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1908 – Henri Farman makes the first cross-country flight from Châlons to Reims. [15] 1909 – August: Week of Aviation held near Reims. [5] 1911 – Population: 115,178. [16] 1913 – Museum of Fine Arts opens. 1914 – World War I begins. [17] 1918 – July: Reims besieged by German forces. [18] 1922 – Galeries Lafayette built.
Porte de Mars, from the 3rd or 4th century [7]. Before the Roman conquest of northern Gaul, Reims had served as the Remi tribe's capital, founded c. 80 BC.In the course of Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul (58–51 BC), the Remi allied themselves with the Romans, and by their fidelity throughout the various Gallic insurrections secured the special favour of the imperial power. [7]
The Reims campaign took place during the Hundred Years' War.It occurred after the French de facto government rejected the terms of the Treaty of London and consequently Edward III of England organised and commanded an expeditionary army to gain by force what he had failed to win by diplomacy.
The Archbishop of Reims took the Crown of Charlemagne from the altar and says the forms "God crown thee with a crown of glory, etc.", "Receive this crown, etc." (a conflation of the old French and the Roman forms) and set it on the king's head, while the other eleven peers touched it with their right hands.
Friant began his march from Soissons at 2:00 am and arrived before Reims at 4:00 pm, [20] while Marmont set out from Fismes at 6:00 am. [9] Ney's infantry started from Soissons around 8:00 pm and got to Reims before 4:00 pm. [20] Napoleon set out from Soissons with the Guard cavalry service squadrons. [23]
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The Second Battle of the Marne (French: Seconde Bataille de la Marne; 15 – 18 July 1918) was the last major German offensive on the Western Front during the First World War. The attack failed when an Allied counterattack, led by French forces and supported by several hundreds of Renault FT tanks , overwhelmed the Germans on their right flank ...
French Gothic architecture was the result of the emergence in the 12th century of a powerful French state centered in the Île-de-France.During the reign of Louis VI of France (1081–1137), Paris was the principal residence of the Kings of France, Reims the place of coronation, and the Abbey of Saint-Denis became their ceremonial burial place.