King Louis XVI of France and his family were caught attempting to escape Paris during the Flight to Varennes.
11th March 1702: First edition of the Daily Courant, the first daily English-language newspaper
11th March 2019
France and the United States signed the first two treaties ever negotiated by the American government, and which formally recognised the independence of the United States.
On the 21st January 1793, former French King Louis XVI was executed by guillotine at the Place de la Revolution 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.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018