French ship Soleil-Royal (1692) was taken to pieces during 1714. French ship Soleil-Royal (1692) The Soleil Royal ("Regal Sun") was a First Rank ship of the line of the French Royal Navy. This ship was originally planned to be a 2nd Rank two-decker to be built at Brest, but - following the loss of fifteen major French warships by Anglo-Dutch attacks at Cherbourg and La Hogue during the first few days of June, 1692 (N.S.) - she was ordered in the same week to be built instead as a First Rank three-decker of 104 guns. On 21 June she was given the name "Foudroyant"
Cirque du Soleil in the head by an aerial lift while preparing for a production of Luzia. Rochette was the son of Cirque du Soleil co-founder, Gilles Ste-Croix. In 2018, 38-year-old performer Yann Arnaud, of France, died at a hospital in Tampa, Florida after falling during a performance of Volta. He had been with the company for 15 years. Cirque du Soleil Cirque du Soleil (, "Circus of the Sun" or "Sun Circus") is a Canadian entertainment company. It is the largest theatrical producer in the world. Based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, it was founded