History of France

'une anse' is a bay at the seaside in French. 'Grand anse' or 'Grande Anse' are placenames meaning 'large bay' in French. ...

Two, the oldest died as a child of Tuberculosis and Louis XVII died at the age of 10 while in prison. ...

1789 Did you know: Louis XVI was deposed in 1789. In 1789 with the Storming of the Bastille. ...

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The Le Jardin du Luxembourg was built by Marie de' Medici, the widow of King Henry IV and the regent of King Louis XIII. She decided to make an imitation of Palazzo Pitti, the palace where Marie was born (located in Florence, Italy). ...

François Mitterand took over from Valéry Giscard d'Estaing as French president in 1981. ...

1977, when the death penalty was abolished in line with all other civilised countries ...

Joan of Arc did not win the Hundred Years Wars but turn the tide swiftly into favor of the french ...

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To prevent him from interfering with the the French Revolution

It was hoped that he could interrupt UK trade with India.

It is disputed wether Robespierre shot himself in an attempt to commit suicide, or if he was hit by a bullet from the gendarme Merda during his arrest. His jaw was shattered, but he did not die. Amid cross-rumors of treason, (he himself had threatened to disclose a list of enemies of the nation) he was sent to the guillotine without any trial, as well as a 22 of his followers. On the two next days, 83 other people who had...

He was a brilliant military tactician and strategist whose many Battles are still studied today. NEW RESPONDENT Not only. He was also a great legislator. The Napoleonic Code remains also nowadays as the most remarkable set of laws of the XIX century, which influenced the legislation of several countries in subsequent years. ...

Today she gets poor press because of the Frenchdeficit and 'bankrupting' France , but much of the libel of the time was false. ...

OUCH! - IT IS A DEVICE THAT CUTS OFF YOUR HEAD Invented in 1791 by a Frenchman named Laquiante and Tobias Schmidt, a German engineer, it is named for the French doctor who oversaw its development, Joseph-Ignace Guillotin. It consists of a large wooden frame housing a heavy metal blade between two upright guides. When lifted and released, the blade falls freely (like an ax) to behead condemned prisoners. It replaced hanging as a method of execution in 18th Century France, and was...

Despite all his reforms, Napoleon still restricted the rights of women, French colonies, slaves, and the church. But the biggest reason why there is a general sense of fear around Napoleon is due to his military success. Through military tactics and propaganda, nearly every war Napoleon fought ended in a victory, even if the casualties were significant for the French. The fact is that it took Europe's most powerful nations to unite and attack SEVEN times in total to bring him down. Think...

There are three bits to the Palais-Royal The main building is Government offices and not open to the public. The theatre is part of the Comédie-Française, and you have to buy a ticket. The gardens are open as a public park, and the apartments surrounding them are among the highest-rent properties in Paris. So only the gardens are open to the public, and entrance is free. Don't miss the Palis-Royal, it's lovely, one of my favourite places in Paris. For forty years...

Certainly by proxy, but his sword was rarely bloodied. To be specific, he did directly order his troops to kill thousands right in front of him (an example being the riots of 13 Vendémiaire, where he ordered his men to open cannon fire on a mob of French rebels.) He didn't have to go out and kill people with his bare hands, but he is definately a veteran of close quarter violence due to his actions in his early-mid military career. ...

Yes, and No. He was a great King of the most powerful state in Europe at the time, and was extremely wealthy, although his wealth dwindled towards the end of his life. He was the sole source of power in France and had absolute control. These two factors, combined with the prestige of Royalty, meant that there were a lot of people (nobles, mainly) who wanted to be his friends and share in that wealth and power. The number of 'real' friends...

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It was an absolute monarchy and therefore lacked the advice and consent of the governed. The entire government was built on the outmoded concept that certain groups had special rights and privilege as an accident of birth instead of their own merit.It also gave the power to the person only to rich people ...

huguenots was the name for the protestants in the 1600s and 1700s in France. ...