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3 hours ago · Paris Commune. Paris Commune. Part of the aftermath of the Siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War. A barricade thrown up by Communard National Guard on 18 March 1871. Date. 18 March – 28 May 1871. (2 months, 1 week and 3 days) Location. Paris, France.
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The working class of Paris were feeling ostracized after the...
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Sep 12, 2024 · Siege of Paris, major military engagement of the Franco-German (Prussian) War (1870–71), lasting from September 19, 1870 to January 28, 1871. After the defeat at the Battle of the Sedan, where French emperor Napoleon III surrendered, the new French Third Republic was not ready to accept German peace terms. In order to end the Franco-Prussian ...
2 days ago · The Trojan War was a legendary conflict in Greek mythology that took place around the 12th or 13th century BC. The war was waged by the Achaeans (Greeks) against the city of Troy after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, king of Sparta.
Sep 19, 2024 · The Siege of Paris took place from 19 September 1870 to 28 January 1871 and ended in the capture of the city by forces of the various states of the North German Confederation, led by the Kingdom of Prussia.
Sep 10, 2024 · According to the ancient Greek epic poet Homer, the Trojan War was caused by Paris, son of the Trojan king, and Helen, wife of the Greek king Menelaus, when they went off together to Troy. To get her back, Menelaus sought help from his brother Agamemnon, who assembled a Greek army to defeat Troy.
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- There has been much debate over historical evidence of the Trojan War. Archaeological finds in Turkey suggest that the city of Troy did exist but t...
- The Greeks won the Trojan War. According to the Roman epic poet Virgil, the Trojans were defeated after the Greeks left behind a large wooden horse...
- The death of Achilles, the greatest Greek warrior of the Trojan War, is not described in Homeric works. In Arctinus’s Aethiopis, Achilles is said t...
2 days ago · Paris was finally recaptured by Charles VII of France in 1436. When the French king re-entered the city, his enemies in Paris fortified themselves in the Bastille; after a siege, they eventually ran out of food, surrendered and were allowed to leave the city after the payment of a ransom. [25]
Sep 14, 2024 · The Siege of Paris in AD 885-886. Being right on the river Seine, the city of Paris was attacked several times by the Vikings. They could simply sail their ships right up to it. In the spring of AD 845, a large group of Vikings, led by the legendary Ragnar Lothbrok, successfully sacked Paris.
