Quiz: The French Revolution

Liberty Leading the People - Eugène Delacroix (1830)

Quiz: The French Revolution

13 July 2017 / 0 Comments

Quiz

From La Bastille and Louis XVI to Robespierre and Madame Guillotine, how much do you know about the French Revolution?

Fact of the Day

According to Suetonius, emperor Caligula banned anyone mentioning goats in his presence, because he looked like one.

Quote of the Day

"<p>Foul as it is, hell itself is made more foul by the presence of John.</p>
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~ Matthew Paris (13th century chronicler) on King John

On This Day

1420 Charles VI cedes France to Henry V of England in the Treaty of Troyes after Henry's victory at Agincourt 5 years earlier.

1471 Henry VI was murdered in the Tower of London, although the Yorkists claimed he died from displeasure and melancholy.

1991 Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a female suicide bomber. His mother, prime minister Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi, had been assassinated in 1984.