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TONNERRE , a See also:town of See also:north-central See also:France, See also:capital of. an See also:arrondissement in the See also:department of See also:Yonne, 52 M. S.E. of See also:Sens on the See also:Paris-See also:Lyon railway. Pop. (1906), 3974. It is situated on a slope of the vineclad hills on the See also:left See also:bank of the Armancon. At the See also:foot of the See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill rises the See also:spring of See also:Fosse-Dionne, enclosed in a circular See also:basin 49 ft. in See also:diameter. The town has two interesting churches. That of St See also:Pierre, which crowns the hill, possesses a See also:fine lateral portal of the See also:Renaissance See also:period to which 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, with the exception of the See also:choir (1351), belongs. The church of Notre-See also:Dame is mainly See also:Gothic, but the See also:facade is a fine specimen of Renaissance See also:architecture. The Salle See also:des Malades, a large See also:timber-roofed apartment in the See also:hospital, See also:dates from the end of the 13th See also:century and is used as a See also:chapel. It is 330 ft. See also:long and contains the tombs of See also:Margaret of See also:Burgundy, wife of See also:Charles of See also:Anjou, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Sicily, and foundress of the hospital, and of See also:Francois-See also:Michel Le Tellier, See also:marquis of See also:Louvois, See also:war See also:minister of See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XIV. The hospital itself was rebuilt in the 19th century. The Renaissance HCtel d'See also:Uzes was built in the 16th century. Tonnerre is the seat of a sub-See also:prefect and has a tribunal of first instance. The vineyards of the vicinity produce well-known wines. The See also:trade of the town is chiefly in See also:wine, in the See also:good See also:building-See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone found in the neighbourhood and in See also:Portland See also:cement. See also:Cooperage is carried on.
Its See also:ancient name of Tornodorum points to a Gallic or Gallo-See also:Roman origin for Tonnerre. In the 6th century it became the capital of the region of Tonnerrois and in the loth century of a countship. After passing into the See also:possession of several See also:noble families, it was bought from a See also:count of Clermont-Tonnerre by Louvois, by whose descendants it was held up to the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the Revolution.
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