Belleau
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- Belleau, LincolnshireBelleau, LincolnshireBelleau is a hamlet and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, 8 miles south-east from Louth, and 4 miles north-west from Alford. The Bellau parish includes the hamlet of Claythorpe....
- Battle of Belleau WoodBattle of Belleau WoodThe Battle of Belleau Wood occurred during the German 1918 Spring Offensive in World War I, near the Marne River in France. The battle was fought between the U.S...
Belleau is the name of two communes in France
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The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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- BelleauBelleau, AisneBelleau is a commune in the department of Aisne in Picardy in northern France.-Population:-See also:*Communes of the Aisne department*Battle of Belleau Wood*The Marine Memorial*Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial...
, in the AisneAisneAisne is a department in the northern part of France named after the Aisne River.- History :Aisne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Île-de-France, Picardie, and Champagne.Most of the old...
département - BelleauBelleau, Meurthe-et-MoselleBelleau is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.- See also :* Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department...
, in the Meurthe-et-MoselleMeurthe-et-MoselleMeurthe-et-Moselle is a department in the Lorraine region of France, named after the Meurthe and Moselle rivers.- History :Meurthe-et-Moselle was created in 1871 at the end of the Franco-Prussian War from the parts of the former departments of Moselle and Meurthe which remained French...
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People
- Remy BelleauRemy BelleauRemy Belleau , was a poet of the French Renaissance. He is most known for his paradoxical poems of praise for simple things and his poems about precious stones....
, (1528-1577) French playwright - Bernard BelleauBernard BelleauBernard Belleau, OC, FRSC was a Canadian molecular pharmacologist best known for his role in the discovery of Lamivudine, a drug used in the treatment of HIV and Hepatitis B infection....
(1925–1989) Canadian chemist (Fujimoto-Belleau reactionFujimoto-Belleau reactionThe Fujimoto-Belleau reaction is a chemical reaction that forms cyclic α-substituted α,β-unsaturated ketones from enol lactones. The reaction is named after the two chemists George I. Fujimoto and Bernard Belleau....
) - Narcisse-Fortunat BelleauNarcisse-Fortunat BelleauSir Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau, KCMG, QC was a Canadian politician, lawyer and businessman.He was born in Quebec City in 1808. He studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec and went on to article in law, receiving his license to practice in 1832. In 1835, he married Marie-Reine-Josephte, the daughter...
(1808–1894) lieutenant-governor of Quebec from 1867 to 1873