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26 July 2021
- 18:4218:42, 26 July 2021 diff hist 0 Manfred Rommel →Outside politics: légion d'honneur->Légion d'honneur
7 May 2021
- 18:0518:05, 7 May 2021 diff hist +4 Władysław Szpilman →The book: link Ullstein Verlag
- 17:4517:45, 7 May 2021 diff hist +4 Władysław Szpilman →Death and tributes: link Uri Caine
- 17:4217:42, 7 May 2021 diff hist +50 Władysław Szpilman →Polish Radio: link some of the festivals
- 17:2617:26, 7 May 2021 diff hist −15 Władysław Szpilman →Survival during the Holocaust
- 17:1417:14, 7 May 2021 diff hist −42 Władysław Szpilman →Survival during the Holocaust: Hauptmann Hosenfeld did not find a better place for Szpilman, who had found a good hiding place for himself. Hosenfeld came to visit Szpilman with food and on his last visit gave him his coat.
- 17:0417:04, 7 May 2021 diff hist −18 Władysław Szpilman →Survival during the Holocaust: Szpilman played Ballade N°1 in G minor, op. 23, for the German officer, not Nocturne n° 20 in C sharp minor (posth.)
21 January 2021
- 20:3220:32, 21 January 2021 diff hist +8 Valenciennes-Denain Airport →History: link *Jagdgeschwader 3* & *Jagdgeschwader 51* to own articles in en.wiki
- 20:1620:16, 21 January 2021 diff hist +8 m Valenciennes-Denain Airport →German use during World War II
7 December 2020
- 20:4320:43, 7 December 2020 diff hist −1 Flag of Elba →The Polish Cavalry (Chevau-léger): whom arrived->who arrived
23 May 2020
- 15:3315:33, 23 May 2020 diff hist +739 Talk:325th Security Division (Wehrmacht) →Military units and formations established in 1942: new section
- 14:0414:04, 23 May 2020 diff hist +156 325th Security Division (Wehrmacht) created in Paris in August 1942, not May 1943, under the command of Generalmajor Walter Brehmer replaced by Boineburg-Lengsfeld in May 1943/ *Western Europe* did not exist as such in WWII; at the time there were the *Eastern Front* (Soviet Union + countries of Eastern Europe, Balkans, ) & the *Western Front* (Western & Northern Europe)
12 March 2020
- 18:2818:28, 12 March 2020 diff hist −2 Marie Antoinette →Declining popularity (1782–85): château de la Trompette->château Trompette : name has nothing to do with a trumpet, but with a deformation of its original appellation *Tropeyte*
- 15:5315:53, 12 March 2020 diff hist +4 Talk:Marie Antoinette →Recent changes
- 15:4915:49, 12 March 2020 diff hist +897 Talk:Marie Antoinette →Recent changes
11 March 2020
- 23:2323:23, 11 March 2020 diff hist +1 Bertrand du Guesclin /* Chateauneuf-de-Randon->Châteauneuf-de-Randon/ french revolution->French Revolution
19 April 2019
- 10:5910:59, 19 April 2019 diff hist +322 Liberation of Paris →Background: dates & details added
11 April 2019
- 21:0821:08, 11 April 2019 diff hist +42 German War Graves Commission →Casualties, war graves, prisoner of war graves: Service d'Entretien des Sépultures Militaires Allemandes->Service d'entretien des sépultures militaires allemandes (in a French title, no uppercase at every word)
8 April 2019
- 20:3920:39, 8 April 2019 diff hist +204 Champigny-Saint-André German war cemetery Service Francais des Sepultures->Service français des sépultures militaires (and no uppercase at every word in French)/ kameradengrab->Kameradengrab/ ranks in German + some details
3 April 2019
- 11:0611:06, 3 April 2019 diff hist +211 Liberation of Paris →German surrender (25 August): Leclerc did not establish his headquarters at the Hôtel Meurice, but his Command Post at the Montparnasse train station.
- 09:1009:10, 3 April 2019 diff hist −1 Liberation of Paris →Background: Link *Police* to *National Police (France)*/
2 April 2019
- 18:4618:46, 2 April 2019 diff hist +33 Liberation of Paris →General strike (15–19 August 1944): double agent Capitaine Serge tipped the Gestapo about the meeting in the Bois de Boulogne, which ended in the execution of 35 young Résistants, aged 18 to 22, on 16 August 1944.
- 18:1818:18, 2 April 2019 diff hist +1 Liberation of Paris →Background: *had happened*->*was happening*, as the Polish uprising in Warsaw went on from Aug. 1 to Oct. 2, 1944
11 November 2018
- 20:1620:16, 11 November 2018 diff hist +7 m Talk:Liberation of Paris →American involvement
- 20:1220:12, 11 November 2018 diff hist +2,253 Talk:Liberation of Paris →American involvement
4 November 2018
- 11:5311:53, 4 November 2018 diff hist +248 Hôtel de Rambouillet adding photograph of the Louvre showing the Richelieu wing & its Pavillon Turgot on the extreme left. That's where the Hôtel de Rambouillet belonging to the marquis & marquise de Rambouillet was.
- 11:3111:31, 4 November 2018 diff hist −58 Hôtel de Rambouillet Removed photograph of hôtel rue d'Aboukir, which has nothing to do with Hôtel de Rambouillet rue Saint-Thomas-du-Louvre, which was located where Pavillon Turgot of the Louvre Richelieu wing is now since the 19th century.
- 11:2011:20, 4 November 2018 diff hist −8 Louvre →Damage during the 1871 Paris Commune: remvd *soldiers* after Communard - *force of Communards* is enough of a description & they were not *soldiers*.
14 October 2018
- 21:3021:30, 14 October 2018 diff hist +4 Freedom of the press →Nazi Germany (1933–1945): Von->von + link Paul von Hindenburg
9 October 2018
- 07:0707:07, 9 October 2018 diff hist +131 Louis Michel (physicist) link to *chaire Louis Michel de physique théorique* created in 2000
- 06:5306:53, 9 October 2018 diff hist +350 Louis Michel (physicist) links
18 August 2018
- 00:0800:08, 18 August 2018 diff hist +64 Pierre-Paul Saunier André Michaux died in 1802/ wikilink NY Botanical Gardens+Columbia University+places in France+/ gardens are *created*/sent back->shipped/
12 August 2018
- 08:4608:46, 12 August 2018 diff hist +19 Pierre Julien →Major works: Amalthée was removed in 1797 during the French Revolution & brought to Versailles, moved to the Louvre in 1829, then brought back to Rambouillet in 1953
28 June 2018
- 20:3220:32, 28 June 2018 diff hist +76 Marie Victoire de Noailles She was the 13th of 20 children/ many->several/ legitimised->legitimized (let's keep it the same within the article)/ transfer of family remains to Dreux in November 1783/ *Madame* is not part of title of *Marquise*
10 June 2018
- 00:0900:09, 10 June 2018 diff hist +86 Vincent Voiture *refused* to take part->*did not* take part, which is all we know, no document existing proving that Voiture *refused* to compose a madrigal for the Guirlande. More likely, Montausier did not ask him as Montausier could not stand Voiture
31 May 2018
- 17:2217:22, 31 May 2018 diff hist +50 Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre →Life: Hôtel de Toulouse=since 1811 Banque de France
- 17:1217:12, 31 May 2018 diff hist +175 Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre →Life: link *Mesdames*, Louis XV unmarried daughters/ Duke of Orléans=Philippe Égalité/
- 16:4916:49, 31 May 2018 diff hist +133 Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre →Life: link *Grand Huntsman of France* + Hôtel de Toulouse + Château de Louveciennes/ Ivry->Ivry-sur-Seine/ very badly hurt->inconsolable
20 May 2018
- 18:1418:14, 20 May 2018 diff hist +233 Grand Huntsman of France Latin->Middle French->modern French, thus *veneur* comes from the Latin verb *venor* to hunt/ naturalized->legitimized=L.XIV's illegitimate children were French citizens & thus were not *naturalized* but legally recognized by their father, thus *legitimized*
19 May 2018
- 08:4108:41, 19 May 2018 diff hist +52 Charles, Duke of Berry (1686–1714) →Biography: La Palatine + Berry-Bon Cœur->Berry Bon Cœur
30 April 2018
- 17:2617:26, 30 April 2018 diff hist +1 Guirlande de Julie MontausWhat the Guirlande de Julie highlights is the French 17th century *littérature galante*, which is the art of saying/writing in a flattering manner->the aim & achievement of the madrigals of the Guirlande de J.
29 April 2018
- 18:0818:08, 29 April 2018 diff hist +64 Guirlande de Julie rmvd dead link on d'Angennes genealogy/ charm->woo/ There was no *engagement* between Montausier & Julie since she did not want to get married & refused him until 1644.
- 17:4017:40, 29 April 2018 diff hist −56 Guirlande de Julie Total number of madrigals is 61 not 62, which is the number one can see/read at BnF in the original manuscript published in 1641. Must be a misprint at p. 43 of Frain's book: she had original in hands, thus could not see 41 but 61 madrigals.
28 April 2018
- 18:1518:15, 28 April 2018 diff hist +250 Guirlande de Julie *Étienne Martin de Pinchesne* instead of *Pinchesne*, as in the Guirlande de Julie his name is given as *Martin* He was *sieur de Pinchesne*, also Voiture's nephew/ Julie-Marie de Sainte-Maure inherited the Guirlande at death of her father in 1690
20 March 2018
- 09:2209:22, 20 March 2018 diff hist +11 Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans Philippe II d'Orléans was addressed as *Son Altesse Sérénissime*, not as *Monsieur le Prince*, title given to the oldest of the Condé branch, and which had been abandoned in 1709 at the death of Henri-Jules de Bourbon-Condé
19 March 2018
- 21:3421:34, 19 March 2018 diff hist +6 m Tuileries Garden →Garden of Catherine de' Medici
- 19:3719:37, 19 March 2018 diff hist +235 Tuileries Garden →Garden of Catherine de' Medici: The land on which the Tuileries Palace was built was not *an empty area*: it had houses & tile fabrics, which is plain to see on (not shown) 1552 Truchet-Hoyaux map of Paris
- 18:3718:37, 19 March 2018 diff hist +112 Tuileries Garden →Garden of Catherine de' Medici: Hôtel des Tournelles was in eastern part of Paris, the Louvre & later on Tuileries palaces at western part
18 March 2018
- 18:2218:22, 18 March 2018 diff hist −12 Tuileries Garden →Garden of Catherine de' Medici: *Hôtel* des Tournelles, not *château*/ Wall of Charles V/ Tuileries->a *palace* not a *château*/
14 March 2018
- 16:3816:38, 14 March 2018 diff hist 0 J. M. W. Turner →Further reading: alphabetical order
