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- (from the article "Fairfield") ...1850 and named the city for his hometown in Connecticut. Development was spurred during World War II when the U.S. Air Force established Travis Air Force Base east of the city. The construction of Monticello Dam (1957), 15 miles (25 km) to the north, furnished water for the irrigation of ...
- Montiel, Arturo
- (from the article "Mexico") ...of Tabasco (1994-2000) who had held the party together in the wake of its historic defeat in the 2000 presidential election, won the party primary in November. His principal opponent had been Arturo Montiel, a former governor of the state of Mexico who-until he was forced to resign following press ...
- Montiel, Battle of
- (from the article "Peter") Charles V sent Henry back to Spain with more French troops and a long civil war ensued. Eventually Peter was defeated at Montiel and assassinated there by his brother's own hand.
- Montigny, A. H. V. Grand Jean de
- (from the article "Latin American architecture") In Brazil the work of the French architect A.-H.-V. Grand Jean de Montigny dominated the first half of the 19th century. In Rio de Janeiro he designed the new Academy of Fine Arts (1826) as well as the Municipal Market (mid-1800s) and the Plaza of Commerce (1820). These works are ...
- Montigny, Louvigny de
- (from the article "Canadian literature") By the end of the century, Montreal had become the province's commercial metropolis, and the next literary movement was founded there by Jean Charbonneau and Louvigny de Montigny in 1895 with the Ecole Litteraire de Montreal (Montreal Literary School). The society continued to exist, although intermittently, for nearly 40 years. ...
- Montilla
- city, Cordoba provincia (province), in the comunidad autonoma (autonomous community) of Andalusia, southern Spain, southeast of Cordoba city. Inhabited since Roman times, the district was taken from the Moors by Ferdinand III in 1237. Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba, known as El Gran Capitan, was ...
- Montlouis
- (from the article "Rousseau, Jean-Jacques") ...friend Mme d'Epinay near Montmorency. When the hospitality of Mme d'Epinay proved to entail much the same social round as that of Paris, Rousseau retreated to a nearby cottage, called Montlouis, under the protection of the Marechal de Luxembourg. But even this highly placed friend could not save him in ...
- Montlucon
- town, Allier departement, Auvergne region, central France, northwest of Clermont-Ferrand. It is located on the Cher River a little below the point where it emerges from the gorges of its upper course. The old town, on a hill dominated by a chateau, is surrounded by new districts that have spread ...
- Montmartre
- (from the article "Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de") ...the general character, so that he distorted without trying or even wanting to." Soon Toulouse-Lautrec's attendance at the studio became infrequent at best. He then rented his own studio in the Montmartre district of Paris and concerned himself, for the most part, with doing portraits of his friends.location in Paris
- Montmorency Falls
- waterfall at the mouth of the Montmorency River in Quebec region, southern Quebec province, Canada, about 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Quebec city. The waterfall makes a spectacular plunge 275 feet (84 m) into the St. Lawrence River. A hydroelectric installation at the falls provides power for the region ...
- Montmorency, Anne, Duke de
- constable of France who was powerful during the reigns of Francis I, Henry II, and Charles IX. He served in the numerous wars in northern Italy and southern France against Charles V, Holy Roman emperor and king of Spain, and in the campaigns of Charles IX against the Huguenots. [4 Related Articles]
- Montmorency, Charlotte de
- (from the article "Montmorency, Henri II, Duke de") Henri II's beautiful sister Charlotte de Montmorency (1594-1650) had been married in 1609 to Henry II de Bourbon, Prince de Conde, who had to send her abroad to escape King Henry IV's passionate attentions. Later she courageously upheld her children's cause during the civil war of the Fronde.
- Montmorency, Francois, Duke de
- eldest son of Anne de Montmorency and a leader of the Roman Catholic moderates during the French Wars of Religion.
- Montmorency, Henri I, Duke de
- brother of Francois de Montmorency and a leader of the moderate Roman Catholic party of the Politiques during the French Wars of Religion.
- Montmorency, Henri II, Duke de
- a rebel against the leadership of Cardinal de Richelieu; he was executed as a traitor, thus ending the peerage duchy of Montmorency.
- Montmorency, Mathieu II, Baron de
- French noble prominent in the service of three kings.
- montmorillonite
- any of a group of clay minerals and their chemical varieties that swell in water and possess high cation-exchange capacities. The theoretical formula for montmorillonite (i.e., without structural substitutions) is (OH)4 Si8 Al4 O20·nH2 O. [2 Related Articles]
- montonera
- (from the article "gaucho") ...first had thrown off the Spanish colonial regime and had then engaged in decades-long internal struggles between rival caudillos (provincial military leaders). An unruly group of horsemen called the montonera fought in these wars, usually under the federalist caudillos of the provinces outside of Buenos Aires.
- Montonero
- member of an Argentinian left-wing Peronist group known for violent urban terrorist actions such as political kidnappings and assassinations. [1 Related Articles]
- Montour
- county, east-central Pennsylvania, U.S., consisting of a mountainous region in the Appalachian Ridge and Valley physiographic province. The principal waterways are Lake Chillisquaque and the Susquehanna River, as well as Chillisquaque, Mahoning, and Roaring creeks.
- Montoya, Carlos
- Spanish-born American flamenco guitarist and the first to present that style as serious music to concert audiences. [1 Related Articles]
- Montoya, Juan
- (from the article "Automobile Racing") Montoya, named Rookie of the Year for NASCAR, won what was perhaps the most significant Busch Series event of the year, a road race on the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City. The race, held before 72,000 spectators, was televised in Spanish to about 92 million homes in the U.S. ...
- Montpelier
- city, capital of Vermont, U.S., and seat of Washington county (1811). It lies along the upper Winooski River just northwest of Barre, and it commands the main pass through the Green Mountains near the centre of the state. Named for Montpellier, France, the town (township) was chartered in 1781 by ... [2 Related Articles]
- Montpellier
- city, capital of Herault departement and of the Languedoc-Roussillon region, southern France, located 7 miles (12 km) from the Mediterranean coast. An old university city, Montpellier is the chief administrative and commercial centre of the Languedoc-Roussillon region. Situated in a fertile plain, the city ... [3 Related Articles]
- Montpellier faience
- French tin-glazed earthenware made at factories in the city of Montpellier, France, from the end of the 16th century into the 19th century. Its heyday was between 1570 and 1750. Much of the output consisted of drug jars (Montpellier was one of the oldest medical schools in Europe), but its ...
- Montpellier I, II, and III, Universities of
- autonomous, state-financed universities in Montpellier, France, founded in 1970 under France's Orientation Act of 1968, providing for reform of higher education.
- Montpensier, Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orleans, Duchess de
- princess of the royal house of France, prominent during the Fronde and the minority of Louis XIV. She was known as Mademoiselle because her father, Gaston de France, Duke d'Orleans and uncle of Louis XIV, had the designation of Monsieur. From her mother, Marie de Bourbon-Montpensier, she inherited a huge ... [2 Related Articles]
- Montpensier, Antoine, duc de
- (from the article "Bourbon, House of") ...understanding: Isabella should marry some "neutral" prince, preferably a Spanish Bourbon cousin; and only after the birth of a child to Isabella should Luisa marry Louis-Philippe's son Antoine duc de Montpensier. Of Isabella's eligible cousins, the conte de Montemolin was disfavoured by the Spanish government as a Carlist; the next ...
- Montreal
- city, seat of Montreal region, Quebec province, southeastern Canada. It is the second most populous metropolitan area of Canada. The present city proper occupies about three-fourths of Montreal Island (Ile de Montreal), the largest of the 234 islands of the Hochelaga Archipelago, one of three archipelagoes near the confluence of ... [9 Related Articles]
- Montreal Alouettes
- (from the article "Football") The B.C. Lions won the 2006 Canadian Football League (CFL) championship by defeating the Montreal Alouettes 25-14 in the Grey Cup on November 19 in Winnipeg, Man. Paul McCallum tied a Cup record with six field goals, but quarterback Dave Dickenson, with 184 yd passing and 53 yd rushing, was ...
- Montreal Amateur Athletic Association
- (from the article "The Stanley Cup") ...donated a cup to be given annually to the top Canadian team. The three-foot-high silver cup became known as the Stanley Cup and was first played for in 1893-94. The first winner was the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association team; since 1917 the cup has gone to the winner of the ...
- Montreal Aquarium
- municipally owned aquarium located on St.-Helen's Island, Montreal, Can. It was built in 1966 for Expo 67, an international exhibition that was held in the city. The aquarium complex consists of two large buildings, one of which contains exhibits of marine and freshwater fishes and invertebrates. The other building is ...
- Montreal Botanical Garden
- botanical garden in Montreal founded in 1936 by Frere Marie-Victorin, one of the greatest of Canadian botanists. It has approximately 20,000 plant species under cultivation and maintains a herbarium consisting of nearly 100,000 reference specimens. Of the garden's many greenhouses, 9 are for public display and 23 for service functions ...
- Montreal Canadiens
- (from the article "The Stanley Cup") professional ice hockey centre who was noted for scoring winning goals in Stanley Cup playoff games. He played his entire career (1953-71) with the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL).contribution by PlantePlante, Jacquesinnovative French-Canadian hockey player, one of ...
- Montreal Expos
- (from the article "Baseball") ...all-time attendance mark of 74,915,268 (up from 73,022,969 in 2004) was established; a sixth different champion in as many seasons was crowned; and the sport returned to Washington, D.C., when the Montreal Expos (formed in 1969) relocated and became the Washington Nationals. The former Washington Senators franchise left in 1972 ...
- Montreal group
- coterie of poets who precipitated a renaissance of Canadian poetry during the 1920s and '30s by advocating a break with the traditional picturesque landscape poetry that had dominated Canadian poetry since the late 19th century. They encouraged an emulation of the realistic themes, metaphysical complexity, and techniques of the U.S. ... [1 Related Articles]
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
- in Montreal, Canadian art museum with outstanding collections of paintings, graphics, furniture, textiles, sculpture, and the decorative and fine arts. One of North America's finest collections of Eskimo prints and carvings and Northwest Coast Indian art is preserved there; there is also an important collection of prints and drawings. The ...
- Montreal Olympic Games
- (from the article "Olympic Games") Despite producing 32 world records and a host of memorable performances, the 1976 Games drew more attention to the apparent problems of the Olympic movement. Twenty-six countries, mostly from Africa, chose to boycott the Games when the IOC denied their request to ban New Zealand, whose national rugby team had ...
- Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
- (from the article "The Environment") Representatives of the 191 countries that had ratified the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer, together with the European Commission, agreed on September 22 to advance by 10 years the phasing out of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs). At their meeting in Montreal, the representatives agreed that developed countries ...
- Montreal-Nord
- former city, Montreal region, southern Quebec province, Canada. Until 2002 it was a northern suburb of Montreal city, at which time it was amalgamated into Montreal as a borough of that city. It lies in the northern part of Montreal Island, on the south shore of the Riviere des Prairies. ...
- Montreuil
- town, Seine-Saint-Denis departement, Paris region, an eastern industrial suburb of Paris, situated on a plateau 400 feet (120 m) high. Located 1 mile (1.6 km) from the city limits of the capital, it is connected to Paris by the Metro (subway). A centre for processing hides and skins, Montreuil also ...
- Montreux
- town, comprising three resort communities (Le Chatelard-Montreux, Les Planches-Montreux, and Veytaux-Montreux; merged 1962) in Vaud canton, western Switzerland, extending 4 miles (6 km) along the eastern shore of Lake Geneva (Lac Leman). Its natural setting below mountains protecting it from northerly and easterly winds has made Montreux the lake's most ... [1 Related Articles]
- Montreux Jazz Festival
- (from the article "Davis, Miles") ...Want Miles (1982), Tutu (1986), and Aura (1989). One of the most-memorable events of Davis's later years occurred at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1991, when he joined with an orchestra conducted by Quincy Jones to perform some of the classic Gil Evans arrangements ...
- Montrose
- royal burgh (town) and North Sea port, council area and historic county of Angus, Scotland, situated at the mouth of the River South Esk. Montrose received its first charter from David I of Scotland (reigned 1124-53) and was designated a royal burgh in 1352. It was there in 1296 that ...
- Montrose
- city, seat (1883) of Montrose county, western Colorado, U.S., in the Uncompahgre River valley at an elevation of 5,820 feet (1,774 metres). After the land was opened for settlement in 1881, a railway depot was established on the site. The town that grew up around it was named by an ...
- Montrose, James Graham, 5th Earl and 1st Marquess of, Earl of Kincardine, Lord Graham and Mugdock
- Scottish general who won a series of spectacular victories in Scotland for King Charles I of Great Britain during the English Civil Wars. [2 Related Articles]
- Montrouge
- town, Hauts-de-Seine departement, Paris region, southern suburb of Paris, in north-central France. The area, recorded as Mons Rubicus (Latin: "Red Mountain"), from the local reddish soil, in ancient charters, was divided in 1860-Le Petit Montrouge was absorbed into the 14th arrondissement (administrative division) of Paris, and the remainder formed the ...
- Monts, Pierre du Gua, sieur de
- (from the article "Canada") In 1604 the French navigator Samuel de Champlain, under Pierre du Gua, sieur de Monts, who had received a grant of the monopoly, led a group of settlers to Acadia. He chose as a site Dochet Island (Ile Sainte-Croix) in the St. Croix River, on the present boundary between the ...
- Montserrat
- island and overseas territory of the United Kingdom. Located in the Lesser Antilles chain, this pear-shaped island is known as the "Emerald Isle of the Caribbean." The de facto capital is St. John's, in the northern part of the island. Plymouth, on the southwestern coast, was the capital and only ... [13 Related Articles]
- Montserrat
- mountain, northwestern Barcelona provincia (province), in the comunidad autonoma (autonomous community) of Catalonia, Spain, lying just west of the Llobregat River and northwest of Barcelona city. Known to the Romans as Mons Serratus ("Saw-Toothed Mountain") and to the Catalans as Montsagrat ("Sacred Mountain"), it ...
- Montserrat Company
- (from the article "Montserrat") ...in 1678 and 7,000 in 1810, when they greatly outnumbered white settlers. Montserrat's plantation system declined after slavery was abolished in 1834 and the price of sugar fell on world markets. The Montserrat Company, formed in 1857 under the direction of Joseph Sturge, bought abandoned estates, encouraged the cultivation of ...
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