Tag: Gustave Eiffel

This Day, That Year – March 31

This day in history we feature the Eiffel Tower. A wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris was officially inaugurated on this day in 1889. Trivia – Eiffel Tower Eiffel Tower is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Locally nicknamed “La dame de fer” (French […]

This Day, That Year – December 15

Gustave Eiffel was a French engineer and architect born on this day in 1832. He is best known for the construction of the Eiffel Tower. Did you know that: • The State of Holland granted a patent for a windmill with a crankshaft on this day in 1593• German Astronomer, Simon Marius was the first to […]

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