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General Joseph Gallieni, the military governor of Paris in at the start of World War I in 1914. The outbreak of the First World War in August 1914 saw patriotic demonstrations on the Place de la Concorde and at the Gare de l'Est and Gare du Nord as the mobilized soldiers departed for the front.
The Bulgarian troops encountered no resistance and there was no street fighting. However, after the troops entered the city, they set fire to the town and the tower, killing most of the people in their path. As a result, in 1918 when the Bulgarians left, more than half of Giurgiu was razed. [5] Clocktower After World War 1
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29 October – First trial for sorcery, Jeanne de Brigue is convicted by the Parlement of Paris and burned at the stake on 19 August 1391. 1391 August – Founding of the first corporation of artists, the Confrérie des peintres and tailleurs d'images. [26] 1393 The publication of first cookbook and how to run a household, titled Le Ménagier ...
The unprecedented Belgian resistance seriously prolonged the opening German assault at the outbreak of World War I, allowing France and Britain time to organize themselves and a defense of Paris. In addition, it was an important moral victory for the Allies. Battle of the Frontiers
Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."
Louis XVIII was succeeded by his brother Charles X in 1824, but new the government became increasingly unpopular with both the upper classes and the general population of Paris. The play Hernani (1830) by the twenty-eight-year-old Victor Hugo, caused disturbances and fights in the theater audience because of its calls for freedom of expression.
Siege of Paris (885–86): Some three hundred Viking ships arrived at Paris. 886: October: Siege of Paris (885–86): The army of Charles the Fat arrived in Paris. He allowed the Viking fleet to sail to Burgundy, then in revolt. 887: November: An assembly of East Frankish nobles at Trebur deposed Charles the Fat in favor of his nephew Arnulf of ...