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- St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
1: ...px|The Basilica of Saint Peter, portrayed by Viviano Codazzi in a 1630 painting, is the largest church...
2: ...tion holds that his [[tomb]] is below the baldochino and [[altar]]. [[Pope]]s have been buried there,...
4: ...mesake when he led the Roman church, but which is no longer used. These are the sources of the confus...
7: ...ilica of Saint Peter. The high canopy or baldocchino was designed by Bernini.]]
10: ...e Nicholas V]] asked architect [[Bernardo Rossellino]] to start adding to the old church. This was aba... - 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: ... all Christians are saints and non-Christians are not.
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)
1: ... [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technology]] and [[Biography]]. Also, see [[Internationa...
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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 - 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... - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ... alloys with higher carbon content than this are known as [[cast iron|iron]].
8: ...d chemical partner such as carbon. This process, known as [[smelting]], was first applied to metals wi...
11: ...ng this process, leading to a patterned layering known as [[pearlite]] due to its [[pearl]]-like appea...
15: ...hat the transformation to ferrite or perlite does not have time to take place. The transformation int...
19: ...s so critical to the end result, this process is known as '''[[tempering]]''', source of the term '''t... - 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. - 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 - 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. - 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... - Agnes of Courtenay (6051 bytes)
5: ...al character as hinted to in the Chronicle of [[Ernoul]], a continuation of William; "car telle n'est ...
9: ...ter [[Isabella of Jerusalem|Isabella]]. There was no such questioning of Baldwin's rights.
11: ... of Sidon. During Amalric's reign she had next to no influence in the kingdom, but her power grew when...
13: ...f Raymond III of Tripoli she persuaded Baldwin IV not to allow him to enter the kingdom in [[1182]]. I...
15: ... in the order of succession, but she probably was not happy with the provision that [[Raymond III of T... - Yolanda of Flanders (2422 bytes)
1: ... Empire]] in [[Constantinople]] for her husband [[Peter of Courtenay]] from [[1217]] to 1219.
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.
9: By Peter of Courtenay she had 10 children: - 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...
8: ...354-1394)|Constanza of Castile]], a daughter of [[Peter I of Castile]]. Her third set of great-grandparen...
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 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]]: А&#...
7: ...30, with the Russian resident, [[Bestuzhev-Ryumin|Peter Bestuzhev]], as her adviser. She never remarried ...
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... - 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: ...a]] from [[June 28]], [[1762]], to her death on [[November 6]], [[1796]]. A cousin to [[Gustav III of ...
5: ...etat. Six months later, on [[July 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been ki...
11: ...on, Catherine gave land in [[Ukraine]] to favored nobles and granted them serfs. She also encouraged t...
13: ...e censorship law and encouraged education for the nobles and middle class.
16: ... the [[Hermitage Museum]], [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]].]] - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...se she didn't allow Germans in the government and not a single person was executed during her reign.
7: ...he 18th of December [[1709]]. As her parents were not married at that time, her illegitimacy would be ...
9: ... was both imperfect and desultory. Her father had no leisure to devote to her training, and her mother...
11: It was Peter's intention to marry his second daughter to the y...
13: ...e memory of Peter the Great, practically banished Peter's daughter from court. Elizabeth had inherited he... - Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
1: ...eath at the [[Battle of L?(1632)|Battle of L?] ([[November 6]], [[1632]]) during Sweden's intervention...
6: <tr valign=top><td>'''Reign'''<td>[[November 6]], [[1632]]-[[June 5]], [[1654]]
7: <br>(Government [[November 8]], [[1644]])
18: <tr valign=top><td>'''Place of Burial'''<td>[[St. Peter's Basilica]], [[Rome]]
22: ...termine if she was [[intersexual]], but they were not able to come to a clear conclusion. - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
7: place_of_birth=[[Sandringham]], [[Norfolk]], [[England]] |
13: Though she was noted for her pioneering [[charity]] work, the Princ...
15: ...er her death, there were even calls for her to be nominated for [[sainthood]] — while her detrac...
22: ... of Dartmouth]], the only daughter of the romance novelist [[Barbara Cartland]], after being named as ...
24: ...th Hall]] [http://www.riddlesworthhall.com/] in [[Norfolk]] and at West Heath School in [[Kent]], wher... - Helen Clark (4005 bytes)
12: |[[1981]], to [[Peter Davis (New Zealand)|Peter Davis]]
15: |None
18: |[[Agnosticism|Agnostic]]
40: |[[27 November]] [[1999]]<br> to the present
43: The Right Honourable '''Helen Elizabeth Clark''' (born [[Februar... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
6: | [[November 19]], [[1917]]
51: ...गान्धी)''' ([[November 19]], [[1917]] – [[October 31]], [[19...
63: ... By using her powers of appointment, she created "notoriously weak" [[cabinet]]s, centralizing her own...
65: ... her own independent Congress party following the November [[1969]] split within the governing [[India...
67: ...ndia being close to [[Moscow]] (though officially non-aligned). India subsequently withdrew its forces... - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
3: ...e first elected president in the office's history not to have the support of Fianna Fᩬ. She is credi...
16: <tr><td>'''Nominated by:'''</td><td>Labour, Workers Party</td><...
23: ...career as a judge in the Colonial Service; while another relative was a [[Catholic]] nun. Some branche...
31: ... agree to 'second' the initiative and so it could not be further discussed. As a senator she served on...
37: ...orm]] with future Trinity College senator [[David Norris]]. Coincidentally, just as [[Mary McAleese]] ...
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