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.
3rd October 1918: Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria comes to the throne
3rd October 2017
On the 26th February 1815, Napoléon Bonaparte escaped exile on the Mediterranean island of Elba and sailed to the French mainland.
On the 21st January 1793, former French King Louis XVI was executed by guillotine at the Place de la Revolution in Paris.
On the 2nd December 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor of the French at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
On the 2nd November 1795, the Directory was established in France.
On the 10th August 1792, French revolutionary troops stormed the Tuileries Palace in Paris.
The morning of the 14th July 1789 saw the beginning of the French Revolution when Parisian revolutionaries stormed the Bastille, a large fortress, prison and ammunition store that symbolised everything that was wrong with the monarchy.
The radical French journalist Jean-Paul Marat was stabbed to death in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday.
King Louis XVI of France and his family were caught attempting to escape Paris during the Flight to Varennes.
On the 20th June 1789 at Versailles in France, the National Assembly swore the Tennis Court Oath in which they vowed not to separate until a written constitution had been established for the country.
21st August 1959: Hawaii becomes the 50th state of the USA
21st August 2019
20th August 1940: Leon Trotsky attacked with an ice axe in Mexico
20th August 2019
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2017