]] of surrounding nations; a concept that co... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: '''November 4''' is the 308th day of the year (309th in [[leap year]]...
9: ...e [[Mary II of England]] marries [[William III of England|William, Prince of Orange]]. They would later be...
10: ...t Camillo Benso di Cavour]] became the [[prime minister]] of [[Piedmont (Italy)|Piedmont]]-[[Kingdom o...
13: ...ic journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' is published.
14: ...ne]] in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive terms. - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
5: {{British Royal Family}}
7: ...Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]], the [[Solomon Islands]], [[Tuvalu]] and the [[United Kingdom|Unite...
9: ...he Americas, and [[Australasia|Australasia]], and is the second-longest-serving current head of state ...
11: ...is the mother of the [[heir-apparent]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
15: ...yon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne]] and his wife, the Countess of Strathmore. She was named a... - Adela of Normandy (2741 bytes)
5: ...hen, King of England]] and [[Henry of Blois]], [[Bishop of Winchester]].
7: ... She was the favorite sister of King [[Henry I of England]]; they were probably the youngest of the Conquer...
9: ...y left to join the [[First Crusade]], along with his brother-in-law [[Robert Curthose]].
14: # Odo of Blois, died young.
15: # [[Stephen I of England|Stephen of Blois]] - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
1: ...vassal, possibly Melisende herself, from the [[Melisende Psalter]]]]
3: '''Melisende''' ([[1105]] - [[September 11]], [[1161]]) wa...
5: ...any|Ioveta]], abbess of St. Lazarus in [[Bethany (Israel)|Bethany]].
9: ...lem reginam, cui jure hereditario competebat." Melisende was no mere regent-queen (for her son Baldwin...
11: ...alem|Haute Cour]]'', a kind of royal council comprising the nobility and clergy of the realm. - Agnes of Courtenay (6051 bytes)
3: ...nay]], [[County of Edessa|count of Edessa]], and sister of [[Joscelin III of Edessa|Joscelin III]]. Ag...
5: ... Bernard Hamilton suggests that both Amalric and his councillors believed he could make a more advanta...
9: ...lric and Maria's daughter [[Isabella of Jerusalem|Isabella]]. There was no such questioning of Baldwin...
11: ...ch Heraclius of Jerusalem|Heraclius]] became archbishop of Caesarea and, in [[1180]], [[Latin Patriarc...
13: ...rey IV of Toron]] to Amalric and Maria's daughter Isabella; one of the terms of marriage was that [[To... - Sibylla of Jerusalem (11497 bytes)
1: ...Her grandmother [[Melisende of Jerusalem|Queen Melisende]] had provided an example of successful rule ...
5: ...ripture and other church traditions. Though not raised by her mother, Sibylla would later become close...
7: ...aldwin's minority (and beyond, as the king spent his brief adult life dying of [[leprosy]]), arranged ...
9: ...o one of his own vassals. By marrying Sibylla to his vassal, Phillip could control the kingship of Jer...
11: ...e emperor previously receiving confirmation from his niece, the [[dowager queen]] [[Maria Comnena]], o... - Isabella of Jerusalem (7928 bytes)
1: [[Image:Isabella-Jerusalem.jpg|right]]
3: ...erritory of [[Nablus]] from her husband the king. Isabella grew up in the court of her mother and step...
5: ...recent wedding and reminding him of their shared history. According to the chronicler [[Ernoul]]:
7: ...t his army that no attack should be directed at this tower."''
9: ...nial party took care to remind the court party of Isabella's rights. - Isabella of Castile (4156 bytes)
1: [[Image:Isabel la Cata-2.jpg|thumb|| '''Isabella of Castile''']]
2: ...her names including ''Isabel I of Castile'' and ''Isabel La Cata'' ("the Catholic").
5: ... [[Nuno Alvares Pereira]], Count de Barcelos and his wife Leonor Alvim, Countess of Barcelos.
7: ... Castile]] and his wife [[Eleanor of Aragon]], a sister of Kings [[John I of Aragon]] and [[Martin I o...
8: ..., a son of John I of Portugal by Inez Perez, and his wife Beatriz Pereira, countess da Barcellos. - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
3: ...he was [[Queen consort]] of both [[France]] and [[England]] in her lifetime.
6:
8: She was raised in one of Europe's most cultured courts, the bi...
10: ... month of their marriage, [[Louis VI of France|Louis VI]] had died, and Eleanor became Queen of France...
12: ...es dressed as [[Amazons]] is disputed by serious historians. However, her testimonial launch of the [[... - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
3: ...Henry II of France]], of the [[Valois Dynasty|Valois]] branch of the kings of France, and mother of th...
7: ...e children, and Francis lived long enough to see his grandchildren before he died.
11: ...wever, soon grew weary of the domination of the Guises, and entered upon a course of secret opposition...
13: ...lebone or metal. They forcefully shrank women's waists from their natural dimensions to as little as 4...
15: ...e had been accustomed tended to be at odds with this stance. She was zealous in the interests of her c... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
1: :''For other people with this name, see [[Mary Tudor]]''
3: ...ight|thumb|220px|'''Mary I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</small>]]
8: ...cases reversed by her successor, [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]].
10: Mary I is sometimes confused with her first cousin, once re...
13: ...les, even though he was deeply disappointed that his wife had again failed to produce a healthy son; C...
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