Jean Verdun (21 March 1931 – 21 October 2021) was a French writer. Jean's father, Henri Verdun, was a judge who was killed in 1944. He was the nephew of...
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Verdun (/vɜːrˈdʌn/ vur-DUN, UK also /ˈvɛərdʌn/ VAIR-dun, US also /vɛərˈdʌn/ vair-DUN, French: [vɛʁdœ̃] ; official name before 1970: Verdun-sur-Meuse) is...
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Verdun (also known as Verdun—Saint-Paul, Verdun—Saint-Henri and Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles) was a federal electoral district in...
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The Battle of Verdun (French: Bataille de Verdun [bataj də vɛʁdœ̃]; German: Schlacht um Verdun [ʃlaxt ʔʊm ˈvɛɐ̯dœ̃]) was fought from 21 February to 18...
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Verdun (/vərˈdʌn/ vər-DUN, French: [vɛʁdœ̃] , Quebec French: [vaɛ̯ʁdœ̃˞]) is a borough (arrondissement) of the city of Montreal, Quebec, located in the...
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Verdun station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Verdun in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal...
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The Verdun Junior Canadiens were a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) from 1984 to 1989. They played home games at...
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The Verdun Juniors were a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League from 1982 to 1984. They played at the Verdun Auditorium. The...
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Douaumont Ossuary (category Battle of Verdun)
battlefield during the Battle of Verdun in World War I. It is located in Douaumont-Vaux, France, within the Verdun battlefield, and immediately next...
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Sorel Éperviers (redirect from Verdun Eperviers)
Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, but also spent a few seasons at the Verdun Auditorium in the Montreal suburb of Verdun, Quebec. Rodrigue Lemoyne served as the team's general...
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Verdun (French pronunciation: [vɛʁdœ̃] ) is a commune in the Ariège department, southwestern France. Verdun is located in the upper Ariège valley, in...
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Jean-François Gerbillon (4 June 1654, Verdun, France – 27 March 1707, Peking, China) was a French Catholic missionary who worked in China. Gerbillon entered...
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by André Charpak, written by André Charpak and Jean Verdun, starring Jean Marais and Maria Schell. Jean Marais as Christian Maria Schell as Jeanne Corinne...
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Laval, Verdun, Longueuil, Saint-Jean, Hull, and Granby played in the Lebel. Sherbrooke Castors moved to Saint-Jean. Montreal Juniors moved to Verdun. Drummondville...
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Longueuil, Quebec at Colisée Jean Béliveau for three seasons before moving to the Verdun Auditorium. Led by coach Gerard Gagnon, Verdun finished the 1991–92 regular...
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The French town of Verdun was the site of the Battle of Verdun during the First World War, one of the most costly battles in military history. Since then...
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Ricwin (Ricuin, Richwin) (died 923) was a Count of Verdun. After the death of Lothar II, the Treaty of Meerssen (August 870) divided Lotharingian territories...
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Shimajirō), heart failure. Thích Phổ Tuệ, 104, Vietnamese Buddhist monk. Jean Verdun, 90, French writer and Freemasonry grand master. Anđelko Vuletić, 88...
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The Diocese of Verdun (Latin: Dioecesis Virodunensis; French: Diocèse de Verdun) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic...
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Jean-Paul Marat (UK: /ˈmærɑː/, US: /məˈrɑː/, French: [ʒɑ̃pɔl maʁa]; born Mara; 24 May 1743 – 13 July 1793) was a French political theorist, physician,...
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Zone rouge (redirect from Zone Rouge, Verdun)
burning ground for chemical ammunition on the Great War battlefields of Verdun". Science of the Total Environment. 382 (2–3): 259–271. Bibcode:2007ScTEn...
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1792 and Mayor of Paris from February 1793 to May 1794. Pache was born in Verdun, but grew up in Paris, of Swiss parentage, the son of the concièrge of the...
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The Verdun Maple Leafs was the name of three ice hockey clubs that existed in Verdun, Quebec, including a senior hockey team, and two junior teams. The...
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six months each year at his maternal grandparents' flat on the Cours de Verdun, in the Perrache district of Lyon. Jarre's grandfather was an oboe player...
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(1524–1550), bishop of Metz, and Administrator of the dioceses of Toul, Verdun, Thérouanne, Luçon, Albi, Valence, Nantes and Agen (1538–1550). He was a...
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place in one of the legendary places of the First World War: the citadel of Verdun. On 8 November 1920, Auguste Thin, a second-class soldier with the 132nd...
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Saint-Jean-de-Luz (French: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ d(ə) lyz]; Basque: Donibane Lohitzune, locally Donibane Lohizune [doniˈβane lohiˈs̻une]) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques...
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point for essential supplies going to the besieged city of Verdun during the Battle of Verdun in 1916. Thousands of trucks, carrying men, equipment and...
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Philippe Pétain (redirect from Lion of verdun)
victory at the nine-month-long Battle of Verdun, for which he was called "the Lion of Verdun" (French: le lion de Verdun). After the failed Nivelle Offensive...
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Jean de Schelandre (c.1585 – 18 October 1635), Seigneur de Saumazènes, was a French poet. He was born about 1585 near Verdun of a Calvinist family, and...
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