Siege Of Paris: RICHELIEU, Armand Jean du Plessis de,ar-man zhon du ples-se resh-le-e, Eng. resh'loo, Cardinal, Due DE, French prelate and statesman : b. Paris, according to Jal, who cites a register of baptism, 9, not as usually stated, 5 Sept. 1585; d. Paris, 4 Dec. 1642. Armand was the third son; his father lost his life at the siege of Paris, 10 July 1590, and the mi was left with five children and an estate he encumbered with debt. By practising ca economies she liquidated the debt and bro up the children as befitted their rank.
Hastings 1066 Duke William of Normandy invaded England and defeated the Saxons under Harold II, bringing England under Norman rule. Siege of Orleans 1428-1429 English troops began the siege during the Hundred Years' War; French soldiers, led by Joan of Arc, stopped the siege, a turning point in driving the English from France.
RODIN, ro-dan, (Frangois) Auguste, eminent French sculptor: b. Paris, November 1840; d. Nov. 17, 1917. After working in a subordinate position in several studios he exhibited for the first time in the salon in 1875, and soon earned a reputation as a sculptor utterly beyond the control of classical convention. One of his first productions was The Broken Nose, which invited much discussion. In 1870, during the siege of Paris, he served in the national guard. |
