Tagish storyteller, an Indigenous people of Canada, Angela Sidney (1902 – 1991) leaves tales of traditional Tagish legends as well as valuable historical sources on the origins of place names in the Yukon. The First Nations Angela Sidney was born in 1902 near Carcross (originally called Caribou C
Robert le Fort was a count of Tours from the Robertian family. He was appointed by Charles the Bald missus dominicus of the regions of Tours and Angers in 853. After a rebellion against Charles II in 855 he became duke of the region between the Seine and the Loire. From then on it was his responsibi
Sergeant-major in 1789 and president of the Jacobins club of Besançon, he became major general in 1793. Commandant of the army of the Haut-Rhin then of the North, he conquered Belgium and the Netherlands in 1795. But, rallied to the royalist cause, suspected of treason, he had to resign (1796). In 1
Key figure of the reign of Louis XIV, Sébastien le Prestre (1633-1707), marquis of Vauban , was a specialist in siege and fortification techniques. Coming from the lower nobility, he had a rich but eventful career in the service of the Sun King, for whom he exercised his talents as a military engine