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246 matches to Louis VII
Blanche of Castile. 1188-1252. Mother, regent for St. Louis. Hôtel de Nesle. Helped unify France.
Blanqui, Louis. 1805-81. French militant socialist. Coined: “Dictatorship of the Proletariat”, “Industrial Revolution”, 1837. Unsuccessful uprising 1839. Commune leader. Secret societies.
Blériot, Louis. 1872-1936. French aviator. First plane to cross Channel, 1909.
Bonaparte, Louis. 1778-1846. King of Holland 1806-10. Forced to abdicate after opposing Continental System. Napoleon’s brother.
Botha, Louis. 1862-1919. First Prime Minister 1910- of South Africa.
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 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.
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.