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- Catherine of Valois (1918 bytes)
5: ...with, and possibly to marry secretly (but, if so, it was legally invalid), Owen Tudor, and give birth ...
7: ...er husband or lover, Owen Tudor, lived on until [[1461]], when he was executed by the [[Yorkist]]s follo... - Elizabeth Woodville (6291 bytes)
6: ...killed at the [[Second Battle of St Albans]] in [[1461]], fighting for the [[House of Lancaster|Lancastr...
10: ...e to Elizabeth Woodville became common knowledge, it was the cause of considerable rancour on Warwick'...
12: ... in [[St. Albans Cathedral|St Albans Cathedral]] with a brass marker to rival the one for that abbey's...
16: ...ny other marriage contract invalid as bigamous. (It was said that Eleanor Talbot had done the same th...
18: ...n this or the next reign. Elizabeth now lost the title of Queen Mother and was called The Dame Elizabe... - Margaret of Anjou (3729 bytes)
3: ...ht years her senior, on April 23, [[1445]], at [[Titchfield]] in [[Hampshire]].
12: ...ent]]s. When he married Margaret, his mental condition was already unstable, and by the time their on...
14: ...of Blore Heath]], where Margaret is said to have witnessed her commander, [[James Touchet, Lord Audley...
16: ...up with a victory at [[St Albans]] on 22 February 1461, at which she defeated the Yorkist forces of [[Ri...
18: ...nd was now seeking revenge for the loss of his political influence. Warwick's daughter, [[Anne Nevill... - Golda Meir (10143 bytes)
1: [[Image:Goldmeir at whitehouse.jpg|frame|right|Golda Meir was the fourth [...
2: ...srael after graduate school and was never a U.S. citizen).
6: ...da looked up to Shayna. Her father left for the United States in [[1903]], and the rest of the family ...
8: ==Emigration to the United States, 1906==
14: ... She began speaking and advocating. She hosted visitors from [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]]. - Esther (5002 bytes)
2: ... the queen of [[Ahasuerus]] (commonly identified with [[Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes I]] or [[Artaxerxes ...
7: ...of Esther even though he is never mentioned explicitly.
9: ...itic]] name ''Ishtar'' may share a common origin with [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] words ...
12: ...f Abihail, a [[Benjamin|Benjamite]]. She resided with her cousin [[Mordecai]], who held some office in...
14: ... of their wonderful deliverance. According to traditional Jewish dating this took place about fifty-tw... - Israel (51605 bytes)
1: ...ares the coastlines of the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]], the [[Gulf of Aqaba]] (also known as G...
14: capital = [[Jerusalem]]<sup>[[#Footnotes|1]]</sup> |
17: leader_titles = [[Prime Minister]]<br>[[President]] |
19: largest_city = [[Jerusalem]] |
22: area_magnitude = 1 E10 | - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
10: | Constantine makes Constantinople his capital.
13: | The Empire is permanently split into Eastern and Western halves, following the de...
21: | Justinian's generals reconquer North Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogoths]].
24: ...Lombard]] invasion results in the loss of most of Italy.
29: ...emaining Italian territories, aside from some territories in the south. - Carnivorous plant (44834 bytes)
1: ...nt''' is a [[plant]] that derives some or most of its
5: especially [[nitrogen]], such as acidic [[bog]]s and rock outcropp...
10: There are five basic trapping mechanisms exploited by carnivorous plants. These
13: *Pitfall traps ([[pitcher plant]]s), which trap prey in a rolled leaf t...
15: *Snap traps, which trap prey with rapid leaf movements; - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
3: ...r a group of provinces) within the Anglo-French unit" that was both battlefield and prize (Braudel 198...
5: ...n the early growth of nations and new monarchies. It is often viewed as one of the most significant co...
10: ...dom, and personal desires on the part of the nobility to gain wealth and increase prestige.
13: ...Capetian dynasty]] had ruled for over 320 years, with one male heir after the next taking the throne (...
15: ...st brother, [[Charles IV of France|Charles IV]], without question. - Protestant Reformation (26890 bytes)
1: ...t]]s. It also led to the [[Counter-Reformation]] within the Roman Catholic Church.
5: * [[Avignon Papacy]] ("Babylonian Captivity of the Church"), [[Avignon]], [[Western Schism|G...
20: ...wealth and power of the [[elite]] [[clergy]], sensitizing the population to the financial and moral co...
22: ...ional restrictions on the exercise of their authority. In [[England]], [[France]], and [[Spain]] the m...
24: ...e to exclude [[peasant]]s from [[common land]]s. With trade stimulated, landowners increasingly moved ... - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
3: ...Ancient Roman]] polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of Octavian ...
5: ...an Empire]]. The end of the Western Empire is traditionally set in [[476]], when [[Odovacar]] deposed ...
9: ...and ornate imperial ritual. We now know that the situation was far more nuanced: certain historical fo...
11: ...e adopted by successor states and other entities with imperial pretensions, including the [[Frankish]]...
14: ===Political Developments=== - List of mathematicians (37424 bytes)
1: ...glish language|English]] [[alphabet]]ical [[transliteration]] order (by [[surname]]).
12: ...[[Ralph Abraham|Ralph H. Abraham]] (USA, [[University of California, Santa Cruz]])
14: *[[John Couch Adams]] (United Kingdom, [[1819]] - [[1892]])
16: *[[Maria Gaetana Agnesi]] (Italy, [[1718]] - [[1799]])
23: *[[Giacomo Albanese]] (Italy, Brazil) - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
8: *[[Marc Aaronson]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1950]] – [[1987]])
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] – [[1983]])
10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
12: *[[Charles Greeley Abbot]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1872]] – [[1973]]) - Knights Hospitaller (26158 bytes)
1: ...''' (see below) is the main successor to this tradition.
5: ...s traveling to visit the birthplace of [[Jesus]]. It was served by [[Benedictine]] Brothers.
7: ... the group just cared for those pilgrims who made it to Jerusalem but the order soon extended into pro...
9: ...ses of power in the Kingdom and in the [[Principality of Antioch]], were [[Krak des Chevaliers]], and ...
11: [[Image:knights_hospitaller.JPG|framed|right]] - Jean Fouquet (2536 bytes)
6: ...tyle, which he had acquired during his sojourn in Italy, upon the style of the [[Van Eyck]]s, which wa...
10: ... of Europe, at the exhibition of the [[French Primitives]] held at the [[Bibliothè±µe nationale de Fra...
12: ... drawing in [[crayon]]; whilst an authentic portrait from his brush is in the Liechtenstein collection...
14: ...le. The second volume of this MS., unfortunately with only one of the original thirteen miniatures, wa... - February 22 (10772 bytes)
9: ... VIII of France]] enters [[Naples]] to claim the city's throne.
12: ...a]] to the [[United States]] for five million [[United States dollar|U.S. dollars]].
13: ... War]]: The [[Battle of Buena Vista]] - 5,000 [[United States|American]] troops drive off 15,000 [[Mex...
14: * [[1855]] - The [[Pennsylvania State University]] is founded.
15: ...an Party]] opens its first national meeting in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]].
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