Quarante (French pronunciation: [kaʁɑ̃t] ; Occitan: Cranta) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Quarante...
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Trente et Quarante (Thirty and Forty), also called Rouge et Noir (Red and Black), is a 17th-century gambling card game of French origin played with cards...
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The Year 2440 (redirect from L'An deux mille quatre cent quarante)
revised edition of 1786, now under the title L'an deux mille quatre cent quarante, Suivi de L'Homme de Fer: Songe (lit. The Year Two Thousand Four Hundred...
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Forty and Eight (redirect from La Société des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux)
La Société des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux (English: "The Society of 40 Men and 8 Horses"), commonly known as the Forty and Eight, is a patriotic organization...
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Trente et Quarante (English: Thirty or Forty is a 1945 French comedy film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Martine Carol. It takes its title from...
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The Forty-Five Guardsmen (redirect from Les Quarante-cinq)
The Forty-Five Guardsmen (Les Quarante-cinq in French) is a historical novel by French writer Alexandre Dumas, written between 1847 and 1848 in collaboration...
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Forty-eighters (redirect from Quarante-huitard)
The Forty-eighters (48ers) were Europeans who participated in or supported the Revolutions of 1848 that swept Europe. In the German Confederation, the...
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On 23 December 1588, Henri I, Duke of Guise was assassinated by the Quarante Cinq serving King Henri III. The event was one of the most critical moments...
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The Man of Forty Crowns (redirect from L'Homme aux quarante écus)
L'Homme aux quarante écus) is a fable written by Voltaire. French Wikisource has original text related to this article: L'Homme aux quarante écus The full...
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Quarante de Roi ("Forty for Kings") or Quarante de Rois is an historical French, point-trick, card game for four players in partnerships of two. The name...
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