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    Concorde was a 32-gun frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of her class. Built in Rochefort in 1777, she entered service with the French early in the...
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    become Vice-admiral Latouche-Tréville. Concorde Builder: Rochefort Begun: April 1777 Launched: 3 September 1777 Completed: January 1778 Fate: Captured...
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    architect of King Louis XV of France. His major works included the Place de la Concorde, the École Militaire, and the Petit Trianon and opera theater at the Palace...
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    8-pounders on the quarterdeck and forecastle. The latter two - Cybèle and Concorde - carried an increased armament of 44 guns comprising twenty-eight 18-pounders...
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    Rue Royal, leading to the new Place Louis XV, the present Place de la Concorde. It was dedicated in 1764 by Louis XV, but work halted due to the French...
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  • that year. She was guillotined on place de la Révolution (now Place de la Concorde) on 8 December that year, with the same fate befalling Jean-Baptiste on...
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    this role, Mosley and Marco Piccinini negotiated the first version of the Concorde Agreement, which settled a long-standing dispute between FOCA and the Fédération...
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    HMS Ceres was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1777 for the British Royal Navy that the French captured in December 1778 off Saint Lucia. The French Navy took...
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    (French pronunciation: [oɡyst fʁɑ̃swa maʁi də kɔlbɛʁ ʃabanɛ]; 18 October 1777, in Paris – 3 January 1809, in Cacabelos, Spain), Comte de l'Empire joined...
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  • Royal Admiral was an East Indiaman, launched in 1777 on the River Thames. She made eight trips for the East India Company (EIC) before she was sold. She...
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    large residence in Paris, at 2 rue Saint-Florentin on the Place de la Concorde. It remained in the family until 1950, when it was sold to the United States...
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    Saint-Philippe-du-Roule (1765–1777) by Jean Chalgrin, which featured an enormous barrel-vaulted nave. Hôtel de la Marine on the Place de la Concorde (1761–1770) Petit...
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    Augustin on 23 July 1794, on the Place de la Révolution (today Place de la Concorde) in Paris. Joséphine was freed five days later, thanks to the Fall of Maximilien...
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    acres). It is the second largest square in Paris, after the Place de la Concorde (8.64 hectares). At the centre of the square stands the Arc de Triomphe...
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    and built by Adam Hayes at Deptford Dockyard and was launched on 5 August 1777. The name was a traditional name in the Royal Navy and continued unabated...
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    consolidations were still occurring and the underground around the site of the 1777 collapse that had initiated the project had already become a series of stone...
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  • The list of ship launches in 1777 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1777. "British sloop 'Swift' (1777)". Threedecks. Retrieved 24...
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  • French frigate Courageuse (1778) (category Concorde-class frigates)
    Courageuse was a 12-pounder Concorde class frigate of the French Navy. She was launched in 1778. The British captured her in 1799 and thereafter used her...
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    of Sainte Genevieve (1756) Soufflot's final plan: the principal façade (1777) Soufflot's plan of the three domes, one within another Looking upward at...
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  • 1647), Virginia colonial politician Barbara Harmer (1953–2011), English Concorde pilot Dani Harmer (born 1989), British actress Florence Harmer (1890–1976)...
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  • Thumbnail for French frigate Résolue (1778)
    Engageante (left) and Résolue (right) battling HMS Concorde at the action of 23 April 1794...
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    1777 (both issued by Sieber as No. 10 and No. 11) Op. VI No. 1 in C and No. 2 in B-flat, Bailleux, 1775 Op. IX No. 1 in C and No. 2 in A, LeDuc, 1777...
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    guillotine erected in the Place de la Révolution, the present-day Place de la Concorde. She maintained her composure, despite the insults of the jeering crowd...
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  • Palace of Versailles (1735–1777) – apartment of the king, Versailles Opera, Library, Petit Trianon (1762–1764) Place de la Concorde (Place Louis XV) École...
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    Island on 27 November 1812 HMS Minerva 1759 – taken by the French frigate Concorde in 1778, retaken by HMS Courageux in 1781 HMS Vestal 1757 – broken up 1775...
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    people. The century saw the construction of Place Vendôme, the Place de la Concorde, the Champs-Élysées, the church of Les Invalides, and the Panthéon, and...
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    even numbers) to financier Samuel Bernard. In 1758, when the Place de la Concorde was created, the impasse became the Rue de l'Orangerie. It was also known...
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  • Hence, Ange-Jacques Gabriel was in charge of the design of the Place de la Concorde chosen from the best ideas submitted to the contest by the participants...
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    Place Louis XV, now the Place de la Concorde (1766–75) Facade of the Hôtel de la Marine on Place de la Concorde (1766–75), by Ange-Jacques Gabriel In...
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    Gabriel created the ensemble of classical buildings around the Place de la Concorde while Soufflot designed the Panthéon (1758–1790) on the Roman model. An...
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