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    ([kɔ̃pjeɲwa]). Compiègne is the seat of two cantons: Compiègne-1 (with 19 communes and part of Compiègne) Compiègne-2 (with 16 communes and part of Compiègne) 665...
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    1918 was the armistice signed in a railroad car, in the Compiègne Forest near the town of Compiègne, that ended fighting on land, at sea, and in the air...
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    The Martyrs of Compiègne were the 16 members of the Carmel of Compiègne, France: 11 Discalced Carmelite nuns, three lay sisters, and two externs (or tertiaries)...
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    referred to as the Second Armistice at Compiègne, was an agreement signed at 18:36 on 22 June 1940 near Compiègne, France by officials of Nazi Germany and...
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    The Forest of Compiègne (French: Forêt de Compiègne, French pronunciation: [fɔʁɛ də kɔ̃pjɛɲ]) is a large forest in the region of Picardy, France, near...
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    The Compiègne Wagon was the train carriage in which both the Armistice of 11 November 1918 and Armistice of 22 June 1940 were signed. Before the 1918...
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    83111 The Château de Compiègne is a French château, a former royal residence built for Louis XV and later restored by Napoleon. Compiègne was one of three...
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    The siege of Compiègne (1430) was conducted by Duke Philip III of Burgundy after the town of Compiègne had refused to transfer allegiance to him under...
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    of Technology of Compiègne (French: Université de Technologie de Compiègne, UTC) is a public research university located in Compiègne, France. The university...
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    her ladies in waiting. Senlis, the town, is between Compiègne and Paris. Work by Jean de Compiègne was recorded in French in Mary's wardrobe account by...
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  • The Treaty of Compiègne was an August 867 agreement in which King Charles the Bald ceded the peninsula of Cotentin to King Salomon of Brittany. Though...
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    The Edict of Compiègne (French: Édit de Compiègne), issued from his Château de Compiègne by Henry II of France, 24 July 1557, applied the death penalty...
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    Compiègne station (French: Gare de Compiègne) is a railway station serving Compiègne, in the Oise department of northern France. The station is on the...
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    Louis-Alphonse-Henri-Victor du Pont, marquis de Compiègne (22 July 1846 – 28 February 1877), known as Victor de Compiègne, was a 19th-century French explorer. With...
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    The Royallieu-Compiègne was an internment and deportation camp located in the north of France in the city of Compiègne, open from June 1941 to August 1944...
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    The Treaty of Compiègne, signed on 10 June 1624, was a mutual defence alliance between the Kingdom of France and the Dutch Republic, for an initial period...
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    Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne is a theater in Compiègne, France. The Emperor Napoleon III decided to construct a theater in Compiègne to entertain his court...
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    her. In early 1430, Joan organized a company of volunteers to relieve Compiègne, which had been besieged by the Burgundians—French allies of the English...
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    cantons of the arrondissement of Compiègne were, as of January 2015: Attichy Compiègne-Nord Compiègne-Sud-Est Compiègne-Sud-Ouest Estrées-Saint-Denis Guiscard...
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    de cour, entre faste et élégance, Compiègne/Paris, RMN-Grand Palais, 2016, Catalogue of the exhibitions of Compiègne, Friburg and Houston, pp. 164-165...
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    known as Charlotte of the Resurrection, is the oldest of the martyrs of Compiègne, who were executed by guillotine in Paris during the reign of terror....
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    Margny-lès-Compiègne (French pronunciation: [maʁɲi lɛ kɔ̃pjɛɲ], literally Margny near Compiègne) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France...
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    Société historique de Compiègne. Archived from the original on 9 July 2013. "80 ans de la libération de Compiègne". Compiègne et son agglomération. Retrieved...
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  • attached to the cathedral of Chartres and became canon of Compiègne. As a monk of Compiègne, he was teaching as early as 1087. He had contact with Lanfranc...
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    Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "The Sixteen Blessed Teresian Martyrs of Compiègne" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Collins,...
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  • of the golf events that were contested in early October at the Compiègne Club, Compiègne as part of the Exposition Universelle, the men's and women's individual...
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    in Compiègne (French: Musée national de la voiture et du tourisme) is a transportation museum located in the left wing of the Château de Compiègne, in...
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  • Brest-Litovsk ending the state of war was signed on 3 March 1918. Armistice of Compiègne (11 November 1918) Also called the Armistice of Rethondes. Signed between...
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    the municipal museum of the city of Compiègne in northern France, located at 2, rue d'Austerlitz, 60200 Compiègne. It was founded in 1839, following an...
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    Dechristianization of France during the French Revolution War in the Vendée Martyrs of Compiègne Massacre in the Rue Haxo Expulsion of congregations Spain Martyrs of the...
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