Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The story tells of the 29 December 1386 trial by combat (duel) in which the Norman knight Jean de Carrouges dueled Jacques Le Gris, at the time a squire. Carrouges had accused Le Gris of raping his wife, Marguerite de Carrouges, née de Thibouville, some months before. He had gone to King Charles VI, seeking an appeal to the decision handed ...
Originally titled Le Mot le plus long (lit. the longest word). Contestants formed words from seven random letters. The longest words received the most points. Off air from 1970 to 1972, the series returned under the current title. Since then it has been in two segments. The first was still the original word game, Le Mot le plus long.
Levy had previously participated in another quick-draw duel with gunfighter Michael Casey, who challenged him in an alleyway in Pioche, Nevada. March 22, 1882: Wyatt Earp killed an outlaw named Florentino "Indian Charlie" Cruz in a duel in the Dragoon Mountains of southeastern Arizona. Although the actual events are still debated by historians ...
Sir Jacques le Gris (lit. "the Gray") (c. 1330s – 29 December 1386) was a French squire and knight who gained fame and infamy, and was ultimately killed when he engaged in one of the last judicial duels permitted by the Parlement of Paris after he was accused of rape by Marguerite de Carrouges, the wife of his neighbour and rival, Sir Jean de Carrouges.
The French Navy had lost 29 ships during the Seven Years' War, casualties being particularly high at the Battle of Lagos and the Battle of Quiberon Bay.To replace these losses, in 1761 the Duke of Choiseul launched subscriptions, called don des vaisseaux, whereby French individuals and organisations could donate to the Crown the funds necessary to build and equip a warship. 13 million livres ...
You Only Live Twice is the eleventh novel and twelfth book in Ian Fleming's James Bond series of stories. [a] It was first published by Jonathan Cape in the United Kingdom on 26 March 1964 and quickly sold out.
Combat of the Thirty. / 47.93750°N 2.48694°W / 47.93750; -2.48694. The Combat of the Thirty ( French: Combat des Trente, Breton: Emgann an Tregont ), occurring on 26 March 1351, [2] was an episode in the Breton War of Succession fought to determine who would rule the Duchy of Brittany. It was an arranged fight between selected ...
Died. 21 August 1698. Blickling Hall, Norfolk. Occupation. Politician. Known for. Killed in a duel. Sir Henry Hobart, 4th Baronet (1657 – 21 August 1698) was an English Whig politician and baronet. He represented several seats in the House of Commons of England between 1681 and 1698, when he was killed in a duel with Oliver Le Neve .