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t. e. The Directory (also called Directorate, French: le Directoire) was the governing five-member committee in the French First Republic from 26 October 1795 (4 Brumaire an IV) until November 1799, when it was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte in the Coup of 18 Brumaire and replaced by the Consulate.
July 6, 1974. (1974-07-06) (aged 52) 15th arrondissement of Paris. Occupation. Actor. François Jean Blanche, known as "Francis Blanche" ( French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃sis blɑ̃ʃ]; 20 July 1921 – 6 July 1974) was a French actor, singer, humorist and author. He was a very popular figure on stage, radio and in films, during the 1950s and 1960s.
Telephone directory. A telephone directory, commonly called a telephone book, telephone address book, phonebook, or the white and yellow pages, is a listing of telephone subscribers in a geographical area or subscribers to services provided by the organization that publishes the directory. Its purpose is to allow the telephone number of a ...
UNESCO Headquarters. Coordinates: 48°50′58″N 2°18′22″E. The main UNESCO building as viewed from the Eiffel Tower. UNESCO Headquarters, or Maison de l'UNESCO, is a building inaugurated on 3 November 1958 at number 7 Place de Fontenoy in Paris, France, to serve as the headquarters for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and ...
The following is a list of notable foreign members of the Legion of Honor by their country of origin. The Legion of Honor is the highest decoration in France. and is divided into five degrees (lower to higher): Chevalier (Knight), Officier (Officer), Commandeur (Commander), Grand Officier (Grand Officer) and Grand Croix (Grand Cross).
The Collection Blanche is the great collection of French literature published by the Éditions Gallimard . It appeared in 1911, and at the beginning was nourished by the publications of La Nouvelle Revue française ( La NRF ), the brand "Librairie Gallimard" appeared only after July 1919. [1] Since its creation, "La Blanche", which takes its ...
Blanche Monnier. Blanche Monnier ( French pronunciation: [blɑ̃ʃ mɔnje]; 1 March 1849 – 13 October 1913), often known in France as la Séquestrée de Poitiers[ a] (roughly, "The Confined Woman of Poitiers"), [ 1] was a woman from Poitiers, France, who was secretly kept locked in a small room by her aristocratic mother and brother for 25 years.
Émile Nelligan (December 24, 1879 – November 18, 1941) was a Canadian Symbolist poet from Montreal who wrote in French.Even though he stopped writing poetry after being institutionalized at the age of 19, Nelligan remains an iconic figure in Quebec culture and was considered by Edmund Wilson to be the greatest Canadian poet in any language.