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  • 31Elizabeth I — (Elizabeth Tudor) 1533 1603, queen of England 1558 1603 (successor of Mary I; daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn). * * * born Sept. 7, 1533, Greenwich, near London, Eng. died March 24, 1603, Richmond, Surrey Queen of England (1558–1603).… …

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  • 32Italian War of 1521–1526 — Infobox Military Conflict conflict= Italian War of 1521–26 partof= the Italian Wars caption= The Battle of Pavia by an unknown Flemish artist (oil on panel, 16th century). date= 1521–26 place= Italy, France, and Spain result= Decisive Spanish… …

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  • 33Italian War of 1542–1546 — Infobox Military Conflict conflict= Italian War of 1542–46 partof= the Italian Wars caption= The Siege of Nice in 1543 (drawing by Toselli, after an engraving by Aeneas Vico) date= 1542–46 place= England, France, Italy, Spain, and the Low… …

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  • 34Fox, Charles James — born Jan. 24, 1749, London, Eng. died Sept. 13, 1806, Chiswick, Devon British politician. He entered Parliament in 1768 and became leader of the Whigs in the House of Commons, where he used his brilliant oratorical skills to strongly oppose… …

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  • 35engagement — I (appointment) noun adventure, application, assignation, assurance, commitment, competition, contract, covenant, duty, encounter, enlistment, enterprise, interaction, interaffiliation, interplay, interview, involvement, meeting, obligation,… …

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  • 36Charlemagne — For other uses, see Charlemagne (disambiguation). Charlemagne Rex Francorum (King of the Franks) Rex Longobardorum (King of the Lombards) Imperator Romanorum (Emperor of the Romans) …

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  • 37Halizah — Engraving of a chalitzah ceremony Under the Biblical system of levirate marriage known as Yibbum, Halizah (or Chalitzah ; Hebrew: חליצה‎) is the ceremony by which a widow and her husband s brother could avoid the duty to marry after the… …

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  • 38Natalie Evans — EastEnders character Portrayed by Lucy Speed Introduced by Leonard Lewis (1994) Matthew Robinson (1999) Duration …

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  • 39Austria — Austrian, adj., n. /aw stree euh/, n. a republic in central Europe. 8,054,078; 32,381 sq. mi. (83,865 sq. km). Cap.: Vienna. German, Österreich. * * * Austria Introduction Austria Background: Once the center of power for the large Austro… …

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  • 40Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse — Philip I of Hesse, (13 November 1504 31 March 1567), nicknamed der Großmütige (the magnanimous ) was a leading champion of the Reformation and one of the most important German rulers of the Renaissance. Early Life and Embracing of ProtestantismHe …

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