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- Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
1: :''For other people with this name, see [[Mary Tudor]]''
3: ...ight|thumb|220px|'''Mary I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</small>]]
8: ...cases reversed by her successor, [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]].
10: ...ed [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary I, Queen of Scots]], who lived at approximately the same time.
13: ...e a healthy son; Catherine's sixth and last child was a stillborn daughter. - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
2: ...right|220px|'''Elizabeth I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</small>]]
7: ...d during a period of great religious turmoil in [[England|English]] history.
9: ...r [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]], she was a writer and poet. She granted [[Royal Charter]]s to ...
11: ...]], and one barony in the [[Peerage of Ireland]], were created during Elizabeth's reign. Elizabeth al...
13: ...and afterwards a member of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen". - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
2: ...umb|right|175px|'''Mary II''' <br><small>Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland</small>]]
8: ...rn the realm when her husband was abroad fighting wars.
11: ...gland|Charles II]]; her maternal grandfather, [[Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon]], served for a le...
13: ...ond wife the Catholic [[Mary of Modena]], also known as Mary Beatrice d'Este.
15: ...y amongst Protestants. The first cousins Mary and William married in London on [[4 November]] [[1677]... - William I of England (8753 bytes)
2: ...England.jpg|thumb|right|180px|''King William I of England'']]
7: ...attle of Hastings]] in 1066 in what has become known as the [[Norman Conquest]].
9: ...triotic print he is wearing [[plate armour]] that was invented generations after his death.
12: ...grandnephew]] of Queen [[Emma of Normandy|Emma]], wife of King [[Ethelred the Unready]] and later of ...
14: ... and invasion. With the assistance of King Henry, William finally secured control of Normandy by defe... - Culture of England (4178 bytes)
1: ...t to which other cultures have influenced life in England.
6: ... the geographical region presently referred to as England. This results in the term being almost indefinabl...
8: Originating with cave painting, it has developed over millennia...
10: Famous English artists presently working range from Lucian Freud and Damien Hirst.
12: ...ich ecclesiastical decoration of English churches was, in great measure, lost during the iconoclasm o...
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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
17: ... the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a single ship
18: *[[Roy Chapman Andrews]], (1884-1960), US explorer
24: *[[William Baffin]], ([[1584]]-[[1622]])
28: *[[Willem Barents]], ([[1550]]?-[[1597]]), [[Netherlan...
31: ... century]] [[France|French]] explorer, mapped the West [[Australia]]n coastline. - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...] bellorum'' ("war leader") and High [[Medieval]] Welsh texts often call him ''amerauder'' ("[[empero...
2: ...g Arthur''' in plate armour with visor raised and with jousting shield]]
5: ... of his power and the extent and kind of power he wielded continues to rage.
7: ...rs are not certain whether the "Brettones" he led were [[Britain|Britons]] or [[Armorica|Bretons]].
9: ...itain may have been remembered for centuries afterward. Yet the obscurity surrounding the historical ... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...hat a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
3: ...gurated permanent contact between the New and Old Worlds.
5: ...wo decades later, the existence of America was known to the general public throughout Europe. This is...
7: ...e never reached the present-day [[United States]] where "Columbus Day" ([[12 October]], the anniversa...
9: ...f the existence of the [[New World]] by the [[Old World]], the [[Columbian Exchange]] of species (bot... - David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
3: ...ause of his meeting with [[Henry Morton Stanley]] which gave rise to the popular quotation, "''Dr. Li...
6: ...ed by the example of another Scot, Robert Moffat, whose daughter he later married, and joined the [[L...
8: ... was pregnant – but returned to [[England]] with their children.
11: ...vid Livingstone memorial at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.jpg|thumb|right|David Livingstone memorial at [[...
12: ...the African continent. In particular, Livingstone was a proponent of trade and missions to be establi... - Middle Colonies (4101 bytes)
1: ... England colony. The Middle Colonies were also known as the "bread basket" colonies because of their ...
3: ... in the country could be made of logs and chinked with moss or mud.
5: ...skey was often mixed with spices, milk, and sugar which many people thought improved the taste.
7: ...e madder herb; brown came from the hulls of black walnuts.
9: ...lacksmith]]s, and others. Printing and publishing were also very important trades. - Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...elopment of all-metal machine tools in the first two decades of the nineteenth century enabled the ma...
3: ... the development of [[Electric power|electrical power generation]].
5: ...s often compared to the [[Neolithic revolution]], when mankind developed [[agriculture]] and gave up ...
7: The term industrial ''revolution'' was introduced by [[Friedrich Engels]] and [[Louis-...
10: ...] of the 17th century. But one of the main causes was the invention of the steam engine. - Steel (28384 bytes)
2: ...[Image:Steel framework.jpg|thumb|300px|Steel framework]]
3: ...lloys with higher carbon content than this are known as [[cast iron|iron]].
5: ...ral classes of steels in which carbon is replaced with other alloying materials, and carbon, if prese...
8:
10: ...humb|left|250px|This heap of [[iron ore]] pellets will be used in steel production.]] - Puritan (15882 bytes)
1: ...p of radical [[Protestants]] which developed in [[England]] after the [[Reformation]].
4: ... "[[Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]]": Puritanism was a movement rather than a denomination.
5: ...he practitioners themselves. The practitioners knew themselves as members of particular churches or m...
8: ...wards Elizabeth's religious [[via media]] (middle way).
10: ...wever, in church polity (organization of church power), they differed. - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...[Great Wall of China]], stretching over 6,700 km, was erected beginning in the [[3rd century BC]] to ...
3: ...e last 4000 years. Depending on one's point of view, modern China can be described as a single [[civi...
5: ...cond Sino-Japanese War]], and the [[Chinese Civil War]].
7: ...itical disputes on [[Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
14: ...oric position of China at the centre of her known world, surrounded by lesser tributary states. - November 4 (10686 bytes)
2: ...in [[leap year]]s) in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], with 57 days remaining.
7: ...twerp (city)|Antwerp]] (after three days the city was nearly destroyed).
8: * [[1612]] - [[Moscow]] China Town taken by [[Russia]]n troops under command of [[D...
9: ...ince of Orange]]. They would later be known as [[William and Mary]].
10: ...aly)|Piedmont]]-[[Kingdom of Sardinia|Sardinia]], which soon expanded to become [[Italy]]. - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...lee of Elizabeth II|Golden Jubilee]] in [[2002]], wearing her Canadian Orders.)]]
7: ...renada]], [[Jamaica]], [[New Zealand]], [[Papua New Guinea]], [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]], [[Saint Luci...
9: ...cond-longest-serving current head of state in the world, after King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] of Thailan...
11: ...ent]] to the British throne, [[Charles, Prince of Wales]].
15: ...hmore. She was named after her mother, while her two middle names are those of her paternal great-gra... - Adela of Normandy (2741 bytes)
5: ... of England]] and [[Henry of Blois]], [[Bishop of Winchester]].
7: ...was a high-spirited and educated woman, with a knowledge of [[Latin]].
9: ...he [[First Crusade]], along with his brother-in-law [[Robert Curthose]].
11: Adela and Stephen's children were:
15: # [[Stephen I of England|Stephen of Blois]] - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
3: ...isende''' ([[1105]] - [[September 11]], [[1161]]) was [[Kingdom of Jerusalem|Queen of Jerusalem]] fro...
5: ...her paternal grandmother, Melisende of Montlhery, wife of Hugh I, [[Count of Rethel]]. She had three ...
9: ...nant, reigning by right of hereditary and civil law.
11: ... patronage, and in diplomatic correspondence. Baldwin raised his daughter as a capable successor to h...
13: ...esignated Melisende as guardian for the young Baldwin, excluding Fulk altogether. - Agnes of Courtenay (6051 bytes)
1: ...' (died c. [[1184]]) was the mother of king [[Baldwin IV of Jerusalem]], and an important figure in t...
3: ...]]. Both would come to rule the kingdom in their own right.
5: ...riage. Despite the annulment, their two children were declared legitimate.
7: ...een engaged before her marriage with Amalric. Meanwhile, Amalric did make a more advantagous marriage...
9: ...|Isabella]]. There was no such questioning of Baldwin's rights. - Sibylla of Jerusalem (11497 bytes)
1: ...nay]] and sister of [[Baldwin IV of Jerusalem|Baldwin IV]]. Her grandmother [[Melisende of Jerusalem|...
5: ... by her mother, Sibylla would later become closer with Agnes and inherit her political supporters.
7: ...ibylla named her son [[Baldwin V of Jerusalem|Baldwin]].
9: ...oeuvered to have the princess marry one of their own.
11: ...umed the emperor was investing in the future good-will of the king-consort of Sibylla. - Isabella of Jerusalem (7928 bytes)
3: ...[[Nablus]] from her husband the king. Isabella grew up in the court of her mother and stepfather [[Ba...
5: ...nt a message to Saladin telling him of the recent wedding and reminding him of their shared history. ...
7: ... army that no attack should be directed at this tower."''
9: ...iod. In order to prepare for the future after Baldwin IV, Isabella's mother and the baronial party to...
11: ...ing to this settlement, both Sibylla and Isabella were considered equally entitled to succeed. - Isabella of Castile (4156 bytes)
2: ...er of her husband's dominions. This monarch is known by a variety of other names including ''Isabel I...
5: ...Nuno Alvares Pereira]], Count de Barcelos and his wife Leonor Alvim, Countess of Barcelos.
7: ...at-granddaughter of [[John I of Castile]] and his wife [[Eleanor of Aragon]], a sister of Kings [[Joh...
8: ... son of John I of Portugal by Inez Perez, and his wife Beatriz Pereira, countess da Barcellos.
10: ...was a brother of [[Henry the Navigator]], and his wife [[Isabella de Bragan硝]. - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
3: ...he was [[Queen consort]] of both [[France]] and [[England]] in her lifetime.
6: ...as named after her mother and called ''Ali鮯r'', which means ''other Aenor'' in the ''langue d'oc'',...
8: ...would become modern [[France]], when her brother, William Aigret, died as a baby.
10: ... crystal vase]] that is on display at the Louvre. Within a month of their marriage, [[Louis VI of Fra...
12: ...lly emphasized the role of women in the campaign, with her, the Queen of France, as their leader. - Catherine de' Medici (7484 bytes)
3: ...therine de M餩cis''', was Queen of France as the wife of King [[Henry II of France]], of the [[Valoi...
5: ...hose elder brother was alive at the time, but who would become King [[Henry II of France]].
7: ...ed at the possible extinction of his royal house, would listen to such a proposal. But Catherine did ...
9: When her maternal aunt the Duchess of Albany died, ...
11: ...0]] she named as chancellor [[Michel de l'H?al]], who advocated a policy of conciliation. - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
1: :''For other people with this name, see [[Mary Tudor]]''
3: ...ight|thumb|220px|'''Mary I''' <br><small>Queen of England and Ireland</small>]]
8: ...cases reversed by her successor, [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]].
10: ...ed [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary I, Queen of Scots]], who lived at approximately the same time.
13: ...e a healthy son; Catherine's sixth and last child was a stillborn daughter.
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