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Louis XVI (Louis Auguste; French: [lwi sɛːz]; 23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. The son of Louis, Dauphin of France (1729–1765) (son and heir-apparent of King Louis XV), and Maria Josepha of Saxony, Louis became the new Dauphin when his father died ...
Location of Bristol in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bristol, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Bristol, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties ...
1 April: County of Avon abolished; Bristol once again becomes both a city and a county. 24–27 May: First International Festival of the Sea held in and around the Harbour; replica 15th-century ship Matthew dedicated. 19 July: MoD Abbey Wood opened at Filton. [46] City of Bristol College established by merger of Brunel College and South Bristol ...
Location of Bristol Castle shown on an 1882 map of the city. Keep marked in yellow, curtain walls in red. The castle was built on a strategic site on the eastern side of the walled town, between the River Avon on the south and the River Frome on the north, joined by a canal to form the castle moat on the east side, with a weir on the north to compensate for differing water levels in the two ...
New York City: Today, a Cartier store [87] [88] more images: Felix M. Warburg House: 1906: Châteauesque: C. P. H. Gilbert: New York City: Today, home to the Jewish Museum [62] Frederic W. Stevens House 1876 Châteauesque: George Harney: New York City: The house was demolished in 1919 Jacob Ruppert Sr House 1883 Second Empire: William Schickel ...
When the King formed a new cabinet mostly of constitutional monarchists , this widened the breach between the King and the Assembly and the majority of the common people of Paris. These events happened on 16 June when Lafayette sent a letter to the Assembly, recommending suppression of "anarchists" and political clubs in the capital. [7]
The Jacobins tried to frighten the king into accepting the decrees and recalling his ministers. On 20 June 1792 the armed populace invaded the hall of the Assembly and the royal apartments in the Tuileries. For some hours the king and queen were in the utmost peril. With passive courage Louis refrained from making any promise to the insurgents. [8]
Lothian contained what later became the Scottish capital, Edinburgh. This arrangement was later finalized in 1237 by the Treaty of York. [19] King John signs Magna Carta at Runnymede in 1215, surrounded by his baronage. Illustration from Cassell's History of England, 1902.