| 1 | 7.12.1431 | Event | In Paris, Henry VI of England was crowned King of France |
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| 2 | 15.8.1543 | Event | The Jesuit order was founded in Paris |
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| 3 | 18.3.1662 | Event | The first ever public buses were started by King Louis XIV in Paris for the poor of the city |
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| 4 | 10.2.1763 | Event | The Peace of Paris ceeded Canada to Britain |
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| 5 | 3.9.1783 | Event | The American 'War of Independence' came to an end, when Britain signed a treaty in Paris |
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| 6 | 21.11.1783 | Event | A Montgolfier brothers hot-air balloon, took Jean de Rosier and the Marquis d'Arlandes, 500ft above Paris |
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| 7 | 16.10.1793 | Event | The Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, was found guilty of treason & executed by guillotine in Paris |
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| 8 | 2.12.1804 | Event | In Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned Emperor of France |
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| 9 | 15.7.1869 | Event | Margarine was patented in Paris, France |
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| 10 | 17.11.1869 | Event | An Englishman, James Moore, won the first cycle race from Paris to Rouen |
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| 11 | 6.10.1883 | Event | The Orient Express travelled from Paris to Istanbul in almost 78 hours, on its maiden run |
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| 12 | 31.3.1889 | Event | The Eiffel Tower in Paris, 985ft tall, was officially opened |
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| 13 | 11.12.1894 | Event | The first Motor Show opened in the Champs-Elysees, Paris, with a total of nine exhibitors |
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| 14 | 10.7.1900 | Event | The Paris underground railway, the Metro, was opened |
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| 15 | 30.11.1900 | Event | Oscar Wilde, the Irish poet and dramatist, died in poverty in Paris |
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| 16 | 19.10.1901 | Event | A Brazilian, Albert De Santon, flew his airship around the Eiffel Tower in Paris, to win a prize of 1,000 pounds |
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| 17 | 23.5.1903 | Event | Rome and Paris were linked by telephone for the first time |
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| 18 | 1.5.1906 | Event | Troops in Paris made many arrests during a May Day protest |
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| 19 | 18.5.1910 | Event | The first ever conference on air traffic opened in Paris |
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| 20 | 22.8.1911 | Event | The picture 'Mona Lisa' was stolen from the Louvre art gallery, Paris |
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| 21 | 7.3.1912 | Event | A Frenchman made the first non-stop flight from Paris to London |
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| 22 | 1.8.1912 | Event | An airmail service between London and Paris began |
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| 23 | 17.11.1917 | Event | Auguste Rodin, the French sculptor of 'The Kiss' & 'The Thinker', died at Meudon near Paris |
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| 24 | 25.8.1919 | Event | The first international air service began between Paris and London |
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| 25 | 11.10.1919 | Event | The first ever 'inflight' meals were served on a flight from London to Paris |
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| 26 | 3.6.1940 | Event | Paris suffered heavy bombing from German aircraft |
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| 27 | 14.6.1940 | Event | German troops entered the French capital, Paris |
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| 28 | 5.7.1946 | Event | The bikini swimsuit was first demonstrated at a Paris fashion show |
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| 29 | 28.5.1961 | Event | The last ever Orient Express from Paris to Bucharest ran |
