Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée (14 February 1692 in Paris – 14 May 1754 in Paris) was a French dramatist who blurred the lines between comedy and...
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Nivelles (French: [nivɛl] ; Dutch: Nijvel [ˈnɛivəl] ; Walloon: Nivele) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon...
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Nivelle (French pronunciation: [nivɛl] ) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Communes of the Nord department Nivelle Offensive "Répertoire...
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Pierre Jean Marie Laval (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ laval]; 28 June 1883 – 15 October 1945) was a French politician. He served as Prime Minister of France...
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Bayonne 7 Toulouse 6 5 4 3 Nivelle 2 1 The Battle of Nivelle (10 November 1813) took place in front of the river Nivelle near the end of the Peninsular...
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the following children: Jean de Montmorency-Nivelle and Wismes (1422 – 26 June 1477), known as Jean de Nivelle. Among his descendants was his great-grandson...
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Nivelles Abbey (French: Abbaye de Nivelles) is a former Imperial Abbey of the Holy Roman Empire founded in 640. It is located in Nivelles, Walloon Brabant...
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an isolated chapel. After the election of an opponent of the reform, Pierre Nivelle, as abbot of Cîteaux, Jeanne de Pourlan (who had taken the religious...
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Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve (31 December 1763 – 22 April 1806) was a French Navy officer who served during the French Revolutionary...
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Niort Canton Mignon-et-Boutonne Government • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Pierre Nivelle Area 1 13.04 km2 (5.03 sq mi) Population (2021) 209 • Density 16/km2...
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Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pe syʁ nivɛl], literally Saint-Pée on Nivelle; Basque: Senpere) is a village and a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques...
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du Plessis de Richelieu 1624–1635: Aimeric de Bragelone 1637–1660: Pierre Nivelle, O.Cist. 1661–1671 Nicolas Colbert 1672–1699: Henri de Barillon 1699–1723:...
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called "the Lion of Verdun" (French: le lion de Verdun). After the failed Nivelle Offensive and subsequent mutinies, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief...
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Vulfetrude (redirect from Saint Wilfetrudis of Nivelles)
also known as Wilfretrudis and Wulfetrude (died 669), was an Abbess of Nivelles from 659 to 669 AD. She was a daughter of Grimoald I, therefore, a grand...
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the Habsburg Netherlands. François Saceius was born in Nivelles around 1581, the son of Pierre Saceius and Jeanne Dufour. He was professed in the Capuchin...
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the disastrous Chemin des Dames offensive of 1917 under General Robert Nivelle, they were said to have gone into no man's land making baa'ing noises—a...
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Chantaco. In 1971 La Nivelle and Biarritz-Le Phare were used, with the final two rounds played at Biarritz-Le Phare. In 1972 La Nivelle and Biarritz-Le Phare...
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Aristide Briand (redirect from Aristide Pierre Henri Briand)
rather than the inexperienced Nivelle. Like President Poincaré Briand had thought Petain too cautious to be suitable. Nivelle's appointment caused great friction...
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the main action in the Nivelle Offensive in April 1917. The new French commander of the armies in France, General Robert Nivelle, had promised a decisive...
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of the Marne. Second Battle of the Aisne (1917) – main component of the Nivelle Offensive. Third Battle of the Aisne (1918) – third phase (Operation Blücher)...
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Alphonse Juin (redirect from Alphonse Pierre Juin)
of the 1er Régiment de Tirailleurs Marocains [fr], participating in the Nivelle Offensive in April 1917. He was selected for staff training in February...
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Marshal of France François-Marie-Casimir Négrier (1788–1848) (heart) Robert Nivelle (1856–1924) Nicolas d'Orange des Roches [fr] (1618–1705), Governor 1696–1705...
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disappears from historical records. A grave excavated in the monastery of Nivelles was found to contain the corpse of a forty-year-old woman, possibly identifiable...
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French Army in World War I (section Nivelle Offensive)
result of his failures, Nivelle was urged to resign. On 15 May 1917, Philippe Pétain was appointed to replace him, though Nivelle refused to leave until...
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replacement by Nivelle, five infantry regiments were affected by episodes of "collective indiscipline"; Lieutenants Henri Herduin and Pierre Millant were...
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was being assembled to defend the Aisne front against the Franco-British Nivelle Offensive, preparations for which were barely concealed. Soon after taking...
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(Ballade de l'opera Jean de Nivelle) pf 1881 Piano, unfinished arr. of "Tant que le jour dure" from the opera Jean de Nivelle by Léo Delibes; incomplete...
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daughter of Count Charles II of Lalaing and Marie de Montmorency-Nivelle. She was married to Pierre de Melun, the governor of Tournai. In the absence of her husband...
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Battle of the Nive (section Battle of St. Pierre)
Spain, over the Pyrenees, and into south-west France. After his defeat at Nivelle, Marshal Soult fell back to a defensive line south of the town of Bayonne...
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Archived from the original on October 29, 2010. Retrieved 2008-02-08. Nivelle, Pascale (14 March 2020). "Betty Catroux, muse éternelle d'Yves Saint Laurent"...
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