11) Champaigne, Philippe de. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...sober realism, simplicity, and austerity. His best-known paintings include his frescoes at Vincennes and in the Tuileries, his portrait of his daughter, a nun at...
12) Clark, George Rogers. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...into the Illinois country and took the British-held settlements of Kaskaskia, Cahokia, and Vincennes. The British under Gen. Henry Hamilton advanced from Detroit...
13) Vigo, Francis. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...his assistance with money, supplies, and information helped make possible Clark's recapture of Vincennes. In 1783, Vigo settled in Vincennes, where he became an American...
14) Sade, Donatien Alphonse Francois, comte de. The Columbia Encyclopedia,
Sixth Edition. 2001
...spent a total of 27 years of confinement in such institutions as the Bastille, the dungeon at Vincennes, and Charenton asylum. During this time he wrote such ribald...
15) Harrison, William Henry. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...territory into Ohio and Indiana and served (1800-1812) as governor of Indiana Territory at Vincennes. He was perhaps more important than any other man in opening...
16) Northwest Territory. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Great Lakes region was controlled by a few widely scattered French posts, such as Kaskaskia, Vincennes, Prairie du Chien, and Green Bay; links were established between...
17) Indiana, state, United States. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
2001
...mainly by Native American groups of the Miami, Delaware, and Potawatamie descents. Vincennes, the first permanent settlement, was fortified in 1732, but for the first...
18) French art. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Caffieri and in Sevres porcelains, produced at the royal potteries established in 1745 at Vincennes and moved to Sevres in 1753. A self-important manner in portraiture...
19) Illinois, state, United States. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
2001
...captured (1778) the British posts of Cahokia and Kaskaskia before going on to take Vincennes. The Illinois region was an integral part of the Old Northwest that came...
20) American Revolution. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...and sailors and especially French supplies and money were of crucial importance. 19 Vincennes to YorktownThe warfare had meanwhile shifted from the quiescent North...
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