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- 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... - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
2: ... [[1815]] - [[November 27]], [[1852]]) is mainly known for having written a description of
8: ... mother dominated her life, even after marriage; another claims she never knew either parent. One sour...
11: ...usta Ada, Countess of Lovelace'''. She is widely known in modern times simply as '''Ada Lovelace'''.
13: She knew [[Mary Somerville]], noted researcher and scientific author of the [[19th...
15: ...pended to the Menebrea translation. Her prose acknowledged some possibilities of the machine which Ba... - Denise Bloch (2657 bytes)
7: ...ded to send her to [[London]] and accompanied by another agent, she walked across the [[Pyrenees| Pyre...
9: ...ierre Wimille]]. However, in June, both she and Benoist were arrested and Denise Bloch was interrogate...
11: ...ration of France, she is listed on the "Roll of Honor" on the [[Valen硹 SOE Memorial]] in the town of... - Julie Andrews (8700 bytes)
3: ...]] [[actress]], [[singer]], and [[author]], best known for her starring roles in the [[musical film]]s...
5: ...econgized her rare, four octave [[coloratura soprano]] talent and enrolled her in voice lessons to dev...
9: ...lbum for Children]] for ''Mary Poppins''. She was nominated for an Academy Award again, the following ...
11: ...nd, despite several starring roles in musical and non-musical films - including some directed by her s...
15: In the [[2000]] New Year's Honours she was made a [[Order of the British Empire|D... - List of Renaissance figures (6600 bytes)
1: This is a list of notable people associated with the [[Renaissance]].
75: * [[Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey]]
77: * [[Jan Kochanowski]]
89: * [[Angelo Poliziano]]
99: * [[Szymon Szymonowic]] - Louis Bleriot (3099 bytes)
8: ...1903]], Blér teamed up with [[Gabriel Voisin]], another aircraft designer, to form the [[Blériot-Voi...
10: ==Monoplane==
11: ...The Blériot V was the world's first successful monoplane. This aeroplane got off the ground in 1907 b...
14:
19: ...a factory in 1917 at Addlestone, near Brooklands, Surrey. - History of rail transport (7056 bytes)
9: ...] (in [[1789]]). In [[1802]], Jessop opened the [[Surrey Iron Railway]] in south [[London]] - arguably, th...
11: ...d encouraged wider experimentation, though it was not used for locomotive power until [[Richard Trevit...
14: ...at the Pennydarren ironworks in [[Wales]]. It was not financially successful, because it was too heavy...
22: ... railroads were built in places where canals were not practical.
27: ...eet railways were electrified. These then became known as "streetcars," "trolleys," "trams" and "Stras... - Henry Morton Stanley (3669 bytes)
7: ... �1,000, and when you have finished that, draw another �1,000, and so on — BUT FIND LIVINGST...
9: ...'s ''[[Daily Telegraph]],'' then financed him on another expedition to the African continent, one of h...
11: ...he worst single episode of European greed and [[genocide]] in African history: the rule of [[Leopold I...
13: ...Expedition]] to "rescue" [[Emin Pasha]], the governor of [[Equatoria]] in the southern [[Sudan]]. Aft...
15: ...eyard of St. Michael's Church in [[Pirbright]], [[Surrey]], is marked by a large piece of granite. - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
8: ...y efficient]] means of mechanised land transport known. The [[Rail tracks|rails]] provide very smooth ...
15: ...The [[East Japan Railway Company]] has taken an innovative and creative marketing stance and have achi...
26: ...ed path. The term "guideway" better describes the non-traditional modes.
34: ... [[Pacific]] and transferred to trains to cross [[North America]] and be transferred back to a ship fo...
40: ...rack, [[derailment]], [[head-on collision]] with another train coming the opposite way and collision w... - Timeline of railway history (5902 bytes)
7: ...Arguably, the world's first public railway, the [[Surrey Iron Railway]] opens in south [[London]].
9: ...enger service on the Oystermouth Railway, better known as the [[Swansea and Mumbles Railway]]
22: ...to negotiate tighter curves in the track. This innovation proves rare for steam locomotives but is th...
24: *[[1869]] The [[First Transcontinental Railroad (North America)]] completed across the [[United State...
31: ...lway Watch official guidelines for [[Railroad chronometers]].
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