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- Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
2: ...therine exemplified an "[[enlightened absolutism|enlightened monarch]]."
13: ...erine proceeded to "Westernize" Russia. However, unlike [[Peter the Great]], Catherine scorned force a...
25: ...e of Svensksund]] (modern-day Ruotsinsalmi in [[Finland]]), July 9-10, 1790. The Russian navy, command...
33: Catherine subscribed to [[the Enlightenment]] and considered herself a "philosopher... - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: [[Image:DiderotVanLoo.jpg|thumb|right|''Portrait of Diderot'' by [[Lo...
3: ...t became known as the [[The Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]], and was the editor-in-chief of the f... - Elizabeth of Russia (14144 bytes)
11: ... to [[Holstein]] of her beloved sister Anne, her only remaining near relation, the princess found hers...
23: ...e Preobrazhensky [[Leib Guard|Guards]] regiment, enlisted their sympathies by a stirring speech, and l...
25: ...ttle knowledge and no experience of affairs, suddenly found herself at the head of a great empire at o...
29: ...eden ceded to Russia all the southern part of [[Finland]] east of the river Kymmene, which thus became...
31: This triumphant issue was mainly due to the diplomatic ability of the new vice ch... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
11: ...[British honours system|honours and dignities]]. Only eight peerage dignities, one [[earl|earldom]] an...
16: Elizabeth was the only surviving child of King [[Henry VIII of England]...
33: ...in, [[Matthew Parker]], to become Archbishop. He only accepted out of loyalty to [[Anne Boleyn]]'s mem...
41: ... inheiretted from her father [[Henry VIII]] were only hers until she wed.
46: ...s to the last English possession on the French mainland, [[Calais]], after the defeat of an English ex... - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
15: ...r was the future Mary II. Anne and Mary were the only children of the Duke and Duchess of York to surv...
26: ...s Anne, [[heir apparent]] to the Throne, was the only individual remaining in the line of succession e...
35: ...1st Baron Godolphin]]. The Whigs—who were, unlike the Tories, vigorous supporters of the War of ...
38: ...right to own property in England into jeopardy), unless Scotland either repealed the Act of Security o...
62: ... the Faith]], etc." (The claim to [[France]] was only nominal, and had been asserted by every English ... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
12: ...ingen|Karl, Prince of Leiningen]]. Victoria, the only child of the couple, was born in Kensington Pala...
14: ...n in the line of succession, Victoria was taught only [[German language|German]], the first language o...
35: ...le ''His Royal Highness''. Prince Albert was commonly known as the "Prince Consort", though he did not...
39: ...tween Victoria and Prince Albert. Albert was not only the Queen's companion, but also an important pol...
43: ... to shoot the Queen. Although his gun was loaded only with paper and tobacco, his crime was still puni... - Catherine of Valois (1918 bytes)
3: ...lois]] having been the original candidate). The only issue of this marriage was the future King [[Hen... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
22: ...s-Auguste]] was shy, awkward and distant. He was only a year older than she was and had no sexual or r...
25: ... supposed to do on their wedding night. They had only a very vague idea of sex and this increased the ...
36: ...-Auguste and Marie-Antoinette's life changed suddenly at 3 o'clock in the afternoon of 10th May [[1774...
85: ...me impatient with the jeweller and snapped, "Not only have I never commissioned you to make a jewel &h...
117: ...ds were massacred. She and her ladies-in-waiting only narrowly escaped with their lives before the cro... - Indira Gandhi (15405 bytes)
55: She was the only child of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], the first [[Prime...
69: ...banks had collapsed with depositors getting back only a fraction of their money. Moreover a large numb... - Janet Reno (5747 bytes)
34: ... Reno enrolled at [[Harvard Law School]], one of only sixteen women in a class of more than 500 studen... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
27: ... United Kingdom]] from [[1979]] to [[1990]], the only woman [[as of 2005]] to serve in that position. ...
33: ...even less popular [[Community Charge]], more commonly known as the [[poll tax]]. At the same time the ...
47: ...icy of the Labour Government as being steps "not only towards [[Socialism]], but towards [[Communism]]...
69: ...al Irish Republican Army|Provisional IRA]] and [[INLA]] prisoners in [[Northern Ireland|Northern Irela...
73: ...h for that media catch-phrase- the U-turn- I can only say this: You turn if you want to. The lady's no... - The Valiant Five (3833 bytes)
13: Only men had been appointed to the Senate thus far. F... - Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
4: ... [[1941]], however they separated when they both enlisted, he in the [[United States Marine Corps | US...
13: Madalyn Murray O'Hair clashed not only with religious believers but with many atheists....
16: ... from a San Antonio jeweler but took delivery of only $500,000. No further communication came from any... - Rosa Parks (8331 bytes)
25: ...urt on [[Commerce Clause]] grounds. That victory only overturned state segregation laws as applied to ... - Marie de France (1845 bytes)
- Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
20: ... Pierantonio had four sons and one daughter. But only the daughter, Prudenzia, survived to adulthood &...
34: ... father Orazio departed for [[Genoa]]. It is commonly believed that Artemisia followed her father (and...
42: ...trait of Gonfaloniere"''), today in [[Bologna]] (only known example of her capacity as portrait painte...
46: ...ated to [[Naples]] and stayed there - except for only a brief trip to [[London]] and some other journe...
52: ...t, and it was not possible to refuse. Orazio suddenly died in [[1639]]. Charles I was a fanatical coll... - Zora Neale Hurston (4470 bytes)
15: ... was [[Richard Wright (author)|Richard Wright]]. Unlike Hurston, Wright wrote in explicitly political ... - Christine de Pizan (6645 bytes)
- Ayn Rand (18001 bytes)
66: ...s. Many academic philosophers criticize Rand not only for her sweeping denouncements of academic philo...
105: ... vol 2, #2. [http://www.skeptic.com/02.2.shermer-unlikely-cult.html] - Murasaki Shikibu (2682 bytes)
10: ...d in 1014, when records show that her father suddenly returned to Kyoto from his governor's mansion, o...
12: ...ovel'' was written by [[Liza Dalby]], who is the only Westerner to have been trained as a [[geisha]].
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