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#OTD 2 August 1834 Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi was born. He designed the Statue of Liberty which France gave as a gift to the United States of America.
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#OTD 3 August 881 Louis III of France defeats the Vikings at the Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied.
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#OTD 3 August 1645 The Second Battle of Nördlingen sees French forces defeating those of the Holy Roman Empire.
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#OTD 1 August 1469 Louis XI of France founds the chivalric order called the Order of Saint Michael in Amboise.
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#OTD 4 August 1701 New France and the First Nations sign The Great Peace of Montreal. Because many chiefs could not write, they drew the symbols of their tribes.
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#OTD 4 August 1755 Nicolas-Jacques Conté was born. He invented the modern pencil, experimented with hot air balloons and was one of Napoleon's experts who accompanied him to Egypt.
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#OTD 4 August 1821 Louis Vuitton was born. He became the personal trunk-maker of Empress Eugénie de Montijo. He founded the Louis Vuitton fashion house, one of the most influential in the world. He also invented the first lock that could not be picked.
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#OTD 4 August 1919 Michel Déon was born. He published over 50 works & won the Prix Interallié & the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française. He is considered to have been one of the most innovative French writers of the 20th century.
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