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Informat.io on Calais (1555 words) |
 | The governorship or Captaincy of Calais was a lucrative and highly prized public office; the famous Dick Whittington was simultaneously Lord Mayor of London and Mayor of the Staple in 1407. |
| Calais was regarded for many years as being an integral part of Kingdom of England, with its representatives sitting in the English Parliament. |
| Calais was on the front lines of the conflict with the United Kingdom during the Napoleonic Wars. |
| Columbia Encyclopedia- France - AOL Research & Learn (6430 words) |
| In 1788, after neither Calonne nor Loménie de Brienne could get the necessary financial measures enacted, Necker was called back to office to attempt to repair the irreparable, and the States-General were convoked for the first time since 1614. |
| De Gaulle dissolved the national assembly and, blaming the Communists for the disorders, won a great electoral victory (June, 1968). |
| But de Gaulle resigned in Apr., 1969, after his proposals for regional reorganization and for revision of the senate were defeated in a referendum. |
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