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The diabolo drink appeared before 1920, [3] and became popular in France in the 1920s. The drink was around that time described as a mixture of a lemon soda and a 'very light tincture of liqueur', [4] a lemonade and a cassis liquor, [5] or a lemon-lime soda and a syrup.
France obtains Lille and other territories of Flanders from Spain. 1678: Treaties of Nijmegen: A series of treaties ending the Franco-Dutch War. France obtains the Franche-Comté and some cities in Flanders and Hainaut (from Spain). 1684: 15 August: Truce of Ratisbon: End of the War of the Reunions. France obtains further territories in the ...
7% of the deaths in France of people aged 15 years and over are attributable to alcohol. It kills 41,000 people each year. [3] Around 580,000 hospitalizations due to alcohol take place in France each year. The estimated cost of these hospitalizations is 2.64 billion euros. In 2022, 22% of adults had alcohol consumption above recommendations.
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Timelines of New France history (1 C, 7 P) Pages in category "French history timelines" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
The drink shares its name with the balché tree (Lonchocarpus violaceus), the bark of which is fermented in water together with honey from the indigenous stingless bee. [ 38 ] Tepache is a mildly alcoholic beverage indigenous to Mexico that is created by fermenting pineapple , including the rind, for a short period of three days.
Absinthe, an aniseed-based liquor largely produced by the Pernod Fils company, was the established "drink of choice" in France. However, absinthe had a high alcohol content and there were exaggerated fears that it was a dangerously addictive psychoactive drug and hallucinogen (side-effects thought to be caused by trace amounts of thujone ). [ 4 ]
The Third Republic from its Origins to the Great War, 1871-1914 (The Cambridge History of Modern France) (1988) excerpt and text search; Price, Roger. A Social History of Nineteenth-Century France (1987) 403pp. 403 pgs. [ISBN missing] Robb, Graham. The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography, from the Revolution to the First World War (2007)