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The Fronde is an insurrectional event that took place between 1648 and 1653. The Parliamentary Fronde in Paris from 1648 to 1649 and the Princes' Fronde from 1650 to 1653 comprise its two phases.
Huguenot, any of the Protestants in France in the 16th and 17th centuries, many of whom suffered severe persecution for their faith. The origin of the name is uncertain, but it appears to have come from the word aignos, derived from the German Eidgenossen (confederates bound together by oath), which used to describe, between 1520 and 1524, the patriots of Geneva hostile to the duke of Savoy. The spelling Huguenot may have been influenced by the personal name Hugues, “Hugh”; a leader of the Geneva movement was one Besançon Hugues (d. 1532). After the Protestant Reformation began in Germany (1517),
James Hemings had made history as the first Black French-trained chef, opening his first American restaurant in New York City in March 1790. Hemings became a national treasure, responsible for Americanizing a number of French dishes