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8 unusual facts about Toussaint


Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint

Her first romance, Almagro, appeared in 1837, followed by De graaf van Devonshire ("The Earl of Devonshire") in 1838; De Engelschen te Rome ("The English at Rome") in 1840, and Het Huis Lauernesse ("The House of Lauernesse") in 1841, an episode of the Reformation that has been translated into many European languages.

After 1870 Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint abandoned historical romance for the modern society novel, but her Delftsche Wonderdokter ("The Necromancer of Delft", 1871) and Majoor Frans ("Major Frank", 1875) did not command the success of her earlier works.

Fourth Anglo-Dutch War

However, much of the convoy was captured in the English Channel by a French squadron under admiral Picquet de la Motte.

Jean-François Tartu

In 1779 sailed to Fort Royal to take part in a squadron under Lamotte-Picquet in the fleet of Admiral d'Estaing.

Montigny mitrailleuse

The Belgian army initially purchased Fafschamps volley guns.

Paris Métro Line 6

La Motte-Picquet – Grenelle contains several crests of the family of Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, who lends his name to the name of the street over which the station lies.

Toussaint

Toussaint, Seine-Maritime, a commune in the arrondissement of Le Havre in the Seine-Maritime département of France

Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte

Count Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte (born 1 November 1720 in Rennes; died 10 June 1791 in Brest) was a French admiral.


Alondra de la Parra

De la Parra has presented more than twenty world premieres by composers not involved in the contemporary avant-garde, but in popular, easy to understand modern and film music, including Enrico Chapela, Paul Brantley, Paul Desenne, Eugenio Toussaint, Ernesto Villa-Lobos.

Beth Toussaint

Before television roles, Toussaint worked as model, and appeared in the 1984 music video for Bon Jovi's song "She Don't Know Me", Bob Seger's 1986 song "Like a Rock", and in the 1987 music video for SAGA's song "Only Time Will Tell".

Cheryl Toussaint

In 1987, Toussaint founded Tousse Running Apparel, a company designing custom Team track Apparel.

Cyrille Thouvenin

2010: Sable noir (TV series) Jimmy by Eric Valette, Xavier Gens and Samuel Le Bihan – Les âmes meurtries (Season 2 episodes 3) : Toussaint

Dany Toussaint

In 2003, Judge Claudy Gassant requested that Toussaint's immunity from prosecution be lifted in regards to the assassination of Haitian journalist Jean Dominique who had accused Toussaint of having his rival for the position of Secretary of State for Public Security, Jean Lamy, assassinated.

David Toussaint

Born on April 23, 1964 to Maynard and Leona Toussaint in Walnut Creek, California, Toussaint is the youngest of five children including Beth Toussaint.

Since 1997, Toussaint has written articles for Brides magazine, Conde Nast Traveler, Working Woman, Instinct, Gay Financial Network, Outsider Ink, Caribbean Travel and Life and Diversion magazine.

Édouard Sain

Édouard Alexandre Sain was born Cluny, Saône-et-Loire, on 13 May 1830, son of Paul-François-Toussaint Sain, a tax-collector, and Palmire-Ernestine Bouchet.

Edward Toussaint, Jr.

Toussaint was appointed Chief Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals in 1995 by Minnesota Governor Arne Carlson.

From the Hut, to the Projects, to the Mansion

It is a concept album telling the story of the fictional character Toussaint St Jean, who is based on the 18th century Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L'Ouverture.

Media economics

Other significant figures in the field have included Steven S. Wildman, Alan Albarran, Bruce M. Owen, Ben Compaine, Stuart McFadyen, Gillian Doyle, Karl Erik Gustafsson, Nadine Toussaint Desmoulins, Achour Fenni and Stephen Lacy,

Pain d'épices

According to Maguelonne Toussaint-Samat, the commercial production of pain d'épices was a specialty of Reims, made to a recipe of a pastry-cook from Bourges, and given éclat by the taste for it of Charles VII, "King of Bourges" and his mistress Agnes Sorel.

Pierre Toussaint

In 1991 his successor, Cardinal John O'Connor, strongly supported Toussaint for sainthood and began the official process, thereby according him the title of Servant of God, and sent the needed documentation to the Vatican for this process.

Roger Désormière

Beginning in 1932 he became closely involved in music for films with Pathé-Nathan, composing music for La Règle du jeu, Le Mariage de Chiffon, and Le Voyageur de la Toussaint.

The Black Jacobins

In 1934, James wrote a play about the Haitian Revolution, Toussaint Louverture: The story of the only successful slave revolt in history that was performed in 1936 at London's Westminster Theatre with Paul Robeson in the title role.


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