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  • Wilhelmina (Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Marie of Orange-Nassau) (August ... was as capable as men in the daunting task of leading her nation through ...
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  • #039;s equator, and the apparent position of the Sun at that moment. are taken to be used in the definition of a celestial coordinate system—see ...
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  • The Treaty of Waitangi (Māori: Tiriti o Waitangi) is a treaty first ... the Treaty is nonetheless the subject of heated debate. Many Māori ...
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  • #039;s feet") represented for thousands of years a common method of execution ... The use of elephants to execute captives often attracted the horrified ...
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  • Edward III (November 13, 1312 – June 21, 1377) was one of the most ... Edward was crowned at the age of 14, following the deposition of his ...
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  • William III of England (The Hague, November 14, 1650 – Kensington ... Born a member of the House of Orange-Nassau, William III won the English ...
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  • later entered politics, becoming a Secretary of State in 1616. Richelieu soon ... The Cardinal de Richelieu was often known by the title of the King ...
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  • – January 9, 1873) was the first President of the French Republic and the ... moral failings. The leaders and the people of Post-revolutionary France lacked ...
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  • Magna Carta Libertatum ("Great Charter of Freedoms"), is an English ... Magna Carta was originally created because of disagreements between ...
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  • The Tower of London (known historically simply as The Tower), is an ... The Tower of London is sometimes identified with the White Tower, ...
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  • in England. He is most famous as a student of Peter Paul Rubens and for his ... By the age of 15 he was already a highly accomplished artist, as his ...
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  • Isabella of France (c. 1295 – August 22, 1358), later referred to ... With Mortimer, Isabella plotted an invasion of England to depose Edward ...
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  • Redwood is a common name used for three species of trees with red ... The term is also used for the wood of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris ...
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  • Civil rights are the protections and privileges of personal power ... rights laws are most often written. Examples of civil rights and liberties ...
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  • mines increasingly financed a long series of European and North African ... The Peace of Utrecht (1713) stripped Spain of its remaining territories ...
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  • Henry II of England (March 5, 1133 – July 6, 1189) ruled as King ... Following the disorder that accompanied the disputed reign of King ...
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  • The Napoleonic Wars comprised a series of global conflicts fought ... to Europe. Though Napoleon brought most of Western Europe under his rule ...
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  • ) refers to India's smallest state in terms of area and the fourth ... ranks the largest city. The historic city of Margao still exhibits the influence ...
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  • Edward IV (April 28, 1442 – April 9, 1483) was King of England from ... administrator, who enjoyed the respect of his men. Most of those whom ...
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  • 15, 1950), a political and social leader of India, played a major role ... Sardār), which means Chief in many languages of India. ...
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