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|March 09, 2026
9 March is St Frances Day, the Patron Saint of housewives, motorists and bachelors.
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1562: Kissing in public was banned in Naples, contravention being punishable by death.
1763: William Cobbett, political journalist and author of Rural Rides, was born in Farnham, Surrey.
1796: Napoleon married society beauty Josephine de Beauharnais.
1831: The French Foreign Legion was founded by King Louis Philippe, with headquarters at Sidi-bel-Abbes in Algeria.
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