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- St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
1: ...643_W.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Basilica of Saint Peter, portrayed by Viviano Codazzi in a 1630 painting,...
2: ...ion]] and burial of the basilica namesake [[Saint Peter]], one of the twelve [[apostle]]s of [[Jesus]] an...
4: ...esidence, most Papal ceremonies take place at St. Peter's. The basilica also holds a relic of the ''[[Ca...
7: ...Vatican Council convened in the Basilica of Saint Peter. The high canopy or baldocchino was designed by B...
14: ...d new Basilicas superimposed, showing the tomb of Peter] - Saint Peter (16028 bytes)
1: ...s.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Saint Peter, portrayed by Peter Paul Rubens in a papal chasuble and pallium holdi...
2: ...]]s do not use the title of saint in reference to Peter as a matter of doctrine against [[canonization]],...
4: ...n the grottoes underneath the [[Basilica of Saint Peter]] in [[Vatican City]]. He is often depicted in a...
7: [[Image:Stpeter statue.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Saint Peter is usually depicted in art holding the keys to th...
8: ...e name Peter. When the Bible lists the Apostles, Peter is always listed first, and [[Judas Iscariot]] is...
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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]]
212: *[[Peter Pond]], (c. 1739 - 1807), Northwest Canada - 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...
79: ...e islands of [[Virgin Gorda]], [[Tortola]], and [[Peter Island]] (San Pedro). - Steel (28384 bytes)
8: ...take place in a fairly oxygen-free environment. Unlike copper and tin, liquid iron dissolves carbon q...
11: ... fairly soft metallic material that can dissolve only a small concentration of carbon (no more than 0....
21: ...osphorus]] make steel more brittle, so these commonly found elements must be removed from the ore duri...
28: ... the year [[1000]], the [[Thule]] people of [[Greenland]] began making [[harpoon]]s and other edged to...
46: ...lized cast iron, and quench-hardened steel, with only a few, probably ornamental, bronze weapons. - 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... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
51: *[[Peter Ackroyd|Ackroyd, Peter]], (born 1949), English author, novelist - 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...
43: **[[Peter Mark Andrew Phillips|Peter Phillips]] (born [[15 November]] [[1977]])
66: ... Princess Margaret, from marrying a divorced man, Peter Townsend. For years she refused to acknowledge he...
70: The only public issue on which Elizabeth makes her views ...
98: ... II]] these proceedings were deemed to have been unlawful. - 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...
41: ...wever, researchers such as [[Charles Nims]] and [[Peter Dorman]] have examined these erasures and found t... - Agnes of Courtenay (6051 bytes)
5: ...aute Cour]]'' refused to endorse Amalric as king unless his marriage to Agnes was annulled. This was s...
20: ...nt '''Agnes of Courtenay''' was the daughter of [[Peter of Courtenay]], [[Latin Empire|Latin emperor]], a... - Yolanda of Flanders (2422 bytes)
1: ... Empire]] in [[Constantinople]] for her husband [[Peter of Courtenay]] from [[1217]] to 1219.
3: ...iod without an emperor, before Peter was elected. Peter sent Yolanda to Constantinople while he fought th...
9: By Peter of Courtenay she had 10 children:
23: ...center" | Preceded by:<br>'''[[Peter of Courtenay|Peter]]''' - Isabella of Castile (4156 bytes)
2: ...: ''Isabel'', ''Ysabel'' or ''Isabela'' — only ''Isabel'' is used in modern Spanish) ([[April 2...
5: ...V of Portugal]], as well as of her half-brother [[Peter I of Portugal]] and his mistress Teresa Louren篮...
8: ...354-1394)|Constanza of Castile]], a daughter of [[Peter I of Castile]]. Her third set of great-grandparen... - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
28: ...ltar of the church in [[1170]]. This aroused not only Eleanor's horror and contempt, but most of Europ...
36: ...l he caught [[dysentery]] and died. The rebellion petered out.
44: ... Goldman]], which was made into a film starring [[Peter O'Toole]] and [[Katharine Hepburn]], and remade f... - Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
7: ...30, with the Russian resident, [[Bestuzhev-Ryumin|Peter Bestuzhev]], as her adviser. She never remarried ...
10: On the death of [[Peter II of Russia| Peter II]], Emperor of [[Russia]], the Russian [[Suprem...
28: ... father, [[Ivan V]], and exclude descendants of [[Peter the Great]] from inheriting the throne.
30: ...death [[Elizabeth Petrovna]], [[Peter I of Russia|Peter I]]'s legitimatized daughter, managed to gain fav...
34: ...s|Empress of Russia]]|before=[[Peter II of Russia|Peter II]]|after=[[Ivan VI of Russia|Ivan VI]]|years=[[... - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
3: ...of [[Russia]] from [[1725]] until her death. With Peter, she was also co-ruler from [[1724]] until his de...
7: ...ged her name to Ekaterina Alexeevna. She married Peter in [[February]] of [[1712]] and bore him 11 child...
17: ...]], Peter named her [[Tsaritsa]] and joint ruler. Peter died in early [[1725]] without naming a successor...
20: ...1724]]–[[1727]]<br>''with [[Peter the Great|Peter I]] [[1724]]-[[1725]]''<br>''De-facto ruler Princ... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...therine exemplified an "[[enlightened absolutism|enlightened monarch]]."
5: ...etat. Six months later, on [[July 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been ki...
13: ...oceeded to "Westernize" Russia. However, unlike [[Peter the Great]], Catherine scorned force and instead ...
16: ... the [[Hermitage Museum]], [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]].]]
25: ...e of Svensksund]] (modern-day Ruotsinsalmi in [[Finland]]), July 9-10, 1790. The Russian navy, command... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...l remain the chief monuments of her reign in [[St Petersburg]]. Generally, she was one of the best loved ...
7: Elizabeth, the youngest daughter of [[Peter the Great]] and [[Catherine I of Russia|Martha Sk...
11: ... to [[Holstein]] of her beloved sister Anne, her only remaining near relation, the princess found hers...
13: ...e memory of Peter the Great, practically banished Peter's daughter from court. Elizabeth had inherited he...
19: ...rt in the revolution which placed the daughter of Peter the Great on the Russian throne. As a matter of f... - Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
18: <tr valign=top><td>'''Place of Burial'''<td>[[St. Peter's Basilica]], [[Rome]]
29: ...her had died years ago, and therefore there were only females left. Despite of the fact that there wer...
34: ...Charles Gustavus]] in order to either practice openly her previously secret [[Roman Catholic Church|Ca...
48: ... the honour of being buried in the crypt of [[St. Peter's Basilica]], alongside the remains of the popes.... - 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... - Helen Clark (4005 bytes)
12: |[[1981]], to [[Peter Davis (New Zealand)|Peter Davis]]
49: ...arliament in that election. At the time she was only the second woman elected to an Auckland electora...
53: She married the [[sociology|sociologist]] Peter Davis, who had been her partner of five years at ... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
55: She was the only child of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], the first [[Prime...
69: ...banks had collapsed with depositors getting back only a fraction of their money. Moreover a large numb...
100: ...ion crew led by famous movie actor and director [[Peter Ustinov]], who were waiting to conduct an intervi... - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
25: ...and once a [[Protestant]], [[Unionist]] bastion, unless they had the permission of a bishop. In her tw...
43: ... Gael]]. When [[Attorney-General Peter Sutherland|Peter Sutherland]] was appointed the [[Republic of Irel...
45: ...idency and the first woman candidate in what was only the second presidential election to be contested...
55: ...n as a near certainty to win the presidency. The only question asked was whether Robinson would beat C...
65: ...resident Hillery back in 1982, became known, suddenly was taken very seriously again. (As was Hillery,...
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