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18th June 1815: Napoleon Bonaparte defeated at the Battle of Waterloo

  • 18th June 2020
  • Tagged as: Britain, France, Napoleon, Paris, Prussia

On the 18th June 1815, Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo.

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5th June 1883: First Orient Express train departs Paris

  • 5th June 2020
  • Tagged as: Belgium, Constantinople, Europe, France, Paris, Railway, Train, Transport, Transportation, Travel

The first Orient Express train, known at the time as Express d’Orient, departed Paris.

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30th March 1856: The Crimean War officially ends with the Treaty of Paris

  • 30th March 2020
  • Tagged as: Black Sea, Crimean War, Eastern Question, France, Ottoman Empire, Paris, Russia, Treaty of Paris, Turkey

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.

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22nd March 1895: The Lumière brothers stage their first film screening in Paris

  • 22nd March 2020
  • Tagged as: Culture, Edison, Film, France, Lumiere, Mechanical, Movie, Paris, Photography, Science, Technology

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.

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2nd March 1791: Frenchman Claude Chappe sends the first message by semaphore machine

  • 2nd March 2020
  • Tagged as: Communication, France, Invention, Paris, Science, Semaphore, Technology

Chappe was born into a wealthy family in 1763 and originally trained as a member of the church.

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8th January 1918: Woodrow Wilson announces the Fourteen Points

  • 8th January 2020
  • Tagged as: Britain, First World War, Fourteen Points, France, Germany, Paris, Treaty, USA, Versailles, Wilson

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.

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18th December 1898: The world’s first officially recognised land speed record is set

  • 18th December 2019
  • Tagged as: Automobile, France, Paris, Science, Speed, Technology

French aristocrat Count Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat set the world’s first officially recognised land speed record.

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22nd October 1895: Granville-Paris express train crashes through a wall in Paris

  • 22nd October 2019
  • Tagged as: France, Paris, Railways, Steam, Train, Transport

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.

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10th August 1793: The Louvre museum in Paris opens to the public for the first time

  • 10th August 2019
  • Tagged as: Art, Culture, France, French Revolution, Louvre, Museum, Paris

The Louvre museum in Paris opened to the public in the former palace of the French royal family.

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1st July 1903: First Tour de France cycling race takes place

  • 1st July 2019
  • Tagged as: Culture, Cycling, France, Newspaper, Paris, Race, Sport

On the 1st July 1903 the first Tour de France cycling race took place over 19 days and six stages.

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