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.
On the 1st July 1903 the first Tour de France cycling race took place over 19 days and six stages.
On the 28th March 1871 the Paris Commune was proclaimed and met for the first time.
On the 21st January 1793, former French King Louis XVI was executed by guillotine at the Place de la Revolution in Paris.
On the 25th August 1944, the Nazi German garrison in Paris surrendered the city to the Allies.
On the 18th June 1815, Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo.
The first Orient Express train, known at the time as Express d’Orient, departed Paris.
The Crimean War began in October 1853, having been triggered by disagreements between Russia and the Ottoman Empire regarding Russia’s right to protect the Orthodox Christian minority in the Ottoman-controlled Holy Land.
Put on for an audience of 200 invited attendees at the “Society for the Development of the National Industry”, the reaction to the moving black-and-white pictures caught the brothers by surprise.
Chappe was born into a wealthy family in 1763 and originally trained as a member of the church.
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