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Jean Talon, Bishop François de Laval and several settlers welcome the King's Daughters upon their arrival. Painting by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale. The King's Daughters (French: filles du roi, or filles du roy in the spelling of the era) is a term used to refer to the approximately 800 young French women who immigrated to New France between 1663 and 1673 as part of a program sponsored by King ...
The Cent-Suisses served as model for a military unit of the Duchy of Savoy (later Kingdom of Sardinia ), which was created in 1579 and disbanded in 1798. [8] Other similar units existed in Tuscany, Austria (1745), and Brandenburg (1696–1713). [8] The Pontifical Swiss Guard, founded in 1506, belongs to this tradition.
This is a list of the premiers of the province of Quebec since Canadian Confederation in 1867. Quebec uses a unicameral (originally bicameral) Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which the premier is the leader of the party that controls the most seats in the National Assembly (previously called the Legislative Assembly).
1756 - New commander of the French troops Louis-Joseph de Montcalm arrives in Quebec City and is made subordinate of governor Vaudreuil. 1756 - August 29, beginning of the Seven Years' War in Europe. 1757 - The French army takes Fort William Henry on August 9. 1758 - Battle of Fort Carillon in the night of July 7 to 8.
Established. May 30, 1849, Coordinates. 45°30′26″N 73°33′15″W. / 45.50722°N 73.55417°W / 45.50722; -73.55417. The Court of Appeal of Quebec (sometimes referred to as Quebec Court of Appeal or QCA) (in French: la Cour d'appel du Québec) is the highest judicial court in Quebec, Canada. It hears cases in Quebec City and Montreal .
1 July 1867. By the arrangements of the Canadian federation, Canada's monarchy operates in Quebec as the core of the province's Westminster-style parliamentary democracy and constitution. [1] As such, the Crown within Quebec's jurisdiction is referred to as the Crown in Right of Quebec ( French: couronne du chef du Québec ), [2] His Majesty in ...
Swiss Guards ( French: Gardes Suisses; German: Schweizergarde; Italian: Guardie Svizzere) are Swiss soldiers who have served as guards at foreign European courts since the late 15th century. The earliest Swiss Guard unit to be established on a permanent basis was the Hundred Swiss ( Cent-Suisses ), which served at the French court from 1490 to ...
3 Suisses. 3 Suisses is a French mail order and e-commerce company, with headquarters in Villeneuve-d'Ascq. It is the biggest of the 16 e-commerce brands of Groupe 3SI [ fr; de]. Everett Hutt is the current CEO as of 2022. Since 1981, Otto GmbH owned a 51% share in the company and has been its only shareholder since January 2014.