@Bolanghoy 7 November 2021 more from that month

French bulldogs, contrary to their names are originally from England and not France. Blood sports such as bull-baiting were outlawed in England in 1835, leaving these "Bulldogs" unemployed. At the same time, lace workers from Nottingham were displaced by the Industrial Revolution began to settle in Normandy, France - they brought their Bulldogs with them.