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- Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
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59: At the outbreak of World War II, de Gaulle was only a [[colonel]], having encountered hostility from...
61: ...n armour to retreat at [[Caumont]]. This was the only significant tactical success the French gained a...
69: ...ure the spirit of de Gaulle's position. Although only few people actually heard the speech that night ...
75: ...his partners in the war. "France has no friends, only interests" is one of his best-remembered stateme... - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
31: ...nklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin D. Roosevelt]] openly questioned his loyalty.
75: [[nl:Charles Lindbergh]] - Charles Kingsford Smith (4894 bytes)
2: ... the first non-stop crossing of the Australian mainland and the first flight from Australia to [[New Z...
4: ...olonial Sugar Refining Company]]. After that, he enlisted for duty in the armed services in [[1915]] a...
24: * [http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an14514137 Austin Byrne and the Kingsford Sm... - Charles Babbage (13539 bytes)
16: ...land Place, London. They had eight children, but only three lived to adulthood. Charles' father, his w...
57: ...ld stretch to 25 feet long. Babbage constructed only small test parts for his new engine; a full engi...
62: ...ep. It was a marvel of mechanical engineering. Unlike the Analytical Engine that he continually twea...
76: He only once endeavored to enter public life, when, in [... - Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (4677 bytes)
48: ...e. Responsible breeders are attempting to breed only from dogs that exhibit a later onset of the dise...
53: ...ll and a spot in the middle of the forehead, commonly called 'the kiss of Buddha'. So, the breed was d... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
4: ... Fully aware of the likely reaction, he confided only in close friends and researched to meet anticipa...
17: His mother died when he was only eight and the next year he became a boarder at t...
19: ...ry that all animals had similar organs differing only in complexity. In March [[1827]] Darwin made a p...
32: ...t|HMS Beagle, from an 1841 watercolour by Owen Stanley]]
119: ...ful have been, and are being, evolved". The book only briefly alluded to the fact that man, too, would... - Charles W. Fairbanks (2978 bytes)
- Charles G. Dawes (3139 bytes)
- Charles Curtis (4708 bytes)
- King Charles Spaniel (2336 bytes)
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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
89: ...Red]], (c.950-1003), explored and colonized [[Greenland]]
90: ...ríksson]], (born 970), attempted to colonize [[Vinland]], discovered [[the Americas|America]]
131: ...ara Falls]] and the [[Saint Anthony Falls]] (the only [[waterfall]] on the [[Mississippi River|Mississ...
148: ...anish people|Danish]] explorer, Governor of [[Greenland]]
252: *[[Henry Morton Stanley]], (1841-1904), successfully searched for [[Dav... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...east 3,500 years, and with 5,000 years being commonly used by Chinese as the age of their civilization...
36: ...he [[Qin Dynasty|Qin]] (秦) Emperor lasted only twelve years, he managed to subdue great parts o...
92: ...back rooms, so his father would not see them. He only kept the most old and ugly servants, and old fur...
146: ...ired by the Ming. The brick and granite work was enlarged, the watch towers were redesigned and cannon...
148: ...the Ming economic system emphasized agriculture, unlike that of Song, which had preceded the Mongolian... - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
14: ...e to the use of slavery there - the workforce, mainly slaves, performed the labour that otherwise woul...
20: ... the idea that evil is a kind of ignorance, that only knowledge can lead to virtue, that art should be...
42: ... Reason" or "Early Modern Philosophers" and "The Enlightenment", another author might write from the p...
46: ...of the [[American Revolution]] are part of [[The Enlightenment]]. - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
5: ...as John Cabot) was first to reach the American mainland (which Columbus did not reach until his third ...
9: Unlike the voyage of the Scandinavians, Columbus's vo...
46: ...vered less space on the earth's surface than commonly believed. Finally, Columbus read maps as if the ...
69: ... vast interior of the North and South American mainlands would of course be largely mapped with the le...
91: ...ft with six ships from [[Sanlúcar de Barrameda|Sanlúcar, Spain]] for his third trip to the New World... - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
3: ...red because of his meeting with [[Henry Morton Stanley]] which gave rise to the popular quotation, "''...
25: ...onstituent of the present [[Tanzania]]), until Stanley left the next year.
27: Despite Stanley's urgings, Livingstone was determined not to le... - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
9: ...red harbours without serious mishap and that the only sailors he lost were victims of an epidemic asho...
21: ...he natives, in particular their habit of wearing only leggings and moccasins even in the dead of winte... - Puritan (15882 bytes)
4: The word ''Puritan'' is now applied unevenly to a number of [[Protestant]] churches from the ...
5: ...hurch]]. The term was used by the group itself mainly in the sixteenth century, though it seems to hav...
24: ...eak of the [[English Civil War]]. Puritans certainly agitated against the king, and reform of the rel...
44: *Education and enlightenment for the masses
62: In the [[United States]], "Puritan" is the only acceptable spelling. Through the twentieth cent... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
60: *[[1930]] - [[Dick Groat]], MLB shortstop;NL Most Valuable Player in 1960
68: ...[1955]] - [[Matti Vanhanen]], prime minister of Finland
141: [[nl:4 november]] - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
27: ... at home. She was the first (and as of 2005 the only) female member of the royal family to actually s...
66: .... This is one reason why it is considered highly unlikely that she will ever [[abdicate]]. Like her mo...
70: The only public issue on which Elizabeth makes her views ...
98: ... II]] these proceedings were deemed to have been unlawful.
102: ...re Trudeau]] stated: "I was always impressed not only by the grace she displayed in public at all time... - Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
11: ...ut exerted tremendous influence. Thutmose II had only two daughters with Hatshepsut, Nefrure and Merit...
13: ...istory, but it soon became apparent that she had only one model in mind, Sobekneferu, the last monarch...
20: ...eriod of transission ended all depictions of her only showed her in a masculine form. The symbols she ...
22: ...gists have claimed that her foreign policy was mainly peaceful, there is evidence that she led a succe... - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
5: ...ne was sent to a convent to be educated; she was only fourteen when she was married (1533), at [[Marse...
7: ...[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]], was only too glad of the opportunity to strengthen his in... - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
13: ...to the [[Chⴥau de Chaumont]]. She stayed there only a short time and lived out her remaining years i... - Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
12: ...sband lived a scandalous life in [[Pau]]. Both openly kept lovers and quarrelled frequently. After an ... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
13: ...w Castle]] and many of the prerogatives normally only given to a [[Prince of Wales]], sometimes leadin...
15: ...ation was undoubtedly due to her mother, who not only consulted the Spanish scholar [[Juan Lu�Vives]...
21: ...all [[Europe]], furthermore, regarded her as the only true heir and daughter of Henry VIII, although s...
26: ...t the marriage between her mother and father was unlawful, thus making her illegitimate. She also bec...
33: ...om the line of succession in his will, which was unlawful, because it contradicted an Act of Parliamen... - 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... - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...is page is about Maria Theresa of Austria (often only known as Empress Maria Theresa), ruler of the [[...
37: ...I, her eldest son, as coregent and emperor. She only allowed him limited powers because she felt he w...
41: She died in [[1780]], the only female to rule during the 650-year-long [[Habsbu... - Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
30: ...age of 47 of [[kidney disease]]. [[Ivan VI]] was only a one year old baby at the time and his mother, ...
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