Tag: France
Timbuktu, Mali Manuscripts, Libraries 1300 AD Timbuktu (French: Tombouctou), Mali, was founded as a seasonal camp by Tuareg desert nomads in the 9th century during the dominance of the …
Notaries and the Knights Templar, 1119-1307 The Knighthood of the Temple of Solomon or Knights Templar was an elite religious and military order founded around 1119 AD by nine wealthy …
Colorado Day, Statehood August 1, 1876 Colorado Day is an annual observance that commemorates Colorado statehood, and Colorado history. On August 1, 1876, President Ulysses S. Grant signed a …
La Salle Expedition, Louisiana Territory, 1682 Jacques de La Metairie was a royal notary at Fort Frontenac, New France, (now Kingston, Ontario) acting under a royal commission, granted in …