Dates That Made History (2017)

Name: Dates That Made History
Genre: Documentary, History
Rating: 8.6
Cast: Patrick Boucheron

Documentary · History

Historian Patrick Boucheron revisits the most important dates in history through the prisms of memory and collective imagination.

IMDb rating: 8.6 (90 votes)
Episode average: 7.3 -1.3 vs IMDb
Seasons: 3
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video
Language: FR
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 3 seasons indexed

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Patrick Boucheron Self

Seasons

Season 1 (2017)

7.61 avg 10 episodes 7.6 → 7.5 27 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	13 juin -323, mort d'Alexandre le Grand	7.6	23
2	33, crucifixion de Jésus	7.9	24
3	Un Jour De 79, La Destruction De Pompéi/destruction of Pompeii (august 24, 79 A.D.)	7.2	21
4	24 Septembre 622, L'an 1 De L'islam/the Hegira (september 24, 622 A.D.)	7.7	20
5	1347, La Peste Noire/the Black Death (1347 A.D.)	7.7	21
6	Fall of the Angkor Empire (1431 A.D.)	7.3	19
7	1492, un nouveau monde/the New World (1492 A.D.)	8.0	21
8	20 Juin 1789, Le Serment Du Jeu De Paume/the Birth of The French Republic (june 20, 1789 A.D.)	7.7	20
9	6 Août 1945, Hiroshima/hiroshima (august 6, 1945 A.D.)	7.5	21
10	11 Février 1990, Libération De Nelson Mandela/liberation of Nelson Mandela (february 11, 1990 A.D.)	7.5	17

Season 2 (2020)

7.24 avg 20 episodes 7.3 → 8.0 26 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Lascaux Cave (18,000 B.C.)	7.3	14
2	Akhenaten's Religious Revolution (1348 B.C.)	7.3	10
3	21 Avril -753, La Fondation De Rome/the Foundation of Rome (april 21, 753 B.C.)	7.6	11
4	The Trial of Socrates (399 B.C.)	7.7	10
5	Alesia (52 B.C.)	6.5	12
6	The Donation of Constantine (751-756 A.D.)	7.8	10
7	Battle of Talas and Height of the Tang Dynasty (751 A.D.)	7.6	11
8	The Year 1000 A.D.	7.2	11
9	Louis IX Dies in Carthage (August 25, 1270 A.D.)	7.3	13
10	Mansa Musa's Pilgrimage to Mecca (1324 A.D.)	6.2	11
11	The Fall of Constantinople (May 29, 1453 A.D.)	7.0	10
12	Babur Takes Over India and Panipat (April 21, 1526 A.D.)	6.2	9
13	The Assassination of Henry IV (May 14, 1610 A.D.)	7.3	13
14	The American Independence (July 4, 1776 A.D.)	6.9	12
15	The Battle of Borodino (September 7, 1812 A.D.)	7.4	10
16	The Revolutions of 1848 A.D.	7.2	9
17	Octobre 1860 - Le sac du palais d'été de Pékin	7.5	11
18	The Conquest of the South Pole (1911 A.D.)	7.2	7
19	A Colonial Massacre in Paris (October 17, 1961 A.D.)	7.5	9
20	The Other 9/11 (September 11, 1973 A.D.)	8.0	8

Season 3 (2025)

7.14 avg 15 episodes 7.0 → 7.0 27 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Le 1er mai	7.0	6
2	212 - L'édit de Caracala	6.7	6
3	1816 - Frankenstein	7.8	8
4	1521 - La conquête de Mexico	7.0	6
5	30 juin 1936 - Le discours d'Haïlé Sélassié à la SDN	6.8	6
6	1720 - La faillite de Law	7.2	6
7	14 octobre 1066 - La bataille de Hastings	7.5	6
8	1143 - La traduction du Coran	7.5	6
9	Le déluge	7.0	7
10	1648 - La paix de Westsphalie	7.3	6
11	1er juin 1310 - Marguerite Porete au bûcher	6.7	6
12	1er janvier 1804 - L'indépendance d'Haïti	7.5	6
13	800 - Le couronnement de Charlemagne	7.3	6
14	24 septembre 1877 - La bataille de Shiroyama	6.8	6
15	-221 : fondation de l'empire chinois	7.0	6

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