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- William A. Wheeler (2833 bytes)
- William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
2: ...lliam Shakespeare''' (April [[1564]]; [[baptism|baptised]] [[April 26]], [[1564]] ([[Old Style|O.S.]])...
4: ...lled, due to his understanding of the range and depth of human emotions. A colossal figure in world li...
8: ...y [[list of adaptations of Shakespearean plays|adaptations]] of his works.
14: ...ord dates to [[April 26]] of that year. Because baptisms were performed within a few days of birth, tr...
23: ...rd. A son, Hamnet, and a daughter, Judith, were baptized soon after on [[February 2]], [[1585]]. - Ernest William Brown (1403 bytes)
- William Dampier (7308 bytes)
2: ...1715]]) was a [[England|English]] explorer, sea captain, and scientific observer. He was the first Eng...
7:
9: ...ain Davis, took command. Dampier transferred to Captain Swan's ship, the ''Cygnet'', and on [[31 March...
32: ...rts'', and after a disagreement with Dampier, he opted to remain on the island. Selkirk's misgivings w...
49: *''Voyages and Descriptions'', ([[1699]]) - William Kidd (4938 bytes)
1: [[Image:Captain_Kidd.jpg|right|thumb|200px|]]
2: '''William "Captain" Kidd''' ([[1645]]–[[May 23]], [[1701]])...
8: ...utinous. They wanted to take the Dutch ship but Captain Kidd refused, according to Gilbert stating his...
10: ...ize and only later realised that he had in fact captured an English ship. Kidd tried to persuade his ...
12: ... the ''Mocha Frigate''. Kidd ordered his men to capture the ''Mocha Frigate''. Instead his men mutinie... - William I of England (8753 bytes)
7: '''William I''' (''c.'' [[1027]] – [[September 9]], [[1087]]), was [[British Monarchs|King]...
23: ...(c. [[1064]]). Harold made this pledge while in captivity and was reportedly tricked into swearing on ...
25: ...diately to lay waste to the land. It may have prompted Harold to respond immediately and in haste rath...
31: ...ord]]. Most seriously William faced separate attempts at invasion by the [[Denmark|Danes]] and the [[S...
40: ...ent of St Gervais, near [[Rouen]], France, on [[September 9]], [[1087]] from abdominal injuries receiv... - William Henry Harrison (11790 bytes)
37: ...[pneumonia]], [[jaundice]] , and overwhelming [[septicemia]], becoming the first American president to... - William McKinley (11746 bytes)
3: ...><font size="+1">'''William McKinley'''</font></caption>
7: ... of Office'''</td><td>[[March 4]], [[1897]] - [[September 14]], [[1901]]</td></tr>
12: <tr><td>'''Date of Death'''</td><td>[[September 14]], [[1901]]</td></tr>
23: ...McKinley''' ([[January 29]], [[1843]] – [[September 14]], [[1901]]) was the 25th [[President of ...
27: ...ary)|brevet]] [[Major]] of the same regiment in September [[1865]]. - William Howard Taft (15237 bytes)
9: | date of birth=[[September 15]], [[1857]]
18: '''William Howard Taft''' ([[September 15]], [[1857]]–[[March 8]], [[1930]]) ...
25: ...y his father. He was also a member of the Beta chapter of the [[Psi Upsilon]] [[Fraternities and soror...
29: ...bathtub in the [[White House]] several times, prompting the installation of a new bathtub capable of h...
39: ...alanced against these achievements was Taft's acceptance of a tariff with protective schedules that ou... - William R. King (5588 bytes)
16: *[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000217 King's Congressional... - William Parker Foulke (158 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]] - List of maritime explorers (2541 bytes)
- Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
30: ...called [[industrial espionage]], with modern concepts of automatic illegality.
36: ...gs. Foreign printed sources such as the ''[[Descriptions des Arts et Metiers]]'' and Diderot's ''[[Enc...
59: ... about the need for stability and precision he adapted to the development of machine tools, and in his...
79: ...y [[wood]] in the form of [[charcoal]], but consumption was starting to be constrained by lack of avai...
143: ...1830s had mixed results. A further series of attempts at political reform or revolution would sweep Eu... - Steel (28384 bytes)
11: ... As carbon-rich austenite cools, the mixture attempts to revert to the ferrite phase, resulting in an ...
26: ...he first signs of iron use come from [[Ancient Egypt]] and [[Sumer]], where around [[4000 BC]] small i...
32: ...lack of [[nickel]]) appear in [[Anatolia]], [[Egypt]] and [[Mesopotamia]] (see [[Iron#History|Iron: H...
34: ... [[sword]] bearing the name of [[pharaoh]] [[Merneptah]] as well as a [[battle axe]] with an iron blad...
36: ...e remained in widespread use there until after Egypt's conquest by [[Assyria]] in [[663 BC]]. - 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... - Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
6: ...ords is severely wounded in an assassination attempt
9: ...Laden, leader of al-Qaeda and mastermind of the September 11 attacks, is killed in Abbottabad, Pakista...
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80: ...daughter, Gianna, and 7 others, perish in a helicopter crash. - 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]... - Adela of Normandy (2741 bytes)
- Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
1: ...[Image:Messalinde-Jerusalem.JPG|frame|A queen accepting fealty from a vassal, possibly Melisende herse...
3: '''Melisende''' ([[1105]] - [[September 11]], [[1161]]) was [[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Q...
21: ...oon thereafter an unsuccessful assassination attempt against Hugh was attributed to Fulk or his suppor...
23: ...ce. William of Tyre wrote that Fulk "did not attempt to take the initiative, even in trivial matters, ...
31: ...culty, undertake a commission for a royal manuscript ''de grand luxe''". Melisende must be given credi... - Agnes of Courtenay (6051 bytes)
3: ...affa and Ascalon]], in [[1157]], after Hugh was captured in battle by the Muslims. The marriage was op...
11: ... to have her brother Joscelin III released from captivity and appointed [[Officers of the Kingdom of J... - Sibylla of Jerusalem (11497 bytes)
5: ...n [[1163]]. In the convent Sibylla was taught scripture and other church traditions. Though not raised...
11: ...] wrote a romantic passage in which Baldwin was captured and imprisoned in 1179 by [[Saladin]]. Accord...
17: ...ressure mounting to have to have the [[Heir Presumptive]] wed, the marrage was hastily arranged.
19: ...win IV deposed Guy as regent in [[1183]] and attempted to have Sibylla's marriage annulled through-out...
21: The king was unsuccessful in his attempt to annul the marriage and therefore he decided to... - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
10: ... when kidnapping an heiress was seen as a viable option for attaining a title, so William wrote up a w...
14: ...weak and ineffectual military leader with no concept of maintaining troop discipline or morale, or of ...
16: ...], an ally until the attack. Failing in this attempt, they retired to Jerusalem, and then home.
28: ... This aroused not only Eleanor's horror and contempt, but most of Europe's.
30: .... When Eleanor tried to join them, she was intercepted. Henry, who put down the rebellion, imprisoned ... - Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
- 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... - 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... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: '''Elizabeth I''' ([[7 September]] [[1533]] – [[24 March]] [[1603]]) wa...
16: ...lizabeth was the [[heir presumptive|heiress presumptive]] to the throne of England. After Queen Anne f...
27: ...|Catholic]] Mary persecuted Protestants. She attempted to convert Elizabeth, who pretended to be Roman...
33: ...tthew Parker]], to become Archbishop. He only accepted out of loyalty to [[Anne Boleyn]]'s memory, sin...
39: ...eth remained independent in her diplomacy. She adopted a principle of "England for the English". Her o...
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