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Barrière D’Enfer
Barrière is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Jean-Baptiste Barrière (1707-1747), French cellist and composer *Jean-François Barrière (1786-1868), French historian *Jean de la Barrière (1554–1600), French religious figure and contemporary of King Henry III of France *Paul Barrière, (1920-2008), French rugby league football administrator *Pierre Barrière (died 1593), wealthy French factory owner and prominent businessman who attempted to assassinate King Henry IV of France and was subsequently executed *Théodore Barrière (1823–1877), French dramatist * Dr. Pedro de Barriere (d. 1827), Spanish Colonial Governor and General See also *Barriere, British Columbia, Canada (Alternate spelling: Barrière) *Barrière River (other) Barrière River may refer to: * Barrière River (Quinze Lake). Quebec * Barrière River (North Thompson River), British Columbia See also * Barrier River, New Zealand {{geodis ... * {{DEFAULTSORT:Barriere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Baptiste Barrière
Jean-Baptiste Barrière (2 May 1707 – 6 June 1747) was a French cellist and composer. He was born in Bordeaux and died in Paris, at 40 years of age. Musical career Barrière first studied the viol, and published a set of viol sonatas. In due course however he became a skilled cellist during a period when the cello was gaining popularity over the viol in France, and later came to completely replace it, as indeed had already happened in Italy some 40 years prior. He became one of the best known virtuoso cellists of his time. In 1731 he went to Paris, and entered the Académie Royale de Musique (also known as the Opera), with an annual salary of 445 livres. He was accorded special privileges by King Louis XV at Fontainebleau, on 22 October 1733 for six years, to compose and publish several sonatas and other instrumental works. One of his most famous pupils was the Count of Guergorlay, Seigneur of Trousily. After his first book ''Livre I - Sonates pour violoncelle et basse continue' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-François Barrière
Jean-François Barrière (12 May 1786 – 22 August 1868) was a French historian. He wrote about the French revolution, most notably an annotated biography of Madame Roland entitled ''Memoirs de Madame Roland, Avec une Notice sur sa Vie, des Notes et des Eclaircissemens historiques par MM. Saint-Albin Berville et Jean-François Barrière'', edited and published in 1827 by Honoré de Balzac. Barrière served 18 years in the Préfecture of Paris, rising through the ranks to become division chief. He was removed from office and forced to retire following the Revolution of 1848 The Revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the Springtime of the Peoples or the Springtime of Nations, were a series of political upheavals throughout Europe starting in 1848. It remains the most widespread revolutionary wave in Europea .... 19th-century French historians 1786 births 1868 deaths French male non-fiction writers {{France-historian-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean De La Barrière
Jean Baptiste de la Barrière (; 1544–1600) was a religious figure. He was the commendatory abbot of Les Feuillants Abbey at the age of 19, and founder of the reformed Cistercian order that arose there, the Feuillants. During his life he became a spiritual adviser to King Henry III of France Henry III (french: Henri III, né Alexandre Édouard; pl, Henryk Walezy; lt, Henrikas Valua; 19 September 1551 – 2 August 1589) was King of France from 1574 until his assassination in 1589, as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of .... During 1587 Henry III built a monastery for the Feuillants to commemorate his friendship with Jean. Jean lived a patient, compassionate life and adopted routines such as sleeping on the floor with a stone pillow and eating without tables. Jean did not eat fish or eggs, nor did he allow his followers to do so. The Feuillants used herbs for sacred rituals. A couple of Jean's followers attempted to assassinate him via poison, but he survive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Barrière
Paul Barrière was born on 8 June 1920 in Espéraza and died on 29 May 2008 in Biarritz, aged 88. He was president of the Fédération Française de Rugby à XIII from 1947 to 1955. Barrière played rugby union for Espéraza in 1936 and Carcassonne. During World War II, Barrière joined the French Resistance and operated in Aude. Whilst in the resistance, he met French leaders of rugby league which had been banned by the collaborationist Vichy government. After the war, Barrière, along with Marcel Laborde who served as president of the French Rugby League between 1944 and 1947, worked to re-establish rugby league, which had been severely disrupted. Barrière became vice-president of the French Rugby League on 16 September 1944 at the Hotel Regina in Toulouse. He was elected president on 2 July 1947 at a meeting in Bayonne. Barrière was the driving force behind the agreement to create the International Rugby League Board and to institute a World Cup. When asked for his opinion o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Barrière
Pierre Barrière (died August 31, 1593) was a would-be assassin of King Henry IV of France. Barrière attempted an assassination of Henry IV on 27 August 1593. He was denounced by a Dominican priest to whom he had confessed. He was executed on 31 August 1593 by breaking on the wheel and dismemberment Dismemberment is the act of cutting, ripping, tearing, pulling, wrenching or otherwise disconnecting the limbs from a living or dead being. It has been practiced upon human beings as a form of capital punishment, especially in connection with .... References * 16th-century births 1593 deaths 1593 crimes Failed regicides People executed by breaking wheel French assassins Executed French people People executed for attempted murder Year of birth unknown 16th-century executions by France {{Crime-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Théodore Barrière
Théodore Barrière (1823 – 16 October 1877), French playwright, was born in Paris. He belonged to a family of map engravers which had long been connected with the war department, and spent nine years in that service himself. The success of a vaudeville he had performed at the Beaumarchais and which was immediately snapped up for the repertory of the Palais Royal, showed him his real vocation. During the next thirty years he signed, alone or in collaboration, over a hundred plays; among the most successful were: *''La Vie de bohème'' (1849), adapted from Henri Murger’s book with the novelist's help *''Manon Lescaut'' (1851) *''Les Filles de marbre'' (1853) (subsequently adapted into English as ''The Marble Heart'' by Charles Selby Charles Selby (c. 1802 – 1863) was a 19th-century English actor and playwright, and translator of many French plays (often without attribution, not uncommon at the time). Among his works was ''The Marble Heart'' (1854), a translation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Barriere
Doctor Pedro Barriere (died 18 May 1827) was a Spanish colonial official in the Intendancy of San Salvador from 1819 until 1821. After independence from Spain, he became the first head of state of the Province of San Salvador and served for two months in late-1821. Early life Pedro Barriere was born in the Captaincy General of Cuba which was a part of the Spanish Empire. He entered the service of the colonial government at the end of the eighteenth century, ascending to the rank of lieutenant. During the Spanish American wars of independence, Barriere fought for Spanish royalist soldiers against those seeking independence from Spain. Political career In 1819, following the death of José María Peinado y Pezonarte, Barriere was appointed as the colonial intendant of the Intendancy of San Salvador, an intendancy of New Spain. On 15 September 1821, the Act of Independence of Central America was signed in Guatemala City, and Barriere remained as the political chief ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barriere, British Columbia
Barriere ( ) is a district municipality in central British Columbia, Canada, located north of the larger city of Kamloops on Highway 5. It is situated at the confluence of the Barrière River (St́yelltsecwétkwe in Secwepemctsín) and North Thompson Rivers in the Central North Thompson Valley. History The area has been occupied since time immemorial by the Simpcw who are members of the Secwepemc. The origin of the name 'Barriere' (originally and alternately, Barrière) is uncertain but dates back to at least 1828. There are two main theories: the name arose either as a description of indigenous fishing techniques or as a description of the difficulty with which the river was crossed by early French-speaking fur traders. George Mercer Dawson noted in an 1877-78 geological survey report that, " e arrière Riveras its name imports, is sometimes crossed with difficulty in the spring." Difficulty in crossing was also noted by early Hudson's Bay Company traders. Notes at the Kam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrière River (other) , New Zealand
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Barrière River may refer to: * Barrière River (Quinze Lake). Quebec * Barrière River (North Thompson River), British Columbia See also * Barrier River The Barrier River is a river in the Mount Aspiring National Park in northern Southland, New Zealand. It is a tributary of the Pyke River, which it enters about south of Lake Wilmot A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
