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Famine [33] France: 1305: Famine [33] France: 1310: Famine [33] France: 1314–1315 Famine. Dikes collapsed, fields vanished, crops rotted, and livestock died in huge numbers due to the disease "Rinderpest". The price of wheat jumped "8 fold". [8] England: 1315–1317 or 1322: Great Famine of 1315–1317: Europe [34] 7,500,000: 1319–1320 ...
A co-production between the United Kingdom, United States, and France, [2] the film was distributed and financed by StudioCanal and produced by Blueprint Pictures and the Mazur/Kaplan Company. In 2010, development began on a film adaptation based on Shaffer's novel.
The European potato failure was a food crisis caused by potato blight that struck Northern and Western Europe in the mid-1840s. The time is also known as the Hungry Forties . While the crisis produced excess mortality and suffering across the affected areas, particularly affected were the Scottish Highlands , with the Highland Potato Famine and ...
This is a timeline of French history, comprising important legal changes and political events in France and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of France. See also the list of Frankish kings, French monarchs, and presidents of France.
Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (UK: / p ɑːr ˈ m ɛ n t i eɪ,-ˈ m ɒ n t-/, US: / ˌ p ɑːr m ə n ˈ t j eɪ /; [1] French: [ɑ̃twan oɡystɛ̃ paʁmɑ̃tje]; 12 August 1737 – 13 December 1813) was a French pharmacist and agronomist, best remembered as a vocal promoter of the potato as a food source for humans in France and throughout Europe.
Adventure, Drama, History. Based on a novel I Will Repay. 1923 France The Child King: L'Enfant-roi: Jean Kemm: Louis XVII: 1923 United States Scaramouche: Rex Ingram: Drama, Romance. Drama. Based on a novel Scaramouche. 1923 France The Lyon Courier Affair: L'Affaire du courrier de Lyon: Léon Poirier: Drama, Historical. Courrier de Lyon case ...
At the monastery, Marek, Kate, and Chris meet de Cervole and realize that the woman is Lady Claire; they have changed history by saving her. Kate and Chris help to swing the upcoming battle in the French's favor by leading de Cervole's men through the monastery tunnels they had previously mapped to the castle.
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