Template:Did you know nominations/Champ de Mai
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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 17:51, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
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Champ de Mai
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The distribution of standards at the Champ de Mai
Entry ticket for the Champ de Mai
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Napoleon at the Champ de Mai
- ... that despite its name, Napoleon's Champ de Mai ceremony took place in June? "the ceremony of the Champ de Mai took place on 1 June" from: Noel, Jean Auguste (2005). With Napoleon's Guns: The Military Memoirs of an Officer of the First Empire. Frontline Books. p. 215. ISBN 978-1-85367-642-0.
- ALT1:... that 200,000 spectators attended Napoleon's Champ de Mai ceremony? "in this assembly of two hundred thousand of both sexes" from: Knight, Charles (1862). The Popular History of England: an Illustrated History of Society and Government from the Earliest Period to Our Own Time. Bradbury. p. 27.
- ALT2:... that Napoleon swore to uphold a revised constitution during the Champ de Mai ceremony but, after his defeat at Waterloo, abdicated 21 days later?"Napoleon, who with his hand upon the book, swore to observe the constitutions of the Empire" from: Thiers, Adolphe (1865). History of the Consulate and the Empire of France Under Napoleon. Lippincott. p. 554. and "Back in Paris, the parliament forced Napoleon to abdicate; he did so, in favour of his son, on June 22, 1815" from: "Napoleon I - Downfall and abdication". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ALT3:... that the distribution of standards by Napoleon at the Champ de Mai ceremony overran and had to be completed three days later?"as the day was now far advanced, and as there was not sufficient time to distribute the flags of the National Guards to the deputies of the electoral colleges, this part of the ceremony was adjourned to the following days ... wishing to complete the distribution of the standards and come into closer conenctor with the electors, Napoleon determined to assemble in the great gallery of the Louvre ... he appointed the following Sunday, 4th of June for the second ceremony" from: Thiers, Adolphe (1865). History of the Consulate and the Empire of France Under Napoleon. Lippincott. p. 555.
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 08:45, 9 August 2020 (UTC).
Article is new, long enough, well-written and extensively sourced. No copyvio I can detect, and images are properly licensed. Hooks are interesting, AGF for offline sources, web source checks out. I'd go for the first hook myself, the idea of the Champ de Mai taking place in June is quite 'hooky'. Good to go - tres bien! GirthSummit (blether) 17:22, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
