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281 matches to Louis Napoleon
Bouchardon, Edme. 1698-1762. French Neoclassical sculptor. Equestrian Louis XV, Four Seasons Fountain, Cupid.
Boucher, Francois. 1703-70. French mythological and landscape painter. Louis XV Rococo Style. Mme de Pompadour favourite. “Decorator of Boudoirs”. Déjeuner 1738.
Bougainville, Louis. 1729-1811. First French circumnavigation 1766-9. Voyage autour du monde 1771.
Braille, Louis. 1809-1852. French inventor of raised alphabet for the blind, 1824.
Broglie, Louis de. 1892-1987. Italian/French physicist. Wave/particle theory.
Cagliorosto. 1743-95. Italian charlatan in Louis XIV court. Diamond Necklace Affair.
Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. 1894-1961. French writer: Voyage au bout de la nuit 1932.
Charles I, of Anjou. 1226-85. French King of Naples and Sicily 1246-. Son of Louis VIII. Harsh rule. First Angevin.
Charles the Bold. 1433-77. Duke of Burgundy. Adversary of Louis XI.
Chess. 7C Indian game evolved from earlier board games with carved pieces. 750 China. 10C Moslems brought to Europe. 1254 banned by Louis IX.
Chevrolet, Louis. 1879-1941. Fndr Chev. Motor Co. 1904.
Cinematography. 1889 Edison kinetoscope. 1895 Lumière Cinematographe. 1906 Color. 1928 Talky. 1929 Technicolor.
Colbert, Jean-Baptiste. 1619-83. Louis XIV’s Finance Minister.
Comédie-Francaise. Oldest National theatre. Founded by Louis XIV in 1680. Molière.
Condé, Louis I de Bourbon, Prince. 1530-60. Led Amboise Conspiracy.
Crusades. 1095-1272. European Christian wars to regain Holy Land after Seljuk Turks take Jerusalem in 1072. Literature and the arts benefitted from Eastern cultural infusion. Peasants 1096. Annihilated. First. 1096-99. Genoa financed Godfrey of Bouillon to recapture Jerusalem. Only successful crusade. Second. 1147-49. Louis VII and Conrad III pillage Byzantium. Third. 1189-92. Richard I and Philip II Truce with Saladin allows access to Jerusalem. Fourth. 1202-4. French and Flemish nobles conquer, sack Constantinople, form Latin Empire. Childrens. 1212. Stephen of Cloyes led 30,000 unarmed French youths. Nicholas of Cologne led 20,000 German. All died or enslaved. Fifth. 1218-21. John of Brienne in Egypt. Sixth. 1228-29. Frederick II crowned king of Jerusalem. Seventh. 1248-54. St Louis of France captured by Egypt and ransomed. Eighth. 1270. St Louis dies of plague. Ninth. 1271-2. Prince Edward of England.
Damiens, Robert-François. 1715-1757. Stabbed Louis XV. Quartered.
David, Louis. 1748-1825. French republican. Neoclassical painter. Oath of the Horatii 1784. Marat 1793. Coronation of Napoleon 1808.
Davout, Louis. 1770-1823. Napoleon’s general, Minister of War 1815.
Decazes, Elie, duc de. 1780-1860. Minister of Louis XVIII. Moderate leader.
Desaix, Louis. 1768-1800. French general. Killed at Marengo.
Divine Right. 16-18C. Assertion that king’s authority came from God. Louis XIV. James I. Charles I.
Dover, Treaty. 1670. Secret agreement. Louis XIV and Charles II. led to Third Dutch War. Ends Triple Alliance.
DuBarry, Marie. 1746-93. Mistress of Louis XV. Guillotined.
Durant, William. 1861-1947. US founder GM 1908, Chevrolet 1911.