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unusual facts about Charles, Providence, Rhode Island



Achille Liénart

Liénart received his episcopal consecration on the following December 8 from Bishop Charles-Albert-Joseph Lecomte of Amiens, with Bishops Palmyre Jasoone and Maurice Feltin serving as co-consecrators, in Tourcoing.

Andon, Alpes-Maritimes

The cities of the Union of Aix (1382-1387) supported Charles of Duras against Louis I of Anjou.

Anthony Blair

Tony Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, British Prime Minister 1997–2007

Archer brothers

In 1853, Charles and William Archer were the first Europeans to discover the Fitzroy River, which they named in honour of Sir Charles FitzRoy, Governor of the Colony of New South Wales.

Austin M. Knight

Born in Ware, Massachusetts to future American Civil War veteran Charles Sanford Knight and Cordelia Cutter Knight, Austin Melvin Knight was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy from Florida on June 30, 1869, graduating in 1873.

Barbara Doherty

In 1982 Doherty was on the steering committee to found the Women of Providence in Collaboration, an association of religious congregations related to Providence.

Blount Building

It was built by Charles Hill Turner in 1906-1907 for local attorney William Alexander Blount on the site of the three-story Blount-Watson Building, which had burned on Halloween night in 1905.

Charles Balic

Friar Charles Balić was a famous Theologian, specializing in the figure and works of John Duns Scotus, and Rector of the Pontifical University Antonianum of Rome.

Charles Harwood

The highway from the Harry S. Truman Airport to the capital Charlotte Amalie was later named the Charles Harwood Highway.

Charles IV, Duke of Anjou

Charles IV, Duke of Anjou, also Charles of Maine, Count of Le Maine and Guise (1446–1481) was the son of the Angevin prince Charles of Le Maine, Count of Maine, who was the youngest son of Louis II of Anjou and Yolande of Aragon, Queen of Four Kingdoms.

Charles Malik Whitfield

Charles Malik Whitfield (born August 1, 1972) is an American actor from The Bronx, New York City, New York.

Charles Nuttall

Nuttall, son of James Charles Nuttall, was born at Fitzroy, Victoria.

Charles Tatham

Chuck Tatham (Charles "Chuck" Tatham, born 1963), Canadian screenwriter and television producer

Charles Upson

Charles Upson died in Coldwater and was interred in Oak Grove Cemetery.

Charles Woodward

Charles N. "Chunky" Woodward - (1924 - 1990), Canadian merchant and rancher, grandson of Charles A. Woodward

Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen

Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen (born: 31 December 1712 in Usingen; died: 21 June 1775 in Biebrich), was from 1718 to 1775 Prince of Nassau-Usingen.

Children of Fire Mountain

That year it received the Feltex Television Awards for "Best Drama", "Best Script", and Terence Cooper as "Best Actor" for his role as Sir Charles Pemberton.

Christian, Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried-Rheinfels

Christian of Hesse-Wanfried-Rheinfels (17 July 1689 in Wanfried – 21 October 1755 in Eschwege) was a son of Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Wanfried (1649-1711) and his second wife Alexandrine Juliane of Leiningen-Dagsburg (d. 1703).

Christopher, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch

When Charles I died in 1576, the County of Hohenzollern was divided into Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Hohenzollern-Haigerloch.

Chronique de la Pucelle

Shorty before Agincourt, Charles d'Orléans, soon to be made captive, appointed Cousinot his chancellor; Cousinot administered the affairs of the duchy during Charles' interminable captivity in England.

Crown in Saskatoon

Other members of the Royal Family who have visited include Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon in 1980, the Prince of Wales (Charles) in 2001, the Princess Anne in 1982 and (as Princess Royal) in 2004, the Duke and Duchess of York (Andrew and Sarah) in 1989, and the Prince Edward in 1978.

Debacq

Charles-Alexandre Debacq (1804-1863), a French historical and portrait painter.

Diogenes Club series

Published in 2007, the second collection of stories covers the period of time between the Victorian era and the beginning of the 1970s, featuring original Diogenes Club head Charles Beauregard and his protégé Edwin Winthrop, as well as recurring Newman character Geneviève Dieudonné.

Dutch Mission

George Edmundson wrote, in History of Holland, that Henry, "was compelled" in 1528 to formally surrender "the temporalities of the see" to Charles V.

Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley

Judge Bulkeley's sons Morgan (the future president of the Aetna Life Insurance Company) and Charles (who would die in the Civil War) worked cleaning the office.

Fortified Sector of Thionville

The Thionville sector was under the overall command of the French 3rd Army, headquartered at Fort Jeanne d'Arc at Metz, under the command of General Charles Condé, which was in turn part of Army Group 2 under General André-Gaston Prételat.

Giant Malleefowl

It was described from Plio-Pleistocene deposits at the Darling Downs and Chinchilla in south-east Queensland by Charles De Vis, who erected the genus Progura for it.

Gosforth Park

The park was laid out by Charles Brandling (1733–1802), a wealthy coal-mine owner and local politician, to adorn his new mansion, Gosforth House (now Brandling House, the racecourse hospitality and conference centre), built 1755–64.

Harlan Huckleby

Harlan Charles Huckleby (born December 30, 1957) is a former professional American football running back and kick returner who was drafted by the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL).

Haven Brothers Diner

Hosts Meredith Vieira and Matt Lauer (both of whom had worked at the NBC10 studios in Providence two blocks from Havens Brothers time-honored location beside Providence City Hall) had each -- independently -- chosen it as their favorite "old-time" diner.

Heidi, Girl of the Alps

The American version was produced by Claudio Guzman and Charles Ver Halen and featured a voice cast including Randi Kiger as Heidi, Billy Whitaker as Peter, Michelle Laurita as Clara, Vic Perrin as Alm-Ohi, Alan Reed as Sebastian, and legendary voice talent Janet Waldo as Aunt Dete.

John Alexander McCreery

Miss Ravenshaw, a member of the prominent and noble Ravenshaw Family of England, was a daughter of Charles Withers Ravenshaw, a lieutenant colonel in the Indian Political Service appointed by Queen Victoria who later served as a governor of the British colony of Nepal from 1902-1905.

KLKN

On January 16, 2012, KLKN, along with all Citadel stations (including WLNE-TV in Providence and KCAU-TV in Sioux City), began carrying Disney/ABC's Live Well Network, replacing the Retro Television Network on its subchannel and cable channels.

Lee Norwood

Lee Charles Norwood (born February 2, 1960 in Oakland, California) is a retired American ice hockey player.

Levi Todd

Two of his daughters married politicians, Jane Briggs marrying congressman Daniel Breck and Elizabeth Todd marrying Charles Carr, the son of Kentucky statesman Walter Carr.

Lillie Rosa Minoka Hill

In 1905 Charles Hill proposed to her, asking her to join him in Oneida, Wisconsin.

Lucien Gagnon

He was among the first to take part in the agitation in Canada against the British government, was present at the assembly of the six confederate counties at St. Charles, 23 October 1837, and left the meeting convinced that insurrection was the only remedy for Canadian grievances.

Maria Amalia

Maria Amalia of Austria (1701–1756), was the daughter of Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor, wife of Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor

Maria van Eicken

Charles Albert (born: 1598 in Kastellaun; died: 1626 at Hundschloss Castle, when he accidentally shot himself)

Minuscule 701

Thomas Payne, chaplain in the British embassy in Constantinople, presented the manuscript to Charles Herzog, Duke of Marlborough, in 1738.

New South Wales Court of Appeal

Although the New South Wales Court of Appeal commenced operation on 1 January 1966 with the appointment of the President, Sir Gordon Wallace, and six Judges of Appeal, Bernard Sugerman, Charles McLelland, Cyril Walsh, Kenneth Jacobs, Kenneth Asprey and John Holmes Dashwood, the Court of Appeal was established in 1965, replacing the former appellate Full Court of the New South Wales Supreme Court.

Pussy Tebeau

Charles Alston "Pussy" Tebeau (February 22, 1870 – March 25, 1950) was a right fielder in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Cleveland Spiders during the 1895 season.

Schechter

Don Schechter, filmmaker and composer, founder of Charles River Media Group

Sgt. MacKenzie

Joseph MacKenzie wrote the haunting lament after the death of his wife, Christine, and in memory of his great-grandfather, Charles Stuart MacKenzie, a sergeant in the Seaforth Highlanders, who along with hundreds of his brothers-in-arms from the Elgin-Rothes area in Moray, Scotland went to fight in the Great War.

Teenie Hodges

Born in Germantown, Tennessee, Hodges began playing guitar at age 12 in his father's band, the Germantown Blue Dots, before joining his brothers Leroy and Charles in their group, the Impalas.

This Providence

In September 2005, This Providence announced that drummer Paul Benson was leaving the band to pursue new career paths, eventually with Apple Inc..

Troy weight

Charles Moore Watson (1844–1916) proposes an alternate etymology: The Assize of Weights and Measures (also known as Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris), one of the statutes of uncertain date from the reign of either Henry III or Edward I, thus before 1307, specifies "troni ponderacionem"—which the Public Record Commissioners translates as "troy weight".

USS Canonicus

Four ships of the United States Navy have been named Canonicus for Canonicus, a chief of the Narragansett Indians, who befriended Roger Williams, and presented him with a large tract of land for the Rhode Island colony.

William Russell House

Joseph and William Russell House, in Providence, Rhode Island, listed on the NRHP in Rhode Island

William Schneider

Creed Bratton (William Charles Schneider, born 1943), American actor


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