france gave the us the statue of liberty on july 4, 1884.
when did france give the us the statue of liberty?
july 4 , 1884
in a symbolic act, the first rivet placed into the skin, fixing a copper plate onto the statue's big toe, was driven by united states ambassador to france levi p. morton. the skin was not, however, crafted in exact sequence from low to high; work proceeded on a number of segments simultaneously in a manner often confusing to visitors. some work was performed by contractors—one of the fingers was made to bartholdi's exacting specifications by a coppersmith in the southern french town of montauban. by 1882, the statue was complete up to the waist, an event barthodi celebrated by inviting reporters to lunch on a platform built within the statue. laboulaye died in 1883. he was succeeded as chairman of the french committee by ferdinand de lesseps, builder of the suez canal. the completed statue was formally presented to ambassador morton at a ceremony in paris on july 4, 1884, and de lesseps announced that the french government had agreed to pay for its transport to new york. the statue remained intact in paris pending sufficient progress on the pedestal; by january 1885, this had occurred and the statue was disassembled and crated for its ocean voyage.
statue of liberty
henry would employ the english and welsh archers on a massive scale in his campaign at agincourt. upon the death of henry iv, thomas, duke of clarence (henry v's younger brother) was supported as the heir rather than henry. the dauphin was made duke of guyenne, which was english gascony, as the armagnacs wanted gascony back under their own sovereignty. clarence was to lead the english in gascony, not henry; this would give him a chance to take the throne of england. while clarence was away in gascony, henry v took the throne. henry had also successfully fended off the dauphin's designs on the guyenne region. as henry started his reign in 1413, and the civil war in france was still on, henry demanded that the king of france give him back an extended aquitaine, normandy, the ports of provence, the old county of toulouse (which was vassal to the angevin empire), and the provinces of maine and anjou. the french refused to accept his demands, and they ignored his claims. in 1415, at the age of twenty-eight, henry began his invasion of france which would culminate in the battle of agincourt.
dual monarchy of england and france