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Maximilien, the eldest of four children, was born four months later. His siblings were Charlotte Robespierre, [b] Henriette Robespierre, [c] and Augustin Robespierre. [18] [19] Robespierre's mother died on 16 July 1764, [d] after delivering a stillborn son at age 29. Charlotte's memoirs indicate that she believed that the death of their mother ...
The abbreviation is not always a short form of the word used in the clue. For example: "Knight" for N (the symbol used in chess notation) Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to ...
On 27 July 1793, Robespierre was elected to the Committee of Public Safety, and would remain a member until his death. [5] During the months between September 1793 and July 1794, the Committee's power increased dramatically due to several measures instated during the Terror, such as the Law of Suspects, and the later Law of 14th Frimaire, becoming the de facto executive branch of the ...
The Martyrs of Compiègne were the 16 members of the Carmel of Compiègne, France: 11 Discalced Carmelite nuns, three lay sisters, and two externs (or tertiaries).They were executed by the guillotine towards the end of the Reign of Terror, at what is now the Place de la Nation in Paris on 17 July 1794, and are venerated as martyr saints of the Catholic Church.
"Rather death than slavery, is the motto of the French." [61] ("Plûtot la mort que l'esclavage, C'est la devise des Français.") — Jacques Pierre Brissot, French abolitionist and leading member of the Girondins (31 October 1793), singing these words along with 21 other Girondins before their execution "They applauded me!" [61] ("Ils m ...
Le Défenseur de la Constitution / par Maximilien Robespierre, député à l'assemblée constituante: Author: Robespierre / Maximilien de / 1758-1794 / 0070: Software used: Bibliothèque nationale de France: Conversion program: iText 4.2.0 by 1T3XT: Encrypted: no: Page size: 1024 x 1536 pts; 1024 x 1771.92 pts; 1024 x 1799.62 pts; 1024 x 1745. ...
The issue here is that this term — the G-word — is more widely recognizable than the preferred term “Romani people” or “the Roma.” But when used by non-Romani people, the G-word is a ...
Crosswordese is the group of words frequently found in US crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. The words are usually short, three to five letters, with letter combinations which crossword constructors find useful in the creation of crossword puzzles, such as words that start or end with vowels (or both), abbreviations consisting entirely of consonants, unusual ...