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- Great Britain is the largest island of the British Isles. It lies ... As a part of the once powerful British Empire, Great Britain played ...13 KB (1,955 words) - 12:20, 24 January 2023
- November 16, 1272) was the son and successor of John Lackland as King of England ... He assumed the crown under the regency of the popular William Marshal ...14 KB (2,076 words) - 22:21, 8 February 2022
- centuries and is now considered to be one of the most remarkable poets of ... an Anglican priest. All that is known of his mother is her name, Anne ...11 KB (1,742 words) - 17:58, 27 July 2023
- The Bill of Rights 1689 is an English Act of Parliament with the full ... The Bill of Rights 1689 is largely a statement of certain positive ...9 KB (1,377 words) - 18:35, 13 February 2024
- United Kingdom and is celebrated in a number of countries that previously formed ... and spectators prior to the banning of this sport. The origin of the ...19 KB (2,818 words) - 20:04, 20 November 2023
- The Acts of Union were a pair of Parliamentary Acts passed in 1706 ... Scotland and by force created the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland ...14 KB (2,210 words) - 17:39, 27 June 2023
- Women's suffrage is the most widely applicable aspect of the ... in New Jersey by the state constitution of 1776, where the word "inhabitants ...16 KB (2,464 words) - 23:28, 17 May 2023
- the United States and as swede in Southern England and most Commonwealth countries ... Turnips have a long history of usage, with domestication tracing back ...14 KB (2,268 words) - 00:26, 3 May 2023
- award for study at the University of Oxford. This scholarship program ... In the context of what has been called the Scramble for Africa, Rhodes ...17 KB (2,434 words) - 20:03, 8 December 2022
- The Long Parliament is the name of the English Parliament called by ... for the setting up of the Commonwealth of England in 1649. ...14 KB (2,082 words) - 21:03, 3 November 2022
- In law, treason is the crime of disloyalty to one's nation. A ... crime and drew the harshest penalties. In England, punishment for treason ...14 KB (2,143 words) - 12:38, 18 April 2023
- who made a name in the Caribbean as a leader of buccaneers. He considered himself ... Henry Morgan was the eldest son of Robert Morgan, a squire of Llanrhymny ...11 KB (1,645 words) - 15:41, 25 January 2023
- and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. Galsworthy's ... Galsworthy was born at Kingston Hill in Surrey, England, into an established ...11 KB (1,514 words) - 06:40, 8 April 2024
- After graduating from the University of Oxford, Pockocke spent the ... and Muhammad. He helped to pioneer the use of primary sources as well as ...17 KB (2,663 words) - 15:59, 21 December 2021
- 14, 1895 - February 6, 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the ... As the second son of King George V, he was not expected to inherit ...35 KB (5,207 words) - 21:42, 8 February 2024
- Normandes/Îles de la Manche) are a group of islands in the English Channel ... These islands represent the last remnants of the medieval Dukedom ...23 KB (3,402 words) - 01:43, 4 December 2023
- The Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster, normally called Westminster ... Since the Christmas Day coronation of William the Conqueror in 1066 ...17 KB (2,475 words) - 17:21, 4 May 2023
- Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson OM PC FRS (August ... Ernest Rutherford was the son of James Rutherford, a farmer who had ...17 KB (2,514 words) - 19:33, 13 February 2024
- In law, defamation is the communication of a statement that makes ... The legal requirements of proving defamation are often difficult to ...26 KB (4,112 words) - 09:09, 28 January 2024
- Thomas, Earl of Lancaster (c. 1278 – March 22 1322) was one of the ... Thomas Plantagenet upheld the principles of Parliamentary oversight ...17 KB (2,615 words) - 20:54, 31 October 2022
- especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the ... The parliamentary system was the first form of representative government ...32 KB (4,950 words) - 13:21, 11 March 2023
- colonist, an early and courageous proponent of the separation of church and ... A religious separatist, Williams questioned the right of the colonists ...17 KB (2,483 words) - 02:41, 16 December 2022
- pamphleteer, and, most enduringly, author of what is widely considered the ... blind, Paradise Lost relates the story of the biblical Fall of Man: It ...27 KB (4,255 words) - 06:59, 3 August 2022
- [[Image:Catherine03.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Equestrian portrait of Grand ... II Velikaya, born Sophie Augusta Fredericka of Anhalt-Zerbst; May 2, 1729 ...19 KB (2,933 words) - 16:15, 3 December 2023
- The Commonwealth of Australia is a nation strategically located between ... and nineteenth centuries as well as a base of British economic exploitation ...28 KB (3,913 words) - 17:55, 22 August 2023
- Ailred or Ælred or Ailred of Rievaulx, Abbot of Rievaulx (b. Hexham ... sent him to spend several years at the court of King David I of Scotland in ...14 KB (2,184 words) - 06:57, 16 June 2023
- The Commonwealth of Virginia is a Southeastern state considered part ... The Virginia Colony was the first part of the Americas to be continuously ...41 KB (5,879 words) - 20:35, 3 May 2023
- by the Grace of God, of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland ... The republic was known as the Commonwealth of England. The concept of ...31 KB (4,911 words) - 00:22, 18 November 2022
- was an English political theorist and one of the first absolutists. Born ... English monarchy with first the Commonwealth of England (1649–1653) and ...12 KB (1,931 words) - 05:04, 15 December 2022
- 1651 book Leviathan set the agenda for much of subsequent Western political ... Hobbes also contributed to a diverse array of fields, including history ...29 KB (4,445 words) - 21:18, 30 April 2023
- is situated at the north-eastern end of the Houses of Parliament building ... Although not as historical a London landmark as the Tower of London ...22 KB (3,639 words) - 22:14, 23 November 2023
- A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth ... Both the role of the physician and the meaning of the word itself ...29 KB (3,911 words) - 19:59, 15 May 2020
- The Commonwealth of Dominica, commonly known as Dominica, is an island ... is her body." Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands to be ...26 KB (3,800 words) - 17:13, 30 January 2024
- The term English Civil War (or Wars) refers to the series of armed ... of the English monarchy with the Commonwealth of England (1649-1653) and ...48 KB (7,492 words) - 18:35, 13 February 2024
- Cromwell, the Lord Protector (see Commonwealth of England and The Protectorate ... of England was abolished, and the Commonwealth of England re-established. ...35 KB (5,347 words) - 02:10, 13 January 2023
- with two neighboring islands, forms one of Australia's external dependent ... Norfolk Island is the main island of the island group the territory ...20 KB (2,910 words) - 02:42, 16 November 2022
- “few,” and arkho, “rule” ) is a form of government in which political ... aristocracies, which were ruled by members of a noble class, or with plutocracies ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 00:19, 18 November 2022
- Patrick David; later The Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor; June 23, 1894 – ... Before his accession to the throne, Edward VIII held the titles of ...39 KB (6,106 words) - 02:44, 17 January 2023
- and a republic called the Commonwealth of England was declared. Charles ... after=Commonwealth of England, Oliver Cromwell (de facto) Charles ...42 KB (6,645 words) - 19:12, 4 December 2023
- The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, also known as the First Polish ... ) or as the "First Republic," was one of the largest and ...62 KB (8,547 words) - 08:32, 24 November 2022
- [[Image:Legend of the Jew calling the Devil from a Vessel of Blood ... accompanied by the claim that the blood of victims is used in various ...24 KB (3,634 words) - 18:14, 31 October 2023
- Nobel laureate, credited with the discovery of the electron, the isotope, ... J.J. Thomson was born in 1856, in Cheetham Hill, Manchester in England ...15 KB (2,271 words) - 01:09, 8 February 2023
- |observedby = Commonwealth of Nations United States ... – is a day to commemorate the sacrifices of members of the armed forces ...26 KB (4,040 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- George Fox (July 1624 – January 13, 1691), founder of the Religious ... in 1649) and the beginnings of the Commonwealth of England. George Fox's ...29 KB (4,689 words) - 10:15, 13 December 2023
- politician. Committed to the principles of democracy, he founded the Seychelles ... James Mancham was the eldest son of Richard and Evelyn (née Tirant ...16 KB (2,221 words) - 16:04, 8 February 2023
- is an island nation in the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, an island ... Similar to other Caribbean islands, it has a history of being ravaged ...18 KB (2,550 words) - 00:56, 23 December 2022
- Phillip was appointed Governor of New South Wales, the first ... or emancipated due to merit, not privilege of birth. The egalitarian spirit ...18 KB (2,828 words) - 17:36, 16 August 2023
- Born around 970 C.E. in Iceland, Ericson was the son of Erik the Red ... called Vinland, which was probably the part of Canada now referred to as Newfoundland ...11 KB (1,764 words) - 19:05, 25 October 2022
- The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. Most of its population of 6.4 million ...52 KB (7,434 words) - 08:45, 10 March 2023
- playwright who dominated the literary life of Restoration England to such ... He was, perhaps, the quintessential man of his times, but for this ...14 KB (2,199 words) - 04:57, 3 August 2022
