Classera or Classa ?

Paul S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Classera or Classa ?

<< Mais en 1969, André Malraux le classera enfin au titre des monuments historiques >>

I'm interested in the use of the future tense for classer here. I can't find any rule about it anywhere.

Clearly this event took place in the past. Is this a mistake ? Shouldn't this have been in the passé simple to give it a literary/formal feeling ? i.e. classa

<< Mais en 1969, André Malraux le classa enfin au titre des monuments historiques >>

Any thoughts welcome. Thanks, Paul.

This question relates to:French dictation exercise "The old fool's palace"

Dictation exercise B2

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Alan G.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

It's the historical future. There's a good explanation here:

https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/historical-tenses/

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