It’s time for the next “franecdote” — an interesting fact or story from “THAT year in French history“ where “THAT year” is this year minus the number of Facebook fans je parle américain has every Thursday.
Today’s franecdote is from July 25,
when je parle américain had 332 Facebook fans.
So …
The year 2013 — 332 fans = 1681
There were a lot of interesting things that happened in 1681: King Charles II of England granted a land charter to William Penn, who went on to found the colony of Pennsylvania, a woman was flogged in London for “involving herself in politics,” and the last dodo bird was killed … maybe.
But, since this is about France, the franecdote for today is …
<drumroll>
The Grand Opening of
The Canal Royal de Languedoc Continue reading franecdote 1681 : Digging Ditches
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