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- Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...tter known as '''Mary, Queen of Scots,''' was the ruler of [[Scotland]] from [[December 14]], [[1542]]...
17: ...bert I of Scotland|Robert I, the Bruce]]). James truly believed that Mary marked the end of the Stewar...
26: ... and the palms of her hands. When the chill air struck her, she began to cry. The [[Earl of Lennox]] b...
33: ...ambers of Stirling Castle. The French, remaining true to the [[Auld Alliance]], came to the aid of the...
36: ...the only sensible solution to her troubles. In February [[1548]], hearing that the English were on the... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
9: ...eth was a short-tempered and sometimes indecisive ruler. This last quality, viewed with impatience by ...
11: The reign was marked by prudence in the granting of [[British honours system|...
18: ...l-being, particularly since a fearful Anne had entrusted her daughter's spiritual welfare to Parker be...
20: ...abeth also inherited her mother's delicate bone structure, physique and facial features. Luckily, she ...
27: ...d; by the end of that year, when Mary was falsely rumoured to be pregnant, Elizabeth was allowed to re... - Veronica Franco (1937 bytes)
5: ... and ''Lettere familiari a diversi'', in 1575 and 1580, respectively. She published books of letters and... - Ellen MacArthur (3652 bytes)
2: ...ng-distance [[Yachting|yachtswoman]] who, on [[February 7]], [[2005]], broke the world record for the ...
4: ...'' books and is the Patron of the Nancy Blackett Trust which owns and operates Ransome's yacht, ''[[Na...
16: ...t 2229 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]] on [[February 7]], [[2005]] beating the previous record set ...
18: ...ome after their respective circumnavigations in [[1580]] and [[1967]]. MacArthur was also made an honora... - Egypt (18830 bytes)
2: |+<big><big>'''جمهوريّة...
40: | from the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br />[[28 February]], [[1922]]<br />[[18 June]], [[1953]]
69: ...BC]] by King [[Menes]], and a series of dynasties ruled in Egypt for the next three millennia. The las...
71: ...uistically "Arab" nation once and for all. Muslim rulers nominated by the Islamic Caliphate remained i...
82: ...is fourth term in office. He is the leader of the ruling [[National Democratic Party (Egypt)|National ... - Age of Exploration (14467 bytes)
7: ...gol]]s had threatened Europe with pillage and destruction they also unified much of Eurasia creating t...
15: ...nk the Muslim states of North Africa was seen as crucial to their survival. At the same time the Iberi...
18: ... made contact with the [[Kingdom of Kongo]]. The crucial breakthrough was in [[1487]] when [[Bartolome...
22: ...utes and colonies overseas. In [[1492]] the joint rulers of the nation decided to fund [[Christopher C...
33: ...who ignored the Papal division of the world. In [[1580]] the Spanish King Philip II became also King of ... - Algeria (16548 bytes)
3: ...1607;ورية الجزائرية ا...
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62: ...ts cause, the [[Shia]] [[Fatimid]]s overthrew the Rustamids, and conquered Egypt. They left Algeria a...
64: ...[[Khair ad Din|Khair ad-Din]] and his brother [[Aruj]], who established Algeria's modern boundaries i...
68: ...ndependence]]; after nearly a decade of urban and rural warfare, they succeeded in pushing the French ... - Iraq (19222 bytes)
3: |+<big><big>'''الجمهورية ا...
49: ...rocess. Saddam's absolute and particularly bloody rule lasted throughout the [[Iran-Iraq War]] ([[1980...
54: ...r terms. No non-Ba'ath candidates were allowed to run.
62: ... no longer require their support. However, these rules will be set aside once the Transitional Nation...
104: ...S$]]3 [[billion]] a year) and the costs of reconstruction resulted in a serious financial crisis which... - Lebanon (34225 bytes)
4: |+<big><big>'''الجمهوريّة...
26: | [[Beirut]]
71: ...during the [[Middle Ages]] was involved in the [[Crusades]]. It was then taken by the [[Ottoman Empire...
78: ...interspersed with prosperity built on [[Beirut|Beirut's]] position as a regional center for finance an...
83: [[Beirut]], the capital of Lebanon, noted for its wide bo... - Argentina (30219 bytes)
48: ...] and [[Bolivia]] in the north, [[Brazil]] and [[Uruguay]] in the northeast and [[Chile]] in the west....
57: ...�], who campaigned in Argentina, Chile, and [[Peru]] as the hero of their national independence. Fol...
61: ...0]] and ushered in another decade of Conservative rule. Using fraud and force when necessary, the gove...
65: ... first time in 10 years. Peras prevented from running, but voters elected his stand-in, Dr. [[H飴...
67: ...Serious economic problems, mounting charges of corruption, public revulsion in the face of [[human rig... - Djibouti (8746 bytes)
2: The '''Republic of Djibouti''' ({{lang-ar|جيبوتي}}, Ǧ...
4: ...1580;مهورية جيبوتي<br>Jumhuriyaa...
70: ...d, describing the poll as "ridiculous, rigged and rubbish". Present at the swearing in ceremony were s...
72: ...er from his uncle, Hassan Gouled Aptidon, who had ruled the country since its independence from France...
102: ...ers. Scanty rainfall limits crop production to [[fruits]] and [[vegetables]], and most food must be im... - Sudan (18856 bytes)
8: native_name = جمهورية ا...
66: ...economic development while under British colonial rule was focused in the North. Dissatisfaction culmi...
68: ...of the north-south civil war and a degree of self-rule. This led to a ten-year [[hiatus]] in the civil...
74: ... rebels reported that they remained in control of rural areas and others reports indicated that widesp...
83: ...dan)|National Congress Party]]. After 1997, the structure of regional administration was replaced by t... - Portugal (61755 bytes)
47: ...was the son of a Portuguese princess, the Spanish ruler became Philip I of Portugal in [[1581]]. Some ...
51: ...er, Brazil proclaimed its independence, under the rule of the Portuguese King Pedro IV ([[Pedro I of B...
59: ...s growing robustly. Additionally, and unlike any true autocracy, Portugal was a founding member of [[O...
78: ...4 Spring survey, 60% of the Portuguese said they trusted the European Union.
80: ...use for civil disorder. Handing out or producing drugs is considered a crime. - Spain (36498 bytes)
62: ...C the [[Carthaginians]] arrived in Iberia while struggling with the Greeks for control of the Western ...
73: ... to the 15th centuries, the Iberian peninsula was ruled by Muslims who had crossed over from North Afr...
77: ...ain|Felipe II]], became King of [[Portugal]] in [[1580]], as well as of the other Iberian Kingdoms (coll...
95: ... forces in [[1939]], General [[Francisco Franco]] ruled a nation exhausted politically and economicall...
118: ...constitution that was signed in October 2004. The rules states that if any country rejects the constit... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian painter
188: *[[P. Rostrup Bøyesen]] ([[1882]]-[[1952]])
210: *[[Rush Brown]] ([[1948]]-)
211: *[[Jan Brueghel the Elder]] ([[1568]]-[[1625]])
212: *[[Jan Brueghel the Younger]] ([[1601]]-[[1678]]) - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
4: ...raz]], court mathematician to [[Rudolf II|Emperor Rudolf II]], and court astrologer to [[Albrecht von ...
13: ...er astronomical event, the [[Lunar eclipse]] of [[1580]], recording that he remembered being "called out...
61: ...without knowledge of the [[abstract]] and general rules, but he saw compiling prognostications as a ju...
65: ...1624]]. As court mathematician, he explained to [[Rudolf II]] the horoscopes of the [[Emperor Augustus...
78: * ''Tabulae Rudolphinae'' ([[1627]]) - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: .... He was knighted in [[1603]], created '''Baron Verulam''' in [[1618]], and created '''Viscount St Alb...
16: ...e|Henry III]] afforded him valuable political instruction.
18: The sudden death of his father in February 1579 necessitated Bacon's return to England, a...
21: ...stigious post would aid him toward these ends, in 1580 he applied, through his uncle, [[William Cecil, 1...
25: ... Bacon took his seat for [[Middlesex]] when in February 1593 Elizabeth called a Parliament to investig... - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
2: ...nticipated modern technology but were rarely constructed in his lifetime. In addition, he helped advan...
11: ...o worked with [[Lorenzo di Credi]] and [[Pietro Perugino]].
59: ...e Museum]]'', [[Saint Petersburg|St Petersburg]], Russia
64: ... Museum]]'', [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]], Russia
84: [[Image:Vitruvian.jpg|thumb|''[[Vitruvian man]]''<br>Leonardo's study of the proportion... - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
2: '''Michel Eyquem de Montaigne''' ([[February 28]], [[1533]] – [[September 13]], [[159...
12: ...egan work on his ''Essays'', first published in [[1580]].
18: ...gne suffered from painful [[kidney stone]]s. From 1580 to 1581, Montaigne travelled in France, Germany, ...
33: ... to solve problems and mediate conflicts without truly getting emotionally involved, his disdain for m...
35: ...e, his belief that humans are not able to attain true certainty ([[skepticism]]), and even alludes to ... - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
20: ...zing the population to the financial and moral corruption of the secular [[Renaissance]] church.
28: The frustrated reformism of the humanists, ushered in by ...
30: ...ot be limited. God was now an unknowable absolute ruler, and religion would be more fervent and emotio...
32: ...eval zenith of the church. [[Erasmus]] held that true religion was a matter of inward devotion rather ...
34: ...North burghers and monarchs were united in their frustration for not paying any [[tax|taxes]] to the n...
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