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- St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
1: ... in a 1630 painting, is the largest church in Christendom and often used by the Pope.]]
2: ...ar]]. [[Pope]]s have been buried there, too. Construction of the [[basilica]] began in [[1506]] and ...
4: ...esidence, most Papal ceremonies take place at St. Peter's. The basilica also holds a relic of the ''[[Ca...
6: ==History==
7: ...Vatican Council convened in the Basilica of Saint Peter. The high canopy or baldocchino was designed by B... - Saint Peter (16028 bytes)
1: ...s.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Saint Peter, portrayed by Peter Paul Rubens in a papal chasuble and pallium holdi...
2: ...thood where all Christians are saints and non-Christians are not.
4: ...n the grottoes underneath the [[Basilica of Saint Peter]] in [[Vatican City]]. He is often depicted in a...
7: [[Image:Stpeter statue.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Saint Peter is usually depicted in art holding the keys to th...
8: ... first, and [[Judas Iscariot]] is always listed last.
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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...nd [[Biography]]. Also, see [[International Space Station]] for ISS explorers, and for the [[Ford Moto...
6: ...y]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...y]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
12: ...lvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
17: ...he [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a single ship - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ... that a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
2: [[Image:Christopher_columbus_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Image provided by...
3: ...gions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they inaugurated permanent...
5: ...all of these: less than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the general public th...
7: ...rica]]. He never reached the present-day [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], the a... - Steel (28384 bytes)
1: :''See [[Steel (disambiguation)]] for other uses.''
2: [[Image:Steel framework.jpg|thumb|300px|Steel framework]]
3: ... higher carbon content than this are known as [[cast iron|iron]].
5: ...ased alloys that can be [[plasticity (physics)|plastically]] formed (pounded, rolled, etc.).
7: ==Iron and steel== - Puritan (15882 bytes)
1: ...tans''' were members of a group of radical [[Protestants]] which developed in [[England]] after the [[...
4: ...th century would be "[[Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]]": Puritanism was a movement rather than a deno...
5: ... group had become so divided that "Puritan" was most often used by opponents and detractors of the gro...
7: ==History==
8: ... with the radical reformers in [[Calvinism|Calvinist Geneva]] and [[Lutheranism|Lutheran Germany]]. Th... - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
1: {{List of people A}}
3: ...aba, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
4: ...Acacius, Patriarch]], (died 489), patriarch of Constantinople
22: *[[Steven Acker|Acker, Steven]]
25: *[[Forrest J. Ackerman|Ackerman, Forrest J.]], (born 1916), US science fiction author - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
7: ...[[head of state]] of [[Antigua and Barbuda]], [[Australia]], the [[Bahamas]], [[Barbados]], [[Belize]]...
9: ...and is the second-longest-serving current head of state in the world, after King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]...
11: ...al union]] nations of which she is or was Head of State. She is married to [[Prince Philip, Duke of Ed...
15: ...ore and Kinghorne]] and his wife, the Countess of Strathmore. She was named after her mother, while he...
17: ...he style [[HRH|''Her Royal Highness'']]. Her full style was HRH Princess Elizabeth of York. At the tim... - Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
2: ...ter is not certain to have ruled). She was the first ''known'' female to take the title Pharaoh, thoug...
4: ...rs in Ancient Egypt, commissioning hundreds of construction projects throughout Egypt. She also began ...
6: ...(who was also quoting Manetho) states her reign lasted 22 years. Her name is sometimes spelled Hapshep...
10: ... relationship with her parents and assumed the prestigious title of ''god's wife of Amun'' before eith...
13: ...dynasty, who ruled in her own right. She took one step further than Sobekneferu and had herself crowne... - Agnes of Courtenay (6051 bytes)
3: ...ath to marry. Agnes bore Amalric two children, first [[Sibylla of Jerusalem|Sibylla]] and then the fut...
5: ...ces biased towards Willaim; Bernard Hamilton suggests that both Amalric and his councillors believed h...
9: ...lla of Jerusalem|Isabella]]. There was no such questioning of Baldwin's rights.
11: ... She also had Amalric of Lusignan appointed as constable of the kingdom when [[Humphrey II of Toron]] ...
13: ...comer to the kingdom, rather than a member of an established family. As an opponent of Raymond III of ... - Yolanda of Flanders (2422 bytes)
1: ... Empire]] in [[Constantinople]] for her husband [[Peter of Courtenay]] from [[1217]] to 1219.
3: ...garia]]ns against the various Byzantine successor states, and was able to make peace with [[Theodore I...
5: ...first son did not want the throne. As Robert was still in [[France]] at the time, there was technical...
7: ...left to her eldest son Philip when she went to Constantinople in 1216.
9: By Peter of Courtenay she had 10 children: - Isabella of Castile (4156 bytes)
1: ...Isabel la Cata-2.jpg|thumb|| '''Isabella of Castile''']]
2: ... variety of other names including ''Isabel I of Castile'' and ''Isabel La Cata'' ("the Catholic").
5: ...rst wife of [[Henry of Grosmont]], [[Duke of Lancaster]] and his wife [[Isabel de Beaumont]]. Finally ...
7: ...Castile]] and his wife [[Eleanor of Aragon]], a sister of Kings [[John I of Aragon]] and [[Martin I of...
8: ...hn of Gaunt from his first wife [[Blanche of Lancaster]]. Her final set of grandparents were [[Afonso,... - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
3: ...ult]], [[Anjou]]) was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in Europe during the [[Middle Ages...
6: ...and her mother, as Dangereuse was the long-time mistress of [[William IX of Aquitaine]], the [[Troubad...
8: ...me heiress to [[Aquitaine]], the largest and richest of the provinces that would become modern [[Franc...
10: ...g present that is still in existence, a [[rock crystal vase]] that is on display at the Louvre. Within...
12: ...is disputed by serious historians. However, her testimonial launch of the [[Second Crusade]] from V麥... - Anna of Russia (5221 bytes)
7: ... the Russian resident, [[Bestuzhev-Ryumin|Peter Bestuzhev]], as her adviser. She never remarried after...
10: ...roved a minor inconvenience to her, and soon she established herself as an autocratic ruler, using her...
17: ...f her maids, dressed as clowns, in a specially constructed house of ice, where the bride caught a cold...
19: ...ghly identified themselves with Russia, [[Andrey Osterman]] and [[Burkhardt Munnich]].
24: .... This war marks the beginning of that systematic struggle on the part of Russia to cover her natural ... - Catherine I of Russia (2658 bytes)
3: ...of [[Russia]] from [[1725]] until her death. With Peter, she was also co-ruler from [[1724]] until his de...
5: ...ving been working at the time as a servant to minister Gluck of [[Marienburg]]. Russian forces captur...
7: ...ged her name to Ekaterina Alexeevna. She married Peter in [[February]] of [[1712]] and bore him 11 child...
17: ...e was the first royal owner of the Sarskoje Selo estate, later renamed [[Tsarskoye Selo]].
19: {{start box}} - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...eath on [[November 6]], [[1796]]. A cousin to [[Gustav III of Sweden]] and [[Charles XIII of Sweden]...
5: ...etat. Six months later, on [[July 17]], [[1762]], Peter died from illness, but is rumored to have been ki...
11: ...e nobles from state service and taxes; made noble status hereditary; and gave the nobles full control ...
13: ... and industry. Second, she encouraged foreign investment in economically underdeveloped areas. Third, ...
16: ... the [[Hermitage Museum]], [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]].]] - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...[St Petersburg]]. Generally, she was one of the best loved Russian monarchs, because she didn't allow ...
7: Elizabeth, the youngest daughter of [[Peter the Great]] and [[Catherine I of Russia|Martha Sk...
9: ...s with more fluency than accuracy. From her earliest years she delighted every one by her extraordinar...
11: ...self at the age of eighteen practically her own mistress.
13: ...e memory of Peter the Great, practically banished Peter's daughter from court. Elizabeth had inherited he... - Christina of Sweden (9364 bytes)
1: ...[1632]] to [[1654]], was the daughter of King [[Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden]]. As the [[heir presumpti...
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4: <caption><font size="+1">'''Kristina'''</font></caption>
5: ...center|185px|Christina of Sweden, depicted by S颡stien Bourdon]]
12: <tr valign=top><td>'''Predecessor'''<td>[[Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden]] - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
8: date_of_death=[[31 August]], [[1997]] |
11: ...l Highness The Princess of Wales'''. She was almost always called '''Princess Diana''' by the media d...
13: ... [[adultery]], [[mental cruelty]] and emotional distress riveted the world for much of the [[1990s]], ...
15: ... her lifetime, she was often referred to as the most photographed person in the world. To her admirer...
22: ...rtmouth]], the only daughter of the romance novelist [[Barbara Cartland]], after being named as the "o... - Helen Clark (4005 bytes)
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12: |[[1981]], to [[Peter Davis (New Zealand)|Peter Davis]]
18: |[[Agnosticism|Agnostic]]
29: |37th Prime Minister
43: ...ebruary 26]], [[1950]]) has served as [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] since December [[1999]]. - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
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14: ! bgcolor="#efefef" colspan="2" | [[Prime Minister of India]]
17: | 3rd Prime Minister
22: ! colspan="2" style="border-top: 1px solid" | First Term
36: ! colspan="2" style="border-top: 1px solid" | Second Term - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
3: ...of the end of her term of office to take up her post in the [[United Nations]].
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8: <tr><td style="background:#efefef;" align="center" colspan=2...
15: <tr><td>'''[[Profession]]:'''</td><td>[[Barrister]], former Senator</td></tr>
18: [[Fine Gael]]: Austin Currie, TD</table>
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