France

Today In History: October 28

October 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty was dedicated.

October 19, 1781, Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown.

October 16, 1793, Marie Antoinette was executed.

Abdol Hossein Sardari saved countless Parisian Jews from Nazis.

August 1, 1589, King Henry III of France was stabbed by an assassin.

July 14, 1789, the Bastille was stormed by a mob of angry citizens.

July 7, 1438, Charles VII of France issued the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges.

August 1, 1589, King Henry III of France was stabbed by an assassin.

May 16, 1770, Marie Antoinette and Louis-Auguste married.

April 29, 1429, Joan of Arc entered Orleans with her troops.