We can’t traced the history of our island and its people here, however, a few dates among the most significant:

-561 before our era: the Greeks, called Corsica "Kallisté" ("the beautiful"), founded Alalia (auj. Aleria, Eastern Plains).
They successively are hunted by the Etruscans, the Carthaginois, the Romans and front, Byzantium in the ninth century, Pope entrusting the future of the island at Pisa - la "Republic Serenissima of Genoa" succeeded him in the 13th century, and for five long centuries, will occupy our land (over 100 towers to the four cardinal points and coastal cities building); - since the beginning of the 18th century and during forty years, the Corsicans will tirelessly to fight against the occupying forces. Independence if legitimately expected is finally gained in 1755.

 

Pasquale de Paoli ("U Babbu di a Patria", the "father of the fatherland") has set up his Government to Corte (Corti), raises the admiration of the century of the enlightenment philosophers creates Corsica University, gives the first! -the right to vote to women, is establishing the Constitution of the Corsican people which will largely influence than the United States of America introduces a severe but just any justice by promoting agriculture and industry, to beat currency.

-1768: its soldiers win the battle of Borgo (Borgu, Bastia South) against the French troops.

-8 may 1769: Battle of Ponte-Novu (Corte North): 8,000 Corsicans cannot prevent French military 40,000, heavily armed, to impose. Independence will have lasted 14 years! - later world war will make our island very bad. The overwhelming majority of its male population loses life; his heroism will allow the Corsica to have the honor to receive one of the six terminals in the world called "Earth sacred" (Sanguinaires Islands to Ajaccio road).

-The second World War saw the Corsicans on all fronts.

Here, 12,000 German soldiers - assisted by the Italians who, at the time they are together - 80,000 occupy mercilessly, as elsewhere, the ground. It was without relying on the island resistance which, with the help of prestigious colonial troops, RID this ignominy 9 September 1943.

Corsica is the first French Department to be liberated from the Nazi presence.
Another point is also valuable to remember: because they are courageously hidden by the population in the small villages of the Interior, the Jews living on our soil are exempted from the death camps and, fortunately, none of them is denounced, or deported.

 

Once again, grace is rendered our elders and our "righteous"!