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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 ...
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.
Warbands led by the Gaul Brennos sacked the city of Rome in 387 BC, becoming the only time Rome was conquered by a foreign enemy in 800 years. However, Gallia Cisalpina was conquered by the Romans in 204 BC and Gallia Narbonensis in 123 BC. Gaul was invaded after 120 BC by the Cimbri and the Teutons, who were in turn defeated by the Romans by ...
Set in 1789 before the French Revolution, the film begins with the main character Pierre Manceron (played by Grégory Gadebois) making a beautifully crafted dish, a tiny savory pastry filled with mushroom and potato. Manceron is the master cook of a French aristocrat, the Duke of Chamfort.
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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 ...