On the 15th November 1917, Georges Clemenceau was appointed Prime Minister of France for the second time.
19th January 1917: 73 people killed in the Silvertown munitions factory explosion in London
19th January 2018
On the 22nd October 1895, the Granville–Paris Express train ran across the station platform, crashed through a 60cm wall, and fell 10 metres to the street below after it overran the buffer stop at the Gare Montparnasse terminus.
At 12.15pm on the afternoon of the 16th October 1793, Marie Antoinette was executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris.
On the 14th October 1066, the Battle of Hastings was fought between Duke William II of Normandy and the Anglo-Saxon king Harold Godwinson.
On the 26th September 1923, German Chancellor Gustav Stresemann ended passive resistance in the Ruhr and resumed the payment of First World War reparations.
The first recorded naval battle featuring artillery took place in the first naval engagement of the Hundred Years’ War.
The Reign of Terror began in France when Bertrand Barère, a member of the Committee of Public Safety, made a speech in favour of it that ended with the exclamation, “Let’s make terror the order of the day!”
The Treaty of Paris, which ended the American Revolutionary War, was signed by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America.
On the 4th August 1693, legend says that French Benedictine monk Dom Pérignon invented champagne.
On the 30th July 1792, a group of volunteer soldiers from the city of Marseille were the first to introduce and sing “La Marseillaise” in Paris.
15th November 1917: Georges Clemenceau appointed Prime Minister of France
15th November 2019
13th November 1002: Æthelred the Unready orders the St Brice’s Day Massacre
13th November 2019
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018