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- Paris is the capital city of France, situated on the River Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region ("Région ...70 KB (10,606 words) - 13:20, 11 March 2023
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- He was born in Paris; however, biographical details of his life are sketchy. Given that he is often referred to in documents as "Magister ...5 KB (748 words) - 03:56, 24 November 2022
- [[Image:AFP Paris dsc04592.jpg|thumb|200 px|Paris headquarters of AFP]] Agence France-Presse (AFP) is the oldest news agency in the world ...9 KB (1,305 words) - 06:44, 16 June 2023
- the architecture and street scenes of Paris, from a few years before ... by modernization and the rise of big Paris department stores. He was ...10 KB (1,475 words) - 04:42, 22 March 2024
- 27, 1793– June 27, 1848), archbishop of Paris from 1840, was born at Saint ... was set in the context of post-Revolution France, and the struggle between ...10 KB (1,495 words) - 09:45, 29 January 2024
- the Jansenists while studying theology in Paris, and collaborated with Antoine ... Nicole himself was obliged to flee France for Belgium in 1679, returning ...10 KB (1,535 words) - 05:25, 24 November 2022
- |location= 7th arrondissement Paris France |roof=300.65 m (986 ft) ... the Champ de Mars beside the River Seine in Paris. It is the tallest structure ...10 KB (1,665 words) - 00:03, 13 February 2024
- Pierre Montet was born in Villefranche-sur-Saône in France. He studied ... just a month before the German invasion of France and the Low Countries in ...8 KB (1,137 words) - 05:24, 24 November 2022
- Lucien Lévy-Bruhl was born in Paris, France on April 10, 1857. He ... Lévy-Bruhl died in Paris, France, on March 13, 1939. ==Work== ...11 KB (1,515 words) - 02:25, 5 November 2022
- on April 13, 1598, by King Henry IV of France to grant the Calvinist Protestants ... cause following his coronation as King of France. He had converted to Catholicism ...9 KB (1,392 words) - 17:25, 6 October 2020
- Georges Braque was born in Argenteuil, France to Charles and Augustine ... He apprenticed in Paris under a decorator and was awarded his certificate ...6 KB (896 words) - 18:10, 26 August 2021
- Adam was born in Paris to Louis (1758-1848), born Johann Ludwig Adam ... By the age of 20, he was writing songs for Paris vaudeville houses ...7 KB (994 words) - 06:12, 15 June 2023
- He was at first regarded as the savior of France, but his conduct at the meeting ... a citizen. Jacques Necker was sent to Paris in 1747, to become a clerk ...12 KB (1,970 words) - 23:39, 4 July 2022
- after the German army was driven from Paris during World War II. It took ... 14, 2006. At the outset, de Gaulle's France was regarded as possessing ...10 KB (1,429 words) - 18:00, 25 October 2022
- his son at the Collège Louis-le-Grand in Paris. Entering the school, which ... Because of his lack of success at the law, he was living in Paris ...11 KB (1,788 words) - 18:30, 24 August 2023
- The son of a Paris print-seller, Auber was born in Caen in Normandy. ... for the violin, which was played at the Paris Conservatoire by Mazas, encouraged ...10 KB (1,574 words) - 18:14, 24 January 2024
- |place of death=Paris, France |place of burial=Saint Denis Basilica, Paris, France |}} ...14 KB (2,184 words) - 12:17, 4 February 2023
- 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
- physician, Carl Botta, who immigrated to France in 1814. Botta at first wanted ... quot;Nineveh est retrouvé"—to Paris. The French government immediately ...8 KB (1,273 words) - 16:48, 21 November 2022
- In 1669, King Louis XIV of France, anxious to obtain Cassini's ... In 1673, he became a French citizen. While in France, Cassini also ...12 KB (1,827 words) - 20:28, 26 September 2023
- music of his time as it was practiced in and around Paris. ... on music and culture in medieval France.’’ Oxford: Clarendon ...3 KB (494 words) - 15:13, 1 August 2022
