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    Jean Bureau (c. 1390 – 1463) was a French artillery commander active primarily during the later years of the Hundred Years' War. Along with his brother...
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  • commander Jean Bureau. Gaspard was the third son of Simon Bureau the Younger (Le Jeune), a merchant from Paris, and his wife Hélène. Jean and Gaspard...
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    Charles VII's ordnance officer Jean Bureau laid out the camp to maximize French artillery strength. In a defensive setup, Bureau's forces built an artillery...
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  • The Bureau (original title: Le Bureau des Légendes) is a French espionage thriller television series created and co-written by Éric Rochant and produced...
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    camp at Castillon had been laid out by Charles VII's ordinance officer Jean Bureau and this was instrumental in the French success as when the French cannon...
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  • Canadian politician Jean Bureau (c. 1390–1463) French artillery commander at the end of the hundred years war Jean Pierre Roman Bureau (1770–1851), French-born...
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  • Jean Pierre Romain Bureau, also known as John Peter Roman Bureau, Roman Bureau, J.P.R. Bureau, or simply P. Bureau, (c. March 1770 – c. 1851) was a French-American...
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  • Le Bureau is a 2006 French television show written and directed by Nicolas & Bruno. It is a French adaptation of the popular British television series...
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    retake Guyenne, though initially welcomed by the locals, was crushed by Jean Bureau and his cannons at the Battle of Castillon in 1453 where Talbot had led...
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    Castillion in 1453. The French camp had been laid out by ordnance officer Jean Bureau to maximise the French artillery arm. The Anglo-Gascons were shot to...
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    moreover, the rich merchants feared seeing their hotels destroyed by Jean Bureau's artillery. Charles VII receives reinforcements from fifteen Burgundian...
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    Jean-Xavier Bureau de Pusy (7 January 1750, at Port-sur-Saône in the department of Haute-Saône – 2 February 1806, in Genoa, Italy) was a French military...
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    the last pitched battle of the Hundred Years' War, the French under Jean Bureau defeat the English under the Earl of Shrewsbury, who is killed. July...
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  • Versailles (TV series) (category Cultural depictions of Jean-Baptiste Colbert)
    Claudine Masson, midwife who becomes the king's physician Steve Cumyn as Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Minister of Finance Gilly Gilchrist as Jacques Dominique...
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  • The Deuxième Bureau de l'État-major général ("Second Bureau of the General Staff") was France's external military intelligence agency from 1871 to 1940...
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  • Moonlighting. Other executive producers are Jeff Hayes, Stephen Greenberg and Jean Bureau. The series format has been developed for television by British writer...
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  • The Bureau des Longitudes (French: [byʁo de lɔ̃ʒityd]) is a French scientific institution, founded by decree of 25 June 1795 and charged with the improvement...
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  • The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is an American private, 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization founded in 1912. BBB's self-described mission is to focus on...
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  • Jean-Michel Basquiat (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ miʃɛl baskja]; December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist who rose to success during...
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    The International Bureau of Weights and Measures (French: Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, BIPM) is an intergovernmental organisation, through...
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    Jean H. Lee is an American journalist. She previously served as the Associated Press's Pyongyang bureau chief and was the director of the Hyundai Motor-Korea...
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    The Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (French: Bureau d'enquêtes et d'analyses pour la sécurité de l'aviation civile, BEA) is an...
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    Stéphan Bureau reinitiated Contact with a new series of 13 episodes. His guests were film and theater director Franco Dragone ; novelist Jean d'Ormesson;...
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  • Castillon: The last battle of the Hundred Years' War, the French under Jean Bureau defeat the English under the Earl of Shrewsbury, who is killed in the...
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    the process getting elaborate outlines. Bureau brisé with the top opened (Jean Bérain the Elder, ca. 1685) Bureau-cabinet (Germany, ca. 1760) In the United...
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    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for consumer protection in the financial...
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    Jean-Henri Riesener (German: Johann Heinrich Riesener; 4 July 1734 – 6 January 1806) was a famous German ébéniste (cabinetmaker), working in Paris, whose...
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  • The Bureau is a French drama series first aired on Canal+ and in France entitled Le Bureau des Légendes. Based on actual accounts by former spies and inspired...
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    by King Charles VII of France and a force of heavy artillery led by Jean Bureau. After two weeks the French artillery breached the walls. The garrison...
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    Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg (French: [ʒɑ̃ klod kamij fʁɑ̃swa vɑ̃ vaʁɑ̃bɛʁɡ], Flemish: [vɑɱ ˈvaːrə(m)bɛr(ə)x]; born 18 October 1960), known...
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