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On this day in queer history: 4 January 1750

Bruno Lenoir and Jean Diot were arrested in France after being caught having sex in public. Executed a year later, they became the last people put to death in France for consensual sodomy.

#OnThisDay #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #FrenchHistory
January 4, 2026 at 8:16 AM
January 1, 2026 at 7:01 PM
To leave Paris or not to leave: that is still the question facing Marie Louise, whose regency is a joke and throne is about to topple. My latest salon exploration is live. Happy New Year to everyone here! #empressmarielouise #frenchempress #napoleoni #frenchhistory #paris
Author of All Her Misfortunes
To leave Paris or not to leave: that is still the question facing Marie Louise, whose regency is a joke and throne is likely to topple. Welcome to the salon…
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December 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Ah ça ira..🔥🔥💥💥🫣

Go on. Don't look back.
Glory is a magnificent shroud, and we will wear it with hellish class!

#DarkAcademia #RomantismeNoir #VictorianEra #Dandy #PoesieFrancaise #GothicAesthetic #FrenchHistory #Cinematic #AIArt #Spleen #MoodyGrams
December 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The explosion failed to take his life, yet it shaped his rise.

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#Napoleon #FrenchHistory #RueSaintNicaise #PlotoftherueSaintNicaise #ConsulateFrance
December 25, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The head of the GlobArms project, @azzab.bsky.social, has just had his article on French shooting societies in Third Republic France (1871-1914) published with the journal Contemporanea.
#globarms #gunhistory #Frenchhistory #euguns
December 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
@petermcphee.bsky.social @mlinton.bsky.social Haven't seen this cartoon before! Georges's statue now points to Burger & Fries (explains a lot, figure-wise!) and he sometimes gets 'presents' from Max's little friends… #PigeonSky #18C #FrenchHistory
December 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
As Napoleon continues to coddle Marie Louise, he further sets himself up for ruin while she takes dancing and drawing lessons. My latest post is live on Substack. Welcome to the salon… #empressmarielouise #frenchempress #napoleoni #frenchhistory #paris #saintcloud #themodernsalonniere
A Mere Figurehead
As Napoleon continues to coddle Marie Louise, he further sets himself up for ruin while she takes dancing and drawing lessons. Welcome to the salon…
shorturl.at
December 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@FrenchHistory/115711717472833624

And proud of it.

(pro-tip: if you struggle with 70-99 in French, it's because you're translating into your own language. Just memorize the French sounds with the Arabic number, with no translation)

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December 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
#OnThisDay, 9 Dec 1897, Marguerite Durand founds 'La Fronde', a French feminist newspaper written entirely by women.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #FrenchHistory 🗃️
December 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
@dylanmotin.bsky.social, author of ‘How Louis XIV Survived His Hegemonic Bid,’ published an op-ed in the ‘Meer Magazine.’ Read here ➡️ tinyurl.com/35ckpwt8 #meerdotcom #AnthemPress #FrenchHistory #EarlyModernEurope #Hegemony #HistoryOfDiplomacy #newspaperarticle #newreads
December 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
“To make something good of the future, you have to look the present in the face.”

#OnThisDay, 6 Dec 1954, Simone de Beauvoir wins the Prix Goncourt with her novel ‘The Mandarins’.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #ReadMoreWomen #FrenchHistory 🗃️
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December 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Read my post about French Refugees during the Battle of Cambrai in 1917. #WW1 #WorldWarI #FirstWorldWar #FWW #GrandeGuerre #France #FrenchHistory #History #Refugees
French Refugees Enter Marcoing
Refugees During the Battle of Cambrai November 1917
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December 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
of the early Third Republic. Well-researched and refreshingly free of jargon, it will undoubtedly be the canonical work on the history of absinthe for years to come." Thank you! I can only say: Listen to Adam & read my book: h-france.net/h-france-rev... #DrinkingStudies #Absinthe #FrenchHistory 🗃️🍸
H-France Reviews, Volume 25 (2025) – H-France
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December 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
If you want to know more about the role that France's imperial aspirations played in the development of the pathologisation of wet dreams in the 19th century, do have a look! #histmed #HistoryOfSexuality #ColonialMedicine #FrenchHistory #Algeria #Orientalism #skystorians
December 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Very happy that my article on Dorothée Chellier - the first female doctor in colonial Algeria - has been published in the last issue of The Maghreb Review (Vol. 50, No 4 (2025))! #skystorian #Algeria #FrenchHistory #histmed 🗃️
December 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
👑 On this day in 1804: Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French in the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral. 

📝 Article by Harrison W. Mark. 
🖼️ Painting: Napoleon in his coronation robes by François Gérard, c. 1805. 

#NapoleonBonaparte #France #FrenchHistory #History #EmperorNapoleon
December 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Napoleon’s over-protective nature toward his wife Marie Louise was extreme: dare a male dressmaker comment on the loveliness of her shoulders! My latest post is on Substack. Welcome to the salon… #empressmarielouise #frenchempress #napoleoni #frenchhistory #paris #saintcloud #themodernsalonniere
The Spoilt Child of Fortune
Napoleon’s over-protective nature toward Marie Louise was extreme: dare a male dressmaker comment on the loveliness of her shoulders! Welcome to the salon…
shorturl.at
December 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
No. 3 in my "What If History" series, made with the help of Google Notebook to illustrate the ideas. This time, what if Henry V hadn't died in 1422, aged just 35, and had lived to succeed Charles VI as King of France? #history #skystorians #englishhistory #frenchhistory

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What If History #3 - What if Henry V lived to succeed Charles VI as King of France
YouTube video by Chris Brown
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December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM