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- 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... - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
11: ...f fiefdoms and other forms of patronage, and in diplomatic correspondence. Baldwin raised his daughter...
13: ...ternal grandfather of [[Henry II of England|Henry Plantagent]] (Fulk's son of previous marriage, [[Geo...
25: Melisende's victory was complete. Again she is seen in the historical record gr...
29: ... the Holy Sepulchre, our Lady of Josaphat, the Templum Domini, the order of the Hospital, the leper ho...
37: ...dessa. Damascus and Jerusalem were on very good diplomatic terms and held a peace treaty between them.... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
9: ...d English colonisation of [[North America]] took place under [[Walter Raleigh|Sir Walter Raleigh]] an...
27: ...g [[Philip II of Spain]], she worried that the people might depose her and put Elizabeth on the throne...
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 ...
37: ... were removed from the ecclesiastical bench and replaced by appointees who would submit to the Queen'... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
10: ...Parliament, various coercive tactics (such as crippling the Scottish economy by restricting trade) wer...
19: ...Catholics was not well-received by the English people. Public alarm increased when James's second wife...
24: ...lliam's government. Still, she did not win the complete trust of her brother-in-law, who refrained fro...
26: ...otally extinguished, then it would have become simple for the deposed King James to reclaim the Throne...
38: ...ed by an overwhelming majority of the Scottish People) on [[16 January]] [[1707]]. Under the Act, Engl... - Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
11: ...velace'''. She is widely known in modern times simply as '''Ada Lovelace'''.
15: ...nd scientific pieces of music of any degree of complexity or extent."
19: ... at the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Hucknall, Nottingham.
23: ... some debate as to whether Lovelace understood deeply the concepts behind programming Babbage's engine... - Judi Dench (3254 bytes)
4: ...n of Honour]]. She has also occasionally directed plays.
11: ...ly spent seasons in repertory in [[Oxford]] and [[Nottingham]]. In [[1961]] she joined the [[Royal Shakespeare...
13: ...the [[National Theatre]] in London. She is a multiple winner of the main awards for performances on th... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
54: ...[[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. Usually known simply as the '''United Kingdom''' or the '''UK''', it ...
64: ...) has been proposed, but is little used outside diplomatic circles.
69: ...land was on the brink of economic ruin and was deeply unpopular with the broader Scottish population.
71: ...nd]]. This was also an unpopular decision, taking place just after the unsuccessful United Irishmen Re...
74: ...he 20th century saw the UK's strength seriously depleted in two World Wars. The second half witnessed ... - Spinning Jenny (3557 bytes)
6: ...horizontal, as they always had been, and he could place them vertically in a row.
10: ...productivity, and now the spinning jenny could supply that demand by increasing the spinner's producti...
12: ...p shop producing jennies in secret for one Mr. Shipley, with the assistance of a joiner named James.
14: Eventually, Hargreaves applied for a patent on the jenny in July 1770. By thi...
16: The partnership with Shipley carried on "with moderate success" Hargreaves' ... - Castle (27805 bytes)
1: ...n|fortified enclosure]]. The term is most often applied to a small self-contained [[fortress]], usuall...
2: ...European castles were opened up and expanded into pleasure dwellings and power houses from the late 15...
10: ...re places of protection from an invading enemy, a place of retreat. This can be seen by many of the ty...
17: ... decline of the German kingdom, castle building exploded as local warlords staked claims to minor king...
19: ...ht|[[Craigievar Castle]] in [[Aberdeenshire]], completed in 1626.]] - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
9: ...orld]] under the sails of the Hawkins family of [[Plymouth]], in company with his cousin, Sir [[John H...
12: ...im an outlaw [[pirate]], but to England he was simply a sailor and [[privateer]]. On his second such v...
13: ...was unable to officially acknowledge Drake's accomplishment. Such intrigues were typical during Drake'...
16: ...e Pacific coast of the Americas. He set sail from Plymouth, England, in December aboard the ''Pelican'...
24: ...ered in [[Marin County]]. The so-called [[Drake's Plate of Brass]] was later declared a fraud. Althoug... - Cuban Missile Crisis (13015 bytes)
1: ...ion]] and the [[United States]] over the Soviet deployment of [[nuclear weapon|nuclear missiles]] in [...
5: The U.S. had begun to deploy fifteen [[Jupiter IRBM]] (intermediate-range ba...
7: ...tain kind of equality could be quickly reached by placing missiles in Cuba. Soviet MRBMs on Cuba, with...
9: ... there were no missiles in Cuba, nor any plans to place any, and that the Soviets were not interested ...
19: ...th a range of 4,000 km (2,400 statute miles). The planned arsenal was forty launchers, an increase in ... - Clumber Spaniel (3882 bytes)
44: Canine [[hip dysplasia]] is a serious issue in this breed. Other hea...
47: ...stle|Duke of Newcastle]] at [[Clumber Park]] in [[Nottingham]]. Another theory holds that it was developed in ... - Bicycle (44267 bytes)
1: ... shaped aluminum tubing and [[Graphite-reinforced plastic|carbon fiber]] stays and forks. It sports a...
14: ...cycle_two_1886.jpg|thumb|280px|Smartly dressed couple seated on an 1886-model bicycle for two.]]
17: ...ent took bicycle design in a different direction, placing pedals on an enlarged front wheel. Their cr...
21: ...cyclePlymouth.jpg|left|thumb|Bicycle in Victorian Plymouth, with a predecessor of the Starley diamond-...
25: ...rimary means of transportation for millions of people around the globe.
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