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Joséphine de Beauharnais

  • Joséphine de BeauharnaisMarie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie entered the world on the 23rd of June 1763, though historians still argue over whether she arrived in Les…
  • Coronation of NapoleonNapoleon was crowned Emperor of the French on the 2nd of December 1804. This event marked the instantiation of a modern empire in France.
  • Château de MalmaisonJoséphine de Beauharnais bought the manor house in April 1799 for herself and her husband, General Napoléon Bonaparte. The estate sat west of central Paris…
  • Plot of the rue Saint-NicaiseAn Italian engineer in Spanish service created the explosive device known as the infernal machine during the Siege of Antwerp in 1585.