Clovis
Encyclopedia
Places
- Clovis, CaliforniaClovis, CaliforniaClovis is a city in Fresno County, California, United States, northeast of Fresno. The population is estimated to be 97,218 as of September, 2011. Clovis is located northeast of downtown Fresno, at an elevation of 361 feet .-History:...
- Clovis Unified School DistrictClovis Unified School DistrictClovis Unified School District is public school system located in Clovis, California. Its 43 schools serve a student population of nearly 38,000 students in a geographic area covering about , including the cities of Clovis and Fresno, the community of Friant, and some of Fresno County, California....
, serving Clovis and Fresno
- Clovis Unified School District
- Clovis, New MexicoClovis, New MexicoClovis is the county seat of Curry County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 32,667 at the 2000 census; according to 2010 Census Bureau estimates, the population had risen to 37,775....
- Clovis Municipal School DistrictClovis Municipal School DistrictClovis Municipal School District, also known as Clovis Municipal Schools, is a school district in Clovis, New Mexico, United States.At least two parents in Clovis were arrested in 1999 on truancy-related charges after their teenage children repeatedly missed school.-Elementary schools:* Arts...
- Clovis Municipal AirportClovis Municipal AirportClovis Municipal Airport is a public airport located six miles east of the central business district of Clovis, a city in Curry County, New Mexico, USA. The airport covers and has two asphalt and one turf runways. It is mostly used for general aviation, but is also served by two commercial...
- Clovis Municipal School District
Royalty
- Clovis IClovis IClovis Leuthwig was the first King of the Franks to unite all the Frankish tribes under one ruler, changing the leadership from a group of royal chieftains, to rule by kings, ensuring that the kingship was held by his heirs. He was also the first Catholic King to rule over Gaul . He was the son...
(c. 466–511), the first king of the Franks to unite all the Frankish tribes under one ruler - Clovis IIClovis IIClovis II succeeded his father Dagobert I in 639 as King of Neustria and Burgundy. His brother Sigebert III had been King of Austrasia since 634. He was initially under the regency of his mother Nanthild until her death in her early thirties in 642...
(637–c. 658), king of Neustria and Burgundy - Clovis IIIClovis IIIClovis III was the king of Austrasia from 675 to 676. Perhaps the son of Theuderic III or Clovis II, the Austrasian magnates who proclaimed him called him an illegitimate son of Clotaire III. They placed him on the throne in opposition to the young Dagobert II, the claimant of Wulfoald, the mayor...
(reigned 675–676), the king of Austrasia - Clovis IVClovis IVClovis IV , son of Theuderic III, was the sole king of the Franks from 691 until his death. Although Clovis IV is called "King of the Franks", he was really a puppet—a roi fainéant—of his uncle Pepin II, mayor of the palace of Austrasia...
(682–695), the sole king of the Franks from 691 until 695 - Clovis (died 580), son of Chilperic IChilperic IChilperic I was the king of Neustria from 561 to his death. He was one of the sons of the Frankish king Clotaire I and Queen Aregund....
and Audovera, assassinated by his father and stepmother
Archaeology
- Clovis cultureClovis cultureThe Clovis culture is a prehistoric Paleo-Indian culture that first appears 11,500 RCYBP , at the end of the last glacial period, characterized by the manufacture of "Clovis points" and distinctive bone and ivory tools...
, the Paleo Indian culture of North America that appears in the archaeological record of North America approximately 13,500 to 13,000 years ago - Clovis pointClovis pointClovis points are the characteristically-fluted projectile points associated with the North American Clovis culture. They date to the Paleoindian period around 13,500 years ago. Clovis fluted points are named after the city of Clovis, New Mexico, where examples were first found in 1929.At the right...
, the oldest flint tools associated with the North American Clovis culture - Clovis comet, a hypothetical comet impact event in North America around 12,900 years ago which is argued to have caused the end of the Clovis culture and the extinction of many large mammals
Other
- Clovis DardentorClovis DardentorPartly a travel narrative, Clovis Dardentor is an 1896 fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne. Compared to other Verne novels, it is a relatively unknown work....
, 1896 fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne - Clovis Sangrail, a character in the short stories of SakiSakiHector Hugh Munro , better known by the pen name Saki, and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirised Edwardian society and culture. He is considered a master of the short story and often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy...
, named because he was "so appallingly frank" - Clovis, the main antagonist in the 1997 Blade Runner video game
- Clovis la Britannia, a character in the anime series Code Geass
- Clovis Crawfish the lead character in the book series Clovis the Crawfish