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Historical Anecdotes

History is made of anecdotes and little secrets that are passed to posterity. Here is a selection of some of them of all time.

 
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Snobbery

Among the largest private English schools based there over 500 years, that of Eton is the source of the word "snob". At enrollment, those who were not noble, found themselves ...
Ring the bells!

In the Middle Ages, during weddings and other religious ceremonies, some large bells were set in motion with the foot, by beggars hired for the occasion. These poor ...
Eczema of Marat

Marat suffered from a generalized eczema that required him to live in water soothing bath. At his death, the followers of Marat decided to embalm his body for the show ...
The sink of Charles V

Charles V had running water. In his castle of Vincennes, for brushing teeth, he posted himself in front of his small sink, pulled a chain and rainwater collected at the top of ...
England speaks French

England was Norman-French in 1066, when William the Conqueror seized it. During the next 300 years, three languages ​​co-existed in the country: the French spoken by ...
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19. Grouchy private street
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20. Royal healing
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22. Slaughter of emperors in Byzantium
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23. Henry prudent
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24. Hugo saves its Lutetia arena
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25. They are protesting Protestants
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26. Unequal in death
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27. Jean has more land
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28. England speaks French
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29. Eczema of Marat
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30. The state is he?
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31. The origin of the attic
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32. the origin of urinals
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33. The origin of kir
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34. The origin of April Fools
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35. The origin of the term silhouette
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36. The beard!
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37. Razed the Bastille ... in 1784
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38. The crusade for the poor
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39. Abandoned in the Maginot Line ... 1969
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41. The menagerie of Montespan
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44. Pope Joan
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46. The aunt right back
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47. The champagne, the work of the devil
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48. The tragic disgrace Vatel
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49. God Save the Queen of French origne
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50. The sink of Charles V
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51. The lottery of Francis I
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52. the salvation of Dagobert
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53. The secret of porcelain
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54. The upholsterer of Notre Dame
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56. The treasure of Childeric
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57. The July 14
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58. Invented by the 35-hour ... Philippe Orléand
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59. Privateers of Louis XIV
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60. Dictation of Napoleon III
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61. Women without a soul
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62. The daughters of Notre Dame
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63. The daughters of the King
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64. The French and hygiene
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65. The revolutionaries déplombent kings
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66. The Zouaves of the Pont de l'Alma
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67. Louis XIII toasts
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68. Louis XIV
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69. Louis XIV teasing
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70. Louis XV bought Corsica ... and a future emperor
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71. The Abwehr
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72. The origin of brothels
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73. Mata Hari, the spy venal
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74. Mermoz, postman driving
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75. Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel
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76. Mirabeau expelled from the Pantheon
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77. Birth of the label
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78. Birth of the modern tax
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79. Napoleon lucky
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80. Napoleon did not like Dagobert
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81. Napoleon sold Louisiana
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82. Nero talented?
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83. Philippe Auguste Paris paves
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84. Rather dead than shorn!
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85. First device placed on the Moon
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86. Rabelais trip to the state expense
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87. Redeem himself in a murder before 595
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88. Snobbery
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89. Ring the bells!
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90. Superstitions
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91. Kill them all, God will recognize his own
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92. Vauban disgraced
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93. Pastries
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