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- Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
1: Presidency of Barack Obama
3: ... Timeline of the Barack Obama presidency and Presidency of Barack Obama
4: ...pwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico explodes, spilling millions of gallons of oil into the se...
5: ...licans retake the House of Representatives as the Democrats lose 63 seats.
6: ...Representative Gabrielle Giffords is severely wounded in an assassination attempt - China (38909 bytes)
1: ...e [[3rd century BC]] to protect the north from raiders on horseback.]]
3: ...nding on one's point of view, modern China can be described as a single [[civilization]] or multiple c...
5: ...of China]] in [[1912]]; however the next four decades were marred by warlordism, the [[Second Sino-Jap...
7: ...utes on [[Chinese reunification]]/[[Taiwan independence]] issues.
14: ...of China at the centre of her known world, surrounded by lesser tributary states. - Hatshepsut (9070 bytes)
2: ...beknefru]] and Pharaoh [[Nitocris]] actually preceded her (though the latter is not certain to have ru...
4: ...ghout Egypt. She also began rebuilding Egypt's trade networks which had been disrupted by the [[Hyksos...
10: ...fe of Amun'' before either parent died. After the death of her father in [[1492 BC]] she married her h...
11: ...ose III]], by a lesser wife named Isis before his death.
13: ...t it soon became apparent that she had only one model in mind, Sobekneferu, the last monarch of the Tw... - Cleopatra VII of Egypt (8634 bytes)
4: ...l name, "Cleopatra Thea Philopator" means "the Goddess Cleopatra, Beloved of Her Father."
6: ...ly '''Cleopatra''', all of her similarly-named predecessors having been largely forgotten. Cleopatra w...
9: ...lowing the deaths of her brothers she named her eldest son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV [[Caesarion]] ([[44 ...
10: ...ge:The-cleopatra2.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
11: ... seeking sanctuary, Ptolemy had him murdered in order to ingratiate himself with Caesar. Caesar was so... - Boudicca (6973 bytes)
7: ...[47]]). Hoping to preserve his line, Prasutagus made the [[Roman emperor]] co-heir, along with his two...
9: ... this, but does single out [[procurator]] [[Catus Decianus]] for criticism for his "rapacity".
11: ... the rebels destroyed it, besieging the last defenders in the temple for two days before it fell. The ...
13: ...us. [[Verulamium]] ([[St Albans]]) was next to be destroyed.
15: ... German king [[Ariovistus]] is reported to have made the same mistake in [[Julius Caesar]]'s [[Gallic ... - Performance (3170 bytes)
4: Examples of performance [[genre]]s include:
22: ... a [[scientific]] setting, the carrying out of predetermined [[action (philosophy)|action]]s in a cont...
24: ...ot require payment, but do welcome it. See [[extended technique]].
28: The word '''performance''' may also describe the way in which an [[actor]](ess), or [[ar...
35: ...Transwiki:Monitoring monitoring] performance include: - Melisende of Jerusalem (16880 bytes)
1: ...al, possibly Melisende herself, from the [[Melisende Psalter]]]]
3: '''Melisende''' ([[1105]] - [[September 11]], [[1161]]) was [[...
5: ... was named after her paternal grandmother, Melisende of Montlhery, wife of Hugh I, [[Count of Rethel]]...
9: ...reginam, cui jure hereditario competebat." Melisende was no mere regent-queen (for her son Baldwin III...
11: ...hter as a capable successor to himself and Melisende enjoyed the support of the ''[[Haute Cour of Jeru... - Agnes of Courtenay (6051 bytes)
3: ...]], and it seems that they waited until Fulcher's death to marry. Agnes bore Amalric two children, fir...
5: .... Despite the annulment, their two children were declared legitimate.
7: Amalric ascended the throne after the marriage was annulled. Agne...
11: ...s to maintain her own household, which later included several nobles as clients, such as [[Amalric II ...
13: ...s an opponent of Raymond III of Tripoli she persuaded Baldwin IV not to allow him to enter the kingdom... - Sibylla of Jerusalem (11497 bytes)
1: ...Melisende of Jerusalem|Queen Melisende]] had provided an example of successful rule by a queen regnant...
5: ... former Queen [[Melisende of Jerusalem]], who founded the convent of St. Lazarus in Bethany for her si...
9: ...t cousin of Sibylla, arrived in [[1177]] and demanded to have the princess married to one of his own v...
11: ...tween the princess and his prisoner, Saladin demanded a large ransom, which Baldwin himself could not ...
19: ...he accord between Jerusalem and Egypt. Baldwin IV deposed Guy as regent in [[1183]] and attempted to h... - Eleanor of Aquitaine (11927 bytes)
3: '''Eleanor of Aquitaine''' ([[Bordeaux]], [[France]], c. [[1124]] – [[March 31]...
6: ...], [[Duke of Aquitaine]], and her mother was Ʈor de Chⴥllerault, the daughter of Aimeric I, Vicomte...
8: ... and richest of the provinces that would become modern [[France]], when her brother, William Aigret, d...
10: ...uld remain independent of France, and Eleanor's eldest son would be both King of France and [[Dukes of...
12: ...paign, with her, the Queen of France, as their leader. - Diane de Poitiers (2609 bytes)
1: '''Diane de Poitiers''' ([[September 3]], [[1499]] - [[April ...
3: ...ng Fran篩s I]], she gained the title of Duchesse de Valentinois.
5: ...e noble foreigner [[Catherine de' Medici]], Diane de Poitiers would remain his lifelong true love. The...
7: [[Image:DianedePoitiers.jpg|left|frame|Diane de Poitiers]]
9: ...Paul III]] sent the new Queen Catherine the "[[Golden Rose]]", he did not forget to present the royal ... - Marguerite de Valois (5364 bytes)
1: ...humb|250px|right|style=margin-left:1em|Marguerite de Valois]]
2: '''Marguerite de Valois''' ([[May 14]], [[1553]] – [[May 27]...
4: ...f [[Henry II of France|Henri II]] and [[Catherine de' Medici]]. Three of her brothers became kings of...
6: ...eanne d'Albret died before the marriage was concluded.
8: ... It was reported that during the ceremony, the bride and groom stared straight ahead, never looking at... - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
2: ...''' (born [[January 12]], [[1951]] in [[Cape Girardeau, Missouri]]) is an [[United States|American]] [...
6: ... a [[judge]] whose wealth and power gave him considerable influence in Southeastern [[Missouri]], had ...
8: ...dropout|dropped out]]. This would have normally made him eligible for the [[draft]], but he was classi...
10: ... claim is now a reality as Limbaugh does use a golden microphone on ''The Rush Limbaugh Show''.)
18: ...tes|Vice President]] [[Dick Cheney]] or even President George W. Bush. - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
3: ...s foundation of the [[Imperial Academy of Arts|Academy of Fine Arts]] in [[Saint Petersburg|St. Peters...
7: ...[[Kolomenskoye]], near [[Moscow]], on the 18th of December [[1709]]. As her parents were not married a...
9: ...luency than accuracy. From her earliest years she delighted every one by her extraordinary beauty and ...
11: ...hat on the death of her mother (May 1727) and the departure to [[Holstein]] of her beloved sister Anne...
15: ...banishment to [[Siberia]], minus his tongue, by order of the empress [[Anna of Russia|Anne]], consoled... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
7: ...7]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more than sixty-three years ...
12: ...ged from their wives) and father children to provide an heir for the king. At the age of fifty the Duk...
16: ...Regent during the queen's minority. Ignoring precedent, Parliament did not create a council to limit t...
18: ...an prince) and out of a sense of duty (his family desired the match). Whatever Albert's original reaso...
20: ...h II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s descendants a separate family surname, [[Mountbatten... - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
2: ... [[Edward IV of England]] from [[1464]] until his death in [[1483]].
6: ... 1st Earl Rivers|Sir Richard Woodville]] (later made first Earl Rivers) and [[Jacquetta of Luxembourg]...
10: ...ers]], began to be favored over him, he changed sides.
16: ...was considered a legally binding contract that rendered any other marriage contract invalid as bigamou...
18: ...[[Princes in the Tower]] is unknown but both were dead in this or the next reign. Elizabeth now lost t... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ...ur of Saint John the Evangelist. A court official described the new baby as "a small, but completely h...
6: ...f her closest sister, Maria-Carolina (two years older) and brother, Max, (one year younger.) Her other...
7: ...een years before Antoinette's birth. She was considered one of the most brilliant political figures in...
9: ...ld like as a reward, Mozart is said to have responded by saying he would like the hand of the Empress'...
11: ...d off to European royalty. Maria-Christina, the eldest, was married to the Regent of the [[Netherlands... - Mary Robinson (21825 bytes)
3: ...servative political office. She resigned the presidency four months ahead of the end of her term of of...
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7: ...ption><font size="+1">'''MARY ROBINSON<br><i>President of Ireland</i>'''</font></caption>
10: <tr><td>'''Term of Office:'''</td><td>[[3 December]] [[1990]] - [[12 September]] [[1997]]</td>... - The Valiant Five (3833 bytes)
6: ...ne Parlby|Irene Marryat Parlby]] (farm women's leader, activist and first woman [[Cabinet minister]] i...
9: ...or working women and founder of the [[Victorian Order of Nurses]]).
11: ...the [[British North America Act]], [[1867]], included the possibility of women becoming [[Senate of Ca...
15: ...'' did not include women. The stated grounds included:
20: ...thin the British Isles, the decision was non-precedental for the British House of Lords. The right of... - George Eliot (6014 bytes)
3: ...'George Eliot''' ([[22 November]] [[1819]] - [[22 December]] [[1880]]), was an [[England|English]] [[n...
5: ...f romances. An additional factor may have been a desire to shield her private life from public scruti...
8: ...[1851]]. The ''Westminster Review'' had been founded by [[John Stuart Mill]] and [[Jeremy Bentham]] a...
10: ... remained married to her in name only, while he made house solely with Evans.
12: Two years after the death of Lewes, on [[May 6]], [[1880]] she married a...
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