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- Jules Dumont d'Urville (2251 bytes)
4: ...Venus de Milo]] now stands in the [[Louvre]] in [[Paris]].
6: ...[[1822]] he sailed on a voyage around the world under [[Louis Isidore Duperrey|Captain Duperrey]], and...
8: ...e probable place of the death of [[Jean-François de La Pérouse|La Perouse]].
12: On his return in [[1840]], he was made [[rear admiral]].
14: ...nd]]) were named after him. There is a street in Paris, Rue Dumont d'Urville, in the 8th district near t... - 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 - Ionic order (6526 bytes)
1: ...es ruines plus beaux des monuments de la Grèce'' Paris, 1758 (Plate XX)]]
2: ...variant of Corinthian, the [[Composite order]], added by 16th century Italian architectural theory and...
4: ...le of Artemis]] at Ephesus, one of the [[Seven Wonders of the World]].
6: ...e so much the standard, that when a Greek Ionic order was eventually reintroduced, in the later [[18th...
8: Below the volutes, the Ionic column may have a wide collar or banding separating the capital from the... - List of people by name: Af (1105 bytes)
9: ...re, Denis Auguste]], (1793-1848), archbishop of [[Paris]] - 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. - Jeanne d'Albret (2474 bytes)
2: ...to [[1572]], wife of [[Antoine de Bourbon|Antoine de Bourbon, duke of Vendome]] and mother of [[Henry ...
6: ...f France|Henry II]] Jeanne was married to Antoine de Bourbon, "first prince of the blood," who would b...
10: ...leaguered [[Huguenot]] ministers which led to her declaring [[Calvinism]] the official religion of her...
12: ...se to support the Catholics, but was mortally wounded at the siege of [[Rouen]]. Jeanne's son [[Henry ...
14: ...ry to the king's sister Marguerite. She died in [[Paris]] two months before the wedding took place. - 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... - Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...of Scots,''' was the ruler of [[Scotland]] from [[December 14]], [[1542]] – [[July 24]], [[1567]...
9: ...[[1516]] – [[1558]]), and whose reign coincided with that of Mary, Queen of Scots.
12: ...ames V of Scotland]] and his French wife, [[Marie de Guise]].
15: ...es of the royal house had gone extinct before the death of Mary's father.
17: ...Stuart during her time in France, and she and her descendants stuck with it.) - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: ...age:DiderotVanLoo.jpg|thumb|right|''Portrait of Diderot'' by [[Louis-Michel van Loo]], 1767]]
3: '''Denis Diderot''' ([[October 5]], [[1713]] – [[July 31]...
5: ...n which many an article and sermon about consumer desire have been based.
7: ...ve of the daily life of the philosophic circle in Paris.
10: - 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... - Catherine of Valois (1918 bytes)
3: ...ment following the [[Battle of Agincourt]] (her elder sister [[Isabella of Valois]] having been the or...
5: ... [[Tudor dynasty]]. Although Catherine was forbidden by a new law to marry again, there was a general...
7: ...given earldoms by King Henry VI after Catherine's death. Edmund would become the father of the future... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
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8: date_of_death=[[31 August]], [[1997]] |
9: place_of_death=[[Paris]], [[France]]
11: ...t always called '''Princess Diana''' by the media despite never having had the right to that title, as...
13: ... [[charity]] work, the Princess's philanthropic endeavours were overshadowed by a [[scandal]]-plagued ... - 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... - Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz (3360 bytes)
4: ...nd were influenced by his artistic and political ideas.
6: ...t at the Slade School in [[London]] and then in [[Paris]], where in [[1893]] she met and married [[Poland...
8: ...uted to life imprisonment, and she was released under the amnesty of [[1917]].
10: ...s]]. However, in line with Sinn F驮 policy, she declined to take her seat on release from prison in ...
14: ...eft government in January 1922 along with [[Eamon de Valera]] and others in opposition to the Treaty. ... - Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
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27: ... Kesteven" -->''', [[Order of the Garter|LG]] [[Order of Merit|OM]] [[Privy Council|PC]] [[Royal Socie...
29: ...he Conservative leadership in [[1975]]. She was undefeated at the polls, winning the [[United Kingdom ... - Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
2: ...]]. The uprising was carried out against Rosa's orders, and crushed by the remnants of the monarchist ...
6: ...fe Line (maiden name: L?stein). Rosa had a growth defect and was physically handicapped all her life.
8: ...e]]. As a result, four of its leaders were put to death and the party was broken up. Some of its membe...
10: ...d]] from imminent detention in [[1889]], she attended [[Zurich University]], along with other socialis...
12: ...ally able to gain seats in the [[Reichstag]]. But despite their revolutionary talk, the socialist memb... - Christabel Pankhurst (1631 bytes)
5: ...al Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] meeting by shouting demands for voting rights for women. She was arreste...
7: ...te for Parliament in the Smethwick riding but was defeated. Leaving her native England, she moved to t...
9: She was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1936. - Flora Tristan (1707 bytes)
3: ...[Bordeaux, France]], was one of the founders of modern [[feminism]] and [[Paul Gauguin]]'s grandmother...
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7: ...for the ideal life through their experiences outside their native France.
9: ...e ''Peregrinations of a Pariah'' (1838), ''Promenades in London'' (1840), and ''The Workers' Union'' (... - Emma Abbott (633 bytes)
2: ... in the [[United States]], where she enjoyed considerable reputation. In [[1873]] she married E. J. W... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
4: ...f the capitals of Europe, including [[London]], [[Paris]], and [[Berlin]].
6: ...masters]] on her own and in [[1866]] she moved to Paris.
8: ...she lived with her family, but art supplies and models were difficult to find in the small town. Her f...
10: ...major European museums, her style matured, and in Paris, she studied with [[Camille Pissarro]].
12: The jury accepted her first painting for the [[Paris Salon]] in [[1872]]. The Salon critics claimed th...
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