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1914 – World War I begins. [17] 1918 – July: Reims besieged by German forces. [18] 1922 – Galeries Lafayette built. 1923 – Protestant Church of Reims rebuilt. 1926 – Annual Grand Prix de la Marne motor race begins on the Reims-Gueux circuit. 1928 Reims – Champagne Air Base begins operating. Carnegie Library of Reims opens.
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.
These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history
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 ...
The dauphin arrived at the castle of the Archbishop of Reims in Sept-Saulx (located 21 km from Reims). [34] The dauphin called on the people of Reims to open their gates, despite their vow to resist him for six weeks until relieved by Lancaster and Philip the Good. [35] After negotiations and dinner, Charles VII entered and slept in Reims.
History – records of past events and the way things were. It is also a field responsible for the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about the past. History, by period (See also Timeline of world history) Prehistory – events occurring before recorded history (that is, before written records).
The design may have inspired later 'Maps of World History' such as the HistoMap by John B. Sparks, which chronicles four thousand years of world history in a graphic way similar to the enlarging and contracting nation streams presented on Adam's chart. Sparks added the innovation of using a logarithmic scale for the presentation of history.