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    Wassy (French pronunciation: [vasi]) is a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France. Its population, as of 2019, is 2,819. Wassy has...
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    (French: massacre de Wassy) was the murder of Huguenot worshippers and citizens in an armed action by troops of the Duke of Guise, in Wassy, France on 1 March...
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  • The canton of Wassy is an administrative division of the Haute-Marne department, northeastern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation...
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    French Wars of Religion. The war began when in response to the massacre of Wassy by the duc de Guise (duke of Guise), the prince de Condé seized Orléans...
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  • Medici. He converted to Calvinism in 1562 after the massacre of Vassy (Wassy). During the French Wars of Religion, he became one of the most ardent supporters...
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  • political journalist Kin Vassy (1943–1994), American singer-songwriter Wassy, formerly Wassy-sur-Blaise, a commune in Haute-Marne, France This disambiguation...
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    preaching in the town of Wassy. Her son Francis, Duke of Guise was held to be responsible for the anti-Protestant Massacre of Wassy on 1 March 1562 which...
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    André-Gaston Prételat (14 November 1874, Wassy, Champagne, France – 6 December 1969, Paris, France) was a general in the French Army. His first post,...
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  • N'For, Guy N'Sangue, Brice Wassy) – 5:22 "Tchokola" (Wassy) – 5:47 "Mouna Bowa" (N'sangue, Ponty) – 6:32 "N'Fan Môt" (Ponty, Wassy) – 6:10 "Yéké Yéké" (Mory...
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    include such phrases as "ting", "touching road", "talkin' boasy" and "gwanin' wassy". Most of his songs contain R&B and Canadian hip hop elements, and he combines...
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    architect of the Amboise conspiracy, had already prepared for war and, taking Wassy as the pretext, assumed the role of a protector of Protestantism and began...
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    construction. On 1 March 1562, François, Duke of Guise stopped at the town of Wassy while travelling to Paris, and encountered a Huguenot congregation. He and...
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    the request of Navarre to aid in his opposition, oversaw a massacre at Wassy. Continuing on to Paris with his retinue of 1000 men he crossed paths with...
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  • "(Nothing But) Flowers", "Mommy Daddy You and I" and "Cool Water" Brice Wassy – percussion on "Ruby Dear", "(Nothing But) Flowers", "The Facts of Life"...
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  • performs in the video with an expanded lineup featuring Marr, MacColl, Brice Wassy, Yves N'Djock and Abdou M'Boup, all of whom performed on the studio recording...
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    herzog von Wűrttemberg and upon his return he perpetrated the massacre of Wassy, which shortly preceded the outbreak of the first French War of Religion...
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    oppose it, on his way, his retinue massacred a Protestant congregation at Wassy. In response, Condé went into open rebellion and thus started the French...
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    Vitry-en-Montagne Vitry-lès-Nogent Vivey Voillecomte Voisey Voisines Voncourt Vouécourt Vraincourt Vroncourt-la-Côte Wassy pref: prefecture subpr: subprefecture...
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    Francis, Duke of Guise in the aftermath of the massacre of Huguenots at Wassy. He had lived some time in Spain, and his knowledge of Spanish, together...
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    Subsequently, they moved to Bar-le-Duc (1870), Nogent-sur-Seine (1876), and Wassy-sur-Blaise (1879), although they continued to spend summers in Villeneuve-sur-Fère...
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  • Redwood kept the result and played it at his next dance with his deejay Wassy toasting over the rhythm. The instrumental record excited the people at...
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    herzog von Württemberg (duke of Württemberg) the duc de Guise passed through Wassy, where a Protestant service was ongoing. He and his men proceeded to kill...
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    had failed, the fault was that of the Calvinists. As Guise passed through Wassy-sur-Blaise on his way to Paris (1 March 1562), a massacre of Protestants...
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    of the Guise family's retainers attacked an illegal Calvinist service in Wassy-sur-Blaise in Champagne. As hostilities broke out, the Edict was revoked...
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  • Béatrice Valentine Amrhein (born 1961 in Wassy) is a French artist. She lives and works in Arcueil. Amrhein was trained as a painter at l’École nationale...
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    Duke of Guise committed a Massacre of Huguenot worshippers in the town of Wassy. This done he ignored the regent Catherine's demands to come to court and...
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  • the stage for the decades-long French Wars of Religion. The Massacre of Wassy on 1 March 1562, the first major event of those wars. The escape of Mary...
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    conclusion. However, the agreed upon beginning of the wars is the Massacre of Wassy in 1562, and the Edict of Nantes at least ended this series of conflicts...
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  • way to Eurville by the French cavalry, Lanskoy, unable to fall back on Wassy, from where he could have taken the most direct route to Brienne via Montier-en-Der...
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    Montier-en-Der. The left column, consisting of Victor and Milhaud, marched south to Wassy before turning west to join the center column at Montier-en-Der. Marmont...
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