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- Charles de Gaulle (41586 bytes)
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13: | From [[January 8]], [[1959]]<br> to [[April 28]], [[1...
40: ...and statesman. ({{audio|fr-Charles_de_Gaulle.ogg|pronunciation of his name}})
42: ...was the [[Fifth Republic]]'s first [[president]] from [[1958]] to [[1969]]. His [[Ideology#Political_i... - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
2: ...ous for piloting the first solo non-stop flight across the [[Atlantic Ocean]] in [[1927]].
6: ...es. In [[1922]] he quit a mechanical engineering program, joined a pilot and mechanist training with N...
8: ==First solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean==
11: ...h the first non-stop flight made by [[Alcock and Brown]] later that same year.
13: ...mittee of the [[National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics]] in the [[United States]]. On [[March 21]... - Charles Kingsford Smith (4894 bytes)
2: ...ete the more difficult eastward Pacific crossing from Australia to the [[United States]], in [[1934]].
4: ...ervices in battle, he was awarded the [[Military Cross]].
6: ...es Kingsford Smith and his historic epic flight across the Pacific.
10: ...its destination. Eighteen months later, wreckage from the aircraft was located off the south coast of ...
12: ... the $20 [[polymer banknote|polymer]] note was introduced to replace it) to honour his contribution to... - Charles Babbage (13539 bytes)
2: ... [[London Science Museum]]. In [[1991]], working from Babbage's original plans, a [[Difference Engine]...
5: ...In [[1808]] the Babbage family moved into the old Rowdens house in East [[Teignmouth]], and Charles' f...
8: ...might have done." The second was an Oxford tutor from whom Charles learned enough of the Classics to b...
10: ...[Lagrange]], [[Thomas Simpson|Simpson]], and [[Lacroix]] and was seriously disappointed in the mathema...
16: ...ignmouth]], [[Devon]]. Charles' father did not approve of the marriage. The couple lived happily at 5 ... - Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (4677 bytes)
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42: ...wn), Ruby (reddish brown), and Tricolor (reddish brown, black and white). - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
2: ...me as originator of the theory of [[evolution]] through [[natural selection]].
4: ...sity. Five years on [[the Voyage of the Beagle]] brought him eminence as a [[geology|geologist]] and f...
6: ...cation in nature. He continued his research and wrote a series of books on plants and animals, now in...
15: ...e fifth of six children of [[Robert Waring Darwin|Robert]] and [[Susannah Wedgwood|Susannah]] Darwin (...
19: ... a demonstration of his method of using wires to prop up birds to draw or paint them in natural positi... - Charles W. Fairbanks (2978 bytes)
3: ... Center]], [[Union County, Ohio]], and graduated from [[Ohio Wesleyan University]], [[Delaware, Ohio]]...
5: .... Hughes and Fairbanks lost the election to [[Woodrow Wilson]] and [[Thomas Marshall]].
7: ..., where he died in [[1918]]. He was interred in Crown Hill Cemetery.
16: ...idential nominees|candidate]] | before=[[Theodore Roosevelt]] | after=[[James S. Sherman]] | years=[[U...
17: ...sident of the United States]] | before=[[Theodore Roosevelt]] | after=[[James S. Sherman]] | years=[[M... - Charles G. Dawes (3139 bytes)
5: ...c utilities and banking [[1894]]-[[1897]], [[Comptroller]] of the Currency, [[United States Department...
7: ...tions Commission in [[1923]]. For his work on a program to enable [[Germany]] to restore and stabiliz...
11: ...h in [[Evanston, Illinois]]. He is interred in [[Rosehill Cemetery]], Chicago, Illinois.
17: ...on Historical Society], headquartered in the lakefront Dawes house - Charles Curtis (4708 bytes)
3: ...and is the first person with acknowledged non-[[European]] ancestry to reach either of the two highest...
5: ...ecember]] of [[1923]] the first rendition of the proposed [[Equal Rights Amendment]] to the [[United S...
9: Curtis resigned from the Senate on March 3, 1929, having been elected... - King Charles Spaniel (2336 bytes)
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50: ...rles Spaniel]] than contemporary English Toys. Crosses between long-snouted toy spaniels and short-s...
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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...lorations]], [[Sea explorer|sea explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[Hi...
7: *[[Pêro de Alenquer]] ([[15th century]] [[Portuguese]] ex...
8: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
9: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] naval explorer and [[viceroy]] of [[India]])
15: *[[Diego de Almagro]] - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...dentity. These cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves o...
7: ...opulation, the ability to store and redistribute crops, and to support specialist craftsmen and admini...
9: == Into the Bronze Age ==
11: ...anxingdui]] and [[Erlitou]] show evidence of a [[Bronze Age]] [[Civilization]] in [[China]].
14: ...oral examplars, and one of them, the [[Yellow Emperor]], is sometimes said to be the ancestor of all C... - History of philosophy (13862 bytes)
1: ... [[empiricism]] (through observation), and even through [[leap of faith|leaps of faith]], hope and inh...
7: ...hich includes everything from [[Post-Medieval]] through the specific period of the early [[20th centur...
10: ...onia) with [[Thales]] of Miletus, who was active around 585 B.C. and left us the opaque dictum, "All i...
12: ...and for teaching people to argue fallaciously to prove whatever conclusions they wished). This whole m...
14: ...influence the [[Athenian Assembly]], and thereby grow wealthy and respected. Since winning debates led... - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
5: ...lly acknowledged that Frémont became the first European American to view [[Lake Tahoe]]. He is also ...
7: ... first pair of [[United States Senate|Senator]]s from [[California]]. In [[1856]] the new Republican P...
9: ...[Abraham Lincoln]] and led to Frémont's removal from command in the West on [[November 2]], [[1861]]....
11: ...ointed [[Governor]] of the [[Arizona Territory]] from [[1878]] to [[1881]]. He died of [[peritonitis]]...
21: ... Senators from California|United States Senators from California]]|before=''(none)''|after=[[John B. W... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...thers. He was an [[explorer]] and [[trade]]r who crossed the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and reached the [[Amer...
2: ...age provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]]
3: ...ate was over whether it would be possible to get around the planet without running out of food or gett...
5: ...rica was known to the general public throughout Europe. This is likely due to the invention of the [[p...
9: ...large-scale [[colonization]] of the Americas by Europeans. - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
6: ... became attracted by the example of another Scot, Robert Moffat, whose daughter he later married, and ...
8: ... for a brief time at his insistence and over the protests of the Moffats – although she was preg...
12: ...ican continent. In particular, Livingstone was a proponent of trade and missions to be established in ...
14: ... a book on his travels. At this time he resigned from the missionary society to which he belonged.
19: The other Westerners, including Livingstone's brother Charles (the one exception being [[George Rae... - Jacques Cartier (8139 bytes)
3: ...rior eastern region that would become the first european-inhabited area of that country.
5: ...s part of a respectable family of mariners and improved his social status in 1520 by marrying Catherin...
9: ...t Cartier made three voyages of discovery in dangerous and hitherto unknown waters without losing a sh...
13: ... the sons of Huron [[Chief Donnacona]], back to Europe.
17: ...alid village of Stadacona, more than a thousand Hurons came to the edge of the river to greet the Fren... - Puritan (15882 bytes)
1: ...Puritans''' were members of a group of radical [[Protestants]] which developed in [[England]] after th...
4: ... unevenly to a number of [[Protestant]] churches from the late sixteenth century to the early eighteen...
5: ...st often used by opponents and detractors of the group, rather than by the practitioners themselves. T...
8: ...w Melville]] had gone into exile as Puritans in Europe, where they came into close contact with the ra...
10: ...estructuring and "purifying" of church practice through [[Holy Bible|biblical]] supremacy, and they sh... - November 4 (10686 bytes)
7: ...twerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
8: ...2]] - [[Moscow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under command of [[Dmitri Mikhailovich Pozhars...
12: ...ard a [[United States|Union]] supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
14: ...]: [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Grover Cleveland]] defeats [[United States Republican...
15: ...ility, paving the way for him to be crowned [[emperor]]. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
16: ...orge Robert Aberigh-Mackay|Aberigh-Mackay, George Robert]], (1848-1881), author
18: ...ob Abbadie|Abbadie, Jakob]], (1654?-1727), Swiss Protestant preacher
31: *[[Robert Abbot|Abbot, Robert]], (1588?-1662?), English Puritan divine
49: *[[Abd-el-Aziz IV]], (1880-), sultan of Morocco
57: *[[Rosa Mustafa Abdulkhaleq|Abdulkhaleq, Rosa Mustafa]], (born 1976), Yemeni pilot - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
10: ...air, John A. M.]], (1864-1938), U.S. Congressman from Indiana
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
25: *[[Karol Adamiecki|Adamiecki, Karol]], (1866-1933), Polish engineer and economist
37: ...s, Andrew]], (1736-1797), U.S. poloitical leader from Connecticut
41: ... General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
5: {{British Royal Family}}
9: ...is the longest serving current Head of State in Europe, The Americas, and [[Australasia|Australasia]],...
11: ... mother of the [[heir-apparent]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
17: ... to the British throne|line of succession to the crown]], behind her father and her uncle, HRH [[Edwar...
20: ...rchbishop of Canterbury]] and has always been a strong believer in the [[Church of England]]. - Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
1: ...t|175px|Carved sphinx with face of Hatshepsut, Cairo Museum]]
4: ...commissioning hundreds of construction projects throughout Egypt. She also began rebuilding Egypt's tr...
6: She is believed to have ruled from [[1473 BC]] to 1458 BC. [[Josephus]] quotes [[Ma...
10: ...pt|Thutmose II]] and assumed the title of ''Great Royal Wife''.
13: ...self crowned Pharaoh about 1473 BC and took the throne name ''Maatkare''. - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
1: [[Image:Mid_horoscope_catherine_de_medici.jpg|thumb|Catherine de' ...
3: ...]], [[1589]]), born in Italy as '''Caterina Maria Romola di Lorenzo de' Medici''', and later lived in ...
5: ...arseilles]], to the duke of Orl顮s, whose elder brother was alive at the time, but who would become K...
7: ...uld listen to such a proposal. But Catherine did produce children, and Francis lived long enough to se...
13: ... or metal. They forcefully shrank women's waists from their natural dimensions to as little as 43, 38,... - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
9: ...[Golden Rose]]", he did not forget to present the royal mistress with a pearl necklace.
11: ...particularly when Henri entrusted Diane with the Crown Jewels of France, had the [[Chateau d'Anet]] bu...
13: ... thereafter, Catherine de' Medici banished Diane from Chenonceau to the [[Chⴥau de Chaumont]]. She s...
15: In accordance with her wishes, and to provide a resting place for her, her daughter complet... - Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
4: ... II]] and [[Catherine de' Medici]]. Three of her brothers became kings of France: [[Francis II of Fra...
6: ...[[Henry IV of France|Henri IV]]), the son of the Protestant [[Jeanne d'Albret]], Queen of Navarre, a m...
8: ...reported that during the ceremony, the bride and groom stared straight ahead, never looking at each ot...
12: ...i III in the castle of [[Usson]], in [[Auvergne (province)|Auvergne]], where she spent eighteen years....
14: ...t scandalized the population. The beautiful and strong-minded Marguerite took many lovers, notably [[J... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ...to return [[England]] from [[Protestantism]] to [[Roman Catholicism]]. To this end, she had almost thr...
10: ...cotland|Mary I, Queen of Scots]], who lived at approximately the same time.
13: ...y disappointed that his wife had again failed to produce a healthy son; Catherine's sixth and last chi...
17: ... with England. A marriage treaty was signed; it provided that the Princess Mary should marry either F...
19: ...with the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. All appeals from the decisions of English ecclesiastical courts t... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...Queen of Scots,''' was the ruler of [[Scotland]] from [[December 14]], [[1542]] – [[July 24]], [...
9: ...y I of England]] ("Bloody Mary"), who lived at approximately the same time ([[1516]] – [[1558]])...
14: ...that parliamentary act, because the legitimacy of Robert's children of first marriage were questionabl...
15: ...ed the throne because all other male lines of the royal house had gone extinct before the death of Mar...
17: ... of the Stewarts' reign over Scotland. Instead, through Mary's son, it was the beginning of their reig... - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ...Maria Theresa), ruler of the [[Habsburg Empire]] from [[1740]]-[[1780]]. Also see [[Maria Theresa of S...
3: ...MariaTheresa.JPG|frame|H.I.M. Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduc...
4: ... women of her time, ruling over most of central Europe.
6: ...erit his united lands on his death. While many European monarchs agreed to the Pragmatic Sanction whe...
8: ...ir apparent to the king of France, who was later crowned [[Louis XVI of France|King Louis XVI]]. She h... - Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
3: ...] from 1711 to 1730 and as Empress of [[Russia]] from 1730 to 1740.
5: ==Ascension to the throne==
7: ...nemies to indulge in a love affair with [[Count Biron]] for many years.
10: ... articles that limited her power. However, these proved a minor inconvenience to her, and soon she est...
17: ...y [[police]], which she used to intimidate and terrorize those who opposed her and her policies. Altho...
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