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  • that eventually became standard throughout France. A strong proponent of reading ... venture led to the founding, in 1680, of a new order, the Institute of the ...
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  • of birth was no protection, to inform new notions about social and political ... army which was then preparing to leave for France. He was present at the Battle ...
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  • who conducted excavations in Egypt’s New Kingdom capital of Tanis, ... Pierre Montet was born in Villefranche-sur-Saône in France. He studied ...
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  • Pierre de Coubertin was born in Paris, France, on January 1, 1863 ... part of the general educational strategy for France. Coubertin was ...
    10 KB (1,541 words) - 05:26, 24 November 2022
  • was set in the context of post-Revolution France, and the struggle between ... Denis-Auguste Affre was born at Saint Rome-de-Tam in France into a ...
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  • are exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the George Eastman House ... After Atget's death, she arranged for New York's Museum of Modern ...
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  • * Dependent territories, including the overseas departments of France ... |Mayotte (overseas territory of France)||Mamoudzou |- |Morocco||Rabat ...
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  • in the defense of the capital of New France, the fortified Quebec City ... Paris that eventually conceded most of New France to the British Empire. ...
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  • a claim such as "The present King of France is bald" into a conjunction ... So the sentence, "The present king of France is bald," is meaningful ...
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  • norm) is a region of southeastern France, located on the Mediterranean ... famous for fine wine as other regions of France, its official status is now ...
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  • 1777, before even leaving Martinique for France. In service to their aunt ... of Joséphine. In June 1795, thanks to a new law, she was allowed to recover ...
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  • in both World War I and World War II. New materials developed by the ... . They were a distinguished family in France with connections to Louis ...
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  • and economic reforms intended to transform France. In 1776, Turgot ... a proposed Bourbon Constitution for the new France. He advocated women's ...
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  • Ampère was born near Lyon, France, the son of Jeanne-Antoinette Desutieres ... Ampere explored the new field of electromagnetism he helped establish ...
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  • the power of the nobility, he transformed France into a strong, centralized ... who served as the Grand Provost of France; his mother, Susanne de La ...
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  • The Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) is the National Library ... coins, and others. All works published in France are deposited to the Library ...
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  • Traetta's operas first began to move in new directions. ... headlong into some support from France. In Parma in 1759, he found ...
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  • of the Palace of Versailles in Versailles, France. It was designed and completed ... the traditional gardens of 17th century France and was meant to emulate ...
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  • The Dreyfus Affair was a political scandal which divided France during ... the affair, the "greatest disgrace to France which could take place." ...
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  • 14, 2006. At the outset, de Gaulle's France was regarded as possessing press of the period. According to some, The New York Times, the Times or Frankfurter ...
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