French history

French history is often fascinating. Discover here some of the events that have left their mark on French history, and some of the personalities, famous and otherwise, who deserve to be introduced.
From the first female executioner to the Chevalier de la Barre, from Clémenceau to the Baroness de Roche, history's first female aviator, discover the destinies that have marked French history, each in their own way.

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French history
French history Brittany

Marguerite Le Paistour : the female executioner

French history
French history France

Marie Antoinette ? always so fascinating!

French history
French history Paris and Ile de France

Who imagined the gardens of Versailles ?

French history
French history Basse Normandie / Normandy

Who was William the Conqueror?

French history
French history Paris and Ile de France

Who chose the Unknown Soldier?

French history
French history France

Ravel: the author of the first hit in history

French history
French history France

Eleanor of Aquitaine : ancestor of the kings of England

French history
French history Pays de la Loire

Jules VERNE ? the French inventor of "science fiction

French history
French history Paris and Ile de France

Antonin Carême ? The real Ratatouille

French history
French history France

Marie Curie ? French and twice Nobel Prize winner