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- Grapefruit (4275 bytes)
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5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
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18: ...uickly became a major producer of the fruit, with plantations in [[Florida]] and [[Texas]]. In Spanish... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...eate the familiar image of Chinese culture and people today.
7: ...itation; however, any connection between these people and modern Chinese is speculative. The ''[[Homo ...
14: ...metimes said to be the ancestor of all Chinese people. Following this period Sima Qian relates that a ...
24: ...in early China is known to have been much more complicated. Hence, as some scholars of China suggest, ...
38: ... from Persian or Sanskrit origins for "Chinese People" which ultimately was derived from 秦 qín and ... - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
2: ...ht|framed|Victorian image of '''King Arthur''' in plate armour with visor raised and with jousting shi...
9: ...al Roman of the [[2nd century]], whose military exploits in Britain may have been remembered for centu...
13: ... that another Roman Briton of the period, for example [[Ambrosius Aurelianus]], led the forces battlin...
19: ...f Arthur" and states "we went with Arthur in his splendid labours"; and the poem "Journey to Deganwy,"...
23: ..."Lives") of 6th-century [[saint|saints]]: for example, in the ''Life of Saint [[Illtud]]'', he is said... - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
3: ...ottish]] [[missionary]] and [[List of explorers|explorer]] of the [[Victorian era]], now best remember...
6: ...whose daughter he later married, and joined the [[London Missionary Society]], becoming a minister.
12: In the period [[1852]]–[[1856|56]], he explored the interior, discovering [[Victoria Falls]] ...
17: ...racts and rapids that Livingstone had failed to explore on his earlier travels.
19: ...ed great difficulty in raising funds to further explore [[Africa]]. - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...] and early [[19th century]] resulting from the replacement of an economy based on manual labor to one...
10: ...the surplus population who could no longer find employment in [[agriculture]] into the cities to seek ...
12: ... other nations, such as [[France]], markets were split up by local regions, which often imposed tolls ...
14: ...to produce more goods to meet the needs of the people.
16: From 1430, people in Europe discovered sea routes to Asia and Amer... - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
3: .... The term is equally correct in the singular or plural, although pipers most commonly talk of "pipes...
16: ...ch is tied into the bag and which the pipe itself plugs into. The bag usually consists of leather, but...
23: ...s. [[Nero]] is generally accepted to have been a player; there are Greek depictions of pipers, and th...
25: ...iti", is traditionally said to have been the tune played as [[Robert the Bruce]]'s troops marched to [...
38: ...[pipe band]]s (civilian and military), and is now played in countries around the world, particularly c... - Ionic order (6526 bytes)
1: ...s beaux des monuments de la Grèce'' Paris, 1758 (Plate XX)]]
4: ...ger-lasting 6th century Ionic temple was the [[Temple of Artemis]] at Ephesus, one of the [[Seven Wond...
6: ...ers. This feature of the Ionic order made it more pliant and satisfactory than the Doric to critical e...
10: ... on his [[Banqueting House at Whitehall]] Palace, London, and when Beaux-Arts architect [[John Russell Pop...
12: ...blature resting on the columns has three parts: a plain [[architrave]] divided into two, or more gener... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
12: ...ate]] troops bombard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material...
16: ...London Railway]]: [[London]]'s first deep-level [[London Underground|tube]] railway opens between [[King W...
24: ...orders the [[United States Customs Service]] to implement the [[Neutrality Acts|Neutrality Act of 1939...
31: ...d as the [[Arno]] and [[Po]] rivers flood; 113 people die, 30,000 are rendered homeless, and countless...
51: *[[1883]] - [[Nikolaos Plastiras]], Greek general and politician (d. [[1953... - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
11: About 125 million people live in the countries of which she is Head of St...
15: ...th was born at 21 Bruton Street in [[Mayfair]], [[London]] on [[21 April]], [[1926]]. Her father was HRH [...
29: ...dging to devote her life to the service of the people of the Commonwealth and Empire.
33: ...s claim to the [[Greece|Greek]] throne and was simply referred to as Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten bef...
35: ...lizabeth took up residence at [[Clarence House]], London. On [[14 November]] [[1948]] she gave birth to h... - Boudicca (6973 bytes)
9: ...ook over, depriving the nobles of their lands and plundering the kingdom. According to Tacitus, Boudic...
11: ...troyed it, besieging the last defenders in the temple for two days before it fell. The future governor...
13: ...eached him, Suetonius hurried to [[Londinium]] ([[London]]), an important mercantile settlement, but concl...
17: ...tforms eight, nine or ten as her supposed resting place) but this is unlikely. [[Manduessedum]] near t...
19: ...s, and Suetonius was removed as governor, to be replaced by [[Publius Petronius Turpilianus]]. - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
1: :''For other people with this name, see [[Mary Tudor]]''
13: ... created Princess of Wales, even though he was deeply disappointed that his wife had again failed to p...
21: ...ignity of a Princess, becoming a mere "Lady". Her place in the line of succession was transferred to t...
23: ...ex, Richmond and Hunsdon were among her principal places of residence.
35: ...ort for the Lady Jane vanished and Mary rode into London triumphantly and unchallenged, with her half-sist... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
13: ...ured to be her lover. The [[Dolgorukov]]s, who supplanted Menshikov and hated the memory of Peter the ...
19: ...ardie took a leading part in the revolution which placed the daughter of Peter the Great on the Russia...
23: ...ate as eight o'clock the next morning very few people in the city were aware of it.
25: ...r government. Her usually keen judgment and her diplomatic tact again and again recall Peter the Great...
31: ..., much as she disliked him personally, had wisely placed at the head of foreign affairs immediately af... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
9: ...d English colonisation of [[North America]] took place under [[Walter Raleigh|Sir Walter Raleigh]] an...
25: ...with popular support, Mary rode triumphantly into London, her half-sister Elizabeth at her side.
27: ...ilure, Elizabeth was imprisoned in the [[Tower of London]]. The Spanish demanded Elizabeth's execution, bu...
31: ...er, and it is said that upon Mary's death, the people rejoiced in the streets.
33: ...lish service. She later persuaded her mother's chaplain, [[Matthew Parker]], to become Archbishop. He ... - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
11: Mary, who was born in [[London]], was the eldest daughter of the Duke of York (t...
15: ...ts. The first cousins Mary and William married in London on [[4 November]] [[1677]].
17: ... stillbirth. She became popular with the Dutch people, but her husband neglected or even mistreated he...
22: ...tch army landed on [[5 November]]. The English people's confidence in James stood so low that they did...
24: ...during his wife's lifetime, and restrictions were placed on his power. William, however, demanded that... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
12: ...ild of the couple, was born in Kensington Palace, London on [[24 May]] [[1819]].
18: ...tch, but his objections failed to dissuade the couple. Many scholars have suggested that Prince Albert...
20: ...merged the Royal House name and family surname, replacing both with one deliberately English sounding ...
29: ...wives of Whigs, but Sir Robert Peel expected to replace them with wives of Tories. Victoria strongly o...
37: ... the assassination attempt; others attributed the plot to supporters of the heir-presumptive, the King... - Anne Neville (4967 bytes)
5: ...s of [[Richard, Duke of York]]. These boys would play a major role in the destiny of both sisters.
9: ...certain that a formal marriage ceremony ever took place between Anne and Edward -- and, if so, whether...
11: ...rd, Duke of Gloucester, working as a servant in [[London]]. Whatever the truth, it is likely that Richard...
15: ...II of England|Richard, Duke of Gloucester]], took place on [[July 12]], [[1472]], at [[Westminster Abb...
21: Rumours that Richard planned to divorce Anne and marry his niece, [[Eliza... - Catherine of Valois (1918 bytes)
7: ...y]]. Catherine died on January 3, [[1437]], in [[London]], and was buried in [[Westminster Abbey]]. Her ... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
7: place_of_birth=[[Sandringham]], [[Norfolk]], [[Engla...
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
11: ...having had the right to that title, as it would imply that she was a [[princess]] by [[birthright]] ra...
13: ...pic endeavours were overshadowed by a [[scandal]]-plagued marriage. Her bitter accusations of [[adulte...
34: ...edding took place at [[St Paul's Cathedral]] in [[London]] on [[Wednesday]] [[29 July]] [[1981]] before 3,... - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
10: ...], but Elizabeth insisted on marriage, which took place secretly (from the public but not from their f...
12: ...and lucrative opportunities; in [[1480]], for example, when Elizabeth's obscure brother-in-law Sir Ant...
18: ... crown and kept the two princes in the [[Tower of London]], where they had already been lodged to await th...
20: .... She died on [[June 8]], at [[Bermondsey]] in [[London]] and was buried on [[June 12]] in the same chant...
28: * Mary Plantagenet (1467-1482), buried in [[St. George's Ch... - Margaret of Anjou (3729 bytes)
3: ...ene I of Naples]], Duke of [[Anjou]], King of [[Naples]] and [[Sicily]] and [[Isabella, Duchess of Lor...
12: ...on [[October 13]], [[1453]], he had suffered a complete mental breakdown. Rumours were rife that he w...
16: ...oyed. Margaret had both beheaded, and ordered the placing of their heads on the gates of the city of Y...
20: ...was a broken spirit, imprisoned in the [[Tower of London]] until ransomed by the French king. She died on ...
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