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- Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...France]] and Archduchess of [[Austria]] (born [[2 November]] [[1755]] ? executed [[16 October]] [[1793...
4: ...[[Joseph II|Archduke Josef]] and ''Johanna'' in honour of Saint John the Evangelist. A court official ...
13: ...cation. She was flighty, artistic and read almost nothing. Her French was imperfect and she preferred ...
19: ... Flora". The entire city was illuminated in her honour and a few days later, she began the journey to ...
22: ...nt. He was only a year older than she was and had no sexual or romantic relationships to prepare him f... - Marie de France (1845 bytes)
1: ...hat she was raised in [[Normandy]]. Her name is known from a line in one of her published works: ''Ma...
3: ...wn as "poet Marie de France" could be same as Eleanor's eldest daughter Mary, Princess of France and C...
10: .... 1983. ''Les Lais de Marie de France''. Paris: Honore頃hampion.
14: *[[Anglo-Norman literature]] - Marie Curie (5862 bytes)
2: ...the early field of [[radiology]] and a two-time [[Nobel laureate]]. She founded the [[Curie Institute|...
5: ...reakdown]] for a year. Due to her gender, she was not allowed admission into any Russian or Polish uni...
7: ... uranium; thus on [[December 26]]th Marie Curie announced the existence of this new substance.
11: ...erel]]". She was the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize.
13: ...ent". In an unusual move, Curie intentionally did not [[patent]] the radium isolation process, instead...
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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...he central character in the cycle of [[legend]]s known as the "[[Matter of Britain]]." There is disagr...
5: ...] to early [[6th century]], to have been of [[Romano-British]] origin, and to have fought against the ...
7: ...y figure of whom we know little, and scholars are not certain whether the "Brettones" he led were [[Br...
11: Another school of thought believes that Arthur is a h...
13: Subscribers to this school of thought argue that another Roman Briton of the period, for example [[Amb... - 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... - 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... - Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
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21: ...one officer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Tamerlan was killed in a shootout with polic...
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29: After the Supreme Court announced the legalization of same-sex marriage follow...
40: - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
4: ...s, Patriarch]], (died 489), patriarch of Constantinople
5: ...born 1954), boxer, former world title challenger, now promoter
51: ...yd|Ackroyd, Peter]], (born 1949), English author, novelist - Yolanda of Flanders (2422 bytes)
1: ...[1219]]) ruled the [[Latin Empire]] in [[Constantinople]] for her husband [[Peter of Courtenay]] from ...
3: ...g which he was captured. Because his fate was unknown (although he was probably killed), Yolanda rule...
5: ... in [[France]] at the time, there was technically no emperor until he arrived in [[1221]].
7: ...o her eldest son Philip when she went to Constantinople in 1216.
13: * [[Baldwin II of Constantinople]] (d. 1273) - Isabella of Castile (4156 bytes)
2: ...uler of her husband's dominions. This monarch is known by a variety of other names including ''Isabel ...
5: ...ares Pereira]], Count de Barcelos and his wife Leonor Alvim, Countess of Barcelos.
7: ...ghter of [[John I of Castile]] and his wife [[Eleanor of Aragon]], a sister of Kings [[John I of Arago...
21: ...g to get Isabella declared as [[blessed]] and [[canonization|later saint]]. - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
1: [[Image:ELEANOROFAQUITAINE.jpg|right|frame|Eleanor of Aquitaine]]
3: '''Eleanor of Aquitaine''' ([[Bordeaux]], [[France]], c. [[...
6: ...''langue d'oc'', but it became ''El顮or'' in the northern ''langue d'oil'' and in English.
10: ...[[Louis VI of France|Louis VI]] had died, and Eleanor became Queen of France.
12: ...ent started a war and caused conflict between Eleanor and Louis. She insisted on taking part in the [[... - Anna of Austria (1601-1666) (1994 bytes)
6: ...e of Orl顮s]] born in [[1640]]. The marriage was not a happy one, filled with mistrust, and King Loui...
12: ...ne of the central figures in [[Alexandre Dumas]]' novel, ''[[The Three Musketeers]]''. - 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... - 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... - 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]] – [[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... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
5: {{House of Hanover}}
7: ...nasty)|Wettin]], ''[[n饝]'' [[House of Hanover|Hanover]]) ([[24 May]] [[1819]] – [[22 January]]...
9: ...Victoria was the last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; her successor belonged to the [[House of Wi...
12: ...rathearn, like many other sons of George III, did not marry during his youth. The eldest son, the [[Ge...
16: ...en's minority. Ignoring precedent, Parliament did not create a council to limit the powers of the Rege... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...France]] and Archduchess of [[Austria]] (born [[2 November]] [[1755]] ? executed [[16 October]] [[1793...
4: ...[[Joseph II|Archduke Josef]] and ''Johanna'' in honour of Saint John the Evangelist. A court official ...
13: ...cation. She was flighty, artistic and read almost nothing. Her French was imperfect and she preferred ...
19: ... Flora". The entire city was illuminated in her honour and a few days later, she began the journey to ...
22: ...nt. He was only a year older than she was and had no sexual or romantic relationships to prepare him f... - Madeleine Albright (7085 bytes)
22: | [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]] <br>now the [[Czech Republic]]
35: ... 15]] [[1937]] in [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]], now in the [[Czech Republic]]), [[United States|Amer...
37: She was nominated by [[President of the United States|Presid...
40: ... Awarded a B.A. from [[Wellesley College]] with honors in [[Political Science]], she studied at the [[...
65: ...re children than died in [[Hiroshima]]. And, you know, is the price worth it?'' - Gloria Steinem (3728 bytes)
12: ...nize her lectures in ways that also brought other notable feminists to the foreground. During this tim...
32: * ''Marilyn: Norma Jean'' (1986) - Ninon de l'Enclos (3420 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ninon de Lenclos.jpg|right|300px|Ninon de Lenclos]]
2: ... ''Ninon de Lenclos'' and ''Ninon de Lanclos'' ([[November 10]]? sometime between [[1615]] and [[1623]...
4: ...n her mother died ten years later the unmarried Ninon entered a convent only to leave the next year.
10: ...sed, Christina wrote to [[Cardinal Mazarin]] on Ninon's behalf and arranged for her release.
12: ...ld take care to lay in a stock of provisions, but not of pleasures: these should be gathered day by da... - Marie de France (1845 bytes)
1: ...hat she was raised in [[Normandy]]. Her name is known from a line in one of her published works: ''Ma...
3: ...wn as "poet Marie de France" could be same as Eleanor's eldest daughter Mary, Princess of France and C...
10: .... 1983. ''Les Lais de Marie de France''. Paris: Honore頃hampion.
14: *[[Anglo-Norman literature]] - Nina Hamnett (3501 bytes)
1: ...cember 16]], [[1956]]) was an artist and writer, known as the '''Queen of Bohemia'''.
5: ...ntparnasse she also met her husband, the [[Norway|Norwegian]] artist [[Roald Kristian]].
7: ...18]]. After divorcing Kristian, she took up with another free spirit, composer [[E.J Moeran]].
13: ...from her home town, [[Augustus John]], and later another [[Wales|Welshman]], the poet [[Dylan Thomas]]... - Ouida (1938 bytes)
1: ...the ''[[pen name]]'' of the [[England|English]] [[novelist]] '''Marie Louise de la Ram饧''.
3: ...ise". During her career, she wrote more than 40 [[novel]]s. For many years she lived in [[London]], b...
5: Although successful, she did not manage her money well and died in poverty on [[J...
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