Non-conformist, provocative and quick-witted, Henrietta Dugdale was a pioneering advocate for the rights of Australian women. She was born at St Pancras London on 14 May 1827, the second surviving dau ...
The first women's suffrage was granted in Corsica in 1755 and lasted until 1769.Women's suffrage (with the same property qualifications as for men) was next granted in New Jersey in 1776 (the word "in ...
The first movements in the Western world toward universal suffrage occurred in the early 19th century, and focused on removing property requirements for voting. In the United States following the Amer ...
In ancient Greece, secret ballots were used in several situations, like ostracism, and also to remain hidden from people seeking favors.In ancient Rome, the laws regulating elections were collectively ...
The Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom are "Quarterly, I and IV Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or ; II Or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory-counter-flory Gules ; III Azur ...
In the 12th century the only English pope, Adrian IV, authorised King Henry II of England to take possession of Ireland as a feudal territory nominally under papal overlordship. Celtic Christianity wa ...
Elizabeth's death in 1603 ended Tudor rule in England. Since she had no children, she was succeeded by the Scottish monarch James VI, who was the great-grandson of Henry VIII's older sister and hence ...
In the uncodified Constitution of the United Kingdom, the Monarch (otherwise referred to as the Sovereign or "His/Her Majesty", abbreviated H.M.) is the Head of State. Oaths of allegiance are made to ...
The Anglo-Corsican Kingdom was a brief period in the history of Corsica (1794–1796) when the island broke with Revolutionary France and sought military protection from Great Britain. Corsica became a ...
In England, the Glorious Revolution of 1688 led to a constitutional English monarchy restricted by laws such as the Bill of Rights 1689 and the Act of Settlement 1701, although limits on the power of ...
By the start of the twentieth century, Germany and the United States had eroded some of Britain's economic lead. Subsequent military and economic tensions between Britain and Germany were major causes ...
The United States and the Soviet Union emerged as rival superpowers after World War II. During the Cold War, the US and the USSR confronted with each other indirectly in the arms race, the Space Race, ...
Germany lost its overseas empire and several provinces, had to pay large reparations, and was humiliated by the victors. They in turn had large debts to the United States. The Great Depression broke o ...
Suburbs and localities in the local government area Suburbs within or partially within the City of Sydney are:AlexandriaAnnandaleBarangarooBeaconsfieldCamperdownCentennial ParkChippendaleDarlinghurstD ...
Initially the new colony was managed by the colonial government. The first municipality was established in 1840 as the Adelaide Corporation. However, due to a combination of the hostility of the incom ...
