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  1. Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
    22: | [[November 22]], [[1890]]
    28: | [[November 9]], [[1970]]
    40: ...de Gaulle''' ([[November 22]], [[1890]] – [[November 9]], [[1970]]), in [[France]] commonly refe...
    42: ...ogy#Political_ideologies|political ideology]] is known as [[Gaullism]], which left a major influence i...
    45: ... the family was a long line of aristocracy from [[Normandy]] and [[Burgundy]] which had been settled i...
  2. Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
    2: ...]] [[aviator]] famous for piloting the first solo non-stop flight across the [[Atlantic Ocean]] in [[1...
    11: ... the crew of the [[NC-4]] in 1919, with the first non-stop flight made by [[Alcock and Brown]] later t...
    13: ... 21]], [[1929]] he was presented the [[Medal of Honor]] for his historic trans-Atlantic flight.
    15: ...ng range by decreasing fuel consumption. These innovations are the basis of modern intercontinental a...
    18: ...escription= Lindbergh's flight to Belgium to be honored after his trans-Atlantic flight.|format=[[Theo...
  3. Charles Kingsford Smith (4894 bytes)
    2: ...] [[pioneer]] [[aviator]]. He completed the first non-stop crossing of the Australian mainland and the...
    4: ...cal engineering at Sydney Technical College (now known as [[Sydney Technical High School]]). He was re...
    6: ...craft)|Southern Cross]]'', a [[Fokker]] FVII-3M monoplane. The flight was in three stages, from [[Oakl...
    10: ...ltair]] ''Lady Southern Cross''. The aircraft did not arrive at its destination. Eighteen months later...
    12: ...polymer]] note was introduced to replace it) to honour his contribution to aviation and his accomplish...
  4. Charles Babbage (13539 bytes)
    8: ...nd was an Oxford tutor from whom Charles learned enough of the Classics to be accepted to Cambridge.
    12: ...to graduate with honors. He instead received an honorary degree without examination in 1814.
    16: ...in [[Teignmouth]], [[Devon]]. Charles' father did not approve of the marriage. The couple lived happil...
    36: .../Mathematicians/Babbage.html] It calculated [[polynomial]]s using a numerical method called the [[Diff...
    38: ...]]. It was the first publication on what we would now call [[operations research]].
  5. Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (4677 bytes)
    6: |[[Image:CavalierKgChas2_wb.jpg|thumb|250px|none|Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (Blenheim coat) o...
    17: |[[F餩ration Cynologique Internationale|FCI]]:||Group 9 Section 7 #...
    45: ...quire a great deal of human companionship, and do not do well if left alone for long periods of time. ...
    50: ... is [[keratoconjunctivitis sicca]], colloquially known as "dry eye". The usual cause of this condition...
    53: ...of short-snouted [[King Charles Spaniel]]s (also known as English Toy Spaniels).
  6. Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
    4: ...]] the information that [[Alfred Russel Wallace]] now had a similar theory forced early joint [[public...
    6: ...nd wrote a series of books on plants and animals, now including mankind in ''[[The Descent of Man and ...
    21: His father, unhappy that his younger son would not become a physician and fearing that Charles woul...
    24: ...well]] and Charles became the "favourite pupil", known as "the man who walks with Henslow". When exams...
    26: ... following Henslow's example and advice he was in no rush to take holy orders.
  7. Charles W. Fairbanks (2978 bytes)
    5: ...nomination in [[1916]], but lost. Then he won the nomination for [[United States Vice President|vice p...
    16: ...:Category:U.S. Republican Party vice presidential nominees|candidate]] | before=[[Theodore Roosevelt]]...
    18: ...:Category:U.S. Republican Party vice presidential nominees|candidate]] | before=[[Nicholas M. Butler]]...
  8. Charles G. Dawes (3139 bytes)
    7: ...ore and stabilize its economy, Dawes shared the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in [[1925]].
    9: Dawes was elected on [[November 5]], [[1924]], Vice President on the [[Unit...
    11: ...s interred in [[Rosehill Cemetery]], Chicago, Illinois.
    21: ...:Category:U.S. Republican Party vice presidential nominees|candidate]]|before=[[Calvin Coolidge]]|afte...
  9. Charles Curtis (4708 bytes)
    3: ...vation, and is the first person with acknowledged non-[[European]] ancestry to reach either of the two...
    20: ...date]]|before=[[Charles G. Dawes]]|after=[[Frank Knox]]|years=[[U.S. presidential election, 1928|1928]...
  10. King Charles Spaniel (2336 bytes)
    6: |<!-- photo goes here with thumb|250px|none|caption -->
    24: |[[F?ration Cynologique Internationale|FCI]]: || Group 9 #128
    47: The '''King Charles Spaniel''' (known as the '''English Toy Spaniel''' in the U.S. an...
    50: ...sses between long-snouted toy spaniels and short-snouted breeds such as the [[Pug]] or [[Japanese Chin...

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  1. List of explorers (24013 bytes)
    1: ... [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technology]] and [[Biography]]. Also, see [[Internationa...
    3: {{compactTOC}}__NOTOC__
    17: ...st at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a single ship
    22: ...y]]/[[16th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[North America]])
    26: *[[Heinrich Barth]] ([[1821]]-[[1865]]), Northern and Central Africa
  2. History of China (45919 bytes)
    2: ...arian-based Chinese an advantage over neighboring nomadic and mountain-dwelling cultures. The developm...
    7: ...and administrators: in short, civilization as we know it. In late [[Neolithic]] times, the [[Huang He]...
    14: ...torical Records]]'' written by [[Sima Qian]], a renowned Chinese historiographer of the [[2nd century ...
    18: ...aracter]]s, but such claims are unsupported. With no clear written records to match the Shang [[oracle...
    24: ...he early Zhou (successor state of the Shang), is known to have existed at the same time as the Shang.
  3. History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
    1: ...fundamental matters as diverse as [[reality]], [[knowledge]], [[meaning]], [[value]], [[being]] and [[...
    10: ...ft us the opaque dictum, "All is water." His most noted students were [[Anaximenes of Miletus]] and [[...
    12: ...wn (perhaps unjustly) for claiming that truth was no more than opinion and for teaching people to argu...
    14: ...were well paid by their students. It's also well known that orators had tremendous influence on Atheni...
    16: ... matters like justice, beauty and truth. He wrote nothing, but inspired many disciples. He was execute...
  4. John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
    5: ...ted with determining that the [[Great Basin]] had no outlet to the sea.
    7: ...alifornia]]. In [[1856]] the new Republican Party nominated him as their first [[President of the Unit...
    9: ... Frémont's removal from command in the West on [[November 2]], [[1861]]. He was re-appointed to a dif...
    11: Frémont was appointed [[Governor]] of the [[Arizona Territory]] from [[1878]] to ...
    13: Four [[U.S. states]] named counties in his honor: [[Fremont County, Colorado|Colorado]], [[Fremon...
  5. Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
    1: ...' in [[Portuguese]]) was most probably [[Genova|Genoese]], although some historians claim he could hav...
    3: ...windless regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they inaugurate...
    5: ... two decades later, the existence of America was known to the general public throughout Europe. This i...
    7: ..., including the isles of Juana ([[Cuba]]) and Espanola ([[Hispaniola]]), as well as the coasts of [[Ce...
    11: ...ope, and slavery in the [[West Indies]]. Others honour him for the massive boost his explorations gave...
  6. David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
    3: ...of explorers|explorer]] of the [[Victorian era]], now best remembered because of his meeting with [[He...
    6: ...[London]], he became attracted by the example of another Scot, Robert Moffat, whose daughter he later ...
    8: From [[1840]] he worked in [[Bechuanaland]] (now [[Botswana]]), but was unable to make inroads in...
    22: ...eturned to [[Africa]], this time to [[Zanzibar]] (now part of [[Tanzania]]), where he set out to seek ...
    25: ...gstone, and together they continued exploring the north end of the [[Tanganyika]] (the other constitue...
  7. Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
    7: No contemporary portrait of Jacques Cartier has been...
    9: ...voyages of discovery in dangerous and hitherto unknown waters without losing a ship, that he entered a...
    13: .... During this trip he took [[Domagaya]] and [[Taignoagny]], the sons of Huron [[Chief Donnacona]], bac...
    17: ..., a location where the [[Jacques Cartier Bridge]] now stands.
    19: ... returned to Stadacona on October 11. It is not known exactly when Cartier decided to spend the winte...
  8. Puritan (15882 bytes)
    3: ==Terminology==
    4: ...st]]": Puritanism was a movement rather than a denomination.
    5: ... members of particular churches or movements, and not by the simple and nebulous term "Puritan."
    10: ...l]] supremacy, and they shared, to one degree or another, a belief in the [[priesthood of all believer...
    20: ...alist translations and interpolated revolutionary notes.
  9. November 4 (10686 bytes)
    2: '''November 4''' is the 308th day of the year (309th in...
    4: {{NovemberCalendar}}
    9: ...illiam, Prince of Orange]]. They would later be known as [[William and Mary]].
    14: ... a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive terms.
    15: ...legiance of a large majority of the [[Ethiopia]]n nobility, paving the way for him to be crowned [[emp...
  10. List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
    68: ...ls Henrik Abel|Abel, Niels Henrik]], (1802-1829), Norwegian mathematician
    71: ...en Abell|Abell, George Ogden]], (1927-1983), astronomer
    109: *[[Norm Abrams|Abrams, Norm]]
    112: *[[Norman Abramson|Abramson, Norman]]
  11. List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
    9: ...]], (1757-1840), U.S. soldier and statesman, governor of Kentuvky
    25: ...cki, Karol]], (1866-1933), Polish engineer and economist
    56: ...ouch Adams|Adams, John Couch]], (1819-1892), astronomer
    63: ...s (author)|Adams, Richard]], (born 1920), British novelist
    65: ...s, Samuel]], (1722-1803), American patriot & Governor of Massachusetts
  12. Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
    7: ...nited Kingdom|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]].
    9: ...ist of Lords of the Isle of Man|Lord of Mann]]<!--Note on spelling: the Isle of Man has one "n", but h...
    20: ...ge|Eton]], and also learned modern languages. She now speaks fluent [[French language|French]], as she...
    23: ...sed to consider this, saying, "The children could not possibly go without me, I wouldn't leave without...
    27: ...itary, though other royal women have been given honorary ranks.
  13. Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
    2: ... not certain to have ruled). She was the first ''known'' female to take the title Pharaoh, though, aga...
    10: ...|Temple of Karnak]] over her two brothers who did not live into adulthood. She apparently also had a l...
    20: ...rting her right and position as King or Ruler and not ''King's Wife'' or ruler's wife of Egypt. Histor...
    27: ...me=Hatshepsut|praenomen=<hiero>ra-mAat-kA</hiero>|nomen=<hiero>i-mn:n-W9:t-F4:t-B7</hiero>}}
    28: ...xed the epithet Khenmetamun, and prefixed the praenomen, or throne name Maat-ka-re. In [[Egyptian hier...
  14. Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
    5: ...aughter of [[Lorenzo II de' Medici]], Duke of Urbino, and a French princess, [[Madeleine de la Tour d'...
    7: ...ine did produce children, and Francis lived long enough to see his grandchildren before he died.
    11: ...eft the kingdom for the campaign of Metz, she was nominated [[regent]], but with very limited powers. ...
    15: ..., [[1560]]), Catherine became regent during the minority of her second son, [[Charles IX of France]], ...
    17: ...to Queen [[Elizabeth I of England]], but that did not come about.
  15. Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
    1: ...ts of several [[France|French]] kings, and became notorious as the mistress of King [[Henry II of Fran...
    3: ...s I]], she gained the title of Duchesse de Valentinois.
    5: ... King Henri II fulfilled his duty by marrying the noble foreigner [[Catherine de' Medici]], Diane de P...
    9: ...new Queen Catherine the "[[Golden Rose]]", he did not forget to present the royal mistress with a pear...
    11: ... the beautiful [[Chⴥau de Chenonceau|Chⴥau Chenonceau]] that Catherine had wanted for herself.
  16. Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
    2: ... Queen of [[France]] and [[Navarre]]. She should not be confused with [[Marguerite_of_Navarre|the fam...
    6: ...een of Navarre, opposed the marriage, many of her nobles supported it, and the marriage was arranged. ...
    8: ...ed a hand on his sister's head, compelling her to nod in agreement.
    10: ...laughter by French Catholics of thousands of Huguenots, [[St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre|a massacre]] ...
    14: ...ul and strong-minded Marguerite took many lovers, notably [[Joseph Boniface de La M?], [[Jacques de Ha...
  17. Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
    8: ...senters executed; as a consequence, she is often known as '''Bloody Mary'''. Her religious policies, h...
    13: ...at [[Ludlow Castle]] and many of the prerogatives normally only given to a [[Prince of Wales]], someti...
    15: ... education was undoubtedly due to her mother, who not only consulted the Spanish scholar [[Juan Lu�V...
    17: ...It was then suggested that the Princess Mary wed, not the Dauphin, but his father Francis I, who was e...
    19: ...s to the Pope were abolished, and the King was acknowledged as "Supreme Head" of the [[Church of Engla...
  18. Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
    2: ...stuart.jpg|thumb|right|140px|Mary I of Scotland; known as Mary, Queen of Scots]]
    7: ...; [[July 24]], [[1567]]. She is perhaps the best known of the Scottish monarchs, in part because of th...
    15: ... 1536. Had he not died before James V, Mary would not necessarily have inherited. In this sort of [[Se...
    24: ...eeves, enveloped the infant, who could sit up but not walk. She was carried by Lord Livingston in sole...
    26: ...ir struck her, she began to cry. The [[Earl of Lennox]] brought forward the Sceptre and placed it in h...
  19. Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
    1: ...0]]. Also see [[Maria Theresa of Spain]], a less known relative of hers, who was the queen consort of ...
    4: ...Maria Theresa''' ([[May 13]], [[1717]] &ndash; [[November 29]], [[1780]]) was a [[Habsburg]] by birth...
    15: ...SH Princess Marie Josephe of Bavaria (1739-1767); no surviving issue. [[Holy Roman Emperor]]: 1765; [[...
    16: ... married HSH Prince Albert of Saxony (1738-1822); no issue
    29: ... to her husband. Because of this, her father had not given Maria Theresa any information on the worki...
  20. Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
    1: ...nnaioannovnarussia1693-2.jpg|thumb|H.I.M. Anna Ivanovna, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias, Duch...
    3: '''Anna Ivanovna''' (In [[Russian language|Russian]]: &#1040;&#...
    7: ...it. Anna continued ruling as Duchess of Courland (now western [[Latvia]]) from 1711 to 1730, with the ...
    10: ...er popularity with the imperial guards and lesser nobility.
    17: ...gnorant maids. Finding delight in humiliating old nobility, she arranged the marriage of old Prince Ga...

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