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  2. Louis XVI - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. National Register of Historic Places listings in Bristol ...

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    November 28, 1980 (State and Washington Sts. 3: Bristol Virginia-Tennessee Slogan Sign: Bristol Virginia-Tennessee Slogan Sign: September 8, 1988 (E. State St.

  4. Solar Hill Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Solar Hill Historic District encompasses an architecturally significant early 20th century residential neighborhood near the center of Bristol, Virginia.The district covers an area of about 27 acres (11 ha), bounded on the north by the Norfolk and Southern Railroad and Scott Street, on the west by West Street, on the east by Johnson Street, and on the south by Cumberland Street.

  5. List of places in the United States named after royalty

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    San Luis Rey, Oceanside, California - King Louis IX of France. St. Louis, Missouri - King Louis IX of France. Tancred, California – Tancred, Prince of Galilee. Victoria, Kansas - Queen Victoria of the U.K. Victoria, Virginia - Queen Victoria of the U.K. Virginia City, Nevada - Queen Elizabeth I of England, in a reference to her epithet The ...

  6. Statue of Louis XVI - Wikipedia

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    The statue was then put on a train and made it to Louisville on Christmas Day 1966. The mayor of Louisville at the time, Kenneth Schmied, is quoted as saying, "It's a great Christmas present for our city." [2] Following vandalism during the May 2020 George Floyd protests, it was removed to a city storage facility that September. Restoration ...

  7. King–Lancaster–McCoy–Mitchell House - Wikipedia

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    The large brick home is the most historic house in Bristol, Virginia. The handmade brick residence was built 1816-1820 by Colonel James King on the highest point of his property overlooking his meadows where he raised cattle. The settlement was once known as “King’s Meadows” before it took the name of Bristol nearly half a century later.

  8. Anglo-French War (1778–1783) - Wikipedia

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    The Life of Louis XVI. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300220421. Harvey, Robert (2004). A Few Bloody Noses: The American Revolutionary War. Robinson. ISBN 9781841199528. Ketchum, Richard M (1997). Saratoga: Turning Point of America's Revolutionary War. New York: Henry Holt. ISBN 9780805061239. OCLC 41397623. (Paperback ISBN 0-8050-6123-1)

  9. If It Had Happened Otherwise - Wikipedia

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    His eye is caught by a book whose cover states that Louis XVI had a 46-year reign as King of France, dying of a lung disease in 1820. In the main story, the young king, shortly after coming to power in the mid 1770s, makes necessary financial and constitutional reforms beforehand that prevent the necessity for the Revolution, resulting in the ...