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- Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (14006 bytes)
2: '''Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, [[Order of Merit|OM]], [[Order of S...
39: ...ade a [[Baronet]] in [[1922]], and was created '''Baron Baden-Powell''', of Gilwell in the County of Esse...
51: *Peter, later 2nd Baron Baden-Powell (1913-1962) and
63: ... exemplified by [[Henry Scott Tuke]]'s paintings, Baron [[Wilhelm von Gloeden]]'s photography, and others...
67: ... urge for "self-abuse." He subscribed to the commonly held turn-of-the-century opinion that the practi...
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- Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
19: ...affair with Melisende. Hugh was the most powerful baron in the kingdom, and devotedly loyal to the memory...
21: ...his was reason enough for the queen's party to openly challenge Fulk, as Fulk's unfounded assertions o...
45: ...onsibility in governance. Melisende had hitherto only partially associated Baldwin in her rule. Tensio...
47: ...he Church clearly supported Melisende, as did the barons of Judea and Samaria. - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
12: She was born at [[Linlithgow Palace]], West Lothian, [[Scotland]], on [[...
14: ...tionable. Females and female lines could inherit only after extinction of male lines.
36: This seemed to Marie to be the only sensible solution to her troubles. In February [...
49: ...eith]] on [[August 19]], [[1561]]. She was still only 18 and, despite her talents, her upbringing had ...
57: ...English royal blood, any child Mary would bear Darnley would have an extremely strong claim to both Ma... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...therine exemplified an "[[enlightened absolutism|enlightened monarch]]."
9: ...ia-Bonesana|Beccaria]] and [[Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu|Montesquieu]], Catherine drew up a...
13: ...erine proceeded to "Westernize" Russia. However, unlike [[Peter the Great]], Catherine scorned force a...
25: ...e of Svensksund]] (modern-day Ruotsinsalmi in [[Finland]]), July 9-10, 1790. The Russian navy, command...
33: Catherine subscribed to [[the Enlightenment]] and considered herself a "philosopher... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: [[Image:DiderotVanLoo.jpg|thumb|right|''Portrait of Diderot'' by [[Lo...
3: ...t became known as the [[The Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]], and was the editor-in-chief of the f...
31: ...owerful colleagues, [[Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune]], among them, declined to contribute fu...
44: ... de la nature'' of his friend [[Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'Holbach]], styled by some "the very Bible of at... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
11: ...baronies]] in the [[Peerage of England]], and one barony in the [[Peerage of Ireland]], were created duri...
16: Elizabeth was the only surviving child of King [[Henry VIII of England]...
18: Elizabeth's first governess was Lady Bryan, a baroness whom Elizabeth called "Muggie". At the age of ...
22: ... VI. Catherine Parr married [[Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley]], Edward VI's uncle, and took...
33: ...in, [[Matthew Parker]], to become Archbishop. He only accepted out of loyalty to [[Anne Boleyn]]'s mem... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
15: ...r was the future Mary II. Anne and Mary were the only children of the Duke and Duchess of York to surv...
26: ...s Anne, [[heir apparent]] to the Throne, was the only individual remaining in the line of succession e...
35: ...1st Baron Godolphin]]. The Whigs—who were, unlike the Tories, vigorous supporters of the War of ...
38: ...right to own property in England into jeopardy), unless Scotland either repealed the Act of Security o...
40: ...Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax|Charles Montagu, 1st Baron Halifax]] and [[Robert Walpole]]—dominated ... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
22: ...tess Spencer|Raine, Countess of Dartmouth]], the only daughter of the romance novelist [[Barbara Cartl...
36: ...ince Harry of Wales|Prince Henry of Wales]] (commonly called Prince Harry) on [[15 September]] [[1984]...
38: ... suicide attempts did take place, there was certainly a significant risk she would [[miscarriage|misca...
85: ...o needle as it was [[digital]]. The car was certainly travelling much faster than the legal [[speed li...
106: ... spot; it is on a stretch of high-speed road but only has limited visibility ahead in places; and ther... - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
6: ...bout [[1452]], she married Sir [[John Grey]], 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby, who was killed at the [[Second ...
12: Nor was Warwick the only one who resented the way the queen's relatives s... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
22: ...s-Auguste]] was shy, awkward and distant. He was only a year older than she was and had no sexual or r...
25: ... supposed to do on their wedding night. They had only a very vague idea of sex and this increased the ...
36: ...-Auguste and Marie-Antoinette's life changed suddenly at 3 o'clock in the afternoon of 10th May [[1774...
77: ... the [[Petit hameau|Hameau]] (as it was known.) [[Baroness d'Oberkirch]] complained, "Other people spent ...
85: ...me impatient with the jeweller and snapped, "Not only have I never commissioned you to make a jewel &h... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
25: ...Order of the Garter|Order of the Garter]]<br>Life Barony
27: ... United Kingdom]] from [[1979]] to [[1990]], the only woman [[as of 2005]] to serve in that position. ...
33: ...e and campaigning. In [[1992]] she was created '''Baroness Thatcher'''; since then her direct political w...
47: ...icy of the Labour Government as being steps "not only towards [[Socialism]], but towards [[Communism]]...
69: ...al Irish Republican Army|Provisional IRA]] and [[INLA]] prisoners in [[Northern Ireland|Northern Irela... - Isak Dinesen (2959 bytes)
7: ...and's part, the couple separated in 1921, and the Baron returned to Denmark. The divorce was finalized in... - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
2: ...10]], [[1815]] - [[November 27]], [[1852]]) is mainly known for having written a description of
6: ...mate child of the poet [[George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron|Lord Byron]] and his wife, [[Anne Isabella ...
11: ...liam King, 1st Earl of Lovelace|William King, 8th Baron King]], later [[Earl of Lovelace|1st Earl of Love... - Florence Nightingale (15657 bytes)
17: ...olitician and poet [[Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton]], against her mother's wishes. Convinc...
19: ...th Milnes, Nightingale met [[Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea|Sidney Herbert]], a brilliant poli...
75: ...liament]] and civil servants who would have been unlikely to read or understand traditional statistica... - Renaissance (14795 bytes)
10: ...took the view]] that the Renaissance was perhaps only one of many such movements. This is in large par...
30: ..., particularly in [[Florence]]. This 'Florentine enlightenment' ([[George Holmes (professor)|Holmes]])...
45: ...t the Medici came to power later. They were certainly great patrons but much later. If anything, the M...
59: 5. [[Hans Baron]]'s argument is based on the new Florentine view ...
61: ...is comparing unlike things. In a technical sense, Baron has to prove that all civic humanist work came af... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
47: ...67]]. There he saw the newly redesigned city of [[Baron Haussmann|Haussmann]] and, funded by a booming [[...
62: ...ant that the [[Egyptian Museum]] in Cairo is the only place in the world that many items can be seen.
72: A second mainline station is located some 10 km south, at Giza.
80: The Cairo Metro is Africa's only fully-fledged [[Metro|metro system]]. Two lines ... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
21: ...e of the most important figures in U.S. history. Unlike many other [[revolution]]ary leaders, he volun...
49: ... during the spring under the [[Prussia|German]] [[Baron Friedrich von Steuben]], steadily improving its f...
79: ...the Army]] (five star), George Washington is the only President with military service to reenter the m...
95: ...ng the principle that even a former president is only, after all, a private citizen.
104: Unlike all the other slaveholding [[Founding Fathers]... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
50: ...diated the views of [[Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune|Turgot]] and other European writers as t...
52: Partly for this reason, Adams received only thirty-four out of sixty-nine votes in the [[U.S...
57: ...ers of opposing [[political party|parties]]. The only other time this would happen would be when [[Abr... - James Madison (15187 bytes)
25: ...y the political thought of [[Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu]]. - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
3: ... civilization|Hellenistic]] world — second only to [[Rome]] in size and wealth throughout much o...
23: ...e silt thrown out by Nile mouths. An Egyptian townlet, Rhacotis, already stood on the shore and was a...
27: ...age]]; and for some centuries more it was second only to [[Rome]]. Nominally a free Greek city, Alexa...
29: It was not only a center of [[Hellenism]], but was also the grea...
44: ...s, the Soma and Museum, fallen to ruin. On the mainland, life seems to have centred in the vicinity of... - Greece (54754 bytes)
23: ...Minister]]''' || [[Costas Caramanlis|Ks Karamanl�]
50: ...e east. The [[Aegean Sea]] lies to the east of mainland Greece while the [[Ionian Sea]] lies to the we...
57:
59: ...]] {{lang|he|יוון}} ({{lang|he|Yavan}}). In only a few languages is the "Hellas" root the basis o...
87: ...were completing the main conquest of the Greek Mainland, two Greek migrations occurred. The first migr...
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