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Choiseul Bay FC
Choiseul may refer to: People *Choiseul family, noble family in France * César, duc de Choiseul (1602–1675), French marshal and diplomat known as marshal du Plessis-Praslin * César Gabriel de Choiseul (1712–1785), duc de Praslin, French officer, diplomat and statesman * Claude Antoine Gabriel, duc de Choiseul-Stainville (1760–1838), French royalist * Claude de Choiseul (1632–1711), marshal of France in 1693 * Étienne François, duc de Choiseul (1719–1785), French officer, diplomat and statesman * François Joseph de Choiseul, marquis de Stainville (1700–1770), French diplomat and statesman Places * Choiseul, Haute-Marne, a commune in the Haute-Marne ''département'' in France * Choiseul Quarter, a quarter of Saint Lucia, a Caribbean island nation ** Choiseul, Saint Lucia, the main city of Choiseul Quarter * Choiseul Island, the largest island of Choiseul Province in the Solomon Islands, named after Étienne François de Choiseul ** Choiseul Province, a provinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choiseul Family
{{Unreferenced, date=April 2019 Choiseul is an illustrious noble family from Champagne, France, descendants of the comtes of Langres. The family's head was Renaud III de Choiseul, comte de Langres and sire de Choiseul, who in 1182 married Alix de Dreux, daughter of Louis VI of France. It has formed into the Langres, Clémont, Aigremont, Beaugré, Allecourt, Frontières, Praslin, Plessis branches, among others. It also took the name Choiseul-Gouffier from the 18th century onwards. It has produced several marshals: * Jean de Baudricourt (?–1499), seigneur of Baudricourt and of Choiseul * Charles de Choiseul, comte of the Plessis-Praslin (1563–1626), who served under Henri IV and Louis XIII * César de Choiseul du Plessis-Praslin, duc de Choiseul (1598–1675), who defied Turenne at Rethel (1650), when he commanded the Spanish army * César, duc de Choiseul (1602–1675), French marshal and diplomat, generally known for the best part of his life as marshal du Pless ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choiseul Island
Choiseul Island, native name Lauru, is the largest island () of the Choiseul Province, Solomon Islands, at . The administrative headquarters of Choiseul Province is situated in the town of Taro, on Taro Island. History In 1768, the French explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville named the island after the then French foreign minister, Étienne François, duc de Choiseul. The first recorded sighting by Europeans was by the Spanish expedition of Álvaro de Mendaña in April 1568. More precisely the sighting was due to a local voyage done by a small boat, in the accounts the brigantine ''Santiago'', commanded by Maestre de Campo Pedro Ortega Valencia and having Hernán Gallego as pilot. They charted it as ''San Marcos'', and also named the narrow channel separating San Jorge from Santa Isabel Island as the Ortega channel after the commander of the expedition. In the nineteenth century Choiseul islanders suffered attacks from blackbirding (the often brutal recruitment or kidnapping o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choiseul Constituency
Choiseul was a single-member constituency of the Governing Council and Legislative Assembly of the Solomon Islands The National Parliament of Solomon Islands has 50 members, elected for a four-year term in 50 single-seat constituencies. It is presided by a Speaker, currently Patterson Oti. Latest elections Members The official website of the National .... Created in 1973 when the Governing Council was expanded from 17 to 24 seats, it covered Choiseul Island, replacing the former Choiseul/Shortlands constituency. In the 1973 elections the seat was won by Gideon Zoleveke.Solomon Islands Election Passport It was abolished in 1976 and succeeded by North Choiseul (in which Zoleveke was re-elected) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concentration Camps In France
Numerous internment camps and concentration camps were located in France before, during and after World War II. Beside the camps created during World War I to intern German, Austrian and Ottoman civilian prisoners, the Third Republic (1871–1940) opened various internment camps for the Spanish refugees fleeing the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939). Following the prohibition of the French Communist Party (PCF) by the government of Édouard Daladier, they were used to detain communist political prisoners. The Third Republic also interned German anti-Nazis (mostly members of the Communist Party of Germany, KPD). Then, after the 10 July 1940 vote of full powers to Marshal Philippe Pétain and the proclamation of the '' État français'' (Vichy regime), these camps were used to intern Jews, Gypsies, and various political prisoners (anti-fascists from all countries). Vichy opened up so many camps that it became a full economic sector, to the extent that historian Maurice Rajsfus writes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choiseul Camp
Choiseul may refer to: People *Choiseul family, noble family in France * César, duc de Choiseul (1602–1675), French marshal and diplomat known as marshal du Plessis-Praslin * César Gabriel de Choiseul (1712–1785), duc de Praslin, French officer, diplomat and statesman * Claude Antoine Gabriel, duc de Choiseul-Stainville (1760–1838), French royalist * Claude de Choiseul (1632–1711), marshal of France in 1693 * Étienne François, duc de Choiseul (1719–1785), French officer, diplomat and statesman * François Joseph de Choiseul, marquis de Stainville (1700–1770), French diplomat and statesman Places * Choiseul, Haute-Marne, a commune in the Haute-Marne ''département'' in France * Choiseul Quarter, a quarter of Saint Lucia, a Caribbean island nation ** Choiseul, Saint Lucia, the main city of Choiseul Quarter * Choiseul Island, the largest island of Choiseul Province in the Solomon Islands, named after Étienne François de Choiseul ** Choiseul Province, a province o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choiseul (surname)
{{Unreferenced, date=April 2019 Choiseul is an illustrious noble family from Champagne, France, descendants of the comtes of Langres. The family's head was Renaud III de Choiseul, comte de Langres and sire de Choiseul, who in 1182 married Alix de Dreux, daughter of Louis VI of France. It has formed into the Langres, Clémont, Aigremont, Beaugré, Allecourt, Frontières, Praslin, Plessis branches, among others. It also took the name Choiseul- Gouffier from the 18th century onwards. It has produced several marshals: * Jean de Baudricourt (?–1499), seigneur of Baudricourt and of Choiseul * Charles de Choiseul, comte of the Plessis-Praslin (1563–1626), who served under Henri IV and Louis XIII * César de Choiseul du Plessis-Praslin, duc de Choiseul (1598–1675), who defied Turenne at Rethel (1650), when he commanded the Spanish army * César, duc de Choiseul (1602–1675), French marshal and diplomat, generally known for the best part of his life as marshal du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choiseul Sound
Choiseul Sound is a stretch of sea in the Falkland Islands. It runs parallel to Eagle Passage and is between Lafonia and the north of East Falkland. Lively Island is in its mouth. At its entrance, on the northern shore, is the Bertha's Beach Important Bird Area which is also a Ramsar site, recognising it as a wetland of international importance. It was named by Louis de Bougainville after the French Foreign Secretary, Étienne François, duc de Choiseul Étienne François, Marquis de Stainville, Duc de Choiseul, KOHS, OGF (28 June 17198 May 1785) was a French military officer, diplomat and statesman. From 1758 to 1761 and from 1766 to 1770, he was Foreign Minister of France and had a strong .... The name is pronounced "Chisel" in Falkland Islands dialect.Richard Munro, ''Place Names of the Falkland Islands'', 1998, p. 18. References External links * Bodies of water of the Falkland Islands Sounds of subantarctic islands {{Falklands-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choiseul Bay
Choiseul Bay is a bay in the northwestern part of Choiseul Island, Solomon Islands, at . See also * Raid on Choiseul References *- neutral review of this book her Bays of the Solomon Islands {{SolomonIslands-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choiseul Province
Choiseul Province is one of the nine provinces of Solomon Islands. It lies southeast of Bougainville (part of Papua New Guinea), west of Santa Isabel Island, and north of Vella la Vella, Kolombangra & New Georgia. It has a population of 36,719 (as of 2020) The province has three major islands: Choiseul, Wagina, and Rob Roy. Choiseul Island (commonly known as Lauru to the natives) has a land area of ; Wagina's is ; Rob Roy's is . Taro Island, the capital of the province, has an area of . History Discovery and naming When the natives first arrived and discovered the big island, they called it Lauru. Then, in 1568, the Spanish explorer Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira rediscovered the island and named it San Marcos ('Saint Mark'). Mendana himself never set foot on Lauru. He called it San Marcos, because he saw the island from Santa Isabel on the Day of Saint Mark. 200 years later in 1768, the French explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville saw the island again and named it C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choiseul, Saint Lucia
Choiseul was originally known as Anse Citron, and an independent parish was established in 1765. In 1769 a census was done and recorded 75 whites, 25 free coloured, 512 negroes and 69 estates in Choiseul. However, most activity was originally in the River Dorée area, south-east of Choiseul. An Anglican church at River Dorée was built in 1846 and the first school was opened in 1848. The area was primarily run by English plantation owners and by the end of the 19th century the population was approximately 4,000. A Catholic church was built in Choiseul village at the end of the 19th century by Father Pierre Prudent René. It took several years to build and by 1914 the church was completed. Today, Choiseul is known for its local arts and crafts such as grass place mats, chairs, coal pots and woven baskets. References External links {{coord, 13.7744, N, 61.0505, W, display=title, region:LC_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Towns in Saint Lucia 1765 establishments in the French col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choiseul Quarter
Choiseul District is one of the 10 districts (formerly called quarter) of the Caribbean island nation of Saint Lucia. Located on the southwestern side of the island, the district is home to 6,130 people, according to the 2019 census. The seat of Choiseul District is the town of Choiseul. History The Choiseul District/Quarter was originally known as ''Anse Citron'', and an independent parish was established in 1765. In 1769 a census was done and recorded 75 whites, 25 free coloured, 512 negroes and 69 estates in Choiseul. However, most activity was originally in the River Dorée area, south-east of Choiseul. An Anglican church at River Dorée was built in 1846 and the first school was opened in 1848. The area was primarily run by English plantation owners and by the end of the 19th century the population was approximately 4,000. A Catholic church was built in Choiseul village at the end of the 19th century by Father Pierre Prudent René. It took several years to build and by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
