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VESOUL , a See also:town of eastern See also:France, See also:capital of the See also:department of Haute-See also:Saone, 236 M. E.S.E. of See also:Paris on the Eastern railway to See also:Belfort. Pop. (1906) 8702. Vesoul is situated between the isolated conical 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 of La Motte (1263 ft.) and the See also:river Durgeon. The See also:vine-clad hill, from which there is a See also:fine view of the See also:Jura and See also:Vosges mountains, is crowned by a votive See also:chapel which in 1855 replaced the old fortification. The See also:medieval walls of the town, dating from the 13th and 15th centuries, still exist on its See also:northern See also:side, and in the narrow and winding streets are many old buildings. 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 of St See also:George See also:dates from the 18th See also:century. In the pleasant See also:south-eastern See also:quarter are the See also:promenade and the See also:Place de la Republique, with a See also:monument to the Gardes Mobiles who See also:fell in the See also:war of 1870-71. Vesoul is the seat of a See also:prefect, a tribunal of first instance and a See also:court of See also:assize, and has a lycee for boys, training colleges for both sexes, and a See also:branch of the See also:Bank of France. Distilling and the manufacture of files and See also:tapioca are among the See also:industries. The town is a See also:market for See also:farm-produce and See also:cattle.
Vesoul (Vesulium Castrum, Visolium, Vesulum) is of See also:ancient origin, but in existing records is first mentioned in the 9th century. It was originally a See also:fief of the church of See also:Besancon, and passed afterwards to the See also:house of See also:Burgundy, becoming, in the 13th century, capital of the bailiwick of Amont. The See also:castle was destroyed in the 17th century. The town suffered much during the See also:wars of See also:religion and the See also:Thirty Years' War. Vesoul be-longed temporarily to France after the See also:death of See also:Charles the Bold, See also:duke of Burgundy; was returned to the See also:empire when Charles VIII., 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 France, See also:broke off his See also:marriage with the daughter of See also:Maximilian, king of the See also:Romans; and again became See also:part of France under 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. after the See also:peace of See also:Nijmwegen in 1678.
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