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Because we're coming to you with this story from outside of the Champagne region of France,

it's simply a sparkling biographical discussion.

The End.

Let's talk about Madame Vove Clico.

But first, let's drop her into history.

In 1805, in the United States, the territory of Louisiana was incorporated on the land purchased from the French just two years before.

Sacca Gawea, with her infant son in a carrier, set out on an expedition to explore the territory led by Maryweather Lewis and William Clark.

That same year, the expedition reached the Pacific Ocean in modern-day Oregon.

Jane Austen celebrated her second birthday.

Having recently been crowned Emperor of the French, Napoleon Bonaparte continued to gobble up as much of Europe as possible for France, and was crowned King of Italy.

However, England wasn't having any part of him, and were victorious against Napoleon's and the Spanish navies at the Battle of Trafalgar.

Thomas Jefferson, the United States Third President, was inaugurated for his second term.

Abolitionists and suffragists Amelia Grimke and Hans Christian Anderson were both born.

Former British Prime Minister William Petty and former British General Charles Cornwallis both died.

And in 1805, Barb Nicole Clico added Vove to her name and took control of her life.

Barb Nicole Pancerdan was born on December 16, 1777, in the city of Rans.

France spelled R-E-I-M-S and pronounced as far as we can tell Rans.

We are Americans, it's going to be a little off.

She was the oldest of the three children of France, Jean Nicola Filippe Pancerdan, known as Nicola.

And his wife, taken a breath, Marie Jean Joseph Clémentine Le Terre ou art Pancerdan, known as Jean Clémentine.

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