centre of Paris. Vincennes is famous for its castle: the Château de Vincennes. It is next to but does not include the Bois de Vincennes, from which it took...
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Iran Air Flight 655 (redirect from Vincennes incident)
first detected by Vincennes immediately after takeoff when it received a short IFF Mode II, possibly leading the crew of Vincennes to believe the airliner...
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USS Vincennes may refer to: USS Vincennes (1826), was an 18-gun sloop-of-war commissioned in 1826 and sold in 1867 USS Vincennes (CA-44), was a New Orleans-class...
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Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes, to build a post along the Wabash River to discourage local nations from trading with the English. Vincennes founded the new...
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Look up Vincennes in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vincennes may refer to: Vincennes, a commune in the Val-de-Marne département, Paris, France Bois...
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completed in 2011. Vincennes was launched on 14 April 1984 and sponsored by Marilyn Quayle, wife of Indiana Senator Dan Quayle. Vincennes was named for the...
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The Château de Vincennes (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto d(ə) vɛ̃sɛn]) is a former fortress and royal residence next to the town of Vincennes, on the eastern...
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Vincennes University (VU) is a public college with its main campus in Vincennes, Indiana, United States. Founded in 1801 as Jefferson Academy, VU is the...
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Porte de Vincennes (French pronunciation: [pɔʁt də vɛ̃sɛn]) is a station on Paris Métro Line 1. It is located on the Cours de Vincennes and named after...
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hectares / 2891 acres). Only about half of the Bois de Vincennes is covered with trees. The bois de Vincennes was part of the ancient forest that surrounded the...
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The Vincennes porcelain manufactory was established in 1740 in the disused royal Château de Vincennes, in Vincennes, east of Paris, which was from the...
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The "Irish of Vincennes" affair (French: Affaire des Irlandais de Vincennes; also known as the Vincennes Three, or Irishmen of Vincennes, although one...
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Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis (French: Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis), or usually the University of Vincennes in Saint-Denis, Paris...
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Alice of Old Vincennes, written by Maurice Thompson in 1900, is a novel set in Vincennes during the American Revolutionary War. The book was a popular...
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Rogers was the second commanding officer of Vincennes and assumed command April 11, 1987. At the time, Vincennes was one of only five cruisers commissioned...
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Trace crossed the Wabash at Vincennes, some historians believe the post was at or near the site of the modern city of Vincennes. Some other historians place...
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The Vélodrome de Vincennes (officially Vélodrome Jacques Anquetil - La Cipale) is a cycling stadium in the Bois de Vincennes, Paris, France. Initially...
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Vincennes Bay Vincennes Bay is a large V-shaped bay, 105 km (65 mi) wide at its entrance between Cape Nutt and Cape Folger in Antarctica, marked by several...
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Vincennes station (French pronunciation: [vɛ̃sɛn] ) is a station on RER A the commune of Vincennes, Val-de-Marne. Vincennes is served by both eastern...
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The Vincennes Alices were a minor league baseball team based in Vincennes, Indiana. After the "Vincennes" team was briefly a member of the 1896 Kentucky-Indiana...
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Paris Zoological Park (redirect from Vincennes Zoo)
formerly known as the Bois de Vincennes Zoological Park (French pronunciation: [bwɑ d(ə) vɛ̃sɛn]), and commonly called the Vincennes Zoo, is a facility of the...
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Knox County, Indiana (redirect from Vincennes, IN μSA)
the county population was 36,282. The county seat is Vincennes. Knox County comprises the Vincennes, IN Micropolitan Statistical Area. In 1790, Winthrop...
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Illinois campaign (redirect from Vincennes expedition)
governor at Fort Detroit, reoccupied Vincennes with a small force. In February 1779, Clark returned to Vincennes in a surprise winter expedition and retook...
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The siege of Fort Vincennes, also known as the siege of Fort Sackville and the Battle of Vincennes, was a Revolutionary War frontier battle fought in present-day...
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USS Vincennes was a 703-ton Boston-class sloop of war in the United States Navy from 1826 to 1865. During her service, Vincennes patrolled the Pacific...
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Spirit of Vincennes, Inc is a non-profit organization dedicated to historic preservation and education in Vincennes and Knox County, Indiana, US. The...
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1 and serves the Château de Vincennes. It lies on the border between the commune of Vincennes and the Bois de Vincennes, which is part of the 12th arrondissement...
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into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Vincennes. It consists of the following communes: Saint-Mandé Vincennes (partly) Décret n° 2014-171 du 17 février...
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of Indiana, including Fort Vincennes. François-Marie Bissot was born in Montreal to Jean-Baptiste Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes and Marguerite Forestier on...
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The Vincennes Synagogue is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 30 rue Céline Robert, Vincennes, in the Val-de-Marne department of the Île-de-France...
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