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.
The refusal of the Communards to accept the authority of the French government led to the Commune being brutally suppressed by the regular French army in May during ‘The Bloody Week’.
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.
On the 8th January 1918, United States President Woodrow Wilson made a speech to Congress in which he outlined his principles for world peace, known as the Fourteen Points.
French aristocrat Count Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat set the world’s first officially recognised land speed record.
Frenchman Georges Claude’s neon lighting at the Paris Motor Show was used to light the front of the large exhibition space at the Grand Palais with red lighting.
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.
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