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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 1h

#OTD 14 October 1066 Duke Guillaume of Normandy defeats Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings, leading to the Norman Conquest of England.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

#OTD 13 October 1307 Hundreds of the Knights Templar in France are arrested at dawn by King Philippe the Fair, and later confess under torture to heresy. Philippe later burned the last grandmaster of the Templars alive.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Popularity of US President Donald Trump in European countries. He currently has the highest approval rating in France with a -67, compared to the lowest in Denmark with -91. The latter is not surprising given his continual threats to invade Greenland (a part of Denmark).

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

#OTD 9 October 1981 President François Mitterrand abolishes capital punishment in France.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

#OTD 9 October 1934 An Ustashe assassin kills King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France, in Marseille.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

#OTD 9 October 1859 Alfred Dreyfus was born. He was a Jewish man who became an artillery officer whose trial & conviction in 1894 on charges of treason became one of the most polarizing political dramas in modern French history.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Sword Napoleon wore at his coronation at Notre-Dame Crafted by Nicolas-Noël Boutet, circa 1801

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#OTD 5 October 1789 The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#OTD 5 October 1713 Denis Diderot was born. He became one of the most famous philosophers of the Enlightenment, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the Encyclopédie along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. His works served as a precursor to the French Revolution.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#OTD 5 October 1728 The 'Chevalier d'Éon' was born. They became a diplomat, spy, & soldier. D'Éon fought in the Seven Years' War, & spied for France while in Russia and England. D'Éon appeared publicly as a man & pursued masculine occupations for 49 years. Starting in 1777, d'Éon lived as a woman.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#OTD 2 October 1851 Ferdinand Foch was born. general and military theorist who served as the Supreme Allied Commander during the First World War. He famously said of that the Treaty of Versailles "is not peace. It is an armistice for twenty years" & was right.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Percentage of processed food by country, 2020. The closer to the Mediterranean the more natural the food

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Talleyrand plan to partition Belgium, 1830

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#OTD 28 September 1934 Brigitte Bardot was born. She became an actress, singer and model. Famous for portraying sexually emancipated characters with hedonistic lifestyles, she was one of the best known sex symbols of the late 1950s and 1960s.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#OTD 28 September 1066 Guillaume, Duke of Normandy, lands in England, beginning the Norman conquest.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#OTD 27 September 2019 Over two million people across 2,400 locations worldwide participated in worldwide strikes to protest for governmental policy changes that address the threat of climate change.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#OTD 27 September 1066 William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme river, beginning the Norman conquest of England.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#OTD 27 September 1791 The National Assembly of France votes to award full citizenship to Jews.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Last year I had a conversation with a Zionist and I said that while Israel has a right to defend itself, killing children is wrong, to which he responded, "Aha. Mask off." I think about that a lot.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#OTD 26 September 1918 The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Senegalese troops of the Free French forces at the time of the inspection by General Leclerc in Tunisia, 19 May 1943

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Europe The patron saint of each European country. Saint Denis and Joan of Arc are the saints of France

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#OTD 23 September 1865 Marie-Clémentine "Suzanne" Valadon, was born to an impoverished mother & never knew her father. She dropped out of school at age 11 to work. She moved to Montmartre in 1880 & taught herself how to paint. With no formal education she became one of the great painters of her age.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#OTD 23 September 1913 Roland Garros of France becomes the first to fly in an airplane across the Mediterranean (from St. Raphael in France to Bizerte, Tunisia).

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This image has gone viral with the caption "Poignant street art in Lille." Spot what's wrong with it.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

United States 2018 Proportion of French Americans by County

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#OTD 22 September 1792 The first new day of the Republican calendar begins. The day was called Primidi Vendémiaire of Year One.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#OTD 21 September 1792 The National Convention abolishes the monarchy.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

German dictator Adolf Hitler & other top Nazis inspect a scale model of a planned Triumphal Arch in Berlin, circa 1939. Hitler modeled the arch on Napoleon's Arc de Triomphe but wanted it to be larger.

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