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927 matches to French Sudan
Burkina Faso. (Upper Volta). 11C Bobo. 14C Mossi(E)/Gourma(C)...Kingdoms of Yatanga, Ouagadouga. 1895(E)/97(C) French protectorate. 1904 French Sudan. 1919 French colony. 1932-47 Divided Ivory Coast/Niger/French Sudan. 1948 French Territory. 1960 Independent. 1984 =Burkina Faso.
Abd ar-Rahman. c1779-1859. Sultan of Morocco/Fez, 1822. Fought French, 1844 in Algeria.
Abd el-Kader. 1808-83. Arab emir who fought French 1840-46; founded Algerian state.
Abélard, Pierre. 1079-c1144. French Conceptualist theologian of Notre-Dame. Advocated discussion vs dogma. Famed love of Héloïse. Accused of heresy 1121. Letters to Heloise 1103. Sic et Non 1132. Theologia.
Aboukir, Battle. Nelson defeats French fleet, 1798. Napoleon defeats Turks, 1799.
Acadia. 1605 French colony centerd in Nova Scotia. 18C resettled by British.
Action Française. 1898-1945. French right wing political movement and newspaper.
Ader, Clement. 1841-1926. French aviation engineer. 1890 first plane.
Agadir Crisis. 1911. French/German crisis by German manoevres off Morocco.
Agincourt, Battle. 1415. English victory over French during 100 Years War. High French losses.
Albigenses. (Cathars). Southern French ascetic Neo-Manichean heretic Christian sect. Eliminated by 13th Crusade, 1208-1229 and Inquisition.
Alembert, Jean Le Rand d’. 1717-83. French philosopher and mathematician, Encyclopaedist.
Algeciras, Conference. 1906. French retain rights over Morocco.
Alien and Sedition Acts. 1798-1800/02. US fear French Revolution. Forbade criticism of government. Abused by Federalists vs Republicans.
Alma, Battle. 1854 Crimean War. French and British defeat Russians at Sebastapol.
Alsace-Lorraine. Iron rich region along Rhine. 1C BC Rome. 5C Alemanni. 496 Franks. 870 German. 1648(A)/1766(L) French 1871 Prussia. 1919 France 1940 Germany. 1945 France.
Amboise Conspiracy. 1560. Failed Huguenot plot to kidnap French king. Led to massacre of 1200 Huguenots.
Amboise Peace. 1563. Gave limited rights of worship to French Huguenots.
Amiens, Treaty. 1527. Henry VIII, Francis I ally vs Charles V. 1802. England, France, Spain, Holland end French Revolutionary Wars. Britain cedes captured territory, gains Ceylon, Trinidad.
Amyot, Jacques. 1513-93. French humanist and Plutarch translator.
Ancien Régime. Pre-Revolutionary French socio- political order.
Andorra. Ibericbasc. Greeks/Carthaginians/Romans/Visigoths 8C Muslim. 803 Charlemagne. 1133 Bishop of Urgell. 1159 Fiefdom of Foix. 1278- Principality under joint French, Spanish suzerainty. 1993 Constitution. Coprincipality.
Angevin Dynasty. Descendants of French House of Anjou. France -1480. Plantagenet Kings of England 1154-1485. Charles I of Anjou.
Anglo-French Entente. Entente Cordiale.