They threatened constantly to give the British a hold on this region, from whence they could move easily down the rivers to the French settlements near the Gulf.

But they brought back few pelts to pay their debts, and soon French trade in the region was at an end.

* Arene ( surname ), a French family name of the Provence region

The Spanish Empire claimed the islands by discovery in the early 16th century, but never settled them, and subsequent years saw the English, Dutch, French, Spanish, and Danish all jostling for control of the region, which became a notorious haunt for pirates.

Public radio in Belgium is controlled by the VRT for the Dutch speaking region ( Flanders and Brussels ) the RTBF for the French speaking region ( Wallonia and Brussels ) and the BRF for the German community in Belgium.

Public television in Belgium is controlled by the VRT for the Dutch speaking region ( Flanders and Brussels ) the RTBF for the French speaking region ( Wallonia and Brussels ) and the BRF for the German community in Belgium.

With the Mirage III withdrawn, the air defence of Brasília and region is done temporarily by a mix of F-5s from 1st GAv and 1st / 14th GAv until 10 Mirage 2000Cs and two Mirage 2000B bought from French Air Force surplus stocks arrive at Anápolis.

That modern-day Lebanese region of the Mediterranean coast was set aside as part of a future French Mandate.

The Basel region, culturally extending into German Baden-Württemberg and French Alsace, reflects the heritage of its three states in the modern Latin name: " Regio TriRhena ".

The 97 children were taken from their homes in October 2007 by a then-obscure French charity, Zoé's Ark, which claimed they were orphans from Sudan's war-torn Darfur region.

Cretin became a medical term in the 18th century, from an Alpine French dialect prevalent in a region where persons with such a condition were especially common ( see below ); it saw wide medical use in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and then spread more widely in popular English as a markedly derogatory term for a person who behaves stupidly.

In February 1946 he also forced the French to surrender all of their concessions in China and to renounce their extraterritorial privileges in exchange for the Chinese withdrawing from northern Indochina and allowing French troops to reoccupy the region.

French citizens also migrated in large numbers, mainly to the colonies in the north African Maghreb region: 1. 3 million settled in Algeria ; 200, 000 in Morocco ; 100, 000 in Tunisia ; while only 20, 000 migrated to French Indochina.

However, it was French explorer Jacques Cartier who made the first detailed reconnaissance of the region for a European power, and in so doing, claimed the region for the King of France.

Champlain's success in the region, which came to be called Acadie, led to the fertile tidal marshes surrounding the southeastern and northeastern reaches of the Bay of Fundy being populated by French immigrants who called themselves Acadien.

With the fall of Louisbourg, French resistance in the region crumbled.

As the Languedoc was supposedly teeming with Cathars and Cathar sympathisers, this made the region a target for northern French noblemen looking to acquire new fiefs.

The term Pays Cathare, French meaning " Cathar Country " is used to highlight the Cathar heritage and history of the region where Catharism was traditionally strongest.

In 1894, he established a permanent French administration in the city of Djibouti and named the region Côte française des Somalis ( French Somaliland ), a name which continued until 1967.

The Battle of Bouvines, which took place on 27 July 1214, was a medieval battle ending the twelve year old Angevin-Flanders War that was fundamental in the early development of France in the Middle Ages by confirming the French crown's sovereignty over the Angevin lands of Brittany and Normandy.

Surprisingly, considering the later French distaste for castrati they certainly existed in France at this time also, being known of in Paris, Orléans, Picardy and Normandy, though they were not abundant: the King of France himself had difficulty in obtaining them.

Eisenhower's first struggles however were with Allied leaders and officers on matters vital to the success of the Normandy invasion ; he argued with Roosevelt over an essential agreement with de Gaulle to use French resistance forces in covert and sabotage operations against the Germans in advance of Overlord.

* Homo, a French surname originating from Brittany and Normandy, borrowed from church Latin.

The second was another expedition in 1402 led by French adventurers, Jean de Bethancourt, Lord of Grainville in Normandy and Gadifer de la Salle of Poitou.

William and his nobles spoke and conducted court in Norman French, in England as well as in Normandy.

Richard's younger brother John, who succeeded him, was not so fortunate ; he suffered the loss of Normandy and numerous other French territories following the disastrous Battle of Bouvines.

The most important of these conquests for French history was the Norman Conquest of England by William the Conqueror, following the Battle of Hastings and immortalised in the Bayeux Tapestry, because it linked England to France through Normandy.

On 6 June 1944 the Allies landed in Normandy ; on 15 August Allied forces landing in Provence included 260, 000 men of the French First Army.

He argued that he need not attend Philip's court because of his special status as the Duke of Normandy, who was exempt by feudal tradition from being called to the French court.

When John still refused to come, Philip declared John in breach of his feudal responsibilities, reassigned all of John's lands that fell under the French crown to Arthur – with the exception of Normandy, which he took back for himself – and began a fresh war against John.

The French victory at the battle of Bouvines doomed John's plan to retake Normandy in 1214 and led to the First Barons ' War.

Normandy (, pronounced, Norman: Nourmaundie, from Old French Normanz, plural of Normand, originally from the word for " northman " in several Scandinavian languages ) is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy.

The Channel Islands ( referred to as Îles Anglo-Normandes in French ) are historically part of Normandy, cover 194 km² and comprise two bailiwicks: Guernsey and Jersey, which are British Crown Dependencies.

Upper Normandy ( Haute-Normandie ) consists of the French departments of Seine-Maritime and Eure, and Lower Normandy ( Basse-Normandie ) of the departments of Orne, Calvados, and Manche.

During the Second World War, the D Day landings on the Normandy beaches under the code name Operation Neptune, started the lengthy Battle of Normandy which resulted in the Liberation of Paris, the restoration of the French Republic, and was a significant turning point in the war.

In 1259, Henry III of England recognised the legality of French possession of mainland Normandy under the Treaty of Paris.

His successors, however, often fought to regain control of mainland French Normandy.

French Normandy was occupied by English forces during the Hundred Years ' War in 1345 – 1360 and again in 1415 – 1450.

In the 1780s, the economic crisis and the crisis of the Ancien Régime struck Normandy as well as other parts of the nation, leading to the French Revolution.

Normandy is sparsely forested: 12. 8 % of the territory is wooded, compared to a French average of 23. 6 %, although the proportion varies between the departments.

Although the British surrendered claims to mainland Normandy, France, and other French possessions in 1801, the monarch of the United Kingdom retains the title Duke of Normandy in respect to the Channel Islands.