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The son of Christophe Pierre Tondu, a well-to-do merchant also churchwarden of his parish, and Elisabeth Rosalie Lebrun, [1] he was sent as a youngster as a student at College Louis-le-Grand, Paris, under benefit of a scholarship grant from the Chapter of Canons of Noyon, a common situation in such schools run by priests.
February 1510: Pope Julius II left the League of Cambrai, and signed peace with Venice. May 1510: French, Ferrarese, and Imperial troops invaded Venetian territory. July 1510: The Pope and Venice formed an alliance and went on a counter-offensive. The League of Cambrai fell apart, leaving only France and Ferrara at war with Venice and the Pope.
Pierre Robert Olivétan (c. 1506 - 1538), born in Noyon, first to translate the Bible into the French language starting from the Hebrew and Greek texts. Jacques Sarazin (1592–1660), born in Noyon, sculptor in the classical tradition of Baroque art. Medardus (456 – 545), was the Bishop of Vermandois who removed the seat of the diocese to Noyon.
August 13 – The Treaty of Noyon is signed. Francis I of France recognizes Charles I of Spain's claim to Naples, and Charles recognizes Francis's claim to Milan. [2]August 18 - King Francis I of France and Pope Leo X sign the Concordat of Bologna, agreeing relationships between church and state in France.
The north eastern part of the Oise region, known as "Little Switzerland", was directly involved in World War I.From October 1914 to March 1917 the front had stabilised along a line passing through Lassigny, Tracy-le-Val and Bailly and during two years of occupation the German army lived in the towns and villages of the Noyon area.
The institution that eventually became William Peace University was founded in 1857 as Peace Institute by a group of men within the Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina. The leading donation of $10,000 (equivalent to $327,000 in 2023) came from William Peace, a prominent local merchant and a founding member of the First Presbyterian Church of Raleigh.
Baldric giving a charter of liberties to the citizens of Noyon in 1108. Painting by Louis-Jean Beaupuy between 1942 and 1945. Baldric or Balderic [a] was the forty-second bishop of Tournai and Noyon (1099–1112). [1] He was born in Artois and was a canon and cantor in the dioceses of Cambrai and Thérouanne prior to becoming bishop. [2]
The Qing dynasty of China, which ruled Mongolia from 1694 to 1911, entrusted rule in Mongolia to the descendants of Genghis Khan, who were also called Noyon. The term Noyon in this epoch acquired the connotation of nobleman, since Mongolia was mostly at peace. After 1921 the word Darga (boss) replaced the aristocratic Noyon as the term for ...