The Encyclopedia Americana: The International Reference Work, Volume 7Americana Corporation, 1960 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... Paris , France , 1625 ; d . Versailles , July 28 , 1696. The younger brother of Jean Baptiste Colbert , he became a counselor at the Parlement of Metz in 1656 , and two years later was appointed intendant of Alsace . Created a marquis ...
... Paris , France , 1625 ; d . Versailles , July 28 , 1696. The younger brother of Jean Baptiste Colbert , he became a counselor at the Parlement of Metz in 1656 , and two years later was appointed intendant of Alsace . Created a marquis ...
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... PARIS , the name given to two Parisian governments . Both were revolu- tionary assertions of the city's autonomy . commune Commune of 1789-1795 . - This dates from the fall of the Bastille in July 1789 , when the electors who had chosen ...
... PARIS , the name given to two Parisian governments . Both were revolu- tionary assertions of the city's autonomy . commune Commune of 1789-1795 . - This dates from the fall of the Bastille in July 1789 , when the electors who had chosen ...
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... Paris in 1787 , and soon after became chamberlain at the court of Charles William , duke of Brunswick , where he remained until 1794. Returning to Lausanne , he met Madame de Staël ( q.v. ) whom he followed to Paris in 1795 , after the ...
... Paris in 1787 , and soon after became chamberlain at the court of Charles William , duke of Brunswick , where he remained until 1794. Returning to Lausanne , he met Madame de Staël ( q.v. ) whom he followed to Paris in 1795 , after the ...
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