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    Bernard René Jourdan, marquis de Launay (8/9 April 1740 – 14 July 1789) was a French Royal Army officer and nobleman who served as the governor of the...
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  • Launay (French pronunciation: [lonɛ]) is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France. The commune along with another 69 communes shares...
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  • Joseph Launay was a novelist, essayist, humourist and dramatist of French descent who wrote in English under the pen names André Launay, Drew Launay, Andrew...
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  • Nicolas Launay (born 5 March 1960) is an English record producer, composer and recording engineer, currently residing in Los Angeles, CA. He is one of...
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    deaths the insurgents were able to enter the Bastille. The governor de Launay and several members of the garrison were killed after surrender. The Bastille...
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    The Château and Seigneurie de Launay are the estates and Castle of Launay that are situated in western France in the Perche Sarthois. The location of...
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    Marguerite Jeanne Cordier de Launay, baronne de Staal (30 August 1684 – 15 June 1750) was a French writer. De Launay was born in Paris. Her father was...
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    Antoine Manuel Sylvain Quintal Launay (born 28 June 1993) is a French-Portuguese slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2011...
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    Launay is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Abitibi Regional County Municipality. The municipality is named after...
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  • Launay Saturné (born 1964 in Petit-Goâve) is a Haitian clergyman and bishop. He was ordained in 1991. He was Bishop of Jacmel from 2010 until 2018 when...
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  • Denise Launay (7 October 1906 – 13 March 1993) was a 20th-century French organist and musicologist. Launay studied the history of music with André Pirro...
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  • David de Launay was a French-born resident of St. Louis who led a group of Osage people to France in 1827. De Launay led a group of eleven Osage men and...
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    Port-Launay (French pronunciation: [pɔʁ lonɛ]; Breton: Meilh-ar-Wern) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants...
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    Jean Launay (born 24 July 1952) was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented Lot's 2nd constituency from 1998 to 2017, as a member of...
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  • Maurice Jean Marie Boudin de Launay de Tromelin (Morlaix, 21 February 1740 – 1825) was a French Navy officer. Born to Marie-Françoise Le Diouguel de Penanru...
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    Claudio Gabriele de Launay (6 October 1786 – 21 February 1850) was an Italian military officer who served as Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia...
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    officer de Launay, who was captured in Russia during Napoleon's invasion of 1812. De Launay was a nephew of the Bastille governor marquis de Launay. He married...
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    The Château de Puy-Launay is a ruined castle in the commune of Linac in the Lot département of France. A castle has existed on the site since the 14th...
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  • Nocturama (album) (category Albums produced by Nick Launay)
    Seeds, released on February 3, 2003 on Mute and ANTI-. Produced by Nick Launay, the album is the last to feature founding member Blixa Bargeld who departed...
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    Launay-Villiers (French pronunciation: [lonɛ vilje]) is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France. Communes of the Mayenne department...
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    contributed from 1836 to 1839 to the La Presse, under the pen name of Charles de Launay, were collected under the title Lettres parisiennes (1843), and obtained...
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    "Robert Desessarts," "Jules-François Dupuis," "Tristan Hannaniel," "Anne de Launay," and "Michel Thorgal." Further on, he defended freedom of speech in Nothing...
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    Louis Le Provost de Launay (8 June 1850 – 17 August 1912) was a French politician who was Deputy and then Senator for the department of Côtes-du-Nord (now...
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    with large stores of arms and ammunition. Its governor, Bernard-René de Launay, surrendered after several hours of fighting that cost the lives of 83 attackers...
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    songs "Elektra" and "366" that Refused had recorded with producer Nick Launay, and Shellback replied with his own arrangements of the two songs. Refused...
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    Claude de Razilly, also Claude de Launay-Razilly (1593-1654). was a French Navy officer. He was the brother of François de Razilly and Isaac de Razilly...
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    Army. Launay 1908, pp. 425–427. Launay 1908, p. 469. Launay 1908, p. 493. Launay 1908, p. 552. Launay 1908, p. 559. Launay 1908, p. 584. Launay 1908b...
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    The Storming of the Bastille in Paris, and the arrest of its Governor Bernard-René de Launay, 14 July 1789...
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  • Release the Bats (category Song recordings produced by Nick Launay)
    with producer Nick Launay, who was commissioned by 4AD because of his work on Public Image Ltd's Flowers of Romance (1981). Launay managed to book cheap...
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  • leader of the mercenary band Bregan D'aerthe. Anglistics scholar Caroline de Launay characterized Jarlaxle as an independent character inclined to "subtle manoeuvres"...
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