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A history of France from 3 million years ago to present, presented by Dr. Gary Girod

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19 May 1051 Henri I of France marries the Rus' princess, Anne of Kyiv. Anne had an enormous impact on the monarchy as she insisted her sons be educated. Learn about Henri I's reign in our episode https://www.thefrenchhistorypodcast.com/75-henri-i-the-monarchys-lowest-point/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2m-IdOwahrHCetybMsCsMj2zd7Wo6OZqPGSf3K7fYMhS3Wv3yKAD9Ty84_aem_AfuoFFOPsZVVYLYqxmfnPVsPa0VTppHeHGKrmQloo3ACEFXoTWjLoj3-hMJkGNnILqleBI25usr0cHndHZm0cASJ

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17 May 1809 Emperor Napoleon I orders the annexation of the Papal States to the French Empire (Map of the empire in 1812).

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16 May 1916 The United Kingdom & the France sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement partitioning former Ottoman territories such as Iraq and Syria. The agreement betrayed the UK's promises to Arabs & led to contested divisions of nations in the Middle East.

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14 May 1610 Henry IV of France is assassinated by Catholic zealot François Ravaillac, and Louis XIII ascends the throne.

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11 May 1987 Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.

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7 May 1945 General Alfred Jodl signs unconditional surrender terms at Reims, France, ending Germany's participation in the war. The document takes effect the next day.

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5 May 1821 Emperor Napoleon dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.

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1900 World's Fair in Paris, France

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4 May 1677 Françoise Marie de Bourbon was born. The youngest illegitimate daughter of Louis XIV, she tried to overthrow her husband in the Cellamare Conspiracy. Her descendants became monarchs in 19th-20th century Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Spain, & France

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30 April 1803 The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling the size of the young nation.

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29 April 1624 French king Louis XIII names Cardinal Richelieu chief minister of France. He became one of the most important ministers of state in the early modern period.

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29 April 1429 Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orléans.

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23 April 1911 Simone Thérèse Fernande Simon was born. She became a famous actress working in France & Hollywood.

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16 April 1799 At The Battle of Mount Tabor Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre. 4,000 French repulsed 35,000 Ottomans.

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15 April 1858 David Émile Durkheim was born. He formally established the academic discipline of sociology and is commonly cited as one of the principal architects of modern social science, alongside Max Weber and Karl Marx.

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15 April 1450 Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English forces, ending English domination in Northern France.

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9 April 1917 The battle of Arras begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge. Their famous victory earned Canada a piece of French soil to hold in memorium for all time.

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9 April 1860 On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.

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9 April 1682 Robert Cavelier de La Salle became the first European to discover the mouth of the Mississippi river. He claimed the territory for the French king, naming it Louisiana.

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7 April 1795 The French First Republic adopts the kilogram and gram as its primary unit of mass.

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7 April 1772 François Marie Charles Fourier was born. An influential early socialist thinker & one of the founders of utopian socialism. Fourier is credited with having originated the word feminism in 1837.

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