The International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) ( French: Comité international olympique, CIO ) is an international non-governmental organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre, Baron de Coubertin, on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president.

* 1894 – The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.

Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (; 1 January 1863 – 2 September 1937 ) was a French educator and historian, and founder of the International Olympic Committee.

The group grew to include Paul Éluard, Benjamin Péret, René Crevel, Robert Desnos, Jacques Baron, Max Morise, Pierre Naville, Roger Vitrac, Gala Éluard, Max Ernst, Salvador Dalí, Man Ray, Hans Arp, Georges Malkine, Michel Leiris, Georges Limbour, Antonin Artaud, Raymond Queneau, André Masson, Joan Miró, Marcel Duchamp, Jacques Prévert, and Yves Tanguy.

* June 23 – The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne, Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.

With travel expenses high, many European athletes did not come, nor did modern Olympics founder Baron Pierre de Coubertin.

The modern pentathlon was invented by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games.

* Pierre David de Colbert-Chabanais ( 1774 – 1853 ), Napoleonic French Baron and leader of the Red Lancers

Soon, he co-founded, with another Genevese, the famous bank of Thellusson, Necker et Cie. Peter Thellusson ( also known as Pierre Thellusson ) superintended the bank in London ( his son was made a peer as Baron Rendlesham ), while Necker was managing partner in Paris.

It was this poem which inspired Baron Pierre de Coubertin and other founders of the modern Olympic Games to invent a running race of 42 km called the Marathon.

Years later, Pierre DuPonceau, an aide to Baron von Steuben, recalled that in the evenings the ladies and officers at camp would meet at each other ’ s quarters for conversation.

Pierre Berton, who played Baron Scarpia, had been Bernhardt's on and off lover for many years and a frequent stage partner.

Pierre Berton as Baron Scarpia

Finally, another famous inhabitant of La Hulpe was the first Belgian aviator, Baron Pierre de Caters ( 1875 – 1944 ), whose estate is called today Domaine de Nysdam.

Baron Pierre de Coubertin wanted the 1912 Games to be " more dignified " than those of 1908.

Baron Pierre de Coubertin, President of the IOC and founder of the modern Olympic movement, won the gold medal for literature.

The IOC president for these Games was Baron Pierre de Coubertin.

In 1253, Pierre II of Savoy acquired Faucigny by marrying Agnès, the daughter of the Baron de Faucigny.

Soon after, Volney befriended Pierre Jean George Cabanis, the Marquis de Condorcet, the Baron d ' Holbach, and Benjamin Franklin.

Some notable current and retired jazz musicians in Hawaii include Gabe Baltazar ( saxophone ), Henry Allen ( guitar ), Adam Baron ( drums ), Vic Castellini ( Drums ), David Choy ( saxophone ), Rich Crandall ( piano ), Dan Del Negro ( keyboards ), Pierre Grill ( piano / keyboards / trombone ), Bruce Hamada ( bass ), DeShannon Higa ( trumpet ), Jim Howard ( piano ), Steve Jones ( bass ), John Kolivas ( bass ), Ryan Kunimura ( saxophone ), Noel Okimoto ( drums / percussion / vibes ), Michael Paulo ( reeds ), Rene Paulo ( acoustic grand piano ) was a forerunner of recording Hawaiian music in the jazz venue in the early 1960s and is one of Hawaii's legendary music greats, Robert Shinoda ( guitar ), Arex Ikehara ( bass ), Phil Bennett ( drums ), Aron Nelson ( piano ), Tennyson Stephens ( piano ), Dean Taba ( bass ), Betty Loo Taylor ( piano ), Tim Tsukiyama ( saxophone ) and Abe Lagrimas Jr. ( drums / ukulele / vibes ).

In the Rhone wine region Baron Pierre Le Roy Boiseaumarié, a lawyer and winegrower from Châteauneuf-du-Pape, obtained legal recognition of the Côtes du Rhône appellation of origin in 1937.

Eventually she formed a literary salon, which had among its habitués Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, Pierre de Marivaux, Alexis Piron and others.

The revival of the Olympic Games by Baron Pierre de Coubertin was also heavily influenced by the amateur ethos of the English public schools.

Biniou and bombarde duos include Jean Baron and Christian Anneix, Youenn Le Bihan and Patrick Molard, and Pierre Crépillon and Laurent Bigot.

Himself an active rower and rider, the count was very interested in sports, and a meeting with Baron Pierre de Coubertin interested him for the reinstatement of the Olympic Games.

This doctrine is a 17th century innovation, although it is now applied retrospectively for centuries ; the seventh Baron De La Warr had three surviving sons ; the first died without children, the second left two daughters, the third left a son.

The Baron then manipulates Hawat into his service, insuring his control over the Mentat by secretly administering to him a residual poison invented by De Vries ; to avoid death, the antidote for this poison must be taken regularly and continuously.

In the service of Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, De Vries is a Mentat — a human specially trained to perform mental functions rivaling computers ( which are forbidden universe-wide ).

De Vries ' loyalty to his master is unusual in that he continues to serve the Baron with great enthusiasm even though his Mentat abilities and great intelligence confirm his suspicions that his master plans to eventually kill him.

When the tooth is crushed, intended victim Baron Harkonnen escapes, but Leto and De Vries die.

An enraged Baron is left with no choice but to order a duplicate from the Bene Tleilax: the Mentat De Vries featured in Herbert's original novel Dune.

The state takes its name from Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, an English nobleman and Virginia's first colonial governor, after whom what is now called Cape Henlopen was originally named.

* 1618 – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English politician ( b. 1577 )

* 1577 – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr ( d. 1618 )

* 1427 – Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman

It is also possible to vary the discipline: In Dune, the Tleilaxu create " twisted Mentats " for Baron Vladimir Harkonnen ( Piter De Vries being the most notable example ).

* June 7 – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English Governor of Virginia ( b. 1577 )

* June 8 – Jamestown: Temporary Governor Gates ' convoy meets the ships of Governor Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr (" Delaware ") at Mulberry Island.

** Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr ( d. 1525 )

* July 9 – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English governor of Virginia ( d. 1618 )

** Thomas West, 9th Baron De La Warr ( d. 1554 )

* March 10 – Richard West, 7th Baron De La Warr ( b. 1430 )

* August 27 – Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician ( b. 1395 )

* September 7 – Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician ( d. 1427 )

* May 7 – Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman

* October 28 – Richard West, 7th Baron De La Warr, English politician ( d. 1475 )

Paul Julius Freiherr von Reuter ( Baron De Reuter ) ( July 21, 1816 – February 25, 1899 ), a German-born British entrepreneur, pioneer of telegraphy and news reporting was a journalist and media owner, and the founder of the Reuters news agency, since 2008 part of the Thomson Reuters conglomerate.

Upon meeting Baron Harkonnen and his twisted Mentat Piter De Vries, Leto bites down on the capsule.

He succeeds in killing De Vries — and himself — but not the Baron.

It is named after the Delaware River, which was named in honor of Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, appointed governor of Virginia in 1609.