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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 5h

Any podcasters want to record two quotes for me? I'd promote you in exchange

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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 · 03/10/2026

#OTD 3 October 52 BCE Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar, ending the siege and battle of Alesia. Learn all about it in our episode www.thefrenchhistorypodcast.com/16-the-gallo...

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16 – The Gallo-Roman Apocalypse

52 BCE and Prince Vercingetorix unites Gaul in a war to the death with Caesar that will decide Rome and Gaul's fates.

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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

Twitter was bad but it COULD be good before Musk. Now it's just bad.

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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

I don't use my platform to advocate my own opinion but I do think certain things like, "Don't kill kids," "Human beings have rights," "Bigotry is bad," shouldn't be controversial. Boy was I naïve.

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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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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#OTD 20 September 1792 French troops stop an allied invasion of France at the Battle of Valmy. Victory gave the revolutionary government confidence and they quickly proceeded to put Louis XVI on trial for conspiring against the republic.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#OTD 19 September 1870 The siege of Paris begins. The city will hold out for over four months before surrendering.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#OTD 18 September 1981 The Assemblée Nationale votes to abolish capital punishment in France. The cartoon shows François Mitterrand guillotining the guillotine.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#OTD 18 September 1898 The most dramatic moment of the Fashoda Incident occurs. French soldiers established a fort at Fashoda as they sought to expand French territory at the expense of the British. That day a British force 10x larger arrived, leading to a war-scare. The French backed down.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Britain attacking the French navy to keep it out of the hands of the Germans.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Best-selling car in France vs. USA in 2023. The Renault Clio's MPG is 53 to 67 MPG (about 4.2 to 5.3 liters per 100 km). The Ford F-150's MPG is 10-26 (9 to 23 liters per 100km).

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I am just amazed Americans complain about high gas prices (which are lower in the US than most places) and then buy cars which have the lowest efficiency of anywhere in the world.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Best-selling car in France vs. USA in 2023. The Renault Clio's MPG is 53 to 67 MPG (about 4.2 to 5.3 liters per 100 km). The Ford F-150's MPG is 10-26 (9 to 23 liters per 100km).

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#OTD 15 September 1873 The last Imperial German Army troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

France population density. Credit to Geostatistics

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