Mont Blanc: Timeline

1786   Mont Blanc was climbed for the first time by Dr. Michael-Gabriel Paccard and Jacques Balmat.

1892   A hidden lake bursts out of a glacier on the side of Mont Blanc, flooding the valley below and killing around 200 villagers and holidaymakers in

1965   Mont Blanc tunnel between France France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country [i] whose metropolitan territory [i] ... 

 and Italy Italy

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 completed.