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25th December 1914: The Christmas Truce takes place at sections along the Western Front

  • 25th December 2020
  • Tagged as: Belgium, Britain, Christmas, Christmas Truce, First World War, France, Germany, Truce, Western Front, Ypres

The Christmas Truce saw soldiers on the First World War’s Western Front take part in a series of unofficial ceasefires.

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2nd December 1804: Napoleon crowns himelf Emperor of the French

  • 2nd December 2020
  • Tagged as: Beethoven, Empire, France, French Empire, French Revolution, Napoleon, Pope

On the 2nd December 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor of the French at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.

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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

  • 11th November 2020
  • Tagged as: Armistice, Britain, First World War, France, Germany, Italy, Treaty, War, Wilhelm II, Wilson

On the 11th November 1918, fighting on the First World War’s Western Front ended when representatives from the Allies and Germany signed the Armistice of Compiègne.

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25th October 1415: The Battle of Agincourt is fought

  • 25th October 2020
  • Tagged as: Battle, England, France, Henry V, Hundred Years War, Longbow, War

On the 25th October 1415, the English king Henry V celebrated a major victory in the Hundred Years War when he defeated the numerically superior French army at the Battle of Agincourt.

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3rd September 1939: Second World War begins

  • 3rd September 2020
  • Tagged as: Australia, Britain, Chamberlain, Churchill, France, Germany, Nazi, New Zealand, Poland, Second World War

On the 3rd September 1939, the Second World War officially began when France and the United Kingdom – together with Australia and New Zealand – declared war on Germany.

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27th August 1928: The Kellogg-Briand Pact is signed

  • 27th August 2020
  • Tagged as: France, International Relations, League of Nations, Nuremberg Trials, USA

On the 27th August 1928, Germany, France and the United States signed the General Treaty for Renunciation of War as an Instrument of National Policy – otherwise known as the Kellogg-Briand Pact.

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21st August 1911: The Mona Lisa stolen from the Louvre

  • 21st August 2020
  • Tagged as: Art, Crime, Criminal, France, Italy, Theft

Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre on the 21st August 1911.

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25th July 1909: Louis Blériot makes the first powered cross-Channel flight

  • 25th July 2020
  • Tagged as: Aircraft, Aviation, Daily Mail, English Channel, Flight, France, Invention, Science, Technology

French aviator Louis Charles Joseph Blériot made the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air aircraft.

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24th July 1927: Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing is unveiled

  • 24th July 2020
  • Tagged as: Belgium, Britain, Commonwealth, First World War, France, Memorial

On the 24th July 1927, the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing was unveiled in the Belgian city of Ypres.

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17th July 1453: The Battle of Castillon, widely accepted as last conflict of the Hundred Years’ War

  • 17th July 2020
  • Tagged as: Castillon, Charles VII, England, France, Henry VI, Hundred Years War, Medieval

The Battle of Castillon, considered to be the last battle of the Hundred Years’ War, was fought between France and England.

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