#Ancient #DNA #Reveals What Defeated #Napoleon’s 1812 #Army - #BioTechniques

What defeated #Napoleon’s #army in #Russia in 1812 has long been debated by historians and #scientists alike. Now, thanks to ancient #DNA #analysis, #researchers at the @pasteur.fr have identified the likely culprit 🦠 >>> 🧪

https://www.biotechniques.com/microbiology/what-really-defeated-napoleons-army-in-1812-ancient-dna-reveals-surprising-adversary/

What really defeated Napoleon’s army in 1812? Ancient DNA reveals surprising adversary

Investigating ancient DNA, researchers have identified the pathogens responsible for felling Napoleon’s army in Russia, 1812.

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From 1789 seating charts to Roman civil wars, a historical look at why the left-right political spectrum is an obsolete trap—and why it’s time for fusion. (A direct result of eleven hours in an emergency ward reading about Napoleon.)

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#history #PoliticalPhilosophy #Napoleon #ancientrome #essay

Riche semaine #wiki à Lyon :
- lundi 08/06, c'était l'éditathon "Lyon sous le Consulat et le Premier Empire" aux archives départementales du Rhône et de la métropole de Lyon. Le groupe local (Cabale de la quenelle) a été actif !
(vous pouvez retrouver les contributions dans le tableau de bord ici : https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Archives_d%C3%A9partementales_du_Rh%C3%B4ne_et_de_la_M%C3%A9tropole_de_Lyon/Editathon_Lyon_sous_le_Consulat_et_le_Premier_Empire)

@Briqueloup

#Wikipedia #Lyon #Commons #Wikidata #1erEmpire #Napoleon #histoire #archives

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Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade, born June 2, 1740

"Bonaparte and the Bouquiniste," illustration by Danny Hellman, 9/25/23

#illustration #illustrator #comics #comix #sade #sadism #libertine #bastille #frenchrevolution #napoleon #bouquiniste
Napoleon und Sachsen: Ein kleines Königreich in der Katastrophe der napoleonischen Kriege · Leipziger Zeitung

Napoleon und Sachsen – das ist eine verzwickte Geschichte. Die auf einmal erstaunlich gegenwärtig wirkt, wenn Christoph und Heidi Pötzsch dieses Kapitel

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When #Napoléon reintroduced #slavery in the Caribbean, many there preferred death. The #BattleOfMatouba on #Guadeloupe ended on #ThisDayInHistory in 1802 with the ignition of distributed barrels of powder, so the 500 remaining Black rebels took 400 French troops down with them.