Historical clue formulations

• Lot — 2017-05-06
• It's often met "on the road taken to avoid it," per Jean de la Fontaine — 2015-06-13
• Hereafter — 2007-04-19
• Lot — 2006-04-21
• Seer's "revelation" — 2005-09-30
• Kismet — 1999-04-05
• It's irresistible — 1998-09-12
• Lot — 1996-12-07