ship Formidable (1795), an 80-gun ship of the line French ironclad Formidable, launched 1885 HMS Formidable, five ships, including: HMS Formidable (1777)...
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Formidable was an ironclad barbette ship built for the French Navy between her keel laying in late 1879 and her completion in early 1889. She was the second...
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Formidable (1795–1805), an 80-gun ship of the line Formidable (1824–1836) Formidable (1885), an early battleship [Note that in the early summer of 1795 there...
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1861-10-01 Formidabile class Regia Marina Formidable 1885 Amiral Baudin class French Navy Francesco Morosini 1885 Ruggiero di Lauria class Regia Marina...
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battleships without any sail power. Amiral Baudin (1883) – hulked 1909. Formidable (1885) – stricken 1911. Terrible class (French: Classe Terrible) or Indomptable...
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Sino-French War (redirect from Sino-French War (1883-1885))
the Tonkin War, was a limited conflict fought from August 1884 to April 1885 between the French Third Republic and Qing China for influence in Vietnam...
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Lạng Sơn campaign (category Conflicts in 1885)
strategically important town of Lạng Sơn in a ten-day campaign mounted under formidable logistical constraints. French strategy in Tonkin was the subject of a...
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Grover Cleveland (section First presidency (1885–1889))
politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. He is the only U.S. president to serve non-consecutive...
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Rebellion. Liu used their expertise to transform the Black Flag Army into a formidable fighting force. Under his command in Tonkin he had 7,000 soldiers from...
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National Nautical School (section HMS Formidable)
1869 for destitute and neglected boys of Bristol. It was based on HMS Formidable moored off the shore from 1870 until 1906. It then used a purpose built...
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Commons. He succeeded William Ewart Gladstone as prime minister in June 1885, and held the office until January 1886. When Gladstone came out in favour...
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1870s and late 1880s. The class comprised two ships: Amiral Baudin and Formidable. After the Italian Navy began building a series of very large ironclads...
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campaign which took place in late March, 1885, was one of the last campaigns of the Sino-French War (August 1884–April 1885). It was fought to capture the Pescadores...
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Other translations have also been suggested by modern scholars, including formidable, as well as awe-inspiring. Ivan Vasilyevich was the first son of Vasili...
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walking embodiment of the 'One Riot, One Ranger' ethos". He "had acquired a formidable reputation as a result of several spectacular captures and the shooting...
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9 ft 10 in) deep. Due to the shallow waters, Adam's Bridge presents a formidable hindrance to navigation through the Palk Strait. Though trade across the...
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Wine Coca nerve tonic. Pemberton's tonic may have been inspired by the formidable success of Vin Mariani, a French-Corsican coca wine, but his recipe additionally...
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Open victory in 2010. Despite struggles with injuries, Nadal remained formidable, winning titles, including his record-extending French Open championships...
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was formed in 1931. Nonetheless, "Britain was a very wealthy country, formidable in arms, ruthless in pursuit of its interests and sitting at the heart...
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1886. The club was influential in the sport's move to professionalism in 1885, and it was a Villa director, William McGregor, who founded the world's first...
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Machine "Hier, sur la plage de Pendine, l'Anglais J. P. Thomas a atteint la formidable vitesse de 277 kil. à l'heure!". L'Auto: 1. April 28, 1926 – via BnF/Gallica...
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be the first person to introduce "topspin" to the game of tennis. His formidable forehand was called 'the Lawford stroke'. Lawford made a more substantial...
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which White designed another tranche of eight larger battleships: three Formidable- and five very similar London-class ships. The latter were built as a...
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Secretary William Gibbs McAdoo and Governor Martin H. Glynn, he faced a formidable opponent in Tammany Hall's James W. Gerard. He also was without Wilson's...
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State are preparing for another attack of the now adopted Government; how formidable it may be, I know not. But that Providence which has hitherto smiled on...
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William Ewart Gladstone (category UK MPs 1880–1885)
depends. (Cheers.) The social problems that confront us are many and formidable. Let the Government labour to its utmost, let the Legislature labour days...
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Prince William 1884: Geheimniss 1885: Glen Albyn 1886: Financier 1887: Crowberry 1888: Noble Chieftain 1889: Formidable 1890: Bumptious 1891: Lady Caroline...
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the oil profits before the secession of South Sudan, Sudan still faced formidable economic problems, and its growth was still a rise from a very low level...
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a height and reach advantage and being extremely strong, she was very formidable at the net and had an effective overhead shot. She was considered unusually...
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August 2014). "Richard III, the 'hunchback king', really could have been a formidable warrior... and his body double can prove it". The Daily Telegraph. London...
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