• the order of assistant prosecutor de Villefort hapless Dantès becomes imprisoned in the most horrible dungeon Château d'If. Dantès, not understanding what...
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    Tauroggen 12 Riga 11 Tilsit 10 Warsaw 9 Berezina 8 Maloyaroslavets 7 Moscow 6 Borodino 5 Smolensk 4 Vitebsk 3 Vilna 2 Kowno 1    The siege of Riga was a military...
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  • Nicolas Rigas is a French contemporary theatre director, actor, and baritone. Distinguished at the Talents Cannes [fr] in 2002, Rigas plays with Alexandra...
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    Bruno Abakanowicz (category Riga Technical University alumni)
    in 1852 in the Russian Empire (now Lithuania). After graduating from the Riga Technical University, Abakanowicz passed his habilitation and began an assistantship...
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    of Zaumel. Michael Andreas's grandfather, Wilhelm Barclay de Tolly, served as the mayor of Riga, while his father served in the Russian army before being...
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  • German Freikorps soldiers is stationed in a country chateau, referred to as Kratovice, not far from Riga, to fight Bolshevik guerrillas in the Latvian War...
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    were made out of natural stone (e.g. the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Château de Chenonceau, in marble). A computer-assisted milling procedure was used...
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    Art Nouveau (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    de Paris, he created a series of mural paintings typical of the style. These paintings were removed in 1945 as deemed non academic. At the Château de...
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  • Rotterdam, Netherlands, destroyed 198 Dutch Old Master paintings. 1870 – Château de Saint-Cloud destroyed by fire, October 13, 1870. 1870 – Wickford Bank...
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  • Pleshchenitsy 1 Dec Russia defeats France Siege of Riga 24 July - 18 Dec France fails to capture Riga from Russia War of 1812 Battle of the Mississinewa...
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  • of Montségur French royal forces besiege and capture the Cathar-held Château de Montségur, after a nine-month siege. 1243 Battle of Kösedağ 26 June –...
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    Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (French: [stɑ̃daʁ ljɛʒ]; Dutch: Standard Luik [ˈstɑndɑrt ˈlœyk]; German: Standard Lüttich...
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    Alexandrovich and later Count Hubert Georges Edouard Conquere de Monbrison (1892-1981), owner of Château de Monbrison. Princess Natalia Pavlovna Paley (1905–1981)...
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    Bordeaux (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    original (PDF) on 15 February 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2009. "Twin cities of Riga". Riga City Council. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved...
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    Christmas market (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Lady, the Palais Rohan and the Œuvre Notre-Dame Museum (current Place du Château) and took place eight days before Christmas and until midnight mass. Since...
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    Eiffel Tower (redirect from La dame de fer)
    French: Tour Eiffel [tuʁ ɛfɛl] ) is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose...
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    Antibes, French riviera Fort Legarde, Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, Pyrénées-Orientales Neuf-Brisach, Haut Rhin Le Château-d'Oléron, Charente-Maritime Perpignan...
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  • Éric Sandillon (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    on 2024-01-06. Retrieved 2024-01-06. Le château de versailles raconte le mobilier national, quatre siècles de création↵↵https://www.chateauversailles...
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    List of motor racing tracks (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Sports Base, Biķernieki district, Riga, Home of the 1000km Grand Prix Riga endurance race. 333 sports base, Near Ropaži, Riga district. Popular event place...
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  • after the city of Plymouth, Devon, southwest England Riga Black Balsam, after the city of Riga, Latvia Sassolino, an anise-flavored liqueur from Sassuolo...
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    com. Archived from the original on May 30, 2015. Retrieved May 29, 2015. Riga, Andy (March 2, 2012). "Montreal's Old Port beach: sand, boardwalk, umbrellas –...
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    Russia 500km 300miles Pultusk 15 Gorodeczno 14 Drohiczyn 13 Tauroggen 12 Riga 11 Tilsit 10 Warsaw 9 Berezina 8 Maloyaroslavets 7 Moscow 6 Borodino 5 Smolensk...
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    (Montréal et Laval)". La Presse (in French). Retrieved December 20, 2016. Riga, Andy (March 28, 2012). "Rebuilding the McGill métro travertine walls (with...
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  • (Russian victory) Battle of Dniestr and Zolota Lypa (Partial Russian victory) Riga–Schaulen offensive (German victory) Siege of Kovno (German victory) Siege...
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    Augustus II the Strong (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    October 1696 – Château de Chambord, 30 November 1750), Count of Saxony. Johann Georg (21 August 1704 – 25 February 1774), Chevalier de Saxe, later Governor...
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    invasion of Russia. He was sent to the north but did not succeed in occupying Riga. In 1813, after participating in the battles of Lützen and Bautzen, he was...
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    Russia 500km 300miles Pultusk 15 Gorodeczno 14 Drohiczyn 13 Tauroggen 12 Riga 11 Tilsit 10 Warsaw 9 Berezina 8 Maloyaroslavets 7 Moscow 6 Borodino 5 Smolensk...
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    Maxime Weygand (category École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr alumni)
    Ērichs Ēriks (1996). Latvijas Valsts apbalvojumi un Lāčplēši (in Latvian). Riga: Junda. ISBN 9984-01-020-1. OCLC 38884671. Acović, Dragomir (2012). Slava...
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    Armeen. Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, Riga 1795 (Digitalised). Jardin sentimental du château de Warkland dans le Comté de Borch en Russie Blanche, Warsaw 1795...
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    influenced Tsar Alexander I of Russia. Baroness von Krüdener was born in Riga, Governorate of Livonia. Her father, Baron Otto Hermann von Vietinghoff genannt...
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