northwestern France. The chef-lieu of the canton of Granville and seat of the Communauté de communes de Granville, Terre et Mer [fr], it is a seaside resort and...
127 KB (12,465 words) - 15:09, 16 September 2024
The siege of Granville occurred at Granville, Manche on 14 November 1793. It faced 5,000 Republicans besieged by Vendéen forces during the Virée de Galerne...
3 KB (263 words) - 18:20, 20 January 2024
was born in Liège as the son of John Gaspar Ferdinand de Marchin, Comte de Granville and Marie de Balzac d'Entragues. Marsin served in Flanders, and was...
3 KB (161 words) - 07:54, 7 April 2024
Ranulf de Glanvill (alias Glanvil, Glanville, Granville, etc., died 1190) was Chief Justiciar of England during the reign of King Henry II (1154–89) and...
13 KB (1,348 words) - 09:37, 29 August 2024
experience and strategic skills. He marched onto Granville, took Avranches on 12 November but failed to seize Granville and retreated to Angers in order to cross...
8 KB (842 words) - 11:30, 21 August 2024
The siege of Angers was a siege of the French town of Angers on 3 December 1793 in the War in the Vendée. Pushed back at Granville, the Vendéens hoped...
4 KB (481 words) - 05:01, 28 June 2024
Sir Bevil Granville MP JP (3 May 1665 – 15 September 1706) was an English soldier and politician from Cornwall, who was MP for Fowey and Lostwithiel from...
12 KB (1,126 words) - 00:49, 24 March 2024
Granville was a militia stockade located in the colonial Province of Pennsylvania. Its site was about a mile from Lewistown, in what is now Granville...
21 KB (2,651 words) - 18:24, 5 March 2024
exterminate their opposition, in a similar vein to the Stuart Stranglers led by Granville Stuart in Montana. The gunmen, nicknamed the "Invaders", were led by Wolcott...
12 KB (1,376 words) - 03:44, 4 November 2024
harbour, carried on only a small trade through the 19th century. Along with Granville Ferry across the river, however, it was a local centre for shipbuilding...
60 KB (5,931 words) - 14:26, 11 October 2024