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queerazon.bsky.social
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
juleslarimore.bsky.social
#frenchhistory #medivalhistory
January 1, 2026 at 7:01 PM
saxonhenry.bsky.social
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…
shorturl.at
December 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
frenchcrypte.bsky.social
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
thedailyhistorian.bsky.social
The explosion failed to take his life, yet it shaped his rise.

Follow the page for more daily history posts!

#Napoleon #FrenchHistory #RueSaintNicaise #PlotoftherueSaintNicaise #ConsulateFrance
The Coronation of Napoleon by Jacques-Louis David (1804)
December 25, 2025 at 3:09 AM
euguns.bsky.social
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
cpaphil.bsky.social
Marseille - Exposition Coloniale 1906 - Pavillon de Congo CPA

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#VintagePostcard #CPA #Marseille1906 #ColonialExhibition #ExpositionColoniale #CongoPavilion #ColonialHistory #MarseilleHistory #HistoricExhibition #FrenchHistory
December 20, 2025 at 10:09 AM
nuitsdeyoung.bsky.social
@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
Danton points to Burger&Fries… Danton statue with pigeon on head
December 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
saxonhenry.bsky.social
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
martinkoenigsberg.bsky.social
Just finished my 82nd Book Review of the Year! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #20thCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #BritishImperialHistory #EuropeanHistory #NaziHistory #GermanHistory #ArmouredWarfare #FrenchHistory #BelgianHistory #NetherlandsHistory #HistBookChat
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Martin Koenigsberg's review of From Normandy to Germany in a Tank
4/5: What was it like to cruise across a continent in Ike's "Crusade" to free Europe? Michael Robert Ibbotson discussed it at length with his uncle, whose memoirs he presents here. Arthur was a big fa...
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December 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
jckaelin.bsky.social
#OTD #TDIH #December14, 1812: #Napoleon's #FrenchInvasionOfRussia ends in catastrophic defeat.
#PatrioticWarOf1812 #RussianCampaign #GrandArmee #FrenchHistory #NapoleonicWars #RussianHistory #Tchaikovsky #1812Overture
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Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture (Full with Cannons)
YouTube video by avrilfan2213
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December 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
jckaelin.bsky.social
#OTD #TDIH #December14, 1812: #Napoleon's #FrenchInvasionOfRussia ends in catastrophic defeat.
#PatrioticWarOf1812 #RussianCampaign #GrandArmee #FrenchHistory #NapoleonicWars #RussianHistory #Tchaikovsky #1812Overture
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Overture 1812 finale Ernie Kovacs show
YouTube video by AKCH2581
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December 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
david.fediverse.setouchi.social
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
romanpiso.bsky.social
#Discover #History #Europe #EuropeanHistory #France #FrenchHistory #LouisXIV #DNA #Genetics #Genes #Science #Forensics #KingsOfFrance #Genealogy #Monarchy #FrenchMonarchy #Paris #News #📰News

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Louis XIV's Cause of Death Revealed by DNA from His Mummified Heart 310 Years After He Was Buried in Paris
Louis XIV, who was the King of France and the longest reigning monarch in European history, died on Sept. 1, 1715
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December 10, 2025 at 4:01 AM
carvehername.bsky.social
#OnThisDay, 9 Dec 1897, Marguerite Durand founds 'La Fronde', a French feminist newspaper written entirely by women.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #FrenchHistory 🗃️
Cover of an issue of La Fronde. It looks like a torn back newspaper that reveals a white woman sat pensively at a desk. Photo of Marguerite Durand. She is a white woman with dark hair.
December 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
anthempress.bsky.social
@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
carvehername.bsky.social
“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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Simone de Beauvoir sat in a cafe, working. She is a white woman with dark hair.
December 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
historyisallaround.bsky.social
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
drninastuder.bsky.social
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
drninastuder.bsky.social
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
drninastuder.bsky.social
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 🗃️
This image shows the content page of the last issue of The Maghreb Review, Vol. 50, No 4 (2025). It shows articles by several different people, amongst them, the fourth from the top: Nina Salouâ Studer: "Female Agents of Colonialism: Women Doctors in Algeria at the Turn of the Century". This image is a screenshot of the abstract of my article "Female Agents of Colonialism: Women Doctors in Algeria at the Turn of the Century". The abstract says: "Dorothée Chellier was born in Algiers in 1860 to French settler parents and became the first female French doctor in colonial Algeria, after completing her studies in Paris. As she had in-depth knowledge of the country, she was sent on “medical missions” to various parts of remote Algeria in the 1890s with the express goal of observing the lives and medical problems of “native” women. Chellier published a short book about a mission to the Aurès region in 1895, in which she focused on gynaecological issues among Algerian women. She often described how these women voluntarily contacted and trusted her, apparently eager to get help from a female French doctor. She also highlighted the importance of female medical experts for the future of France’s colonial project in Algeria, as Muslim women had been mostly hidden from her male counterparts throughout the 19th century. This chapter proposes to analyse Chellier’s detailed descriptions of (the limitations of) the agency of Algerian women and contrast this with her own actions, influences and reception. Upon publication in 1895, her book was well received in French newspapers and her pioneering work served as an example to those female French doctors, like Hélène Abadie-Feyguine and Françoise Legey, who became active around the turn of the century in colonial Algeria. While sympathetic to many aspects of the lives of Algerian women, it is important to frame Chellier as an agent of colonialism. She defined her goals as providing medical help to formerly neglected groups in Algeria, as well as helping to “educate” the masses that she clearly viewed as being ignorant and unwilling to conform with France’s guidance. This was in line with the ideology of France’s paternalistic mission civilisatrice and with the opinions professed by her male colleagues."
December 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
worldhistory.org
👑 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
saxonhenry.bsky.social
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
ingilramus.bsky.social
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
valdeloir.bsky.social
Проголошення Наполеона III імператором.
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#НаполеонIII #ДругаІмперія #державнийпереворот1851 #історіяФранції #ЛуїНаполеон
#NapoleonIII #SecondEmpire #Coup1851 #FrenchHistory #LouisNapoleon
Проголошення Наполеона III імператором. — Сусіди.
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buymeacoffee.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 AM