Battle of Valmy
September 20, 1792
A Prussian army marching on Paris met French volunteers and regulars in Champagne. The French artillery, better than Prussia expected, out-shot them. The Prussians withdrew. Goethe, watching, told friends: 'From this place, and from this day forth, begins a new epoch in the history of the world.' A republic was born the next day.
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Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.
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