XEE4414578: France allied - The king (Louis XVI) had only to sign: on 6 February 1778, the treaty of friendship and trade between France and the rebel colony of North America was signed, which obliged France to guarantee the independence of the United States of America. As a result, war broke out between England and France in June. Illustration from the book Histoire de France by Jules Michelet, 1870., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4414907: Hans Christian Oerested (Oersted or Orsted, 1777-1851) discovered the deviation of the magnetic needle by the closed electric current during a course given at the University of Copenhagen. In” Album de la Science””, Éditions Jouvet, 1896., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4405823: Henri Eugène Philippe Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale (1822-1897), son of King Louis Philippe (Louis-Philippe) 1st, governor of Algeria in 1847, distinguished himself when the Smalla of Abd-el-Kader was captured in 1843. In “” Storia d'Algeri””, Leone Galibert, vol. 2, 1847., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images