Historical place archive

Riom in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Riom in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

4 records3 event labels3 people1789–1942

Historical events in Riom

1789

25 March 1789
Election as Noble Deputy
Lafayette · Revolution of France

Lafayette was elected as a noble deputy for Riom and entered the Estates General as a supporter of reform.

1942

1942
Trial
Pierre Laval · World War, 2nd

Trials held by the Vichy Government of those responsible for the 1940 French collapse

1942
Vichy Government
Pierre Laval · World War, 2nd

Trials held by the Vichy Government of those responsible for the 1940 French collapse

19 February 1942
Trial
Maurice Gustave Gamelin · World War, 2nd

Tried before the French High Court at Riom for the French defeat

Provenance

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