Since the 16ᵉ century. In the Middle Ages, the year began on Easter Day. But Easter fluctuated according to the moon. Pope Gregory XIII modified the Julian calendar and had the Gregorian calendar adopted, which removed 10 days in one fell swoop. Thus, Friday October 15, 1582 succeeded Thursday October 4, 1582. Explanatory notes.
It’s a little chilly in France at the end of 2024. But if the cold of yesteryear were to fall upon us, it would cause thousands of deaths. Here’s a reminder…
Emmanuel Legeard’s historical investigation ”Germigny-L’Exempt ou les Trois Deniers de Gaspard” (L’Harmattan) reveals the unsuspected treasures of a small Cher village.
The Departmental Museum of the Resistance and Deportation of the Haute-Garonne in Toulouse and the Memorial of the Camp of Rivesaltes (66) present two exhibitions of British photographer Michael Kenna.
Let’s act urgently in all citizenship so that our poor country recognized yesterday everywhere as the “Country of the Enlightenment” does not become, at the table of the masters of hamburger and sweet tomato sauce, the country of misery, the empire of darkness!
Inaugurated on June 18, 1972, almost two years after the death of the General, the Lorraine cross in Colombey-les-deux-Églises (52) recalls the memory of the one who gave back to France its honor and its independence. But the origin of this cross is much older…
The similarities between the Russian-Ukrainian conflict of today are numerous with the Spanish civil war of 193-39. And rather worrying.
For its 5thᵉ edition and as every year, the international event of ALSACE FAN DAY will take place on June 24. From Canada to Japan, from Sweden to Australia, as in all of Alsace, Alsatians from all over the world celebrate their identity and values on this day… while partying!
Our planet Earth, Gaia in Greek, considered as a living being, regularly corresponds with another planet in the universe, Aurora Kepler 452 B in the constellation of the Swan. Gilles Voydeville makes us discover this magnificent interstellar correspondence.
“It is not the vocation of NATO (…) nor the vocation of France to engage in neo-colonial wars for unmentionable purposes. Interview with Ghislain Dubois, author of the book “Les crimes de l’OTAN (Plaidoyer pour les victimes)”.
After revealing the identity of Joan of Arc’s fiancé in a first book, the Parisian lawyer A.-P. Turton makes new revelations about La Pucelle in his book “L’histoire inconnue du Livre de Poitiers”.
Our planet Earth, Gaia in Greek, considered as a living being, regularly corresponds with another planet in the universe, Aurora Kepler 452 B in the constellation of the Swan. Gilles Voydeville makes us discover this magnificent interstellar correspondence.
