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- Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
5: ...captured and forced to work in the laundry of the regiment which captured her.
17: ...ithout naming a successor, encouraging the guards regiments to proclaim her as the ruler of Russia, giving h... - 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...
15: ...sergeant in the Semyonovsky [[Leib Guard|Guards]] regiment, and after his banishment to [[Siberia]], minus h...
19: ...nstead of the 15,000 she demanded of him, he took no part whatever in the actual [[coup d'etat]] which... - 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... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...Her Serene Highness'']]. To her family, she was known as '''''May'''''.
5: ...on of jewels built up over her years as queen are now priceless.
11: ..., was the product of [[morganatic marriage]], had no inheritance or wealth, and carried the lower roya...
13: ...cess May was close to her mother and acted as an unofficial secretary, helping to organise parties and...
24: <tr bgcolor=cccccc><th>Name<th>Birth<th>Death<th>Notes. - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
7: – [[28 November]] [[1990]]
24: |'''Retirement honour:'''
27: ...figurehead of a political philosophy that became known as [[Thatcherism]], which involves reduced gove...
31: ...ccured that led to an improvement in Britain's economic performance. Supporters of Margaret Thatcher a...
33: ...ical approach to [[European Union|European]] [[Economic and Monetary Union]]. Her leadership was chall... - Marina Raskova (5055 bytes)
3: ...ervice in a huge way by founding three female air regiments which would eventually fly over 30,000 sorties i...
9: ...the plane for 10 days, having no water and almost no food. The rescue crew had found the aircraft 8 d...
11: ...ceived training. After their training, the three regiments received their formal designations as follows:
13: ...(125 air battles and 38 kills) under Tamara Kazarinova and Aleksandr Gridnev.
15: ... They were also the only one of the three women's regiments to remain solely female throughout the war, a di... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
8: | preceded=None
14: ...ace of death=[[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount Vernon]], [[Virginia]]
16: | party=None
19: ...r of the Nation|Father of his Country]]'''<sup>[[#Notes|1]]</sup>, was an [[United States|American]] g...
24: ... on the Gregorian (new style) calendar date. Also note that the English year began on [[March 25]] ([[... - John Hancock (8787 bytes)
8: Hancock was born in [[Braintree, Massachusetts]] (Now [[Quincy, Massachusetts]]). His father died when...
10: ...sity, he was regarded as a man of integrity and honor.
27: From [[1780]]–[[1785]], he was [[governor of Massachusetts]]. Hancock's skills as orator a...
30: ...t Point, New York, or the continuance of a single Regiment in the Field." (United States Library of Congress...
36: ...the United States in Congress assembled]], from [[November 23]], [[1785]] to [[June 6]], [[1786]]. He... - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
3: ...ntor Johnson''' ([[October 17]], [[1780]]–[[November 19]], [[1850]]) was a [[United States House...
7: ... a Colonel of Kentucky Volunteers and commanded a regiment in engagements against the [[United Kingdom|Briti...
28: ...ssman for the 13th District of Kentucky|before=''(none)''|after=[[William W. Southgate]]|years=1833-18...
29: ...:Category:U.S._Democratic_Party_vice_presidential_nominees|candidate]]|before=[[Martin Van Buren]]|aft... - Henry Wilson (2604 bytes)
3: ...enry Wilson''' ([[February 16]], [[1812]]–[[November 22]], [[1875]]) was a [[United States Senat...
7: ...[1861]] he raised and commanded the Twenty-second Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
12: ...:Category:U.S. Republican Party vice presidential nominees|candidate]]|before=[[Schuyler Colfax]]|afte...
13: .... Wheeler]]|years=[[March 4]], [[1873]] – [[November 22]], [[1875]]}} - Jamaica (16893 bytes)
26: | '''[[Governor-General]]'''
65: ...r, given to it by the original [[Arawak]] or [[Taino]] people from South America, who first settled th...
71: ...ence by leaving the federation in [[1962]] and is now a completely sovereign nation. Jamaica celebrate...
73: Deteriorating economic conditions during the [[1970s]] led to recurre...
75: ...ort Royal]], where the pirate [[Henry_Morgan|Governor Morgan]] held sway, and which was destroyed by a... - Flag of Tennessee (1512 bytes)
2: ...gned by a soldier named LeRoy Reeves of the Third Regiment, [[Tennessee]] Infantry. The Tennessee State Legi... - Utah (29154 bytes)
13: Governor = [[Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.]] |
85:
87: ...lifornia]] coast. The expedition travelled as far north as [[Utah Lake]] and encountered the native re...
96: ...th [[Alfred Cumming]]. The resulting conflict is known as the [[Utah War]].
100: ...y. A steady stream of presidential-appointed governors quit the position, often citing unresponsivenes... - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
4: ... military commanders of the ancient world. He is known in some eastern traditions such as the [[Middle...
6: ...ived on in the history and myth of both Greek and non-Greek peoples. Already during his lifetime, and...
9: ...] (''Alexander'' 3.1,3), Olympias was impregnated not by Philip, who was afraid of her and her affinit...
14: ...r was once thought to have been planned with the knowledge and possible involvement of Alexander or Ol...
16: ...ebes, which had pledged allegiance to Philip were not quick to pledge it to a 20-year-old boy. He imme... - Civil rights (27169 bytes)
2: ...s include the right to get redress if injured by another, the right to privacy, the right of peaceful ...
4: ... laws should not be considered legitimate, but do not explain why the case failed to declare the gener...
6: ==Related Terminology==
8: The term 'civil rights' is often used synonymously with [[civil liberties]], even though the...
10: ...property, his wife, relatives and children having no right of ownership. Similarly, the mediaeval Euro... - 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... - Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (14006 bytes)
5: ...xford]]. In the family and to his friends he was known as Stephe (rhymes with Livy). His father, Rever...
7: ...ing. Holidays were usually spent on yachting or canoeing expeditions with his brothers.
13: ...ce|Natal province]] of [[South Africa]] where his regiment had been posted and where he was [[mentioned in d...
17: ...d his soldiers were ordered to simulate avoiding (non-existent) barbed wire while moving between trenc...
31: ...n, opted for this late marriage to a woman young enough to be his daughter in order to deflect persist... - George Washington Carver (7937 bytes)
2: ...s farming techniques for self-sufficiency, he is known for suggesting hundreds of uses for the [[peanu...
5: ...d plants. He became so knowledgeable that he was known by the Carvers' neighbors as "the plant doctor"...
7: ...t his reward. When he entered the kitchen, he saw no one. He did, however, see something that changed ...
9: ...he had done his whole life, she replied that from now on, his name was "George Carver". They then stru...
11: ...7, he was accepted to [[Simpson College]] in Indianola, Iowa. He excelled in art and music, but art i... - Aaron Burr (20716 bytes)
3: ...n (politician)|George Clinton]]. He is remembered not so much for his tenure as the third [[Vice Presi...
7: ...econd president of the [[College of New Jersey]], now [[Princeton University]]; his mother Esther Edwa...
9: ...nary War]], in which he served under [[Benedict Arnold]], [[George Washington]] and [[Israel Putnam]].
13: ...nes to notify General [[Richard Montgomery]] of Arnold's arrival. Burr is said to have carried the fa...
14: ...ale]] students at [[New Haven]], where Benedict Arnold led a British assault in [[1780]]. Burr was ad... - Benedict Arnold (11750 bytes)
1: [[Image:B_arnold.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Benedict Arnold. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com...
3: ...es]], much like [[Vidkun Quisling|Quisling]] in [[Norway]], or [[Philippe P鴡in|P鴡in]] in [[France]...
6: ...mesake]] colonial governor of [[Rhode Island]], Arnold grew up in a well-to-do Connecticut family that...
9: ...nt patriot. When word spread of the rebellion, Arnold's troops broke into the [[New Haven]] powder ho...
10: ...m the 22 British troops that held it and who were not aware that a war was in progress.
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