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| hist. pol. maison {f} de Valois-Bourgogne [seconde maison de Bourgogne] | House of Valois-Burgundy [cadet branch of the House of Valois, ruling the Duchy of Burgundy from 1363 to 1482] | |
| hist. pol. maison {f} de Croÿ | House of Croÿ [a family of European mediatised nobility, elevated to the rank of Princes of the Holy Roman Empire in 1594] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Paris [1657] | Treaty of Paris [1657] [allied the English Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell with King Louis XIV of France against King Philip IV of Spain] | |
| hist. pol. traité {f} de Troyes [1420] | Treaty of Troyes [in 1420, after victory at Agincourt, Henry V of England signed the Treaty with the wife of the demential Charles VI of France, confirming Henry as King of England AND France] | |
| hist. pol. États {m.pl} généraux des Pays-Bas [1464] | Estates General of 1464 [the first parliamentary assembly of representatives of the constituent territories of the Burgundian Netherlands] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. siège {m} de Saint-Jean-d'Acre [1291] | siege of Acre [1291] [also: fall of Acre] [capture of the city marked the end of further crusades to the Levant] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {m} de Leipzig [1813] [aussi : bataille de Leipsick ou bataille des Nations] | Battle of Leipzig [1813] [also: Battle of the Nations] [Coalition armies of Austria, Prussia, Sweden, and Russia decisively defeated the Grande Armée of Napoleon] | |
| hist. mil. naut. bataille {f} du Solent [1545] [aussi : bataille du Portsmouth] | Battle of the Solent [1545] [inconclusive engagement (during the Italian Wars) between the fleets of Francis I of France and Henry VIII of England] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Marignan [1515] | Battle of Marignano [1515] [Francis I, King of France defeated the Old Swiss Confederacy ending the War of the League of Cambrai] | |
| pol. présidentialisation {f} | [reinforcement of the role of President to the detriment of Parliament] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} du Rif [1921-1927] | Rif War [1921-1927] [armed conflict between the colonialists of Spain and the Berber tribes of the mountainous Rif region of northern Morocco] | |
| hist. mil. pol. campagne {f} de France [1814] | campaign in north-east France [1814] [Napoleon's final campaign of the War of the Sixth Coalition, ending in the capitulation of Paris] | |
| hist. Guillaume {m} l'Insensé | William von Wittelsbach [1330-1389, Count of Holland, Count of Zeeland, Count of Hainaut ] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Schönbrunn [1805] | Treaty of Schönbrunn [1805] [also: Convention of Schönbrunn] [ treaty of friendship signed between France and Prussia; superseded by 1806 Treaty of Paris, incorporating its main terms] | |
| agr. cultivé {adj} {past-p} [terre] | domesticated [land] | |
| agr. cultivé {adj} {past-p} [terre] | planted [land] | |
| duché {m} [territoire] | dukedom [land] | |
| géogr. pol. duché {m} de Bourgogne | Duchy of Burgundy [emerged in the 9th century as one of the successors of the ancient Kingdom of the Burgundians] | |
| géogr. Kalmoukie {f} [aussi : république de Kalmoukie] | Kalmykia [also: Republic of Kalmykia] [republic of Russia located directly north of the North Caucasus in Eastern Europe] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} de la Ligue d'Augsbourg [1688-1697] [aussi: guerre de Neuf Ans, guerre de la Succession palatine ou guerre de la Grande Alliance] | Nine Years' War [1688-1697] [also: War of the Grand Alliance or War of the League of Augsburg] | |
| hist. pol. relig. décret {m} de l'Alhambra [1492] | Alhambra Decree [1492] [also: Edict of Expulsion] [ordering the expulsion of practicing Jews from the Crowns of Castile and Aragon] | |
| géogr. hist. Valachie {f} | Wallachia [also: Walachia] [historical and geographical region of Romania, situated north of the Lower Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians] | |
| hist. Prince {m} Noir | Black Prince [Edward of Woodstock (15 June 1330 – 8 June 1376) was the eldest son of King Edward III of England] | |
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| arch. relig. cathédrale {f} Sainte-Marie de Bayonne [aussi : cathédrale {f} Notre-Dame de Bayonne] | Cathedral of Saint Mary of Bayonne [also: Bayonne Cathedral or Cathedral of Our Lady of Bayonne] | |
| hist. béguine {f} | beguine [member of one of various ascetic and philanthropic communities of women not under vows founded chiefly in the Netherlands in the 13C] | |
| agr. défricher qc. | to cultivate sth. [land] | |
| arpenter qc. [terrain] | to survey sth. [land] | |
| terrain {m} communal | common [public land] | |
| armes mil. pose {f} de mines | minelaying [on land] | |
| aviat. se poser | to touch down [land] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de Smolensk [1812] | Battle of Smolensk [1812] [1st major battle of the French invasion of Russia, where the Grande Armée drove the Russian Army out of the city] | |
| fourche {f} [d'un arbre] [d'un pantalon] | crotch [of a tree] [of a pair of trousers] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Paris [1259] [aussi : traité d'Abbeville] | Treaty of Paris [1259] [also: Treaty of Abbeville] [between Kings of France and England, ending 100 years of conflicts between the Capetian and Plantagenet dynasties] | |
| hist. pol. paix {f} des Dames [1529] [aussi : paix de Cambrai] | Treaty of Cambrai [also: Ladies' Peace] [negotiated by Louise of Savoy (for King Francis) and Margaret of Austria (for Emperor Charles). Renewed 1526 Treaty of Madrid, removing Burgundy transfer] | |
| hist. mil. pol. le régiment {m} des Gardes françaises | The French Guards [elite infantry regiment created in 1563 as part of the Military Household of the King of France, specifically to protect the monarch (and, later, Emperor Napoleon)] | |
| agr. bonifier qc. [terre, vin] | to improve sth. [land, wine] | |
| géogr. reconquérir qc. [zones côtières] | to reclaim sth. [coastal land] | |
| écon. géogr. pré {m} communal | common [Br.] [common land] | |
| agr. écon. biens {m.pl} communaux [communauté rurale] | commons [common land, resources] | |
| armes mil. pose {f} de mines | mining [on land] [minelaying] | |
| agr. être en jachère | to lie fallow [land, field] | |
| hist. mil. relig. bataille {f} de Jaffa [1192] | Battle of Jaffa [1192] [final battle of the Third Crusade, after which Saladin and King Richard I of England were able to negotiate a truce, though Saladin retained possession of Jerusalem] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. siège {m} de Badajoz [1812] | siege of Badajoz [also: 3rd siege of Badajoz] [one of the bloodiest sieges in the Napoleonic Wars, where Anglo-Portuguese Army forced the surrender of the French garrison] | |
| géogr. géol. ceinture {f} de feu du Pacifique [aussi : ceinture circum-pacifique ou ceinture péri-pacifique] | Ring of Fire [also: Pacific Ring of Fire, Rim of Fire, Girdle of Fire or Circum-Pacific belt] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Hochstett [1704] [aussi : bataille de Blenheim ou deuxième bataille de Höchstädt] | Battle of Blenheim [1704] [major battle of the War of the Spanish Succession when the overwhelming Allied victory ensured the safety of Vienna from the Franco-Bavarian army] | |
| hist. pol. Bulle {f} d'or (de 1356) [aussi : bulle d'or de Nuremberg ou bulle d'or de Metz] | Golden Bull of 1356 [a decree which fixed, for a period of more than four hundred years, important aspects of the constitutional structure of the Holy Roman Empire] | |
| géogr. île {f} de Baffin [aussi : terre de Baffin] [la plus grande île du Canada] | Baffin Island [also: Baffin Land] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. traité {m} de paix de Delft [réconciliation de Delft] [1428] | Treaty of Delft [Reconciliation of Delft] [in 1428, ended hostilities between Duke of Burgundy and Countess of Holland, Zeeland and Hainaut to effect that the Duke would administer these lands] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de Krasnoï [1812] [ou bataille de Krasnoje] | Battle of Krasnoi [1812] [also Battle of Krasny] [fought during the final stage of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow. The Russians inflicted heavy losses on the remnants of the Grande Armee] | |