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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
9: ...'s capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a]] took its place.
13: ...Rio de Janeiro is now was reached by Portuguese explorers in an expedition led by Italian [[Amerigo Ve...
17: ...an strategy of defense of fortified castles - the place was since then called ''Morro do Castelo'' (Ca...
21: ...en who arrived suddenly, many inhabitants were simply evicted from their homes.
23: When Prince Pedro proclaimed the independence of Brazil in [[... - 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... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...cia]] or [[Portugal]] among others. He was an [[explorer]] and [[trade]]r who crossed the [[Atlantic O...
3: ...etting stuck in windless regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas,...
5: ...t]]''', one of the most consistent is the first exploration (before 1472) of two, led by [[João Vaz C...
7: Columbus landed in the [[Bahamas]] and later explored much of the [[Caribbean]], including the isle...
11: ...]]. Others honour him for the massive boost his explorations gave to Western expansion and culture. [[... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
9: ...gland]] marries [[William III of England|William, Prince of Orange]]. They would later be known as [[Will...
12: ...ate]] troops bombard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material...
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...
45: ... - King [[Edward V of England]], one of the two [[Princes in the Tower]] (d. [[1483]]?) - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
46: *[[Abd-ar-rahman III]], (912-961), prince of the Ummayad dynasty in Spain
98: ...p://www.nyjournalnews.com/newsroom/090303/b05w03abplanalp.html] - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
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14: ==== People named Adam ====
32: ===== People named Adams =====
61: *[[Michael Adams|Adams, Michael]], (1971-), chess player
69: ...architect)|Adams, Thomas]], (1871-1940), UK urban planner - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
11: ...heir-apparent]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
14: ...e-magazine-cover-p'incess-lilybet.jpg|thumb|left|"Princess Lilibet" (here spelled "Lilybet") made the cove...
15: ...her was HRH [[George VI of the United Kingdom|The Prince Albert, Duke of York]] (later King George VI), th...
17: ...ncle, HRH [[Edward VIII of the United Kingdom|The Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII]].
20: The young Princess Elizabeth was educated at home under the superv... - 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...
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]].
25: ...e based his account on that of Tacitus, but he simplifies the sequence of events and adds details, suc... - Empress Wu (14478 bytes)
7: temple_name=None<sup><small><small>6</sup></small></sma...
11: ...nsort, unlike ruling emperors, are not given a temple name.<br>7. Zetian was the beginning of the [[ho...
16: ...00 km.(500 miles) southwest of Wenshui, but other places have been proposed, including the capital [[C...
20: ... probably already having an affair with the crown prince (who became Emperor Gaozong) while Emperor Taizon...
22: ...what really happened in the night the murder took place. Legend has it that Wu Zetian actually killed... - Agnes of Courtenay (6051 bytes)
5: ...lors believed he could make a more advantageous diplomatic marriage. Despite the annulment, their two...
15: ...ernment. Agnes advanced the compromise that would place her grandson Baldwin V above Sibylla in the or...
20: ...ffrey II Villhardouin]], [[Principality of Achaea|prince of Achaea]], in [[1217]]. - Constance of Antioch (2293 bytes)
3: ...ng to marry Constance to a Muslim prince, but the plan was foiled by Alice's father Baldwin, who exile...
19: ...0%" align="center" | '''[[Principality of Antioch|Princess of Antioch]]'''<br>''with [[Raymond of Antioch|... - Yolanda of Flanders (2422 bytes)
1: ...219]]) ruled the [[Latin Empire]] in [[Constantinople]] for her husband [[Peter of Courtenay]] from [[...
3: ...ter was elected. Peter sent Yolanda to Constantinople while he fought the [[Despotate of Epirus]], dur...
7: ...her eldest son Philip when she went to Constantinople in 1216.
13: * [[Baldwin II of Constantinople]] (d. 1273)
19: ...y II de Villehardouin]], [[Principality of Achaea|Prince of Achaea]] - Isabella of Castile (4156 bytes)
8: ...ng [[John I of Portugal]] and his wife [[Philippa Plantagenet|Philippa of Lancaster]], daughter of Joh...
10: ...y IV of England]]. Her maternal grandparents were Prince [[Joao of Portugal, Grand Master of Santiago]], w... - Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
6: ... Jeanne was married to Antoine de Bourbon, "first prince of the blood," who would become heir to the Frenc...
12: ...on [[Henry IV of France|Henry]] now became "first prince of the blood."
14: ...d in [[Paris]] two months before the wedding took place. - Anna of Austria (1601-1666) (1994 bytes)
8: ... King Louis to Anne's niece, the Spanish Hapsburg princess [[Maria Theresa of Spain|Marie-Th鲨se of Austr... - 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...
15: ...u�Vives]] upon the subject, but was herself the Princess Mary's first teacher in Latin.
17: ... marriage treaty was signed; it provided that the Princess Mary should marry either Francis or his second ...
19: Meanwhile, the marriage of the Princess Mary's parents was in jeopardy. Queen Catherin... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
26: ...[Earl of Lennox]] brought forward the Sceptre and placed it in her baby hand, and she grasped the heav...
28: ... the prelates and peers who knelt before her and, placing their hands on her crown, swore allegiance t...
31: ...nce with France. Fearing an uprising among the people, the [[Scottish Parliament]] broke off the treat...
40: ...omising childhood. With her marriage agreement in place, she was sent to [[France]] in [[1548]], at th...
42: ...[[Scots Language|Scots]]. She also learned how to play two instruments and learned prose, horsemanship... - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
6: ...sa, Princess Imperial and Archduchess of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia'' was the eldest d...
15: ...HRH Infanta Isabel of Spain (1741-1763), then HSH Princess Marie Josephe of Bavaria (1739-1767); no surviv...
16: ...hduchess Marie Christine (1742-1798), married HSH Prince Albert of Saxony (1738-1822); no issue
24: ...d I of the Two Sicilies|HM King Ferdinand IV of Naples and Sicily]] (1751-1825); had issue
29: ...dditionally, the army was weak and the treasury depleted due to two wars near the end of her father's ... - Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
10: ...ia]], the Russian [[Supreme Privy Council]] under Prince [[Galitzine|Dmitry Galitzine]] made Anna Empress ...
17: ...ng old nobility, she arranged the marriage of old Prince Galitzine with one of her maids, dressed as clown... - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
7: ...ater she was sent to, and became the mistress of, Prince [[Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov|Aleksandr Menshi...
20: ...Peter I]] [[1724]]-[[1725]]''<br>''De-facto ruler Prince [[Alexander Menshikov]] [[1725]]-[[1727]]''}}
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