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  2. Lagos, Pyrénées-Atlantiques - Wikipedia

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    Lagos (French pronunciation:; Occitan: Lagòs) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. See also Communes of the Pyrénées ...

  3. Battle of Lagos - Wikipedia

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    The naval Battle of Lagos took place between a British fleet commanded by Edward Boscawen and a French fleet under Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran over two days in 1759 during the Seven Years' War. They fought south west of the Gulf of Cádiz on 18 August and to the east of the small Portuguese port of Lagos , after which the battle is named ...

  4. Nine Years' War - Wikipedia

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    The Nine Years' War [c] was a European great power conflict from 1688 to 1697 between France and the Grand Alliance. [d] Although largely concentrated in Europe, fighting spread to colonial possessions in the Americas, India, and West Africa.

  5. Battle of Lagos (1693) - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Lagos was a sea battle during the Nine Years' War on 27 June 1693 (17 June 1693 O.S.), when a French fleet under Anne Hilarion de Tourville defeated an Anglo-Dutch fleet under George Rooke near Lagos Bay in Portugal. Rooke's squadron was protecting the Smyrna convoy, and it is by this name that the action is sometimes known.

  6. Lagos (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Lagos is the largest city and commercial capital of ... France. Lagos, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, a commune in the département of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;

  7. Murtala Muhammed International Airport - Wikipedia

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    Originally known as Lagos Airport, it was renamed after the military head of state Murtala Muhammed in 1976 following his assassination in a failed coup attempt. A new international terminal modeled after Amsterdam Airport Schiphol was constructed through the decade at a cost of ₦240 million, officially opening on 15 March 1979, as part of a ...

  8. Planned French invasion of Britain (1759) - Wikipedia

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    The Duc de Choiseul was the principal author of the invasion plan, with which he hoped to end the war against Britain with a single masterstroke.. The invasion was planned by the Duc de Choiseul who became French foreign minister in December 1758 and effectively served as Prime Minister during the period of the mooted invasion.

  9. French post offices in the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    The French post offices in the Ottoman Empire were post offices in various cities of the Ottoman Empire run by France between 1812 and 1923. France was one of a half-dozen European countries, the others being Austria, Russia, Great Britain, Germany and Italy, which had been granted the right to maintain post offices within the Empire.

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