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    The Day of the Tiles (French: Journée des Tuiles) was an event that took place in the French town of Grenoble on 7 June in 1788. It was one of the first...
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    tiles. There were also tiles made of bronze. Sigiriya also had an elaborate gatehouse made of timber and brick masonry with multiple tiled roofs. The...
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    the red eights. The lowest pairs are the mismatched nines, eights, sevens, and fives. The double-one tiles and double-six tiles are known as the Day and...
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    meeting of various representatives in Grenoble. Its purpose was to discuss the events of The Day of the Tiles, one of the first revolts preceding the French...
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    Roof tiles are overlapping tiles designed mainly to keep out precipitation such as rain or snow, and are traditionally made from locally available materials...
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  • deux sous [fr] in Lyon 1788: Day of the Tiles in Grenoble 1789–1799: French Revolution, a revolution that overthrew the monarchy, established a republic...
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    similar tiles. The material used for making the tiles was initially unknown, but evidence has emerged that they may be primarily made of layers of linoleum...
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    Dauphiné (category Pages using the EasyTimeline extension)
    with the Day of the Tiles. The King ordered the expulsion of the parliamentarians from Grenoble. In part because the economy of the city was dependent...
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    augmented with two blank tiles. In tournament play, while it is acceptable to pause the game to count the tiles remaining in the game, it is not acceptable...
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    Dominoes (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    three; so the common extended sets are double-nine (55 tiles), double-12 (91 tiles), double-15 (136 tiles), and double-18 (190 tiles), which is the maximum...
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    Cement tiles or hydraulic tiles are handmade colourful tiles used as floor and wall tiling. They appeared in Catalonia (Spain) in the 1850s, and have been...
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    insulation (FRCI) tiles, used to provide improved strength, durability, resistance to coating cracking and weight reduction. Some HRSI tiles were replaced...
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    Grenoble (redirect from History of Grenoble)
    The city gained some notoriety on 7 June 1788 when the townspeople assaulted troops of Louis XVI in the "Day of the Tiles". The people attacked the royal...
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    founded the colony of Massalia (present-day Marseille) on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, making it one of the oldest cities in France. At the same...
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  • September 2014). "3.8 The Day of the Tiles". Revolutions (Podcast). Retrieved 2 May 2022. Duncan, Mike (16 August 2015). "3.47 The Directorial Terror"....
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    Uranium tiles have been used in the ceramics industry for many centuries, as uranium oxide makes an excellent ceramic glaze, and is reasonably abundant...
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    Revolution: Day of the Tiles: Civilians in Grenoble toss roof tiles and various objects down upon royal troops. 1800 – David Thompson reaches the mouth of the Saskatchewan...
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  • of the adhesive concurrently with the tile gets the adhesive over his new tiles not to mention the new hardwood floor and the new cupboards. In the haste...
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    Royal Marine Regiment (France) (category Infantry regiments of the Ancien Régime)
    of the Tiles (French: Journée des Tuiles), which took place in Grenoble on June 7, 1788. The last unit of the regiment was incorporated into the 23 demi-brigade...
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    score points by placing tiles, each bearing a single letter, onto a game board divided into a 15×15 grid of squares. The tiles must form words that, in...
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    U.S. state. June 7 – France: Day of the Tiles, which some consider the beginning of the French Revolution. June 9 – The African Association, an exploration...
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    glass tiles. Whereas clay tile is dated as early as 8,000 BC, there were significant barriers to the development of glass tile, including the high temperatures...
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    minister of finance 1788-90 June 7: Day of the Tiles in Grenoble, first revolt against the king. July 21: Assembly of Vizille, assembly of the Estates-General...
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    Rose Philippine Duchesne (category Religious Sisters of the Sacred Heart)
    the Day of the Tiles. Her mother, Rose-Euphrosine Périer (1743–1814), was the sister of Claude Périer, an industrialist who later helped finance the rise...
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    Ludowici Roof Tile, LLC., based in New Lexington, Ohio, is an American manufacturer of clay roof tiles, floor tiles, and wall cladding. The company was...
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    Antoine Barnave (category Members of the National Constituent Assembly (France))
    one of the first of the provinces of France to be touched by revolutionary ideals. After being heavily influenced by the Day of the Tiles (French: Journée...
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    Anechoic tiles are rubber or synthetic polymer tiles containing thousands of tiny voids, applied to the outer hulls of military ships and submarines,...
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    Assembly of Vizille met in the castle's jeu de paume room after the 7 June Day of the Tiles in Grenoble. Pope Pius VI spent a night in the castle at the invitation...
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  • 1788 in France (category Years of the 18th century in France)
    the year 1788 in France. Monarch: Louis XVI 7 June - Riots broke out in Grenoble, the Day of the Tiles. 21 July - Assembly of Vizille, the meeting of...
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    Girih tiles are a set of five tiles that were used in the creation of Islamic geometric patterns using strapwork (girih) for decoration of buildings in...
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