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- Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
50: ...he Germans. He made five unsuccessful escape attempts, and was put in solitary confinement in a retali...
56: ...smissed de Gaulle's theories with the notable exception of [[Paul Reynaud]] who would later play a maj...
69: ...ons of Frenchmen were refugees on the road), excerpts of the speech appeared in French newspapers the ...
82: ...he President of the provisional government from September [[1944]] but resigned on [[January 20]], [[1...
87: ... active politics, though the RPF lingered until September [[1955]]. - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
15: ...ng aircraft flying range by decreasing fuel consumption. These innovations are the basis of modern in...
18: ...els.ogg|title=Flight from Paris to Belgium |description= Lindbergh's flight to Belgium to be honored a...
26: ...ndberghs moved to [[Europe]] in December 1935. Hauptman, who maintained his innocence until the end, w...
29: ... him a German medal of honor, and Lindbergh's acceptance caused an outcry in the [[United States]] whe...
31: ...[[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]], [[Iowa]], on [[September 11]], [[1941]], he accused "the Jewish race"... - Charles Kingsford Smith (4894 bytes)
6: ...nited States|Americans]] [[James Warner]] and [[Captain Harry Lyon]] (who were the [[radio operator]],... - Charles Babbage (13539 bytes)
8: ... Charles learned enough of the Classics to be accepted to Cambridge.
25: *Henry Prevost Babbage (born [[16 September]] [[1824]])
36: ...nces method]]. The Society approved the idea, prompting the government to grant ?1500 for its construc...
40: ...position but several friends convinced him to accept.
55: ...he mature Analytical Engine used punched cards adapted from the [[Jacquard loom]] to specify input and... - Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (4677 bytes)
48: ...by 5 years of age. Responsible breeders are attempting to breed only from dogs that exhibit a later o... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
19: ...m Grant's enthusiasm for the theories of [[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck]] and Charles' grandfather Erasmus ab...
26: ...e had gained his degree, residence requirements kept Darwin at Cambridge till June and following Hensl...
29: ...entleman's companion to [[Robert FitzRoy]], the captain of [[HMS Beagle|HMS ''Beagle'']] which was dep...
45: ===Return to celebrity and science, inception of theory ===
46: ''See the [[inception of Darwin's theory]] for further information a... - Charles W. Fairbanks (2978 bytes)
- Charles G. Dawes (3139 bytes)
5: ...lic utilities and banking [[1894]]-[[1897]], [[Comptroller]] of the Currency, [[United States Departme...
13: ...er. The pop song "It's All In The Game" was an adaptation of Dawes's 1912 composition "Melody in A Maj... - Charles Curtis (4708 bytes)
5: ...) and again in [[1926]] and served without interruption from March 4, 1915, until his resignation on M...
16: *[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C001008 Biographical Directo... - King Charles Spaniel (2336 bytes)
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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
55: ...d sailed up it to [[Montreal]]; failed in an attempt to set up a colony
90: *[[Leifur Eiríksson]], (born 970), attempted to colonize [[Vinland]], discovered [[the Ameri...
128: *[[Hannu]], [[ancient Egypt|ancient Egyptian]] explorer (around 2750 BC) and the first expl...
129: ...rlands|Dutch]] [[Dutch East India Company|VOC]] captain, charted mid-western coast of [[Australia]]
187: ...gypt|ancient Egyptian]] explorer in service of Egyptian queen [[Hatshepsut]] - History of China (45919 bytes)
14: ...e [[13th century BC]] and takes the form of inscriptions of divination records on the bones or shells ...
50: ...89. "South China under the Later Han Dynasty" (Chapter One from ''Generals of the South: the Foundatio...
51: ...Han for the years 189 to 220 AD as recorded in Chapters 59 to 69 of the Zizhi tongjian of Sima Guang, ...
55: ....'' Draft annotated English translation.[http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/texts/hhshu/hou_han...
56: ...'' Draft annotated English translation. [http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/texts/weilue/weilue... - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
20: ... apply concepts to the world, and that these concepts are in a significant way more real, or more basi...
22: ...some B are C." This syllogism fails if set A is empty.
29: ...sed first cause, and this is God. Aquinas also adapted this argument to prove the goodness of God. Eve...
44: ... often to combat atheism or other unbelief, by adopting the idea of material reality, and the [[dualis...
48: ...]], but fundamentally challenged established conceptions. - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
- Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
3: ...rary to this belief, most people at that time accepted that the earth was round. The main debate was o...
13: It has generally been accepted that he was [[Genoa|Genovese]], although doubts...
43: ... distance to the Indies. Most scholars accepted [[Ptolemy]]'s claim that the terrestrial landmass (for...
46: Columbus accepted the calculations of [[Pierre d'Ailly]], that th...
54: ... of lobbying at the Spanish court, where he was kept on a salary to prevent him from taking his ideas ... - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
19: ...luding Livingstone's brother Charles (the one exception being [[George Rae]], an engineer) either died... - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ...Cartier''' ([[December 31]], [[1491]] – [[September 1]] [[1557]]) was a French [[Exploration|exp...
5: ...alo is recognized by its frequent appearance in baptismal registers as godfather or witness.
37: ...ips were dispatched home with some minerals on September 2.
39: ...ngboats for a reconnaissance of the Saguenay on September 7. Having reached Hochelaga, bad weather an...
43: ...Malo and his nearby estate, and died aged 66 on September 1 [[1557]] from an epidemic. He died before ... - Puritan (15882 bytes)
4: ...m for themselves, and the word was always a descriptor of a ''type'' of religious innovation, rather t...
8: ...yes of the Puritans, this had made doctrine unacceptably subservient to politics. Persecuted under [[M...
10: ...belief that all existing churches had become corrupted by practice, by contact with pagan civilization...
14: ...ure and liturgy that the monarchy required. Attempts by the [[bishop]]s of the Church of England to e...
26: ...f Lords]] and the people, rebellion over the attempt to introduce a [[Divine right of kings]] to Charl... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...[Eighty Years' War]]: In [[Belgium]], [[Spain]] captures [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days ...
21: * [[1922]] - In [[Egypt]], [[United Kingdom|British]] archaeologist [[How...
147: [[pt:4 de Novembro]] - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
19: ... I of Egypt|Abbas I]], (1813-1854), pasha of [[Egypt]]
21: *[[Abbas II]], (1874-1944), khedive of Egypt
100: ...Alexandria]], (died 978), [[Coptic Christianity|Coptic]] Pope - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
78: ...son|Adamson, Amandus]], (1855-1929), Estonian sculptor - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
22: ===Heiress Presumptive===
23: ...d VIII]]'s abdication, she became [[heiress presumptive]] and was henceforth known as HRH The Princess...
40: ...of Wales|HRH Prince Henry of Wales]] (born [[15 September]], [[1984]]) (known universally as 'Harry')
42: ...ivorced ([[28 April]] [[1992]]) [[Mark Phillips|Captain Mark Phillips]] (born [[1948]]); married ([[12...
58: ...the [[Imperial State Crown]] and holding the [[Sceptre with the Cross]] and the [[Sovereign's Orb|Orb]... - Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
2: ...fth [[Pharaoh]] of the [[Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt]]. Many people also regard her as the earliest kn...
4: ...been disrupted by the [[Hyksos]] occupation of Egypt during the [[Second Intermediate Period]].
10: ... she married her half-brother [[Thutmose II of Egypt|Thutmose II]] and assumed the title of ''Great Ro...
11: ...naged to father a male heir, [[Thutmose III of Egypt|Thutmose III]], by a lesser wife named Isis befor...
13: ...g herself after the powerful female regents of Egypt's then recent history, but it soon became apparen... - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
21: ... Fontainebleau]] in 1564 were famous for their sumptuousness. In architecture, especially, she was wel... - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
1: '''Diane de Poitiers''' ([[September 3]], [[1499]] - [[April 25]], [[1566]]) was ... - Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
12: ...d's court in Navarre, but she received an icy reception. Determined to overcome her difficulties, Quee...
20: ...ge to Henri of Navarre. The novel was famously adapted into a [[1994]] [[French film]], ''[[La Reine M... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...the [[Tudor dynasty]], is remembered for her attempt to return [[England]] from [[Protestantism]] to [...
13: ...ay [[18 February]] [[1516]]. She was [[baptism|baptised]] on the following Wednesday with [[Thomas Wo...
19: ...male heir he desired; consequently, the King attempted to have his marriage to her annulled. In [[153...
26: ... religion and royal position. The Lady Mary attempted to reconcile with her father by submitting to h...
28: There were several attempts to marry her off to European princes, but none o... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
17: ...eign over a united Scotland and England. (Mary adopted the French spelling Stuart during her time in F...
22: ...ots in the Chapel Royal at Stirling Castle on [[September 9]] [[1543]]. Due to the age of the Queen an...
26: ...ry. The [[Earl of Lennox]] brought forward the Sceptre and placed it in her baby hand, and she grasped...
33: ...VI) arrived in the [[Firth of Forth]] hoping to capture [[Edinburgh]] and kidnap the infant queen, but...
35: On [[September 10]] [[1547]], known as "Black Saturday", th... - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
8: ...ent of her Austrian dominions, but she actually kept most of the power to herself.
12: ...hess Marie Elisabeth (1737-1740). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Arc...
14: ...chess Marie Caroline (1740-1741). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the title [[List of rulers of Austria|Arc...
37: ...ted from her people. Her focus changed from attempting to regain Silesia, to maintaining the peace. ... - Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
19: Having a distrust of Russian nobles, Anna kept them from powerful positions, instead giving thos...
24: ...up all recently captured territories with the exception of [[Azov (city)|Azov]]. This war marks the be...
28: ...[[Ivan VI]], should succeed her. This was an attempt to secure the line of her father, [[Ivan V]], and...
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