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- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (35966 bytes)
2: ...equeen.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Elizabeth II in an official portrait as [[Queen of Canada]] (on the occas...
20: ...s]] was [[Marion Crawford]], better known as "Crawfie". She studied history with C. H. K. Marten, Prov...
23: ...stances". In [[1940]] Princess Elizabeth made her first broadcast, addressing other children who had b...
27: ...her than have them educated at home. She was the first (and as of 2005 the only) female member of the...
29: Elizabeth made her first official visit overseas in [[1947]], when she accompan... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
10: Mary I is sometimes confused with her first cousin, once removed [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary...
13: ...d of [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] and his first wife, [[Catherine of Aragon]]. A [[stillbirth|...
15: ... the subject, but was herself the Princess Mary's first teacher in Latin.
17: ..., the Princess Mary was instead contracted to her first cousin, the [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Charles V...
21: ...beth, then living in [[Hatfield, Hertfordshire|Hatfield]]. She was not permitted to see her mother Ca... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch of the [[Tudor dynasty]], having succe...
9: ...is era. In addition, [[Francis Drake]] became the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe; [[Fran...
18: ... before her death. Later, Parker would become the first Archbishop of [[Canterbury]] after Elizabeth b...
25: .... In [[1553]], however, Edward died at the age of fifteen, having left a will which purported to super...
27: ...r house arrest under the guard of Sir Henry Bedingfield; by the end of that year, when Mary was falsel... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: ...ngdom of Great Britain|Kingdom]], Anne became the first Sovereign of [[Great Britain]]. She continued ...
15: ...ames, Duke of York, (afterwards James II) and his first wife, the [[Lady Anne Hyde]] (daughter of [[Ed...
17: ...Catholicism. Princess Anne, however, declared her firm adherence to [[Anglicanism]]; James II continue...
22: ...te monarch), Mary II dismissed him from all his offices. Lady Marlborough was subsequently removed fro...
24: ...our by restoring Lord Marlborough to all of his offices. In return, Princess Anne publicly supported W... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ... of Great Britain and Ireland]], she was also the first monarch to use the title [[Empress of India]].
12: ...ld I of Belgium|Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield]] and widow of [[Karl of Leiningen|Karl, Princ...
14: ...a was taught only [[German language|German]], the first language of both her mother and her governess,...
18: ...s sixteen years old. Prince Albert was Victoria's first cousin; his father was the brother of her moth...
27: ...ng unpopular and, moreover, faced considerable difficulty in governing the British colonies. In [[Cana... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
11: ...]] [[1961]]–[[31 August]] [[1997]]) was the first [[wife]] of [[Charles, Prince of Wales|HRH The...
15: ... [[beauty]], admired and emulated for her high-profile involvement in [[AIDS]] issues and the internat...
22: ...encer|Edward Spencer, Viscount Althorp]], and his first wife, [[Frances Shand Kydd|Frances Spencer, Vi...
24: ...efly attended [[Institut Alpin Videmanette]], a [[finishing school]] in [[Rougemont]], [[Switzerland]]...
30: ...nd Protestant. Diana fulfilled all of these qualifications. - Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (3681 bytes)
4: ...d the owner of the influential British decorating firm [[Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler]].
6: She divorced her first husband, [[Robert Gould Shaw 2nd]], then moved...
8: ...woman member to actually take her seat, since the first elected female member in [[1918]], [[Constance...
10: ...m of her position. However, Nancy Astor was often fiercely critical of the [[Nazis]], and her husband ...
12: ...speech, first referred to the men of the 8th Army fighting the [[Italian campaign]] as the ''[[D-Day D... - Kim Campbell (10679 bytes)
33: ... of her given names, and consequently adopted the first name '''Kim''' in her teens. She was educated ...
41: ... ([[1990]]-[[1993]]). Then she briefly became the first female [[Minister of National Defence (Canada)...
43: ... and Eddy were divorced, although the divorce was finalized before she was sworn in as Prime Minister.
45: ...any Canadians. The fact that she was a woman, the first to become Prime Minister, initially made her v...
49: ...y regarded as the final nail in her campaign's coffin. - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
6: ... the militant nationalist boy scouting movement [[Fianna ɩreann]] in [[1909]].
10: ...-elected to the [[Second Dᩬ]] in the [[House of Commons of Southern Ireland]] elections of 1921.
12: ...et rank from April to August 1919, she became the first Irish female [[Cabinet Minister]]. She held t...
14: ...]] cause in the [[Irish Civil War]], and joined [[Fianna Fᩬ]] on its foundation in [[1926]]. She was... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
5: |'''Period in Office:'''
27: ...servative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] and the figurehead of a political philosophy that became kno...
33: Her popularity finally declined when she replaced the unpopular [[R...
36: ...cal politics, serving as an [[Alderman]] (while officially described as '[[Whig|Liberal]] Independent'...
38: .... She was a member of the team that developed the first soft frozen ice cream. - The Valiant Five (3833 bytes)
1: ...The Valiant Five''' or '''The Famous Five''' were five [[Canada|Canadian]] women who, in [[1927]] aske...
5: ...Murphy]] (the [[British Empire|British Empire's]] first woman judge);
6: ...rryat Parlby]] (farm women's leader, activist and first woman [[Cabinet minister]] in Alberta);
8: ...(one of two women first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]], and
11: ...of Canada|Governor General]] shall... summon qualified Persons to the Senate; and ... every Person so ... - Asia (16910 bytes)
4: ...stern part of the [[continent]] of [[Eurasia]], defined by subtracting the [[Europe]]an peninsula from...
6: The exact boundaries are vaguely defined, especially between Asia and Europe: the demar...
8: ...sland]]s in the [[Indian Ocean|Indian]] and [[Pacific Ocean]]s, often excluding [[Russia]].
50: * The [[Pacific Ocean]] islands of [[Taiwan]] and [[Japan]].
60: ...a]] and islands in the [[Indian Ocean]] and [[Pacific Ocean]]. The countries it contains are: - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...d resulted in the consensus that the country's *official* name is now "Canada", not anything else. If ...
10: ...ench language|French]]. Its [[Statistics Canada|official]] population estimate for [[as of 2005|June 2...
15: ...Minister]], who is the head of government, have official residences in Ottawa.
17: ...f Nations]], and [[La Francophonie]]. Canada is officially [[Bilingualism in Canada|bilingual]]:
21: ... and [[hydroelectric power]] capacity. Its diversified [[Economy of Canada|economy]] relies heavily on... - United Arab Emirates (10825 bytes)
23: | '''[[Official language]]'''
65: ...he Supreme Council every five years. Although unofficial, the Presidency is hereditary to the Al-Nahya...
71: ...ts sources of income and lessen its dependence on finite oil reserves. One result of these efforts is ...
88: ...crude oil. The UAE is considered to be one of the fifteen states that comprise the so-called "[[Cradle...
125: | Varies || End of [[Ramadan]] || [[Eid ul-Fitr]] - Republic of Ireland (25543 bytes)
1: ...ion of Ireland|Irish constitution]] the state's official name is simply '''Ireland''' (Irish: ''[[ɩre...
13: national_anthem = ''[[Amhrᮠna bhFiann]]'' |
14: official_languages = [[Irish language|Irish]], [[Engli...
58: ...ted term for the state, ''Ireland'' is used for official purposes such as treaties, government and leg...
60: ...'. Historically the state has had more than one official title. The revolutionary state established by... - Guatemala (8475 bytes)
1: ...nt of [[North America]], bordering both the [[Pacific Ocean]] and the [[Caribbean Sea]].
19: | '''[[Official language]]'''
20: ...|Spanish]] (Official), (Indigenous languages of official status as well, particularly Maya)
62: ...ued until conquered by the [[Spain|Spanish]], who first arrived in [[1523]] and colonised the area. [[...
64: ...uatemala became independent of Spain in [[1821]], first as a part of the [[United Provinces of Central... - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
7: ...m, ittihād, nazm<br /> ([[Urdu]]: Faith (self confidence), Unity, Discipline) |
10: official_languages = [[Urdu language|Urdu]], [[E...
16: largest_city = [[Karachi]] (also [[financial capital]]) |
74: ...llowed to return to India and died in solitary confinement in 1862. The Emperor's three sons, also inv...
85: ...d the United States supported anti-Soviet freedom fighters (called [[Mujahideen]]) in Afghanistan, and... - United Kingdom (37269 bytes)
12: official_languages = [[Languages in the United Kingdom...
46: ...inority Languages]]. In each of these, the UK's official name is as follows:
52: ...>6</sup> Official estimate provided by the UK [[Office for National Statistics]]. As of April 2005, th...
54: ...untry" to "state", "nation", "union", etc, please first contribute to the extensive discussion of this...
58: ...ded Wales]] as a [[principality]]) with those of, first, [[Kingdom of Scotland]] and then [[Kingdom of... - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
13: OfficialLang = ''English'' |
36: ...is the site of the [[New Hampshire primary]], the first [[U.S. presidential primary|primary]] in the [...
38: ...ac|purple lilac]]. Its state bird is the [[purple finch]]. Its state tree is the [[Paper Birch|America...
42: ... it gained international attention for having the first openly [[gay]] bishop, [[Gene Robinson]], with...
49: ...h rule in the [[American Revolution]]. It was the first state to declare its independence, and the his... - Space (10661 bytes)
1: ...s article is about '''space''' — the scientific and philosophical concept. For other uses of spa...
3: '''Space''' has a range of definitions.
8: These opposing views are relevant also to definitions of [[time]]. Space is typically described ...
12: ...s contentious. Various concepts used to try to define space have included:
14: * The structure defined by the set of spatial relationships between ob...
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