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- Mary I of Scotland (27810 bytes)
7: ...ndash; [[July 24]], [[1567]]. She is perhaps the best known of the Scottish monarchs, in part because ...
9: Mary, Queen of Scots, is sometimes confused with her first cousin once removed, [[Ma...
12: ...tland]], on [[December 8]], [[1542]] to King [[James V of Scotland]] and his French wife, [[Marie de G...
14: ...es could inherit only after extinction of male lines.
15: ...ary ascended the throne because all other male lines of the royal house had gone extinct before the de... - Elizabeth I of England (34338 bytes)
7: ...irgin Queen''', '''Gloriana''', or '''Good Queen Bess''', Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch ...
9: ...en saved her from political and marital misalliances. Like her father [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VI...
11: ...ies, one [[earl|earldom]] and seven [[baron|baronies]] in the [[Peerage of England]], and one barony i...
13: ...ica]] and afterwards a member of the [[United States]], was named after Elizabeth I, the "Virgin Queen...
16: ... under the [[English Act of Succession|Act of Succession 1544]]. - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
1: ...uth Holland in [[1840]]. There are 10 more provinces in the Netherlands.<!--
14: official_languages = [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[Frisian language|Fr...
17: largest_city = [[Amsterdam]] |
19: leader_titles = [[Dutch monarch|Queen]]<br>[[Prime minister of ...
20: leader_names = [[Beatrix of the Netherlands|Beatrix]] <br> [[J... - Tuvalu (11893 bytes)
38: | [[List of countries by area|Ranked 190th]]<br/> [[1 E7 m²|2...
41: ...lation|Ranked 193rd]]<br/> 11,468 (July 2004 est.)<br/> 441/km²
49: | '''[[List of country calling codes|Calling Code]]'''
55: ...d) that isn't threatened by sea level rise, but does have decreasing population.
60: ...nds around 2,000 years ago. During pre-contact times, there was frequent canoe voyaging between the ne... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
12: ..., ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
14: ...1956]]), US [[Abstract expressionism|abstract expressionist]] [[painter]]
17: ..., ([[1841]]-[[1919]]), French [[Impressionism|impressionist]] painter
33: *[[Jacques-Laurent Agasse]] ([[1767]]-[[1848]])
42: *[[Mikolas Ales]] ([[1852]]-[[1913]]) - Pope Sabinianus (965 bytes)
7: ...pontificum Romanorum'' (Venice, [[1557]]) attributes to him the introduction of the custom of ringing ...
10: Predecessor=[[Pope Gregory I|Saint Gregory I]]|
11: Successor=[[Pope Boniface III|Boniface III]]|Dates=604–606}} - Pieter Brueghel the Elder (6133 bytes)
3: ...ainter]] known for his landscapes and peasant scenes. There are records that he was born in Broghel ne...
9: ...s also the one generally meant when the context does not make clear which "Brueghel" is being referred...
11: ...p to a religious [[allegory]]. His winter landscapes of 1565 are corroborative evidence of the severit...
14: ...herlandish Proverbs'', [[1559]], with peasant scenes illustrating over 100 [[proverb]]s]]
17: ...sc01965.jpg|thumb|250px|''The Peasant Wedding'' [[1568]]]] - Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
2: ...didness and personal flavor, he takes mankind and especially himself as the object of study. He was a ...
6: ...Spanish Jewish family, but was herself raised Protestant. Montaigne was sent to a small cottage with ...
8: ...e was at the court of [[Charles IX of France|Charles IX]]. While serving at the Bordeaux Parlement, h...
10: ...ve daughters, but only one survived childhood. In 1568 his father died and Montaigne inherited the Ch&ac...
12: ...;teau where in his library he began work on his ''Essays'', first published in [[1580]]. - Francis Drake (14963 bytes)
7: ... in his life. Francis was the eldest or second eldest of twelve children.
9: ...his own bark. At age 23 Drake took his first voyages to the [[New World]] under the sails of the Hawki...
11: == First adventures ==
12: ...nst Spanish forces, which claimed many English lives but earned Drake the favour of [[Elizabeth I of E...
13: ...y acknowledge Drake's accomplishment. Such intrigues were typical during Drake's era. - March 20 (10075 bytes)
7: ...413]] – [[Henry V of England|Henry V]] becomes King of [[England]].
8: ...602]] – The [[Dutch East India Company]] is established.
9: *[[1739]] – [[Nadir Shah]] occupies [[Delhi]] in [[India]] and sacks the city, steali...
10: ...Great Fire" of [[Boston, Massachusetts |Boston]] destroys 349 buildings.
11: ...eon I of France|Napoleon]] enters [[Paris]] after escaping from [[Elba]] with a regular army of 140,00... - March 23 (10340 bytes)
6: *[[752]] - [[Pope Stephen II|Stephen II]] becomes [[Pope]].
7: ...and [[Charles IX of France]] make substantial concessions to the [[Huguenots]].
8: *[[1708]] - [[James Francis Edward Stuart]] lands at the [[Firth of F...
13: ...''[[John Wickliffe (ship)|John Wickliffe]]'' arrives at [[Port Chalmers]] carrying the first Scottish ...
16: ... [[Land run]]: [[President of the United States|President]] [[Benjamin Harrison]] opens [[Oklahoma]] t... - List of philosophers (79981 bytes)
16: *[[Alessandro Achillini]], (1463-1512)
26: *[[Aedesius]], (d. 355)
27: *[[Aenesidemus]], (1st century BC){{fn|R}}
44: *[[Alcibiades]], (c. 450-404 BC)
51: *[[Alexander of Hales]], (d. 1245){{fn|C}}{{fn|R}} - July 24 (8660 bytes)
5: ...aced by her 1 year old son [[King James I|King James VI]].
7: ...[Niagara]] to halt [[Jacob Brown]]'s [[United States|American]] invaders.
9: ... pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of [[Salt Lake City]].
10: ...eneral [[George Crook]] in an effort to keep Yankees out of the [[Shenandoah Valley]].
11: ...U.S. state]] to be readmitted to the [[United States|Union]] following the [[American Civil War]]. - National anthem (4891 bytes)
3: ... by galvanzing the history, traditions and struggles of its people.
5: ...ditions, most notably [[Japan]] (which has the oldest anthem in the world, [[Kimigayo]]), [[Iran]], [[...
7: ...ntries have challenged the dominance of dated orchestral music. In [[Australia]], for instance, the of...
9: ...plicity, most national anthems are of little interest musically. Some of the notable exceptions are th...
11: ...he [[Nazi]] era as "[[Deutschland, Deutschland ?lles]]." - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...ary Order of Malta''' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
5: ... pilgrims traveling to visit the birthplace of [[Jesus]]. It was served by [[Benedictine]] Brothers.
7: ...d into providing an armed escort to pilgrims. The escort soon grew into a substantial force.
9: ...k]]s, which in turn were divided into [[commanderies]].
13: === Knights of Rhodes ===
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