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MONTEREAU , a See also:town of See also:northern See also:France, in the See also:department of See also:Seine-et-See also:Marne at the confluence of the See also:Yonne with the Seine, 21 M. S.E. of See also:Melun by See also:rail. Pop. (1906), 7870. The See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church See also:dates from the 13th See also:century, with a See also:facade of the See also:Renaissance See also:period. The See also:industries include the manufacture of See also:porcelain, See also:fire-See also:- PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)
proof and decorative bricks, boots and shoes and agricultural See also:machines and See also:colours, See also:varnish, &c. Among the institutions are a tribunal of See also:commerce and a chamber of arts and manufactures.
Montereau was in the beginning of the 15th century a See also:place of some importance. Here, on the See also:bridge over the Yonne, See also:Jean Sans-Peur, See also:duke of See also:Burgundy was assassinated in the presence of the Dauphin, afterwards See also:Charles VII., in 1419. In 1438 the town was captured by Charles VII., and during the See also:wars of See also:religion it was several times taken and retaken. In 1814 See also:Napoleon gained a victory at Montereau over the See also:Wurttemberg troops under .See also:Schwarzenberg, and in memory of this his statue has been erected on the bridge.
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