Bertrand Andrieu ( November 4, 1761 – December 10, 1822 ) was a French engraver of medals from Bordeaux.

The city was plundered by the troops of Abd er Rahman in 732, after he had defeated Duke Eudes in the Battle of the River Garonne near Bordeaux and before the former was killed during the Battle of Tours on 10 October.

In 778, Seguin ( or Sihimin ) was appointed count of Bordeaux, probably undermining the power of the Duke Lupo, and possibly leading to the Battle of Roncevaux Pass that very year.

In Autumn 845, count Seguin II marched on the Vikings assaulting Bordeaux and Saintes but was captured and put to death.

The 18th century was the golden age of Bordeaux.

Baron Haussmann, a long-time prefect of Bordeaux, used Bordeaux's 18th century big-scale rebuilding as a model when he was asked by Emperor Napoleon III to transform a then still quasi-medieval Paris into a " modern " capital that would make France proud.

The university was created by the archbishop Pey Berland in 1441 and was abolished in 1793, during the French Revolution, before reappearing in 1808 with Napoleon I. Bordeaux accommodates approximately 70, 000 students on one of the largest campuses of Europe ( 235 ha ).

The same year, they defeated another Roman army under the consul Gaius Cassius Longinus, who was killed at the Battle of Burdigala ( modern day Bordeaux ).

Her birthplace may have been Poitiers, Bordeaux, or Nieul-sur-l ' Autise, where her mother died when Eleanor was 6 or 8.

The Duke also insisted to his companions that his death be kept a secret until Louis was informed – the men were to journey from Saint James across the Pyrenees as quickly as possible, to call at Bordeaux to notify the Archbishop, and then to make all speed to Paris, to inform the King.

Prince Louis was sent to Bordeaux with an escort of 500 knights, as well as Abbot Suger, Theobald II, Count of Champagne and Count Ralph.

On 25 July 1137 the couple was married in the Cathedral of Saint-André in Bordeaux by the Archbishop of Bordeaux.

The Baudot system was accepted by the French Telegraph Administration during 1875, with the first online tests of his system occurring between Paris and Bordeaux on November 12, 1877.

He was of Catholic faith and was buried in Bordeaux ; in 1919 his remains were transferred to the Royal Chapel of St. Anthony of La Florida in Madrid.

His first important commission was for two viaducts for the railway line between Lyons and Bordeaux, and the company also began to undertake work in other countries, including the church of San Marcos in Arica, Chile, which was an all-metal prefabricated building, manufactured in France and shipped to South America in pieces to be assembled on site.

Henri Bordeaux ( 25 January 1870 in Thonon-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie-29 March 1963 ) was a French writer and lawyer.

Bordeaux was elected to the Académie française on May 22, 1919.

The earliest recorded mention of Merlot was in the notes of a local Bordeaux official who in 1784 labeled wine made from the grape in the Libournais region as one of the area's best.

The grape was introduced to the Swiss, from Bordeaux, sometime in the 19th century and was recorded in the Swiss canton of Ticino between 1905 and 1910.

He and Joan moved to Bordeaux, the capital of the principality, where they spent the next nine years.

In 2002, as they were planning their next album, the band started building a studio north of Bordeaux, France.

Over the next two years, performances were given in Bordeaux, Geneva, Toulouse, Nantes, Dijon, and Montpellier.

For the next few months he kept a low profile, but on 23 September 1793, he was sent with Claude-Alexandre Ysabeau on his mission to Bordeaux.

He made his name at Rapid in the next years to secure a move to Fußball-Bundesliga side Werder Bremen where he would spend eight years, divided in two periods by a season at Bayern Munich where he won the UEFA Cup, beating Girondins de Bordeaux in a two-legged final.

In the 2008 – 09 season, the team was once again relegated to Ligue 2 after losing 1 – 0 at home to Bordeaux, but won championship next season and thus came back to Ligue 1.

He was ever-present in his first term at Bordeaux and scored 22 goals the next season, 1998 – 99, as Bordeaux won the French Ligue 1 championship.

His first Champions League appearance came the next month, against FC Girondins de Bordeaux ( same venue, same result ).

In July 2012, the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine ( ONBA ) announced the appointment of Daniel as its next music director, effective with the 2013 – 2014 season.

Under the Carolingians, sometimes the Counts of Bordeaux held the title concomitantly with that of Duke of Vasconia.

From the 12th to the 15th century, Bordeaux regained importance following the marriage of Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine with the French-speaking Count Henri Plantagenet, born in Le Mans, who became, within months of their wedding, King Henry II of England.

In 1462, Bordeaux obtained a parliament, but regained importance only in the 16th century when it became the center of the distribution of sugar and slaves from the West Indies along with the traditional wine.

The luggage wagons, with a great amount of plunder, is said to have remained along the old Roman road, the main route from Poitiers to Bordeaux, to give protection to his weak right side.

As with Bordeaux, the different regions of Chianti Classico have unique characteristics that can be exemplified and perceived in some wines from those areas.

On January 3, 1894 he installed a triplex apparatus on the telegraph between Paris and Bordeaux that had previously been operating with some difficulty on the Hughes telegraph system.

Transatlantic shipping with the New World turned cities such as Nantes, Bordeaux, Cherbourg-Octeville and Le Havre into major ports.

Recently the tram has seen a very big revival with many experiments such as ground level power supply in Bordeaux, or trolleybuses pretending to be trams in Nancy.

A section of APS track in Bordeaux with powered and neutral sections

Bordeaux is known for its wine, as it is throughout the southwest of France, with certain areas offering specialty grapes for its wines.

Along with Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot, Merlot is one of the primary grapes in Bordeaux wine where it is the most widely planted grape.

It is most prominent in Southwest France in regions like Bordeaux, Bergerac and Cahors where it is often blended with Malbec.

In other parts of Italy, such as Tuscany, it is often blended with Sangiovese to give the wine a similar softening effect as the Bordeaux blends.

In the early history of California wine, the Merlot was used primarily as a 100 % varietal wine until wine maker Warren Winiarski encouraged taking the grape back to its blending roots with Bordeaux style blends.

At Bordeaux, Bertrand was formally notified of his election and urged to come to Italy, but he selected Lyon for his coronation on 14 November 1305, which was celebrated with magnificence and attended by Philip IV.

* October 19 – The Hundred Years ' War comes to a close with the French recapture of Bordeaux, leaving the English retaining only Calais on French soil.

Cabernet Sauvignon became internationally recognized through its prominence in Bordeaux wines where it is often blended with Merlot and Cabernet Franc.

In regions like Bordeaux, under the threat of inclement harvest season weather, Cabernet Sauvignon is often harvested a little earlier than ideal and is then blended with other grapes to fill in the gaps.

Historically this was a trait characterized by Bordeaux with some premium examples in favorable vintages having the potential to last for over a century, but producers across the globe have developed styles that could age and develop for several decades.

Old World wines, such as Bordeaux, have earthier influences and will pair better with mushrooms.

Reportedly, her first extramarital affair took place in 1966, with her daughter's godfather, Bordeaux wine producer Anthony Barton, and a year later she had a one-month liaison with Robin Douglas-Home, a nephew of British politician Alec Douglas-Home.