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- Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: | [[Image:bwvictoria.jpg|thumb|right|200px|'''Victoria''' <br>Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Brita...
7: ...e years — longer than that of any other British monarch. As well as being [[Monarch|queen]] of t...
9: ..., and technological change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]];...
12: ... [[Karl of Leiningen|Karl, Prince of Leiningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensin...
14: ...erend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]].
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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...ca]] and the most populous [[Spanish language|Spanish]]-speaking country in the world.
16: ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Effective suffrage, no reelection)'' |
18: official_languages = [[Spanish Language|Spanish]] |
42: established_events = • Declared<br> •...
43: established_dates = From [[Spain]]<br>[[September 16]], [[... - 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... - 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: ...ife travelled with him for a brief time at his insistence and over the protests of the Moffats –...
10: ==Discovery of Victoria Falls==
11: ...e.jpg|thumb|right|David Livingstone memorial at [[Victoria Falls]]]] - May (3270 bytes)
3: '''May''' is the [[fifth]] [[month]] of the [[year]] in the [[...
9: ...a Japanese custom that all [[schoolyear]]s and [[fiscal year]]s start on [[April]] 1st.
11: ...of sowing". In [[Slovenian language|Slovene]], it is called ''veliki traven'', which means the month o...
14: ...ern hemisphere and [[Samhain]] in the southern hemisphere.
15: ...the first day of [[Summer]], and a public holiday is held on the first Monday in May. - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...ountry is land-locked, much of its western border is adjacent to [[Lake Tanganyika]] where it enjoys a...
3: ...t faces in seeking to bring an end to the supremacist claims of the ruling [[Tutsi]] minority with the...
13: ...ndi]] and [[French language|French]]. [[Swahili]] is widely spoken.|
37: established_events = - Date |
38: established_dates = From [[Belgium]] <br> [[July 1]... - 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... - Boudicca (6973 bytes)
1: ...gricola]]'') and [[Dio Cassius]] (in his ''Roman History'').
5: ==History==
7: ...eror]] co-heir, along with his two daughters, to his kingdom.
9: ...rocurator]] [[Catus Decianus]] for criticism for his "rapacity".
11: ...'Hispana'']], attempted to relieve the city, but his forces were routed. - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
2: | [[Image:bwvictoria.jpg|thumb|right|200px|'''Victoria''' <br>Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Brita...
7: ...e years — longer than that of any other British monarch. As well as being [[Monarch|queen]] of t...
9: ..., and technological change in the United Kingdom. Victoria was the last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]];...
12: ... [[Karl of Leiningen|Karl, Prince of Leiningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensin...
14: ...erend [[George Davys]] and her governess was [[Louise Lehzen]]. - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
1: ...ictoria Mary of Teck.jpg|thumb|250px|HSH Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, image by Lafayette of Bond Street, ...
3: ...toria Mary of Teck'''), (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes) ([[May 26|26 May]],...
5: ... Mary was known for setting the tone of the [[British Royal Family]], as the model of regal formality ...
9: ...ustria]]). Through the House of W?berg, Mary was distantly descended from the [[Habsburgs]], the once ...
11: ...[Italy]], for a time. There Princess May enjoyed visiting the [[art gallery|art galleries]], [[church]... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
22: | [[Port Alberni, British Columbia]]
31: ...ed countries in the world, after British Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]].
33: ...eens. She was educated at the [[University of British Columbia]] (B.A., LL.B.) and studied towards a d...
35: ...d in political science at the [[University of British Columbia]] and at [[Vancouver Community College]...
39: ...party. A few years later she resigned from the legislature to run in the [[Canadian federal election, ... - Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
2: ...e she currently lives. She is married to the novelist [[Graeme Gibson]]; her daughter, Jess Atwood Gib...
4: ... has also been associated with [[Canadian nationalism]] in the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]].
6: ...[1960s]], along with [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]], [[Dennis Lee]] and [[Michael Ondaatje]].
10: ...ed by former [[Prime Ministers of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Kim Campbell]] in [[2002]] and ''[[Oryx an...
59: ...[The Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories in English]]'' ([[1988]]) - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
3: ...ge|English]]. She is best known, at least in English, for her account of living in [[Kenya]], ''[[Out...
5: ...nger brother [[Thomas Dinesen]] won the British [[Victoria Cross]] and French [[Croix de Guerre]] while serv...
9: ...eral other works simultaneously in Danish and English, mostly collections of short stories; she also w...
11: ...on. She had suffered for many years from [[syphilis]] contracted from her husband.
15: * ''The Hermits'' (1907, published in a Danish journal under the name Osceola) - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
3: ...ng]]. Each year, the [[International Nurses Day]] is celebrated on her birth anniversary.
7: ...ister (named [[Parthenope]] for the old city that is now [[Naples]]). A brilliant and strong-willed wo...
9: ...er family in [[1845]], evoking intense anger and distress from her family, particularly her mother.
11: ...f the [[Poor Laws]], extending far beyond the provision of medical care.
13: ... care and by the commitment and practises of the sisters. - Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
3: ...[October 1]], [[1935]]) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[actress]], [[singer]], and [[author]], best ...
5: ..., she starred in [[Rodgers & Hammerstein]]'s television adaptation of ''[[Cinderella]]''.
7: ...Andrews as [[Eliza Doolittle]] opposite [[Rex Harrison]]'s [[Henry Higgins]] in ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' (...
9: ... she said "I would like to thank Jack Warner for his faith in me". At the [[Grammy Awards of 1965]] sh...
11: ...ards]], such as ''[[10 (movie)|10]]'', ''[[Victor/Victoria]]'', and ''[[S.O.B.]]'', in which she appeared to... - Nymphaeaceae (2255 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta...
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
10: {{Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = lightgreen | plural_taxon = Genera}}
12: ''Euryale'' <small>Salisb.</small> (1 sp.)<br>
16: ''[[Victoria (waterlily)|Victoria]]'' <small>Lindl.</small> - giant water-lily (2 s... - Sculpture (5545 bytes)
1: ...form created as an artistic expression. Sculpture is primarily concerned with space: occupying it, rel...
3: The term also refers to the artistic discipline, act or [[art]] of making sculpture: chang...
5: ...lpturesque'' if it shares qualities with [[classicism|classical]] figurative sculpture or [[statue]].
37: In his late writings, [[Joan Mireven proposed that s...
41: ...with a chain saw from a standing tree, which was diseased and due to be felled]] - Tapestry (2919 bytes)
3: ... woven. In this way, a colourful pattern or image is created. Most weavers use a naturally based chain...
5: ...blueprints' on cartboard were made by a famous artist, while the tapestries themselves were made by th...
7: ...vas work]] or [[needlepoint]], probably because this type of [[embroidery]] mimics the woven effect.
10: ...sidence to another. In [[church]]es, it could be displayed on special occasions.
17: ==Historical development== - Alphorn (1746 bytes)
1: ...n''' or '''alphorn''', a [[wind instrument]], consisting of a natural wooden horn of conical bore, hav...
3: ... a block of hard wood is added and the instrument is complete.
5: ...horn made at Rigi-Kulm, Schwytz, and now in the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]], measures 8 ft. in length and...
7: [[Image:Swiss playing an alphorn.jpg|thumb|A Swiss playing alphorn near a mountain lake]]
8: ...the great melody that opens the last movement of his First Symphony (played in the orchestra by the Fr... - Nile (13738 bytes)
4: ...6;يل ''an-nīl''), in [[Africa]], is one of the two longest [[river|rivers]] on [[Eart...
8: ...upsilon;πτος), which itself is the source of the name "Egypt".
12: ...oint from which the length of a river is measured is not always agreed upon. The Nile carries far le...
14: ...m (4160 miles) long. Measuring instead from Lake Victoria gives a length of approximately 5584 km (3470 mil...
20: ...he western flanks of the East African Rift, which is the southern African part of the [[Great Rift Val... - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: ...ies, history, and the processes that shape it. It is one of the [[Earth science]]s.
3: ...ctively referred to as [[plate tectonics]]. Geologists help locate and manage the earth's [[natural re...
5: ...other bodies of the solar system. However, specialised terms such as ''selenology'' (studies of the [[...
7: ...h between earthly and [[Theology|theological]] jurisprudence.
9: == History ==
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