Villavicencio
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Villavicencio, Columbia Founded in 1840 and named after Antonio Villavicencio (1775–1816) who was a keen activist in the movement for independence from Spain.
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MAINSTREET PROGRAM MANAGER ENTHUSIASTIC | FORMER BATAVIAN: THE FRIENDLINESS OF PEOPLE WAS A BIG FACTOR IN THE DECISION TO COME BACK
Newspaper article from: Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL); 9/28/1998; 700+ words
; ...Charles' 7-year-old MainStreet program, and she is a native Batavian. MainStreet is a national program organized to help rejuvenate...Randall Road," she said. "Starbucks, the Gap, Banana Republic and many others are looking for space in the downtowns, but...
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Nailing Crawford's colours
Newspaper article from: The Northern Echo; 7/28/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Holland - which they called the Batavian Republic - and were itching to invade England...wounded. Britain had captured 11 Batavian ships, but they were so badly...unable to pursue the remaining ten Batavian ships as, defeated, they returned...
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THE IRISH 100; Who are the top hundred men and women of Irish descent who have had the greatest influence on the way we live today?(News)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England); 3/11/2001; 700+ words
; ...1798 FOUNDER of the United Irish Society and Adjutant General and Chef de Brigade in the service of the French and Batavian Republics, Tone was leader of the 1798 rebellion. 12.GEORGE BEST 1946 - BELFAST-BORN soccer star who played for Manchester...
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Colonisation of SA started only in 1806.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Independent (South Africa); 10/7/2007; 478 words
; ...and today's Indonesia. The constitution of the Batavian Republic,which took over at the Cape in 1803, expressly...in O'Riain's colourful phrase, relieved the Batavian Republic of the Cape and then started a relentless take...
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The revolution spreads.(French Revolution)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...continent of Europe along revolutionary lines. In some regions, they created new republics--the Batavian Republic in the former Netherlands and the Cisalpine Republic in northern Italy. In others, they annexed territories like Belgium to France...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 5/16/1996; 628 words
; ...murder in Trinidad, 1975; Irwin Shaw, author, 1984. On this day: in Holland, the Batavian Republic was established, 1795; the Lombardic Republic was established, 1796; the Senate and Tribune proclaimed Napoleon emperor in France...
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Votes taken in stride outside Continent Low-key reaction worldwide to no's
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 6/5/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...the late 1790s, French revolutionary troops marched in to declare a vassal state, called the Batavian Republic.But neither constitution nor republic lasted long when, after a couple of destabilizing coups, the troops went back to France...
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The British Periodical Press and the French Revolution, 1789-99 and French Exile Journalism and European Politics 1792-1814. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Albion; 6/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...judged unwelcome, not least because many of the critics were sympathetic to aspects of French policy. The creation of sister republics by Revolutionary France, for example the Batavian Republic in the former United Provinces, showed how ra
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A brief history of tax.(taxation around the world)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 1/29/2000; 700+ words
; ...ships, or the number of windows or fireplaces in a building. The first income tax was levied in 1797 by the Dutch Batavian Republic. Britain followed suit in 1799, and Prussia in 1808. Like most new taxes, these imposts were first introduced...
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Marching to Pretoria & beyond
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 4/26/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...the Dutch East India Company controlled the area - although there were significant Jewish shareholders. The 1803 Batavian Republic offered more freedom; the British took control in 1806, while 16 British Jews were among the 1820 settlers, and...
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Batavian Republic
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Batavian Republic name for the Netherlands in the years...Netherlands were reconstituted as the Batavian Republic in 1795 and remained under French...requisitions, and in 1806 he transformed the Batavian Republic into the kingdom of Holland...
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TNT Post Group N.V.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...known at the time as the Dutch Republic of the United Provinces. Over...in 1795 and transformed into the Batavian Republic, which was modeled on the revolutionary...French model. Napoleon changed the Batavian Republic into the kingdom of Holland...
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Batavi
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Germanic tribe that settled (1st cent. BC) in the Rhine delta. Batavian regiments served under Rome, although this relationship was interrupted...name was revived in 1795 to designate Holland, particularly the Batavian Republic .
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United Provinces of the Netherlands
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
United Provinces of the Netherlands (or Dutch Republic ) The historic state that lasted from 1579 to 1795...the ruler, William V of Orange, and to set up a Batavian Republic (1795–1806) under French protection...
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Camperdown, battle of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...was defeated by a British fleet under the command of Admiral Duncan on 11 October 1797. By then the Dutch, as the Batavian Republic, were effectively under the rule of revolutionary France, and their navy had been designated to assist in an invasion...
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