_French Dates._--I annex a singular connexion between the dates of some
of the most important occurrences in the history of France, which was
mentioned to me by a French lady, with whom I had the pleasure of
travelling from Soissons to Paris the day after the melancholy death of
the Duke of Orleans, in July 1842. By following out the same principle
of addition, the next great national event appears to be in store for
the year 1857. Of course the superstitious reader must shut his eyes on
1848.
1794 - Period of Robespierre.
1
7
9
4
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1815 - Waterloo.
1
8
1
5
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1830 - Revolution.
1
8
3
0
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1842 - Death of the Duke of Orleans.