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| géogr. hist. mil. siège {m} de Calais [1346-7] | siege of Calais [part of 100 Years' War. After victory at Crécy, King Edward III of England successfully besieged Calais which remained in English hands until 1558] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Schönbrunn [1809] [aussi : traité de Vienne] | Treaty of Schönbrunn [1809] [also: Peace of Schönbrunn or Treaty of Vienna] [after France's victory at Wagram, signed between France and Austria, ending the 5th Coalition] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Ayacucho [1824] | Battle of Ayacucho [1824] [secured the independence of Peru and ensured independence for the rest of South America] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Manzikert [1071] | Battle of Manzikert [1071] [also: Battle of Malazgirt] [decisive defeat of the Byzantine Empire by the Seljuk Empire] | |
| géogr. îles {f.pl} Vierges espagnoles [aussi : îles du Passage ou îles vierges portoricaines] [administrativement partie de Porto Rico] | Spanish Virgin Islands [also: Passage Islands or Puerto Rican Virgin Islands] [part of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico] | |
| géogr. pol. Aruba {f} [aussi : Pays d'Aruba] [un État du royaume des Pays-Bas] | Aruba <.aw> [also: Country of Aruba] [a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands] | |
| géogr. Îles {f.pl} du Vent | Windward Islands [also: Islands of Barlovento] [the southern, generally larger islands of the Lesser Antilles] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {m} de Bailén [1808] [aussi : bataille de Baylen] | Battle of Bailén [1808] [the first open-field defeat of a Napoleonic army - by the Spanish Army of Andalusia] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Paris [1815] | Treaty of Paris [1815] [also: Second Treaty of Paris] [ after the defeat and the second abdication of Napoleon Bonaparte] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Audenarde [1708] | Battle of Oudenarde [1708] [also: Battle of Oudenaarde] [great victory for the Grand Alliance over France in the War of the Spanish Succession] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de Morgarten [1315] | Battle of Morgarten [in 1315, the Confederates of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden defeated a Habsburg army, laying foundation for future independence of the Swiss Confederacy] | |
| hist. mil. naut. bataille {f} de la baie de Manille [1898] [aussi : bataille de Cavite] | Battle of Manila Bay [1898] [first major engagement of the Spanish–American War, ending the Spanish colonial period in Philippine history] [also: Battle of Cavite] | |
| hist. pol. traités {m.pl} de Reichenbach [1813] | Treaties of Reichenbach [1813] [series of agreements signed in present-day Dzierżoniów between UK, Prussia, Russia, and Austria to establish a united coalition force against Napoleon I of France] | |
| myth. Parques {f.pl} | Parcae [also: the Fates] [female personifications of destiny who directed the lives (and deaths) of humans and gods in Roman mythology] | |
| dr. hist. Miroir {m} des Saxons | Sachsenspiegel [the most important law book of the Holy Roman Empire, originating around 1220 as a record of existing customary law] | |
| hist. pol. Marie-Louise {f} d'Autriche [1791-1847] [fille aînée de François I d'Autriche, elle est donnée en mariage en 1810 à l'empereur des Français Napoléon I pour sceller le traité de Schönbrunn] | Marie Louise of Austria [1791-1847] [Napoleon's 2nd wife, Empress of the French 1810-1814, Duchess of Parma 1814-1847] | |
| hist. mil. relig. Jeanne d'Arc {f} [1412-1431] [La Pucelle d'Orléans] [La Pucelle de Lorraine] | Joan of Arc [1412-1431] [The Maid of Orléans] [The Maid of Lorraine] | |
| tech. jacquemart {m} | bell-striker [animated, mechanised figure of a person which strikes the hours on a bell with a hammer. Usually part of clocks or clocktowers] | |
| hist. mil. pol. Commune {f} de Paris [1871] | Paris Commune [1871] [after the Franco-Prussion War, soldiers of the National Guard seized control of the city and attempted to establish an independent government] | |
| ling. propositionnel {adj} | clausal [of a part of a sentence] | |
| effacement {m} [action ou résultat] | erasure [act of erasing, result of erasing] | |
| dr. sociol. Code {m} noir | Code noir [decree passed by King Louis XIV of France in 1685 defining the conditions of slavery in the French colonial empire] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Karlowitz [1699] | Treaty of Karlowitz [1699] [concluded the Great Turkish War of 1683–1697, establishing the Habsburg monarchy as the dominant power of the region] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. traité {m} de Fredrikshamn [1808] | Treaty of Fredrikshamn [1808] [also: Treaty of Hamina] [peace treaty concluded between Sweden and Imperial Russia, recognising the annexation of Finland by Russia] | |
| hist. pol. Frédéric-Guillaume {m} III [1770-1840] | Frederick William III [1770-1840] [ King of Prussia from 1797 until his death in 1840, ruling during the difficult times of the Napoleonic Wars] | |
| hist. mil. naut. bataille {f} de Lépante [1571] | Battle of Lepanto [1571] [fleet of the Holy League inflicted heavy defeat on the fleet of the Ottoman Empire] | |
| arch. géogr. pol. château {m} de Christiansborg | Christiansborg Palace [in Copengagen, seat of the Danish Parliament, the Danish Prime Minister's Office, and the Supreme Court of Denmark] | |
| hist. mil. naut. bataille {f} de l'île d'Aix [1809] [aussi : affaire des brûlots] | Battle of the Basque Roads [1809] [also: Battle of Aix Roads] [major naval battle of the Napoleonic Wars, leaving many French ships badly damaged or trapped in home ports] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Austerlitz [1805] | Battle of Austerlitz [1805] [also: Battle of the Three Emperors] [Napoleon defeated the larger combined Russian/Austrian Armies, bringing the War of the 3rd Coalition to an end] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} d'Othée [1408] | Battle of Othée [in 1408 the militia and citizens of Liège suffered a heavy defeat against a professional army under John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy.] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. sac {m} de Liège [1468] | sacking of Liège [in 1468, after an uprising, the Duke of Burgundy ordered the town to be razed to the ground and a quarter of the inhabitants were killed.] | |
| hist. pol. Sérénissime Maison {f} de Bragance | Most Serene House of Braganza [also: Brigantine Dynasty] [a dynasty of emperors, kings, princes, and dukes of Portuguese origin which reigned in Europe and the Americas] | |
| hist. mil. pol. siège {m} d'Orléans [1428/9] | siege of Orléans [1428/9] [the watershed of the 100 Years' War with a major victory for the French Royal Army with Joan of Arc] | |
| géogr. îles {f.pl} Vierges des États-Unis [aussi : îles Vierges américaines] [un territoire non incorporé et organisé insulaire des Antille] | United States Virgin Islands [also: Virgin Islands of the United States] [an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States] | |
| math. pi {m} <π> | pi <π> [the symbol π denoting the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter / the ratio itself] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Patay [1429] | Battle of Patay [in 1429, the culminating engagement of the Loire Campaign of the 100 Years' War, when the French cavalry inflicted a severe defeat on the English.] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Saint-Privat [1870] [aussi : bataille de Gravelotte] | Battle of Gravelotte [1870] [also: Battle of Gravelotte–St. Privat] [Prussian victory in largest and decisive battle of the Franco-Prussian War] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Valmy [1792] [aussi : bataille ou affaire du camp de la Lune] | Battle of Valmy [1792] [also: Cannonade of Valmy] [first major victory by the army of France during the Revolutionary Wars, preventing the Prussian Army marching on Paris] | |
| hist. pol. Jean {m} II le Bon [1319-1364] | John II the Good [1319-1364] [King of France 1350-1364 but spent much time in captivity in London after defeat at Battle of Poitiers in 1356] | |
| hist. pol. paix {f} d'Amiens [1802] | Treaty of Amiens [1802] [signed by France and UK. Along with Treaty of Lunéville (1801), it ended the War of the 2nd Coalition against France. Peace lasted 1 year] | |
| hist. pol. Banquet {m} du Vœu du faisan [1454] | Banquet of the Oath of the Pheasant [in 1454, the Duke of Burgundy gave this banquet to promote a Crusade (which never took place) against the Turks who had just taken Constantinople] | |
| hist. pol. Louis {m} XVI [1754-1793] | Louis XVI [1754-1793] [the last King of France from 1774 until he was guillotined and the fall of the monarchy in 1793 during the French Revolution] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Castillon [1453] | Battle of Castillon [decisive French victory in 1453 against England marked the end of the 100 Years' War. Considered the first major battle won through the extensive use of field artillery] | |
| géogr. hist. comté {m} de Zélande | County of Zeeland [county of the Holy Roman Empire in the Low Countries, covering an area in the Scheldt and Meuse delta (roughly today's Dutch province of Zeeland)] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. royaume {m} de Castille | Kingdom of Castile [large and powerful state on the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. In 1479, the crowns of Aragon and Castile were united to form the nucleus of modern Spain.] | |
| hist. pol. Guillaume {m} le Taciturne [1533-1584] [aussi : Guillaume I d'Orange-Nassau] | William the Silent [1533-1584] [also: William the Taciturn or William of Orange] [leader of the Dutch Revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs that set off the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648)] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. royaume {m} d'Aragon | Kingdom of Aragon [a medieval and early modern kingdom on the Iberian Peninsula. In 1479, the crowns of Aragon and Castile were united to form the nucleus of modern Spain.] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Buçaco [1810] | Battle of Buçaco [1810] [also: Battle of Bussaco] [major battle in the Portuguese mountains, which resulted in the defeat of French forces by Lord Wellington's Anglo-Portuguese Army] | |
| hist. pol. serment {m} du Jeu de paume [1789] | Tennis Court Oath [a pivotal event in the French Revolution. In 1789, the members of the French Third Estate voted "not to separate until the Constitution of the kingdom is established"] | |
| hist. mil. Bataille {f} de Bouvines [1214] | Battle of Bouvines [the concluding battle of the Anglo-French War of 1213–1214.A French army under King Philip Augustus defeated an Allied army under Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV] | |