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Chouan

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Chouan ("the silent one", or "owl") is a French surname. [1]

31 relations: Almanac, Anjou, Brittany, Chouannerie, Committee of Public Safety, Corps législatif, Fleur-de-lis, France, French Directory election, 1798, French Revolution, Jean Chouan, Joseph-Geneviève de Puisaye, Langues d'oïl, Laval, Mayenne, London, Louis XVII of France, Maine (province), Mayenne, Minerva, Nantes, Normandy, Owl, Paris, Perche, Poitou, Pseudonym, Royalist, Saint-Berthevin, Saint-Ouën-des-Toits, Sarthe, Tawny owl.

Almanac

An almanac (also spelled almanack and almanach) is an annual publication listing a set of events forthcoming in the next year.

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Anjou

Anjou (Andegavia) is a historical province of France straddling the lower Loire River.

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Brittany

Brittany (Bretagne; Breizh, pronounced or; Gallo: Bertaèyn, pronounced) is a cultural region in the northwest of France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation.

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Chouannerie

The Chouannerie was a royalist uprising or counter-revolution in 12 of the western départements of France, particularly in the provinces of Brittany and Maine, against the French First Republic during the French Revolution.

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Committee of Public Safety

The Committee of Public Safety (Comité de salut public)—created in April 1793 by the National Convention and then restructured in July 1793—formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror (1793–94), a stage of the French Revolution.

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Corps législatif

The Corps législatif was a part of the French legislature during the French Revolution and beyond.

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Fleur-de-lis

The fleur-de-lis/fleur-de-lys (plural: fleurs-de-lis/fleurs-de-lys) or flower-de-luce is a stylized lily (in French, fleur means "flower", and lis means "lily") that is used as a decorative design or motif, and many of the Catholic saints of France, particularly St. Joseph, are depicted with a lily.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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French Directory election, 1798

The French Directory election, 1798 renewed 150 deputies (one-third) of the French Council of Five Hundred.

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French Revolution

The French Revolution (Révolution française) was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France and its colonies that lasted from 1789 until 1799.

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Jean Chouan

Jean Chouan was the nom de guerre of the Frenchman, Jean Cottereau, who was born at Saint-Berthevin, near Laval, in the department of Mayenne on 30 October 1757 and died 18 July 1794 at Olivet, also in Mayenne.

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Joseph-Geneviève de Puisaye

Joseph-Geneviève, comte de Puisaye (6 March 1755 – 13 September 1827) was a minor French nobleman who fought as a counter-revolutionary during the French Revolution, leading two unsuccessful invasions from England.

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Langues d'oïl

The langues d'oïl (French) or oïl languages (also in langues d'oui) are a dialect continuum that includes standard French and its closest autochthonous relatives historically spoken in the northern half of France, southern Belgium, and the Channel Islands.

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Laval, Mayenne

Laval is a town in western France, about west-southwest of Paris, and the capital of the Mayenne department.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Louis XVII of France

Louis XVII (27 March 1785 – 8 June 1795), born Louis-Charles, was the younger son of King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette.

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Maine (province)

Maine is one of the traditional provinces of France (not to be confused with La Maine, the river).

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Mayenne

Mayenne is a department in northwest France named after the Mayenne River.

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Minerva

Minerva (Etruscan: Menrva) was the Roman goddess of wisdom and strategic warfare, although it is noted that the Romans did not stress her relation to battle and warfare as the Greeks would come to, and the sponsor of arts, trade, and strategy.

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Nantes

Nantes (Gallo: Naunnt or Nantt) is a city in western France on the Loire River, from the Atlantic coast.

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Normandy

Normandy (Normandie,, Norman: Normaundie, from Old French Normanz, plural of Normant, originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is one of the 18 regions of France, roughly referring to the historical Duchy of Normandy.

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Owl

Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes, which includes about 200 species of mostly solitary and nocturnal birds of prey typified by an upright stance, a large, broad head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers adapted for silent flight.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Perche

Perche (French: le Perche) is a former province or county of northwestern France, best known for its forests and its Percheron work horse.

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Poitou

Poitou, in Poitevin: Poetou, was a province of west-central France whose capital city was Poitiers.

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Pseudonym

A pseudonym or alias is a name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose, which can differ from their first or true name (orthonym).

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Royalist

A royalist supports a particular monarch as head of state for a particular kingdom, or of a particular dynastic claim.

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Saint-Berthevin

Saint-Berthevin is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France.

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Saint-Ouën-des-Toits

Saint-Ouën-des-Toits is a commune in the Mayenne department in north-western France.

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Sarthe

Sarthe is a French department situated in the Grand-Ouest of the country.

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Tawny owl

The tawny owl or brown owl (Strix aluco) is a stocky, medium-sized owl commonly found in woodlands across much of Eurasia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chouan

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