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A series of coordinated Islamist terrorist attacks [ 14][ 15] took place on Friday, 13 November 2015 [ 16][ 17] in Paris, France, and the city's northern suburb, Saint-Denis. Beginning at 21:16, three suicide bombers struck outside the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, during an international football match, after failing to gain entry to the ...
Saïd and Chérif Kouachi, Amedy Coulibaly. From 7 to 9 January 2015, attacks occurred across the Île-de-France region, particularly in Paris. Three attackers killed a total of 17 people in four shooting attacks, and police then killed the three assailants. [6] [7] The attacks also wounded 22 other people.
2015 Thalys train attack. / 50.46583°N 2.97389°E / 50.46583; 2.97389. On 21 August 2015, a man opened fire on a Thalys train on its way from Amsterdam to Paris. [ 6][ 7][ 8] Four people were injured, including the assailant. [ 9] French, American and British passengers confronted the attacker and subdued him.
On 7 January 2015, at about 11:30 a.m. in Paris, France, the employees of the French satirical weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo were targeted in a shooting attack by two French-born Algerian Muslim brothers, Saïd Kouachi and Chérif Kouachi. Armed with rifles and other weapons, the duo murdered 12 people and injured 11 others; they identified ...
2016 Nice truck attack. / 43.6936; 7.2557. On the evening of 14 July 2016, a 19-tonne cargo truck was deliberately driven into crowds of people celebrating Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, resulting in the deaths of 86 people [ n 1] and the injury of 434 others. [ 4] The driver was Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, a Tunisian ...
t. e. German soldiers parade on the Champs Élysées on 14 June 1940 (Bundesarchiv) Paris started mobilizing for war in September 1939, when Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union attacked Poland, but the war seemed far away until May 10th 1940, when the Germans attacked France and quickly defeated the French army. The French government departed ...
Insurrection of 10 August 1792. / 48.86222°N 2.33250°E / 48.86222; 2.33250. The insurrection of 10 August 1792 was a defining event of the French Revolution, when armed revolutionaries in Paris, increasingly in conflict with the French monarchy, stormed the Tuileries Palace. The conflict led France to abolish the monarchy and ...
Strength. 120 ships, with at least 4,000 men. The Siege of Paris of 845 was the culmination of a Viking invasion of West Francia. The Viking forces were led by a Norse chieftain named "Reginherus", or Ragnar, who tentatively has been identified with the legendary saga character Ragnar Lodbrok.