Today in History for Sept. 5:

In 1534, Jacques Cartier arrived in France after his first voyage to Canada.

In 1638, Louis XIV of France was born.

In 1698, Peter the Great of Russia imposed a tax on beards.

In 1755, the deportation of 14,000 Acadians from Nova Scotia began. The British forced the French farmers to leave because they refused to swear allegiance to England. The British army destroyed their homes and forced the Acadians into exile in the 13 colonies from Massachusetts to Georgia. Many ended up in Maine and Louisiana, where there are still vibrant Acadian communities. Many returned secretly over the years, and then openly after 1764, when they were granted permission to return.

In 1781, the French fleet defeated the British outside Chesapeake Bay during the American Revolu

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