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 | géogr. Antilles {f.pl} | Antilles [archipelago bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the south and west, the Gulf of Mexico to the northwest, and the Atlantic Ocean to the north and east] | |
| hist. pol. traité {f} de Vereeniging [1902] | Treaty of Vereeniging [1902] [ended the Second Boer War between the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, on the one side, and the United Kingdom on the other] | |
| hist. pol. Couronne {f} de fer | Iron Crown [reliquary and one of the oldest royal insignia of Christendom. A relic from the Kingdom of the Lombards, used for the coronation of the Holy Roman Emperors as Kings of Italy] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Patay [1429] | Battle of Patay [in 1429, the culminating engagement of the Loire Campaign of the 100 Years' War, when the French cavalry inflicted a severe defeat on the English.] | |
| géogr. pol. duché {m} de Bourgogne | Duchy of Burgundy [emerged in the 9th century as one of the successors of the ancient Kingdom of the Burgundians] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. République {f} batave [1795-1806] | Batavian Republic [1795-1806] [successor to the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands, becoming the first of the "sister-republics", and later part of the French Empire of Napoleon] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Paris [1856] | Treaty of Paris [1856] [ended the Crimean War between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, the United Kingdom, the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia] | |
| hist. la Reconquista {f} [la Reconquête] | The Reconquista [period in the history of the Iberian Peninsula between the Battle of Covadonga (718 or 722) and the fall of the Nasrid kingdom of Granada in 1492] | |
| géogr. îles {f.pl} Lucaye | Lucayan Archipelago [also: Bahama Archipelago] [an island group in the western North Atlantic Ocean comprising the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands] | |
| hist. pol. serment {m} du Jeu de paume [1789] | Tennis Court Oath [a pivotal event in the French Revolution. In 1789, the members of the French Third Estate voted "not to separate until the Constitution of the kingdom is established"] | |
| transp. monter sur qc. | to board sth. [the train, the ship, the plane] | |
| monter sur qc. | to ascend sth. [a mountain, the throne, the pulpit, the scaffold] | |
| plus ..., plus ... {conj} | the ... the [e.g. the bigger the better] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Paris [1856] | Treaty of Paris of 1856 [to end the Crimean War between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, Great Britain, the 2nd French Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia] | |
| hist. mil. pol. chute {f} de Constantinople [1453] [Aussi : prise de Constantinople] | Fall of Constantinople [in 1453, the Ottoman Empire captured the capital of the Byzantine Empire, marking its end, and effectively the end of the Roman Empire] | |
| géogr. hist. Kennemerland {m} | Kennemerland [coastal region in the northwestern Netherlands, its name comes from the Kennemer people, who were Frisians that fought with the Counts of Holland and lost in the Middle Ages] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Hochstett [1704] [aussi : bataille de Blenheim ou deuxième bataille de Höchstädt] | Battle of Blenheim [1704] [major battle of the War of the Spanish Succession when the overwhelming Allied victory ensured the safety of Vienna from the Franco-Bavarian army] | |
| hist. mil. pol. révolte {f} de Bohême [1618 - 1620] | Bohemian Revolt [1618 - 1620] [uprising of the Bohemian estates against the rule of the Habsburgs that began the Thirty Years' War] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Karlowitz [1699] | Treaty of Karlowitz [1699] [concluded the Great Turkish War of 1683–1697, establishing the Habsburg monarchy as the dominant power of the region] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. royaume {m} de Castille | Kingdom of Castile [large and powerful state on the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. In 1479, the crowns of Aragon and Castile were united to form the nucleus of modern Spain.] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Austerlitz [1805] | Battle of Austerlitz [1805] [also: Battle of the Three Emperors] [Napoleon defeated the larger combined Russian/Austrian Armies, bringing the War of the 3rd Coalition to an end] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. sac {m} de Liège [1468] | sacking of Liège [in 1468, after an uprising, the Duke of Burgundy ordered the town to be razed to the ground and a quarter of the inhabitants were killed.] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de Smolensk [1812] | Battle of Smolensk [1812] [1st major battle of the French invasion of Russia, where the Grande Armée drove the Russian Army out of the city] | |
| dr. fin. autoliquidation {f} de la TVA [mécanisme] | reverse charge procedure [note on invoices where the customer is liable for the payment of the VAT] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. siège {m} de Badajoz [1812] | siege of Badajoz [also: 3rd siege of Badajoz] [one of the bloodiest sieges in the Napoleonic Wars, where Anglo-Portuguese Army forced the surrender of the French garrison] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Castillon [1453] | Battle of Castillon [decisive French victory in 1453 against England marked the end of the 100 Years' War. Considered the first major battle won through the extensive use of field artillery] | |
| dr. hist. pol. droit {m} de Magdebourg | Magdeburg law [also: Magdeburg rights] [the basis for the German town laws developed during many centuries in the Holy Roman Empire] | |
| fin. mécanisme {m} de l'autoliquidation de la TVA | reverse charge procedure [note on invoices where the customer is liable for the payment of the VAT] | |
| mus. Au début du concert, le violoniste donne le ton. | At the beginning of the concert, the violinist sets the tone. | |
| pol. Ordre {m} de la Toison d'or | Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece [Catholic order of chivalry founded by the Duke of Burgundy in 1430. Today, 2 branches of the order exist, namely the Spanish and the Austrian Fleece ] | |
| math. pi {m} <π> | pi <π> [the symbol π denoting the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter / the ratio itself] | |
| agr. mus. ranz {m} des vaches [suisse] | [simple melody traditionally played on the horn by the Swiss Alpine herdsmen as they drove their cattle to or from the pasture] | |
| hist. mil. naut. bataille {f} de Négapatam [1746] | action of 6 July 1746 [inconclusive naval engagement between the British and French fleets during the War of the Austrian Succession] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. royaume {m} de Portugal | Kingdom of Portugal [monarchy on the Iberian Peninsula (1139 - 1910) and the predecessor of the modern Portuguese Republic.] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. guerre {f} des Hameçons et des Cabillauds [aussi guerre des Crochets et des Cabillauds] [1345-1490] | Hook and Cod wars [1345-1490] [series of battles in the County of Holland between the Cod faction (the more progressive cities of Holland) and the Hook faction ( the conservative noblemen).] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Balaklava [1854] | Battle of Balaclava [1854] [part of the Crimean War, with the Allies successfully but not decisively defeating the Russians] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} du lac Peïpous [1242] | Battle of Lake Peipus [1242] [also: Battle on the Ice] [the Republic of Novgorod defeated the Livonian Order] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Muhi [1241] [aussi : bataille de Mohi] | Battle of Mohi [1241] [the pivotal conflict between the Mongol Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de Krasnoï [1812] [ou bataille de Krasnoje] | Battle of Krasnoi [1812] [also Battle of Krasny] [fought during the final stage of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow. The Russians inflicted heavy losses on the remnants of the Grande Armee] | |
| hist. pol. États {m.pl} généraux des Pays-Bas [1464] | Estates General of 1464 [the first parliamentary assembly of representatives of the constituent territories of the Burgundian Netherlands] | |
| hist. pol. Louis {m} XVI [1754-1793] | Louis XVI [1754-1793] [the last King of France from 1774 until he was guillotined and the fall of the monarchy in 1793 during the French Revolution] | |
| hist. mil. naut. guerre {f} néerlando-portugaise [1601 - 1661] | Dutch–Portuguese War [1601 - 1661] [the Dutch gained an overseas empire at the cost of the Portuguese] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. royaume {m} de Naples | Kingdom of Naples [comprised the part of the Italian Peninsula south of the Papal States between 1282 and 1816.] | |
| géogr. Grandes Antilles {f.pl} | Greater Antilles [a grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and the Cayman Islands] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. La Ruine {f} [1659 - 1686] | The Ruin [1659 - 1686] [historical term for the political situation in Ukrainian history during the second half of the 17th century] | |
| horl. sci. conférence {f} internationale de Washington [1884] | International Meridian Conference [1884] [resulted in the recommendation of the Greenwich Meridian as the international standard for zero degrees longitude] | |
| hist. pol. paix {f} de Zsitvatorok [1606] | Peace of Zsitvatorok [1606] [ending the Long Turkish War between the Habsburg Emperor and the Ottoman Empire] [also: Treaty of Sitvatorok] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Malakoff [1855] | Battle of Malakoff [1855] [French victory against the Russian forces resulted in the fall of Sevastopol, and subsequent end to the Crimean War] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Koutchouk-Kaïnardji [1774] | Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca [1774] [between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire, ending the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–74] | |
| dr. PoSauv. trafic Les pompiers ont devancé la police sur les lieux de l'accident. | The fire brigade got to the scene of the accident ahead of the police. | |
