#JamesWolfe died #OnThisDay in 1759 while leading British forces to victory in the Battle of Quebec, which enabled Britain to seize all of French N. America; as he lay dying, he quoted Gray's "Elegy in a Country Churchyard":

www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44299/...
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⚔️ 31 juillet 1759
la #bataille de Beauport

En pleine guerre de Sept Ans,
les #forces #britanniques de #JamesWolfe tentent de percer les #défenses #françaises près de #Québec

L’ #assaut de Beauport se #solde par un #échec britannique.
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#Beauport #Québec #NouvelleFrance #GuerreDeSeptAns #Histoire

Monkeys, Guayabas and Guavas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgvDOyolbN8

Spider Monkeys in Costa Rica have rebounded their populations since devastating outbreaks of Yellow Fever in the 50's and 60's.

#costarica #jameswolfe

#JamesWolfe died #OnThisDay in 1759 while leading British forces to victory in the Battle of Quebec; as he lay dying on the Plains of Abraham, he quoted the immortal lines from Thomas Gray's "Elegy in a Country Churchyard":
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44299/...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W...

#JamesWolfe was born #OnThisDay in 1727; Gen. Wolfe would lead the British to victory in the Battle of Quebec in 1759, resulting Britain's adding all of #NewFrance — half of #NorthAmerica — to its vast colonial empire, a key turning point in history...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W...

#JamesWolfe died #OnThisDay in 1759 in the Battle of Quebec, which enabled Britain to seize all of France's possessions in North America; as he lay dying, Wolfe quoted Thomas Gray's "Elegy in a Country Churchyard":

www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44299/...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W...

⚜️ #Jemesouviens
Bombardements sur ⚜️Québec

En 1759, les 🇬🇧 Britanniques, dirigés par le général #JamesWolfe, ont bombardé ⚜️ #Québec pendant plus de deux mois (+ 50 000 boulets, bombes et carcasses incendiaires sur la ville).

#NouvelleFrance #patrimoine #histoire #paysQc #francophonie