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    southern France, about 30 km (20 mi) north of Marseille. A former capital of Provence, it is the subprefecture of the arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence...
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  • since 1658, belonged to the Company of Cape Verde and Senegal. The slave trade continued under the operation of the Compagnie du Sénégal from 1658 to 1709...
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    an overseas department and region of France located in the Caribbean. In 1638, Jacques Dyel du Parquet (1606–1658), nephew of Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc...
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  • Croquant rebellions in Limousin 1655–1657: Tardanizat rebellion in Guyenne 1658: Sabotiers rebellion in Sologne 1661–1662: Benauge rebellion in Guyenne 1662:...
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    – 1762), (1801 – 1803) Newfoundland (1658 – 1713) Saint Pierre and Miquelon (1536-) New Caledonia (1853 -) French Polynesia (1842 -) Wallis and Futuna...
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    Louise Marie-Thérèse, also known as The Black Nun of Moret (c. 1658 – 1730), was a French nun and the subject of accounts from the 18th century in which...
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    mission by 1658, as hostilities with the Iroquois resumed. The second article of the charter of the Compagnie des Cent-Associés stated that New France could...
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  • 1630–1633: François Leclerc du Tremblay 1653–1654: François Cazet de Vautorte 1658–1674: Robert de Gravel 1679–1688: Louis de Verjus 1716–1723: Jacques-Vincent...
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    were able to explore the region. In 1638, Jacques Dyel du Parquet (1606–1658), nephew of Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc and first governor of Martinique, decided...
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    French Resistance (French: La Résistance) was a collection of groups that fought the Nazi occupation and the collaborationist Vichy régime in France during...
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