2015 Event In response to terrorist dangers such as the January shootings at French satire magazine 'Charlie Hebdo', the French National Assembly passes a law to expand the government's surveillance powers; critics warn that the act will violate civil liberties 2015 Event Clues in the crash of a Germanwings flight during clear weather Tuesday suggest that the co-pilot locked the pilot out of the cabin before deliberately downing the jet in the French Alps; investigations of the co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, are ongoing 2015 Event Over 3.5 million people in Paris and across France stage unity rallies to protest the recent Islamist terrorist attack on the offices of French satire magazine 'Charlie Hebdo'; the rallies carry the theme 'Je Suis Charlie' (I am Charlie) 2015 Event Police have killed two of the three men who attacked the offices of French satire magazine 'Charlie Hebdo' yesterday to avenge the Prophet Muhammad; the third attacker turned himself in after the incident, which killed 12 and wounded 11 people 2014 Event French President Francois Hollande proposes that terminally ill patients should have the right to be sedated until death; the proposal does not suggest assisted termination of the patient's life 2014 Event Nicolas Sarkozy, former French President, is re-elected as head of the Union for a Popular Movement; Sarkozy intends to pursue the presidency again in 2017 2014 Event French author Patrick Modiano receives the Nobel Prize in Literature, winning the award over noted poet Adonis and writers Haruki Murakami, Svetlana Alexievich, and Ngugi wa Thiong'o 2014 Event French judicial officials are investigating IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde for her alleged role in fraudulent payments during her time as France's finance minister; LaGarde believe that the charges are unfounded 2014 Event French tennis player Alize Cornet beats top-ranked Serena Williams at Wimbledon 2014 Event Maria Sharapova wins the French Open, beating Simona Halep; Sharapova has now won two French Open titles 2014 Event French satellite images confirm Chinese detection of potential debris from missing Malaysian Air Flight 370, which disappeared March 8th 2014 Event Chinese automaker Dongfeng and the French government have each invested in PSA Peugeot Citroen, which ranked as the European car company with the lowest sales of new vehicles last year 2014 Event Renaud Lavillenie, French champion pole vaulter, breaks the previous height record, held by athlete Sergey Bubka, at the Pole Vault Stars meet in Donetsk, Ukraine; Lavillenie reached 6.16 meters indoors, exceeding Bubka's world record of 6.15 m indoors achieved in 1993 2014 Event Serbian tennis player Ana Ivanovic, 2008 French Open Champion and former world number one, beats Serena Williams, a five-time Australian Open champion, during the fourth round of the 2014 Australian Open 2013 Event A report in Le Monde prompts the Foreign Minister of France, Laurent Fabius, to summons the U.S. ambassador over allegations that the U.S. spied on millions of French phone conversations 2013 Event At the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, the French film, 'Blue is the Warmes Colour' wins the Palme d'Or 2013 Event The French military's M51 missile test fails when the missile self-destructs in midair 2013 Event In Europe, ready-meal manufacturer, Findus, withdrew its beef lasagne meals from supermarkets after confirming beef supplied by French manufacturer, Comigel contained horsemeat 2013 Event In the wake of several anti-Semitic and racist posts on Twitter, a French court orders the company to reveal personal information about its users 2013 Event Actor Gerard Depardieu is granted citizenship by Russian President, Vladimir Putin; Depardieu renounced his French citizenship due to the country's high taxes 2012 Event Liliane Bettencourt, French L'Oreal heiress, sells D'Arros Island to pay tax bills for $60 million 2012 Event President of France, Francois Holland finalizes a deal with Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara to forgive $4.7 billion dollars in debt incurred by the Ivory Coast when it was a French Colonial Power 2012 Event Following an avalanche that swept away nine climbers, Italian and French rescue crews recover the bodies of two climbers on Mont Blanc in the Alps 2012 Event The newly-elected President of France, Francois Hollande, makes a surprise visit to see the French troops in Afghanistan 2012 Event In the second round of the French presidential election Francois Hollande is elected President of France 2012 Event One of the heroes of the French Resistance, Raymond Aubrac, dies at the age of 97 2012 Event French comic artist Jean Giraud, creator of 'Blueberry' and numerous influential science-fiction comics, dies at 73 2012 Event French President Nicolas Sarkozy presents an economic reform package that increases taxes and proposes a new tax on financial transactions 2011 Event In the French city of Cannes, the 2011 G-20 summit commences; discussions will focus on the continuing Eurozone debt crisis 2011 Event Former French President Jacques Chirac begins stands trial in Paris for embezzlement charges 2011 Event Ancient Korean royal books looted by French troops in 1866 are returned to South Korea; 1,000 officials and locals celebrate the return of the 297-volume 'Oegyujanggak' books 2011 Event At the 2011 French Open, Roger Federer is defeated in mens singles by Rafael Nadal 2011 Event Li Na becomes the first Asian tennis player to win a major title winning the 2011 French Open; Li Na is from the People's Republic of China 2011 Event French Minister of Finance, Christine Lagarde, declares her candidacy as head of the International Monetary Fund 2010 Event A male Algerian is fined by a court in Nice for insulting the French national flag; this was the first such penalty ever to be administered 2010 Event 35 suspected pirates off the coast of Somalia are captured by the French Navy, the European Union's most successful mission 2007 Event Nicolas Sarkozy wins the French presidential election 2005 Event French reject a referendum on the E.U. constitution 2005 Death Paul Ricoeur, French Philosopher 2005 Death Eddie Barclay, French Musician 2004 Death Julia Child, French Chef, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, dies at 91 2003 Death Marie Trintignant, French Actress 1999 Death Robert Bresson, French Director 1998 Event 68th French Womens Tennis: 1998 Death Maurice Schumann, French foreign minister (1969-73), dies 1997 Death Stephane Grappelli, French jazz violinist, dies at 89 1997 Death Georges Marchais, Sec General of French Communist Party (1972-94), dies 1997 Death Andre Boucourechliev, French Composer 1997 Event French court orders producer Jacques Charrier, ex-husband of Brigitte Bardot, to pay the former screen star $8,300 in damages 1997 Death Jacques Yves Cousteau, French Explorer 1997 Event 67th French Mens Tennis: Gustavo Kuerten beats S Bruguera (63 64 62) 1997 Event 67th French Womens Tennis: Iva Majoli beats Martina Hingis (64 62) 1996 Death Alain Poher, French President of European Parliament (1966-69), dies 1996 Death Marcel Carne, French Director 1996 Death Didi Duprat, French guitarist, dies at 69 1996 Death Paul Touvier, French WW II criminal, dies at 81 1996 Event 66th French Mens Tennis: Yevgeny Kafelnikov beats M Stich (76, 75, 76) 1996 Event 66th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats A S Vicario (63, 67, 108) 1996 Event Eastenders star Michael French is reported to be a homosexual 1995 Death Charles Bruck, Hungarian/French/U.S. conductor (Dutch Opera), dies at 83 1995 Death John Cruickshank, French scholar, dies at 70 1995 Event 65th French Mens Tennis: Thomas Muster beats Michael Chang (75 62 64) 1995 Event 65th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graff beats A.S. Vicario (76 46 60) 1995 Event Jacques Chirac wins French presidential election 1995 Death Christian Pineau, French politician, dies 1995 Death Etienne Martin, French sculptor, dies at 82 1995 Death Paul-Emile Victor, French pole explorer, dies at 87 1995 Death Gilbert Gadoffre, French scholar, dies at 84 1995 Death Alexis d'Anjou de Bourbon-Conde, French prince/Russian, dies at 47 1995 Death Andre Frossard, French publicist (Defense of Pope), dies at 80 1995 Death Philippe Casado, Moroccan/French cyclist, dies at 30 1995 Death Francis Lopez, French dentist/operetta composer (Andalousie), dies at 78 1994 Death Lloyd James Austin, french Scholar, dies at 79 1994 Event French commando's terminate Air France hijacking in Marseille 1994 Death Pierre Dreyfus, French director of Renault (1955-75), dies at 87 1994 Death Didier Rocher, son of French cosmetic maker Yves Rocher, dies at 41 1994 Death Antoine Pinay, French Prime Minister 1952, foreign minister, dies at 102 1994 Death Elga Andersen, German/French model/actress (Global Affair), dies at 58 1994 Death Jakob Kaplan, French head rabbi (1955-81), dies at 99 1994 Death Sviatoslav S Stravinsky, French/U.S. composer/son of Igor Stravinsky, dies at 84 1994 Death Benoat Regent, French actor (Du Bottom du Coeur), dies at 41 1994 Death Jean Daste, French actor (Zero de Conduite, L'Atalante), dies at 90 1994 Death Madeleine Renaud, French actress (Longest Day)/director, dies at 94 1994 Death Albert de Courtray, French archbishop of Lyon/cardinal, dies at 71 1994 Death Helena Manson, Venezuela/French actress (Nude in a White Car), dies at 94 1994 Event Last U.S., British and French troops leave West-Berlin 1994 Death Henri Calef, Bulgarian/French director (Jericho), dies 1994 Death Christian-Jaque, Christian Maudet, French director (Nana), dies 1994 Event French youngster (4) becomes Buddhist Lama Tulkou Kalou Rinpoche 1994 Death Jean Borotra, Flying Basque, French tennis star (Davis Cup), dies at 95 1994 Event Spanish fishing boats sink a French fishing boat over fishing rights 1994 Death Robert Jungk, German/French/Us/Austrian philosopher/historian, dies 1994 Death Christian-Jaque, French director (Babette s'and va-t-and guerre), dies 1994 Event 1st French "all news" TV, LCI, begins broadcasting 1994 Death Marcel Mouloudji, French actor/chansonnier (Le Deserteur), dies at 71 1994 Death Michel Vitold, Russian/French actor (Madame et le Mort), dies at 78 1994 Event 64th French Mens Tennis: S Bruguera beats A Berasategui (63 75 26 61) 1994 Event 64th French Womens Tennis: A Sanchez Vicario beats M Pierce (64 64) 1994 Death Marcel Bich, Italian/French baron/pen manufacturer (Bic), dies at 79 1994 Death Alain Cuny, Rene X. Marie, French actor (La Dolce Vita), dies at 85 1994 Death Jean Carmet, French actor (Merci la Vie, Le Sucre), dies at 72 1994 Death Marcel Ichac, French alpinist/director (Karakoram), dies at 87 1994 Death Jerome Lejeune, French geneticist (Syndrome of Down), dies at 67 1994 Death Robert Doisneau, French photographer (The Kiss), dies at 81 1994 Death Michel R Vassallucci, French/Netherlands publisher (Arena), dies at 32 1994 Death Jacques Doucet, French painter (Mostar Sarajevo), dies at 69 1994 Death Fernando Rey, Spanish actor (French Connection), dies of cancer at 76 1994 Death Yann Piat, French MP (FN/PR), murdered at 44 1994 Death Georges Watin, Algerian/French officer (OAS), dies at 71 1994 Death Pierre Boulle, French writer (Executioner), dies at 81 1994 Death Suzanne M Blum, French lawyer (Charlie Chaplin), dies at 95 1994 Death Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor (La Ronde), dies at 83 1994 Death Gyorgy Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt), dies at 72 1994 Death Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, French director of IMF (1963-73), dies at 81 1994 Event Microsoft CEO Bill Gates (38) marries Melinda French (29) 1993 Death Eliva "Elvire" Popesco, Romanian/French actress (Le roi), dies at 99 1993 Death Andre Cerf, French actor/producer (Nana), dies at 93 1993 Death Alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (Harem), dies at 87 1993 Death Herve Bromberger, French director/screenwriter, dies at 75 1993 Death Christopher Frank, French writer, dies at 51 1993 Death Maurice Bessy, French film historian (Cinemonde), dies at 82 1993 Death Catherine Collard, French pianist (Debussy, Haydn), dies at 46 1993 Death Janine Darcey, French actress (Priez pour nous), dies at 75 1993 Death Fernand Ledoux, Belgian/French actor (L'Homme de Londres), dies at 96 1993 Death Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (Spy Who Loved Me), dies at 78 1993 Death Alfred Manessier, French painter (glass-in-lead), dies in car crash at 81 1993 Death Francis Bouygues, French entrepreneur/billionaire, dies at 70 1993 Death Leo Ferre, French singer/composer (Mon General), dies at 76 1993 Death French of Nouhuys, civil servant in Indonesia, dies at 88 1993 Death Rene Bousquet, French Vichy-police chief deports jews, dies at 84 1993 Event 63rd French Mens Tennis: S Bruguera beats Jim Courier (64 26 62 36 63) 1993 Event 63rd French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats M J Fernandez (46 62 64) 1993 Death French JFM of Thiel, Dutch 2nd chamber chairman (1963-72), dies at 86 1993 Event Rolling Stone Bill Wyman weds Suzanne Accosta on French Riveria 1993 Death Alexander Mnouchkine, French movie producer (Professional), dies at 83 1993 Event French government of Balladur forms 1993 Event Conservatives win French parliamentary election 1993 Death Cyril Collard, French director (Lesson nuits fauves), dies at 35 1993 Death Cyril Collard, French composer/dir/actor (A Nos Amours), dies at 35 1993 Death Jean Lecanuet, French UDF-presidential candidate, dies at 72 1993 Death Francois Reichenbach, French director (L'Amerique Insolite), dies at 70 1993 Death Michel Renault, French ballet dancer (Giselle), dies 1992 Death Jerome Andrews, US/French dancer/choreographer, dies 1992 Death Maurice le Roux, French conductor and composer (Contes immoraux), dies 1992 Death Jacques Pic, french restaurant owner, dies 1992 Death Michel Berges, French composer, dies of a heart attack at 44 1992 Death Arletty, French actress (Hotel, Longest Day), dies at 94 1992 Death Pierre Billotte, French military man (IIGM), dies 1992 Death Serge Daney, French film critic (Les cahiers du cinema, Traffic), dies 1992 Event 62nd French Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats Petr Korda (75 62 61) 1992 Event 62nd French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf (62 36 10-8) 1992 Death Jean-Claude Pascal, French actor (Golden Salamander), dies at 64 1992 Death Henri Guillemin, French historian, dies at 89 1992 Death Olivier Messiaen, French composer (St. Francois d'Assise), dies at 83 1992 Death Olivier Messiaen, French composer, dies at 83 1992 Death Noemie Perugia, French mezzo soprano, dies 1992 Death Georges Delerue, French composer (Hiroshima, My Love), dies at 67 1992 Death Jean Poiret, French actor and writer (La Cage aux Folles), dies at 65 1992 Death Maria Dea, French actress (Pieges), dies at 73 1992 Death Charles Moulin, French actor (French Tarzan), dies 1991 Death Orane Demazis, French actress (Marius, Fanny et Cesar), dies at 87 1991 Death Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues, French writer (La marge), dies at 82 1991 Death Francois Billetdoux, French author (Word Awake), dies in Philadelphia 1991 Death Henri de Lubac, French theologist/antifascist, dies 1991 Death Vercors, Jean Bruller, French writer (Silence of Mer), dies 1991 Event 61st French Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats A Agassi (36 64 26 61 64) 1991 Event 61st French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats A S Vicario (63 64) 1991 Death Claude Gallimard, French publisher, dies 1991 Death Etienne Decroux, French mime (Voyage, Surprise), dies at 92 1990 Event British and French workers meet in English Channel's tunnel (Chunnel) 1990 Event Lebanon releases 2 french hostages (Camille Sontag and Marcel Coudari) 1990 Death Valerie French, actress (Jubal), dies of leukemia 1990 Death William French Smith, attorney general (1980), dies at 73 of cancer 1990 Event Iraq announces release of 330 French hostages 1990 Death Louis Althusser, French philosopher, dies 1990 Death Michel Levis, French cultural anthropologist/writer, dies 1990 Event Iraqi troops storm residence of French ambassador in Kuwait 1990 Death Jacques Soustelle, French ethnology/minister of Information, dies at 78 1990 Death Georges Dargaud, French publisher (Asterix, Kuifje), dies at 78 1990 Death Maurice Girodias, French publisher, dies at 71 1990 Event 60th French Mens Tennis: Andres Gomez beats A Agassi (63 26 64 64) 1990 Event 60th French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf (76 64) 1990 Event Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf for French Open title 1990 Event French TGV-train hits record speed of 510.6 kph 1990 Death Charles Hernu, French minister of Defense (1981-85), dies 1989 Death Samuel Beckett, Irish/French writer (Molloy, Nobel 1969), dies at 83 1989 Death Hans Hartung, German/French painter, dies 1989 Event French DC-10 crashes near Niger, 171 die 1989 Death Georges Simenon, Belgian/French writer and director (Maigret), dies at 86 1989 Death Hubert Beuve-Mery, French newspaper founder (Le Monde), dies at 87 1989 Death Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, commander (French resistance), dies 1989 Death Victor French, actor (#44-Get Smart, Highway to Heaven), dies at 54 1989 Event 59th French Mens Tennis: Michael Chang beats S Edberg (61 36 46 64 62) 1989 Event 59th French Womens Tennis: A Sanchez Vicario beats S Graf (76 36 75) favored Steffi Graf, also 1st Spaniard to win a grand slam title 1989 Event Michael Changs French Open win makes him youngest male to go to finals 1989 Event French war criminal Paul Touvier arrested in monastery in Nice 1989 Death Mauritius Balfoort, French/Flemish director, dies at 83 1989 Event 29 year old French woman gives birth to sextuplets in Paris 1989 Event 2 French TV newsmen arrested for trying to plant fake bombs on 3 airlines at JFK airport in security test 1988 Death Francis Ponge, French Poet 1988 Event 58th French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Henri Leconte (75 62 61) 1988 Event 58th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats N Zvereva (60 60) 1988 Birthday Jordy, born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, French singer, guitarist, achieved Guinness Book of World Records as youngest singer with number one chart-topping hit, 'Dur dur d'etre bebe!', or, 'It's Tough to be a Baby', founded, tours, records with Jordy and the Dixies 1987 Death Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (5x Tour de France), dies at 53 1987 Death Lino Ventura, Italian/French actor (Medusa touch), dies at 68 1987 Death Jean Anouilh, French playwright (Ball of the Voleurs), dies at 77 1987 Event 57th French Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Mats Wilander (75 62 36 76) 1987 Event 57th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats M Navratilova (64 46 86) 1987 Death Louis Broglie, French physicist (Nobel 1929), dies at 94 1987 Death Yves Allegret, French director (Such a lovely tiny beach), dies at 79 1987 Event French airplanes harass Libyan positions in Duadi Doum 1986 Event French hostage Aurel Cornea, held in Lebanon for 9 months, released 1986 Death Malik Oussekine, Algerian/French student, killed by police at 22 1986 Death Georges Besse, French president-director of Renault, murdered 1986 Death Lino Ventura, actor (French Detective, Slap, Jig-Saw), dies at 67 1986 Death Jacques-Henri Lartigue, French photographer, dies at 92 1986 Death Coluche, Michel Colucci, French comic, dies at 41 1986 Event 56th French Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Mikael Pernfors (63 62 64) 1986 Event 56th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats M Navratilova (26 63 63) 1986 Death Gaston Deferre, French politician, dies at 75 1986 Death Marcel Dassault, Bloch, French airplane builder, dies at 94 1986 Death Jean Genet, French criminal/novelist/dramatist, dies at 75 1986 Death Jean Genat, French, playwright (Lesson Negres), dies at 75 1986 Death Simone de Beauvoir, French author (Deuxieme Sexe), dies at 86 1986 Event Jacques Chirac forms French government 1986 Event 4 French TV crew members are abducted in Beirut Lebanon 1986 Event French air force bombs Ouadi Doum airport in Chad 1986 Death Marcel Arland, French author (L'ordre, Lumiere du Soir), dies at 86 1985 Event French President Mitterrand receives Polish leader Jaruzelski 1985 Death Fernand Braudel, French historian, dies at 83 1985 Death Fernand Braudel, French Historian 1985 Event French author Claude Simon won the Nobel Prize in literature 1985 Death Simone Signoret, German/French actress (Room at Top, Gina), dies at 64 1985 Event U.S. - French expedition locates wreckage of Titanic off Newfoundland 1985 Event French government claims no knowledge of assault on Rainbow Warrior 1985 Event French agents sink Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior 1985 Event French agents blow up Greenpeace boat Rainbow Warrior near New Zealand 1985 Event 55th French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (36 64 62 62) 1985 Event 55th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Navratilova (63 67 75) 1985 Death Jean Debuffet, French painter/sculptor, dies 1985 Death Jean Dubuffet, French Artist 1985 Event French government adopts equal electoral system 1985 Death Marc Chagall, French painter, dies at 97 1985 Event French socialists lose election (National Front 9%) 1985 Death Jetta Goudal, French actress (White Gold), dies at 86 1984 Event French colonies killed 10 Kanaken in New Caledonia 1984 Event French airship capsizes 1984 Death Raoul Salan, French general/OAS leader (Algeria), dies at 85 1984 Event 54th French Men Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats John McEnroe (36 26 64 75 75) 1984 Event Ivan Lendl wins French Open, his 1st grand slam title 1984 Event 54th French Womens Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats C Evert (63 61) 1983 Death Fifi D'Orsay, "French Bombshell" (Dixie Jamboree), dies cancer at 79 1983 Death Germaine Tailleferre, French composer (Le Marin du Bolivar), dies at 91 1983 Death Raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist, dies at 78 1983 Death Tino Rossi, French singer, dies 1983 Death Antonin Magne, French bicylist (won Tour de France 1931, 34), dies 1983 Death Georges Auric, French composer (It Always Rains on Sunday), dies at 84 1983 Event 53rd French Mens Tennis: Yannick Noah beats Mats Wilander (62 75 76) 1983 Event 53rd French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Mima Jausovec (61 62) 1983 Death Louison Bobet, French cyclist (Tour de France 1953-55), dies at 58 1982 Death Louis Aragon, French poet (Pour un Realisme Socialiste), dies at 85 1982 Death Jean-Jacques Grunenwald, French organist/composer, dies at 71 1982 Death Jacques Tatischeff, French actor and director (Parade), dies at 74 1982 Death Savitri Devi, French Writer 1982 Event U.S., Italian and French peacekeeping troops begin arriving in Lebanon 1982 Death Albert Soboult, French historian, dies at 68 1982 Death Jean J A Girault, French director (Gendarme Saint-Tropez), dies at 58 1982 Death Jean Wiener, French composer (Olive chez les negres), dies at 86 1982 Event 52nd French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats G Vilas (16 76 60 64) 1982 Event 52nd French Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Andrea Jaeger, 76 61 1982 Death Jean C M Picart le Doux, French designer, dies 1982 Death Louis M de Guiringaud, French Foreign Minister (1976-78), commits suicide at 70 1982 Death Georges Perec, French writer, dies at 45 1982 Death Felix L V L J Labisse, French painter (libidoscaphes), dies at 76 1982 Death Marcel Camus, French director (Orfeu Negro), dies at 69 1982 Death Paul Belmondo, French sculptor (Bathing Woman, Orleans), dies at 83 1981 Death Abel Gance, french movie director (J'accuse), dies at 92 1981 Death Georges Brassens, French screenwriter, dies 1981 Death Jacques Lacan, French Psychologist 1981 Event French government of Mauroy forms, with 4 communists 1981 Event Socialists/communists win French parliamentary election 1981 Event 51st French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats I. Lendl (61 46 62 36 61) 1981 Event 51st French Womens Tennis: Hana Mandlikova beats Sylvia Hanika (62 64) 1981 Death French Duynstee, Dutch states rights leader, dies at 67 1981 Death Rene Clair, French director (It Happened Tomorrow), dies at 82? 1981 Event French Train Grande Vitesse averages 380 kph on trial run 1981 Event French government accord sends 60 Mirage fighter jets to Iraq 1980 Birthday Eva Green, French Actress 1980 Event 50th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Virginia Ruzici (60 63) 1980 Event 50th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Vitas Gerulaitis (64 61 62) 1980 Death Mary McCarty, actress (French Line), dies 1980 Death Alentejo Carpentier, Cuban/French writer (Guerra del Tiempo), dies at 75 1980 Event French Academy, founded in 1635, elects it 1st woman novelist (Marguerita Youcenar) 1979 Death Jacques Mesrine, French "enemy of the state", shot to death 1979 Death Nadia Boulanger, French composer (Lasirene), dies at 92 1979 Death Paul Paray, French composer, dies at 93 1979 Death James T Farrell, U.S. writer (French Girls are Vicious), dies 1979 Event 49th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Victor Pecci (63 61 67 64) 1979 Event 49th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Wendy Turnbull (62 60) 1979 Death Jean Monnet, French economist/CEO (ECSC), dies at 90 1979 Death Jean Renoir, French writer and director 'Human Beast', 'Rules of the Game', dies at 84 1978 Death Claude Dauphin, French actor (Les Miserables, Mado), dies at 75 1978 Event French TV announced a rating of "0" for a program about an Armenian's woman's 40th birthday, (comp: Napoleanic drama-67%, Knockout-33%) 1978 Event Bjorn Borg wins French Open Title 1978 Event Amoco Cadiz tanker spills 1.6 mil gallons of oil off French coast 1978 Event Amoco Cadiz spills 223,000 tons of crude oil off French coast 1977 Death Rene Goscinny, French writer (Asterix), dies at 51 1977 Birthday Thierry Henry, French Athlete 1977 Death Jacques Prevert, French poet (La puil et le beau), dies at 77 1977 Event Communists/socialists win French municipal elections 1977 Death Denys Amiel, French dramatist/playwright (Le mouton noir), dies at 92 1976 Death Jean Gabin, French actor (Quai des Brumes), dies at 72 1976 Death Raymond Queneau, M Presle, French writer (Last Days), dies at 73 1976 Birthday Carlos Moya, born in Geneva, Spain, professional tennis player, ranked 1st in the World for singles, won over 500 ATP-level matches, won French Open singles, 1998 1976 Death Paul Morand, French Diplomat 1976 Event Hijacked French Airbus lands in Entebbe, Uganda 1976 Death Jacques Monod, French biochemist, dies 1976 Death Jacques Lucien Monod, French Scientist 1976 Death Max Ernst, German/French surrealist painter/sculptor, dies at 85 1976 Death Jean Martinon, French conductor/composer, dies at 66 1976 Death Lily Pons, French/U.S. soprano/opera diva (Met Opera), dies at 71 1976 Death Georges E Migot, French composer, dies at 84 1975 Death Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (Library Gallimard), dies at 94 1975 Death Guy Mollet, French premier (1956-57), dies at 69 1975 Death Saint-John Perse, French diplomat/poet (Nobel 1960), dies at 78 1975 Death Pierre Blaise, French actor (Lacombe Lucien), dies at 24 1975 Event 3 truck pile up kills 10, injures 26 on French highway 1975 Event 45th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Guillermo Vilas (62 63 64) 1975 Event 45th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats M Navratilova (26 62 61) 1975 Event French press reports massive deportation from Cambodia 1975 Death Josephine Baker, US/French revue artist (Folies-Bergere), dies at 68 1975 Death Pierre Fresnay, French actor (Monsieur Vincent), dies at 77 1974 Event Referenda in Comoros-3 islands for independence, 1 stays French 1974 Death Andre Jolivet, French composer (L'eunuque), dies at 69 1974 Death Hugues Panassie, French jazz saxophonist/author, dies at 62 1974 Event 3 Japanese kidnap French ambassador in Hague 1974 Death Marcel Achard, French dramatist (La forges the Paris), dies at 75 1974 Birthday Andrei Medvedev, born in Kiev, Ukraine, tennis star, 1991 French Open junior 1974 Death Henri Smajda, Tunis/French publisher (Combat), commits suicide at 77 1974 Death Darius Milhaud, French composer (Le boeuf sur le toat), dies at 81 1974 Event Valeri Giscard d'Estaing wins French presidential election 1974 Death Marcel Pagnol, French writer/movie (Topaz), dies at 79 1974 Death Roger Bastide, French sociologist, dies at 76 1974 Death Georges Pompidou, French president, dies in Paris at 62 1973 Death Steven Geray, actor (French Line), dies at 69 1973 Event French Caravelle crashes in Morocco, 106 killed 1973 Death Elsa Schiaparelli, French fashion designer, dies at 77 1973 Death Marc Allegret, French director (Lady Chatterley), dies at 72 1973 Death Jean Barraque, French composer, dies at 45 1973 Birthday Andrea Gaudenzi, born in Faenza, Italy, tennis star, 1990 French Open junior 1973 Event 43rd French Mens Tennis: Ilse Nastase beats Nikki Pilic (63 63 60) 1973 Event 43rd French Womens Tennis: Margaret Court beats C Evert (67 76 64) 1973 Death Jacques Lipchitz, Polish/French/U.S. art critic sculptor, dies at 81 1973 Death Pablo (Ruiz y) Picasso, Spanish/French painter (Guernica), dies at 91 1973 Birthday Estefania Knuth, born in Barcelona, Spain, LPGA golfer, 1992 French International 1972 Death Henry M de Montherlant, French author (Port Royal), dies at 76 1972 Death Robert M Casadesus, French pianist/composer (Prix Diemer), dies at 73 1972 Death Jules Romains, French novelist (Death of Nobody), dies at 86 1972 Death Pierre Brasseur, French actor (Quai des Brumes), dies at 66 1972 Event Pierre Messmer appointed French premier 1972 Birthday Zinedine Zidane, French Athlete 1972 Event 44th Academy Awards - "French Connection," G Hackman and Jane Fonda win 1972 Birthday Michael Chang, born in Hoboken, New Jersey, tennis star, 1989 French Open 1972 Death Maurice A Chevalier, French actor (Can Can, Gigi), dies at 83 1972 Death Maurice Chevalier, French Actor 1971 Birthday Sandra Kim, Caldarone, French singer, J'aime la Vie 1971 Death Marcel Dupre, French composer, dies at 85 1971 Death Joseph Csaky, Hungarian/French sculptor, dies at 83 1971 Death Fernandel, Contandin, French actor (Death of Champion), dies at 67 1971 Event Algeria nationalizes French oil companies 1971 Birthday Sergi Bruguera, born in Barcelona, Spain, professional tennis player, played for Spain, won consecutive men's singles titles at the 1993 and 1994 French Open 1971 Death Henri Tomasi, French composer (Don Juan de Manara), dies at 69 1971 Death Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer, dies at 87 1970 Event French author Regis Debray freed in Bolivia 1970 Death Charles DeGaulle, general/president France (Free French), dies at 79 1970 Birthday Marc Rosset, born in Geneva, Switzerland, tennis star, 1992 French Doubles 1970 Death Jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies at 75 1970 Death Lucien Goldmann, Romanian/French sociologist/philosopher, dies 1970 Birthday Jim Courier, born in Sanford, Florida, tennis champ, 1990, 91 French 1970 Death Lucien H d'Azambuja, French astronomer (chromosphere of Sun), dies at 86 1970 Death Camille Bombois, French circus wrestler/painter, dies at 87 1970 Death Arthur Adamov, Russian/French playwright, dies at 61 1970 Event French submarine "Eurydice" explodes 1970 Event Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel killing 40 Belgian, French, and German youths (Val d'Isere, France) 1969 Death Louise L de Vilmorin, French poet/author (History d'aimer), dies at 67 1969 Death Serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter, dies 1969 Event French government of Couve de Murville resigns 1969 Death Gabriel M-E-R Chevallier, French author (La Peur), dies at 73 1968 Death Thomas Merton, French/U.S. priest and writer '7 Story Mountain', dies at 53 1968 Death Charles Munch, French/U.S. conductor, Boston Symphony Orchestra, dies at 77 1968 Death Jean Schlumberger, French writer (Passions), dies 1968 Death Marcel Duchamp, French painter (Descending an Escalator), dies 1968 Event French government-Couve de Murville forms 1968 Event Gaullists win French parliamentary election, 358 of 458 chairs 1968 Event 38th French Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats R Laver (63 61 26 62) 1968 Event 38th French Womens Tennis: Nancy Richey beats Anne H Jones (57 64 61) 1968 Event President De Gaulle disbands French parliament 1968 Death Kees van Dongen, Dutch/French painter, dies at 91 1968 Event 1,000,000 French demonstrate against De Gaulle and Pompidou 1968 Birthday Marie-Jose Perec, Guadeloupe, French 200m/400m runner, 2 Gold Medals 1996 Olympics 1968 Birthday Michael Vartan, French Actor 1968 Death Tsugouharu T Foujita, Japanese/French painter, dies at 81 1968 Death Louis-Franeois-Marie Aubert, French composer (La Momie), dies at 90 1968 Death Louis-Franeois-Marie Aubert, French composer (Habanera), dies at 90 1967 Event French author Regis Debray sentenced to 30 years in Bolivia 1967 Death Marcel Ayme, French writer (Lesson contes du chat perche), dies at 65 1967 Death Andre Maurois, Emile Herzog, French writer (Balzac), dies 1967 Birthday Thomas Muster, born in Leibnitz, Austria, tennis star, 1995 French Open 1967 Event French president De Gaulle visits Poland 1967 Death Henri-Georges Adam, French painter/cartoonist/sculptor, dies at 63 1967 Death Albertine Sarrazin, French author (La Traversiere), dies at 29 1967 Death Andre L Danjon, French astronomer, dies at 77 1967 Event French author Regis Debray caught in Bolivia 1967 Event Premier Pompidou forms new French government 1967 Death Max Ophuls, Oppenheimer, German/French actor (Caught, Exile), dies 1967 Event French Somaliland (Djibouti) votes to continue association with France 1967 Death Martine Carol, French actress (Nana), dies of heart attack at 46 1967 Death Alphonse Juin, French marshal, dies at 78 1966 Birthday Patricia Kaas, French pop singer, Mademoiselle Chant 1966 Death Jean Peugeot, French auto manufacturer, dies 1966 Death Andre Breton, French Surrealist poet (Manifest of Surrealism), dies at 70 1966 Birthday Irene Jacob, born in Suresnes, France, actress, famous for lead role in film 'The Double Life of Veronique', 'Three Colores: Red', considered one of the preeminent French actresses of her generation 1966 Birthday Luke Jensen, born in Grayling, Michigan, tennis star, 1993 French Open doubles 1966 Event French and German media mistakenly report death of Roger Daltry 1966 Event 6 French fighters crash above Spain 1966 Birthday Eric Cantona, French Athlete 1966 Death Georges Duhamel, French Novelist 1966 Event French satellite Diapason D-1A launch into Earth orbit 1966 Birthday Olivier Martinez, French Actor 1966 Death Albert Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor, dies at 64 1966 Event Georges Pompidou appointed French premier 1965 Event French president De Gaulle re-elected (Mitterrand gets 45%) 1965 Event 1st French satellite launched, France becomes 3rd nation in space 1965 Death French Luitjes, Dutch athlete, dies at 21 1965 Event Francois Mitterrand nominated for French presidency 1965 Death Albert Schweitzer, German/French missionary (Nobel 1954), dies at 90 1965 Death Le Corbusier, Charles Jeanneret, Swiss/French architect, dies at 77 1965 Birthday Kathleen Horvath, born in Chicago, Illinois, tennis player, French Open, Jr. 1980 1965 Death Jacques Audiberti, French poet (Le cavalier seul), dies at 66 1965 Death Pierre Cardevielle, French composer and conductor (L'ile Rouge), dies at 59 1965 Birthday Bruno Marie-Rose, French runner, world record 200 m indoor 1965 Death Roger Vailland, French playwright (La Truite), dies at 57 1965 Death Roger Vailland, French author, dies at 57 1965 Death Desire-Emile Inghelbrecht, French composer and conductor, dies at 84 1964 Death Roger Bissiere, French painter, dies at 76 1964 Birthday Ronald Agenor, Rabat Morocco, tennis player, 1989 French quarters 1964 Event French philosopher/author Jean-Paul Sartre refuses Nobel prize 1964 Birthday Mats Wilander, born in Vaxjo, Sweden, tennis star, 1988-US, Australia, French 1964 Death Maurice Thorez, Secretary-General French Communist Party, dies at 64 1964 Death Pierre Monteux, French/U.S. conductor, Concert Building Orchestra, dies at 89 1964 Event Last French troops leave Algeria 1964 Birthday Jean Alesi, French Celebrity 1964 Birthday Linda French, born in Oak Park, Illinois, badminton player 1996 Olympics 1964 Birthday French Stewart, New Mexico, actor, Harry Solomon-Third Rock From the Sun 1963 Death Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Prime Numbers), dies at 97 1963 Death Edmond Flegenheimer, Swiss/French writer (Ecoute Israel), dies 1963 Death Edith Piaf, French singer (No, I don't regret anything), dies at 47 1963 Death Jean Cocteau, French author (La Voie Humaine), dies at 73 1963 Event French air force gets 1st nuclear weapons 1963 Birthday Bonnie Gadusek, Pittsburgh, tennis player, French Juniors 1981 1963 Death Robert Schuman, French premier/chair (European Parliament), dies at 77 1963 Birthday Henri Leconte, born in France, tennis player, French finalist 1988 1963 Event 200,000 French mine workers strike 1963 Death Francois Poulenc, French composer (Litanies Vierge noire), dies at 74 1962 Death Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher (Water and Dreams), dies at 78 1962 Event French president De Gaulle visits West Germany 1962 Event French and Italian workers break through at Mount Blanc Vehicular Tunnel 1962 Death Georges Bataille, French Writer 1962 Event Algeria gains independence after 132 years of French rule 1962 Event Algerian Revolution against French ends (Algeria gains ind on 7/5) 1962 Event French Foreign Legion leaves Algeria 1962 Event French Boeing 707 crashes at Guadeloupe, 113 killed 1962 Death Alfred Cortot, French pianist, dies at 84 1962 Death Yves Klein, French sculptor/painter, dies at 34 1962 Event 32nd French Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Roy Emerson (36 26 63 97 62) 1962 Event 1st French underground nuclear experiment in the Sahara at Ecker Algeria 1962 Birthday Alain Robert, French Athlete 1962 Event French OAS-leader ex-general Jouhaud arrested 1962 Event French President de Gaulle calls for Algeria's independence 1962 Death Jacques Ibert, French composer (Escales), dies at 71 1962 Death Andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at 76 1962 Birthday Marie Trintignant, French Actress 1961 Birthday Annie Pujol, Perpignan, French TV hostess, Roue de la Fortune 1961 Birthday Michel R Vassallucci, French/Netherlands publisher, Arena 1961 Birthday Bernard Werber, French Writer 1961 Birthday Mylene Farmer, born in Montreal, Canada, french singer, Cendres de Lune 1961 Event Wallis and Futuna Islands become a French overseas territory 1961 Death French of Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81 1961 Death Maurice [Jean Jacques] Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher, dies at 53 1961 Event French paratroopers' revolt suppressed in Algeria 1961 Event Uprising of French parachutist of General Salan/Challe in Algeria 1961 Event French army revolts in Algeria 1961 Death Blaise Cendrars, Swiss/French poet (J'ai tue), dies at 73 1960 Event French Senate condemns building own nuclear weapons 1960 Event French National Meeting decide to build own nuclear weapons 1960 Event Mali, formerly French Sudan, declares independence from France 1960 Death Pierre Reverdy, French author and poet (North-South), dies at 70 1960 Birthday Yannick Noah, France, tennis player, French 1983 1960 Event French liner "France" launched 1960 Event Togo (formerly French Togo) declares independence from French Admiral 1960 Event 2nd French atom bomb explodes in the Reggane Proving Grounds, Algeria 1960 Event French freighter "La Coubre" explodes in Havana Cuba, killing 100 1960 Event Algeria uprises against French president De Gaulle 1960 Event French president De Gaulle escape attempt by general Massu 1960 Death Albert Camus, French author (Stranger), dies in an auto accident at 46 1960 Event French Cameroon gains independence from France 1959 Death Henri Vidal, French actor (Fabiola), dies of a heart attack at 40 1959 Event Malpasset dam collapses destroying French Riviera town of Frejus 1959 Death Gerard Philipe, French actor (El Cid, Don Carlos), dies at 36 1959 Death Benjamin Peret, French writer/poet (Le grand jeu), dies at 60 1959 Birthday Bruce French, cricketer, England wicketkeeper in 16 Tests 1986-88 1959 Death Henri Pourrat, French writer (Le chasseur de la nuit), dies 1959 Death Boris Vian, French Writer 1959 Event Charles de Gaulle forms French government 1959 Birthday Patrick Bruel, Algerian/French actor/rock vocalist, Coup of Sirocco 1959 Event France Observator reports torture practice by French army in Algeria 1959 Event Federation of Mali, consisting of Senegal and French Sudan, dissolved 1960 1959 Event French President De Gaulle acknowledges Oder-Neisse boundary 1959 Birthday Luc Besson, French Director 1959 Event Chad becomes autonomous republic in French Community 1958 Event French franc devalued 1958 Event Niger gains autonomy within French Community (National Day) 1958 Event Dahomey (Benin), Ivory Coast become autonomous within French Community 1958 Event Central African Republic made autonomous member of French Community (National Day) 1958 Event Chad becomes an autonomous republic within French community 1958 Event Congo and Mauritania become autonomous members of French Community 1958 Event Senegal becomes an autonomous state in French Community 1958 Event Mali becomes an autonomous state within French Community 1958 Birthday Alain Chabat, actor, French Twist, Six Days Six Night 1958 Death Andre Bazin, French Critic 1958 Event Malagasy Republic becomes autonomous republic in French Community 1958 Event 5th French republic forms 1958 Event Guinea (French Guinea) gains independence from France (National Day) 1958 Event French Guinee becomes independent republic Guinea 1958 Death Florent Schmitt, French composer/critic (Jardin Secret), dies at 87 1958 Death Frederic Joliot-Curie, French nuclear physicist (Nobel 1936), dies 1958 Event Louise Suggs wins LPGA French Lick Golf Open 1958 Death Henry Farman, French aviation pioneer (double decker), dies at 84 1958 Death Pierre-etienne Flandin, French Prime Minister 1934 - 1935, dies at 69 1958 Event Premier Charles de Gaulle says Algeria will always be French 1958 Event French premier De Gaulle arrives in Algiers 1958 Event French government of Pflimlin resigns/200,000 demonstrate against De Gaulle 1958 Death Francis Carco(pino), French author/critic (L'homme traque), dies at 71 1958 Event French settlers riot against French army in Algeria 1958 Event Pierre Pflimlin forms French government 1958 Death Maurice-Gustave Gamelin, French generalissmo (WW I, WW II), dies at 85 1958 Event French government of Gaillard falls due to Tunisia crisis 1958 Death Fernand Baldensperger [Fernand Baldenne], French poet, dies at 86 1958 Death Georges Rouault, French painter (Christ aux outrages), dies at 86 1958 Death Marcel Cachin, 1st communist French senator, dies at 88 1958 Event French planes bomb Sakiet Tunisia, 75 die 1958 Birthday Kelly Leadbetter, born in Phoenix, Arizona, LPGA golfer, 1986 Hennessy French Open 1957 Death Christian Dior, French designer (New Look), dies at 52 in Italy 1957 Event French author Albert Camus awarded Nobel Prize in Literature 1957 Death Jacques Fesch, French political assassin/saint?, beheaded at about 26 1957 Event French government of Mauroy, resigns due to Algeria 1957 Death Alfred Doblin, German/French author/co-founder (Sturm), dies at 78 1957 Event French offensive in Algeria 1957 Event French government of Mollet resigns 1957 Death Max Ophuls, Maximilian Oppenheimer, German/French director, dies 1957 Death Mark Aldanov, Mark A Landau, Russian/French chemist, dies at 70 1957 Death Valery Larbaud, French author/novelist/writer (Amants), dies at 75 1956 Event Last British/French troops leave Egypt 1956 Birthday Blanche Baker, born in New York City, actress/Carroll Baker's Daughter, French Postcard 1956 Death Vincent (Moro-)Giafferi, French criminal (Caillaux/Landru), dies 1956 Death Lucien Febvre, French historian (Un Destin, Martin Luther), dies at 78 1956 Event French government routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis 1956 Death [Emile M] Louis Madelin, French historian (Fouche), dies at 85 1956 Birthday Dominic Erban, French rugby international player 1956 Birthday Mima Jausovec, born in Yugoslavia, tennis player, French Open-1977 1956 Death Marie Laurencin, French Artist 1956 Death Julien Benda, French philosopher and writer (La trahison des clercs), dies 1956 Event French raid in Algiers 1956 Event French government sends 50,000 reservists to Algeria 1956 Death Charles R Gallas, lexicographer (French Dictionary), dies at 88 1956 Event Last French troop leave Vietnam 1956 Birthday Sue Barker, born in Paignton, England, professional tennis player, television presenter with the BBC, won singles title at the French Open, highest career singles ranking was third in the World 1956 Event French government decides to sends 200,000 reservists to Algeria 1956 Event French commandos land in Algeria 1956 Death Paul Leautaud, Maurice Boissard, French writer (Petit ami), dies at 84 1956 Death Gustave Charpentier, French opera composer (Louise), dies at 95 1956 Event French premier Guy Mollet pelted with tomatoes in Algiers 1956 Death Savilly Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player, dies at 74 1956 Event French government of Mollet forms 1956 Death Jeanne F Bourgeois, French head mistress (Moulin Rouge), dies at 84 1956 Event Poujadists/communists win French parliamentary elections 1955 Death Maurice Utrillo, French painter (Cathedrale St-Denis), dies at 71 1955 Death Fernand Leger, French painter (Grand Parade), dies 1955 Birthday David Marshall Grant, born in Westport CT, actor, Legs, French Postcards 1955 Death Jacques Lemaigre-Dubreuil, French industrialist, murdered 1955 Death Georges Enescu, Romanian/French violist/composer (Oedipe), dies at 73 1955 Death Louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer, dies at 75 1955 Death Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French Philosopher 1955 Death Teilhard de Chardin, French Philosopher 1955 Event Edgar Faure forms French government 1955 Death Paul Claudel, French poet/playwright (L'otage), dies at 86 1955 Death Yves Tanguy, French/American sailor/surrealistic painter, dies 1954 Birthday Miles Chapin, New York City, actor, French Postcards, Get Crazy, Funhouse 1954 Death F Henri Berr, French occurence philosopher (L'hymne la vie), dies 1954 Birthday Bernard Hinault, French bicylist, Tour de France 1954 Death Henri E B Matisse, French painter/sculptor (Dance II), dies at 84 1954 Death Henri Matisse, French Artist 1954 Event Algeria begins rebellion against French rule 1954 Event India takes over administration of 4 French Indian settlements 1954 Event Algerian Revolution against French begins 1954 Event Ho Chi Minh enters Hanoi after French troops pulled out 1954 Event Former French possession of Chandernagore made part of West Bengal 1954 Birthday Gilbert "Gibus" Duclos-Lassalle, French cyclist 1954 Event Formal peace takes place, ending 7+ years of fighting in Indochina between French and Communist Vietminh 1954 Birthday Jay Jay French, born in New York City, guitarist, Twisted Sister-Not Gonna Take It 1954 Death Francis L Casadesus, French violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 83 1954 Event Pierre Mendes-France forms French government 1954 Event France grants Vietnam independence inside French Union 1954 Event French surrender to Vietminh after 55-day siege at Dien Bien Phu 1954 Event USAF flies French battalion to Vietnam 1954 Death Auguste Lumiere, French photograph/movie pioneer, dies at 81 1954 Birthday F. R. David, born in Menzel Bourguiba, Tunisia, singer, band member of French rock band, Les Variations, hit 'Words', 1982, sold eight million records worldwide 1953 Death Francis Picabia, French painter/illustrator, dies at 75 1953 Event French parachutist under Col De Castries attacks Dien Bien Phu 1953 Death Francis Picabia, French Artist 1953 Birthday Dominique de Villepin, French Diplomat 1953 Event Cambodia (now Kampuchea) gains independence within French Union 1953 Event French National Meeting grants Saarland more autonomy 1953 Death Jacques Thibaud, French violinist, dies 1953 Event French minister Francois Mitterrand, resigns due to colonial policy 1953 Death Johannes B Tielrooy, literature (French Living Lesson), dies at 66 1953 Event 4-5 million French go on strike against economizations 1953 Event Joseph Laniel appointed French premier 1953 Event 23rd French Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats V Seixas (63 64 16 62) 1953 Event 23rd French Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (62 64) 1953 Event French government of Mayer resigns 1953 Death Moise Kisling, Polish/French painter (La souris boiteuse), dies at 62 1953 Death Rachilde, Marguerite Vallette-Eymery, French author, dies at 93 1953 Death Jean Epstein, French director (Vive la Vie), dies at 56 1953 Death Felix M Abel, French dominican/biblical scholar, dies at 74 1953 Event Rene Mayer forms French government 1952 Birthday Hans Abrahamsen, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, composer, musician, played French horn, studied at Royal Danish Academy of Music, compositions employ New Simplicity style 1952 Event French government of Pinay, resigns 1952 Event French troops shoot on demonstrators at Casablanca, 50 die 1952 Death Paul Eluard, French communist/poet, dies at 56 1952 Event French president inaugurates Donzere-Mondragonstuw Dam 1952 Death Bernard F Lyot, French astronomer (chronograph, Lyot-filter), dies at 55 1952 Event Antoine Pinay forms French government 1952 Event French offensive at Hanoi 1952 Event General strike against French colonial management in Tunisia 1952 Event Fire in main building of French Port Martin Antarctic base 1952 Death Roger Vitrac, French poet/dramatist (Mysteries of Love), dies at 52 1952 Event French Plevin government falls 1951 Death De Raymond, French High Director of Cambodia, murdered 1951 Death John French Sloan, American Artist 1951 Death Henri Philippe Petain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime), dies 1951 Event De Gaulle wins French parliamentary election 1951 Death Alain, Emile-Auguste Chartier, French philosopher, dies at 83 1951 Event French government of Pleven dissolves 1951 Event "Pardon Our French" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 100 performances 1950 Death Charles Koechlin, French composer (Jungle Book), dies at 83 1950 Event French women and children leaves Hanoi/Tonkin-delta 1950 Event "Pardon Our French" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 100 performances 1950 Event French troops vacate Cla Afraid Vietnam 1950 Event Viet Minh-offensive against French bases in Vietnam 1950 Birthday Adriano Panatta, Rome, tennis star, French 1976, Italian 1976 1950 Event French/Vietnamese offensive against Viet Minh 1950 Event Rene Pleven forms French government 1950 Event French government-Bidault resigns 1950 Event French expedition reaches top of Himalayan peak of Annapurna in Nepal 1950 Death Stanislas Bizot, French checker player (world champ 1925), dies at 70 1950 Birthday Christian Lacroix, French couturier, Chic Frills 1950 Event French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman calls for European community EGKS 1950 Death Leon Blum, French premier (People's Front Government), dies at 77 1950 Death M Joseph V d'Arbaud, French poet/author (Li cant palustre), dies at 76 1950 Event Georges Bidault forms French government 1950 Event Ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo China 1949 Birthday Arsene Wenger, French Coach 1949 Death Henri Rabaud, French composer and conductor (L'ete), dies at 75 1949 Death Andre Debierne, French chemist/physicist (actinium), dies 1949 Event Laos becomes associated state within French Union 1949 Birthday Meryl Streep, born in New Jersey, actress, French Lieutenant's Woman, Sophie's Choice 1949 Death Henri-Honore Giraud, French genl/MP, dies at 70 1949 Birthday Bernard Arnault, French Businessman 1948 Birthday Jeremy Irons, England, actor, French Lieutenant's Woman 1948 Death Andre Serot, colonel/commandant of French air force (WW II), dies 1948 Birthday Jean-Pierre Raffarin, French Politician 1948 Event French government of Schuman, resigns 1948 Death Antonin Artaud, French poet/actor (Napoleon), dies at 51 1948 Death Robert Brasillach, French author/nazi collaborator, dies at 38 1947 Death St-Georges de Bouchelier, French author (Children's Carnival), dies at 71 1947 Event French government of Schumann, forms 1947 Event De Gaulles RPF wins French municipal elections 1947 Death Ettore Bugatti, Italian/French car manufacturer, dies 1947 Birthday Catherine Collard, French pianist, Schumann/Brahms 1947 Birthday David French, British director, Deep Sleep, Bingo 1947 Death Henri G Casadesus, French altviolist/composer (viola d'amour), dies at 66 1947 Event French ship explodes in Texas City harbor, kills about 522 1947 Event Explosions and fire on French ship Grandcamp 1947 Event Paul-Emile Victor French polar expeditions organized 1947 Death Pierre Bonnard, French painter/illustrator, dies at 79 1946 Event French troops leave Lebanon 1946 Event 4th French republic established 1946 Event War breaks out in Indochina as Ho Chi Minh attacks French in Hanoi 1946 Event Leon Blum elected French premier 1946 Event French government of Bidault, resigns 1946 Event French Navy fire in Haiphong Vietnam, kills 6,000 1946 Birthday Amanda Lear, French singer 1946 Event Communists win many seats at French parliamentary election 1946 Birthday Claude Vorilhon, French Celebrity 1946 Birthday French W. Weisglas, Dutch MP, VVD 1946 Death Gertrude Stein, U.S./French author and poet (Ida, Tender Buttons), dies at 72 1946 Birthday Mireille Mathieu, French Musician 1946 Event Syria declares independence from French administration 1946 Event French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Reunion become overseas depts 1946 Event F Gouin follows De Gaulle as temporary leader of French government 1946 Event Cambodia becomes autonomous state inside French Union 1945 Birthday Roger Bambuck, Guadeloupe, French 4X100 runner 1968 Olympics bronze 1945 Birthday Jean Nouvel, French Architect 1945 Death Pierre Drieu la Rochelle, French writer/poet, commits suicide at 52 1945 Death Ernest B Allo, French theologist, dies at 71 1944 Death Romain Roland, French writer/pacifist (Nobel 1915), dies at 78 1944 Death Vassily V Kandinsky, Russian/German/French painter, dies 1944 Death Joseph B "Aristide" Maillol, French sculptor/graphic artist, dies 1944 Death Aristide Maillol, French sculptor/graphic artist, dies in car crash at 82 1944 Event French troops liberate Lyon 1944 Event French provisional government moves from Algiers to Paris 1944 Event French troops liberate Bordeaux 1944 Event Last transport of French Jews to nazi-Germany 1944 Event Operation Anvil: Allies land on French Mediterranean sea coast 1944 Death Francois Ambrosiny, French dancer and choreographer (Fates d'Hebe), dies at 66 1944 Event French 5th Armour division recaptures Sees 1944 Event U.S./French offensive at Aleneon 1944 Event Transport nr 77 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1944 Death Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French pilot/writer (Small Prince), dies at 44 1944 Death Pierre Vienot, French ambassador to London/writer, dies 1944 Death Georges Mandel, Louis Rothschild, French Foreign Minister, dies 1944 Event French General De Gaulle arrives in Washington, D.C. 1944 Event French Cotentin Peninsula in allied hands 1944 Event French troops free Elba 1944 Event French troops under Lattre de Tssigny conquer Elba 1944 Death Marc Bloch, French Historian 1944 Death French Duwaer, Dutch printer/resistance fighter, executed 1944 Event 1st British gliders touched down on French soil for D-Day 1944 Event 1st British gliders touches down on French soil for D-Day 1944 Event French general De Gaulle arrives in London 1944 Event Transport nr 75 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1944 Event Transport nr 71 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1944 Death Paul Hazard, French literature historian, dies at 65 1944 Death Benjamin Cremieux, French author (In Buchenwald), dies at 55 1944 Death ... Pucheu, French Internal minister to Vichy, executed 1944 Death Max Jacob, French writer, dies in nazi concentration camp at 67 1944 Death Jean Giraudoux, French Dramatist 1943 Birthday Walter Spanghero, French rugby player 1943 Event Transport 63 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1943 Event Lebanon declares independence from French administration 1943 Death Andre Antoine, French stage manager (Theatre Antoine), dies at 85 1943 Death Camille Claudel, French Artist 1943 Event Corsica freed by Free French 1943 Event Free French lands on Corsica 1943 Event U.S., British and French troops land in Salerno (operation Avalanche) 1943 Birthday Jean-Claude Killy, born in Saint-Cloud, France, French alpine skiier, 3 Gold Medals 1968 Olympics 1943 Death Simone Weil, French philosopher (Le pesanteur et la grace), dies at 34 1943 Event Transport nr 58 departs with French Jews to nazi Germany 1943 Death Jean "Max" Moulin, French resistance fighter, executed 1943 Event French general De Gaulle arrives in Algiers 1943 Event French defiance under Jean Moulin meets secretly in Paris 1943 Event French, British and U.S. victory parade in Tunis Tunisia 1943 Death Frederic baron d'Erlanger, French composer/banker, dies at 74 1943 Death Andre Lichtenberger, French Sudan writer, 'Le Petit Roi', dies at 72 1943 Event Transport nr 50 departs with French Jews to Maidanek/Sobibor 1943 Death Frieda Reiss, French 11 month old baby, murdered in Auschwitz 1943 Event Transport nr 47 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1943 Event German assault on French in Tunisia 1942 Death Bosinier de la Chapelle, French murderer of Admiral Darlan, executed at 24 1942 Death Jean LXF Darlan, French admiral, murdered by gaullists 1942 Event French Navy at Toulon scuttles ships and subs so Nazis don't take them 1942 Event French collaborator earl De Brinon establishes "African Falanx" 1942 Event 745 French Jews deported to Auschwitz 1942 Event Transport nr 45 departs with French Jews to Nazi-Germany 1942 Event Transport nr 44 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1942 Event Operation "Torch" began as U.S. and British forces land in French N Afr 1942 Event 1st U.S. president to broadcast in a foreign language-FDR in French 1942 Event U.S. General Clark and Lemnitzer and French General Mast meet secretly in Algeria 1942 Event Transport nr 36 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1942 Event Transport nr 35 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1942 Event Transport nr 31 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1942 Event Transport nr 29 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1942 Event Transport nr 28 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1942 Event Transport nr 25 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1942 Event Transport nr 24 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1942 Event Transport nr 23 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1942 Event Transport nr 22 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1942 Event Transport nr 20 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1942 Event Transport 16 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1942 Event Transport nr 6 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany 1942 Event French police arrest 13,152 Jews in Paris 1942 Death Neel [Cornelia H] Doff, Netherlands/French/Belgian painter's model, dies 1942 Death Louis FMF Franchet d'Esperey, French marshal (WW I), dies at 90 1942 Event French government of Reynaud resigns 1942 Event Italian army begin siege of French western Fort Bir Hachim 1942 Death Alfred Coville, French historian (Lesson premier Valois), dies at 81 1942 Event British naval forces raid Nazi occupied French port of St. Nazaire 1942 Event 1st transport of French Jews to nazi-Germany 1942 Death Yves Paringaux, French chief of staff, murdered 1941 Death Robert Delaunay, French painter, dies at 56 1941 Death Henri Louis, French officer/resistance fighter, executed at 40 1941 Death Maurice Charles Emile Barlier, French resistance fighter, executed at 35 1941 Event French Marshal Henri Petain gave full support to Nazi Germany 1941 Death Marx Dormoy, French socialist, killed by a time bomb 1941 Event 2nd French troops occupies Damascus Syria 1941 Death Guy de Pourtales, Swiss/French writer (Pache miraculous), dies 1941 Event English and French troop overthrow pro-German Syria 1941 Death Andre Michelin, French tire manufacturer, dies at 88 1941 Death Maximilien Luce, French painter, dies at 82 1941 Death Henri Bergson, French philosopher (Le Rire, Nobel 1928), dies at 81 1940 Event French Vichy-regime proclaims end of "Statut of the Juifs" 1940 Death Walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48 1940 Event Japanese troops attack French Indo-China 1940 Event French/British assault on French fleet in Dakar, flees 1940 Event French colonies Cameroon/Congo-Brazzaville support General De Gaulle 1940 Death Henri Desgrange, French cyclist/founder (Tour de France), dies at 75 1940 Event German occupiers forbid ritual slaughters and English and French movies 1940 Event British destroys French battle fleet at Oran, Algeria, 1267 die 1940 Event British Royal Navy sinks French fleet in North Africa 1940 Death Edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies 1940 Death Jean-Edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies at 71 1940 Death Jehan Alain, French organist/composer, dies in battle at 29 1940 Death Aurelien FM Lugne-Poe, French actor (Pirouette), dies at 70 1940 Event General Charles de Gaulle on BBC tells French to defy nazi occupiers 1940 Event French government moves to Bordeaux 1940 Event British/French troops evacuate Narvik 1940 Event Last British/French troop leave Dunkirk 1940 Death Alfred Loisy, French Clergyman 1940 Event British and French begin evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo) 1940 Death Paul Nizan, French journalist and writer (Ce Soir/Aden Arabia), dies at 35 1940 Event Reynaud forms French government 1940 Event French counter attack at Peronne under General De Gaulle 1940 Event French mariners occupy St. Maarten 1940 Event French marines stationed on Aruba 1940 Event French troops arrive in Zealand/Brabant Netherlands 1940 Event Paul Reynoud becomes French premier 1940 Event French government of Daladier, falls 1939 Birthday Pierre Mertens, French/Belgian writer, Lettres Clandestines 1939 Birthday William Friedkin, Chicago, dir, Exorcist, Cruising, French Connection 1939 Death French LM "Sas" van Aerschot, Flemish actor, dies at 73 1939 Event Stalin requests British, French and Russian anti-nazi pact 1938 Death Marie FM Emmanuel, French composer/musicologist (Salamine), dies at 76 1938 Event French/German non-attack treaty drawn (Ribbentrop-Bonnet Pact) 1938 Death Marie-Clementine "Suzanne" Valadon, French acrobat/model, dies at 72 1938 Death Cesar Vallejo, Peru/French poet (Trilce, Russia and 1931), dies at 46 1937 Death Maurice J Ravel, Swiss/French composer (Bolero), dies in Paris at 62 1937 Death Henri [Lucien] Capitant, French lawyer, dies at 72 1937 Birthday Albertine Sarrazin, French author, L'astragale, La Cavale 1937 Birthday Lionel Jospin, French Statesman 1937 Event French People's front government-Blum falls 1937 Death Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor, French organist/composer, dies at 93 1937 Birthday Alain Badiou, born in Rabat, Morocco, influential French philosopher, chair, subscribes to an anti-postmodern form of continental philosophy 1936 Event Terence Rattigans "French Without Tears," premieres in London 1936 Event French writer Andre Gide criticizes Soviet regime 1936 Event French franc devalued 1936 Birthday Gilbert Amy, French composer, Coeur de Fumee 1936 Death Juliette Adam-Lamber, French author (Salon/Nouvelle Revue), dies at 99 1936 Death Pierre-Octave Ferroud, French composer (Surgery and Foules), dies at 36 1936 Birthday Yves Saint Laurent, born in Algeria, greatest French fashion designer of the 20th century 1936 Event 1 million demonstrate to support French People's Front government 1936 Death Isidore Weiss, French world checker champion, dies 1936 Event French People's Front wins elections 1936 Birthday Georges Perec, French writer, Seire Noire, Retour a la bien-aimee 1936 Death Jacques Bainville, French historian/essayist/journalist, dies at 57 1936 Event French Laval government falls 1935 Birthday Omar Bongo, born in Lewai, French Equatorial Africa, now Bongoville, Gabon, El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, Albert-Bernard Bongo, statesman, Gabonese Democratic Party, President of Gabon at age 31 1935 Death Jules M Cambron, French Governor-General to Algeria/ambassador, dies 1935 Death Henri Barbusse, French writer (Le feu), dies at 62 1935 Death Paul Signac, French Artist 1935 Death Alfred Dreyfus, French officier (Dreyfus Affair), dies 1935 Death Alfred Dreyfus, french colonel, dies 1935 Event French Normandie sets Atlantic crossing record of 1,077 hours 1935 Death Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler, French composer, dies at 74 1935 Death Paul A Dukas, French composer/tutor of Messiaen (Velleda), dies at 69 1935 Birthday Bernard Pivot, French Journalist 1935 Event French liner Normandie begins its maiden voyage 1934 Birthday Victor French, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Highway to Heaven 1934 Death J-Louis-F Barthou, French writer/premier/foreign minister, murdered 1934 Death Jean Vigo, French filmer, dies 1934 Event French socialist/communist party of People's Front forms 1934 Death Louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17), dies at 79 1934 Death "Madame" Marie Curie-Sklodovska, Polish/French chemist, dies 1934 Death Marie Curie, French Scientist 1934 Event French Equatorial Africa constituted a single administrative unit 1934 Event Gaston Doumergue forms new French government 1934 Event French government of Chautemps falls (Stavisky Affair) 1934 Death Alexandre Stavisky, French swindler, dies 1933 Event Camille Chautemps becomes French premier 1933 Death Paul, Prudent, Painleve, French mathematician/minister/premier, dies 1933 Event French government of Serraut forms 1933 Birthday Dawn French, actress/comedienne, Supergrass 1933 Birthday Just Fontaine, French Athlete 1933 Birthday Christian Ferras, French violinist and conductor 1933 Birthday Costantinos Gavras, born in Greece, known as Costa-Gavras, French filmmaker, created political-themed films, known for fast-paced thriller titled Z, first film titled Missing, 1982 1933 Death Henri Duparc, French composer, dies at 85 1933 Event French government of Daladier takes power 1933 Event French government of Paul Boncour falls 1932 Event French government of Herriot falls 1932 Birthday Jacques Chirac, French Statesman 1932 Death Marie MJ Poupelet, French sculptor/poster artist, dies 1932 Event French liner Normandie is launched 1932 Death Joseph F F Babinski, Polish/French neurologist (B-Reflex), dies 1932 Death Paul Gorguloff, murderer of French President Doumer, beheaded 1932 Event Paul Gorgoulov, French president Doumer's assassin, sentenced to death 1932 Birthday Wojciech Kilar, born in Lwow, Poland, composer of film, classical, symphonic music, won French Lili Boulanger Prize for composition 1960 1932 Death Albert Thomas, French socialist politician 1932 Death Albert Thomas, French social minister of Weapon production, dies 1932 Death Andre Baillon, Belgian/French author (& sabots), dies at 56 1932 Birthday Valerie French, born in London, England, actress, Jubal 1932 Birthday Sacha Distel, French singer 1931 Death Paul-Marie-Theodore-Vincent D'indy, French count/composer, dies at 80 1931 Death Marcel Planiol, French private law scholar, dies 1931 Event French "St. Philbert" overturns off St. Nazaire France, drowns 450 1931 Birthday Francoise Arnoul, actress/composer, French Cancan, Jacko and Lise 1931 Event French government of Steeg falls 1931 Death Claude Anet [Jean Schopfer], French writer (La fille perdue), dies 1931 Death Joseph J C Joffre, French marshal, dies at 78 1930 Event Theodore Steeg forms French government 1930 Event French government of Tardieu falls 1930 Birthday Jean-Luc Godard, French director, Alphaville, Hail Mary, Breathless 1930 Birthday Pierre Bourdieu, French Sociologist 1930 Birthday Jacques Derrida, French Philosopher 1930 Event 6th French Mens Tennis: Henri Cochet beats Bill Tilden (36 86 63 61) 1930 Event 6th French Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (62 61) 1930 Birthday Amelia Rosselli, born in Paris, France, poet, of Italian origin, daughter of political activist Carlo Rosselli, worked in Italy as a poet and literary translator, wrote prose in English, French and Italian, major work, 'Spazi metrici' 1930 Event French government of Tardieu falls 1930 Death C-E Auguste Rateau, French inventor (R-steam turbine), dies at 66 1929 Death Emile Loubet, French premier (1892)/president (1899-1906), dies at 90 1929 Death Georges Clemenceau, French journalist/premier (1917-20), dies at 88 1929 Birthday Marilyn French, U.S. author, The Women's Room 1929 Event French government of Briand falls 1929 Death Antoine Bourdelle, French Sculptor 1929 Death Charles E Bonin, French explorer/diplomat (China), dies 1929 Event French premier A Briand requests a U.S. of Europe 1929 Death Georges Courteline [Moineaux], French playwright, dies 1928 Death F A Alphonse Aulard, French historian, dies 1928 Event French sun "Ondine" sinks returning to Toulon, drowning 42 1928 Birthday Agnes Varda, French photograph/director, Cleo de 5 7, Le bonheur 1928 Birthday Yves Klein, French sculptor/painter 1928 Birthday Serge Gainsbourg, Ginsburg, Russian/French singer, Ford Mustang 1928 Birthday Jean Barraque, French composer 1928 Birthday Ernest R Tidyman, Ohio, novelist/screenwriter, French Connection 1927 Death Robert Marquies de Flers, French writer (Monsieur Bretonneau), dies 1927 Event 3rd French Mens Tennis: R Lacoste beats B Tilden (64 46 57 63 11-9) 1927 Birthday Francois Nourissier, French writer, Un petit bourgeois 1926 Event Vatican puts French fascist Charles Maurras' work on the index 1926 Death Jean Richepin, French poet and writer (Contes sans morale), dies at 77 1926 Death Claude [Oscar] Monet, French painter (impressionist), dies at 86 1926 Death Claude Monet, French Artist 1926 Birthday Michel Foucault, French philosopher, History of Sexuality 1926 Birthday Paul-Michel Foucault, French philosopher, Les Mots et les Choses 1926 Event German/French/Belgian/Luxembourg steel cartel closes 1926 Birthday Jean Poiret, French actor and writer, Le Dernier Metro 1926 Birthday Rene Goscinny, French song/cartoon text writer, Asterix 1926 Birthday Marie-Claire Alain, French organist/composer 1926 Event French and German trade agreement signed 1926 Event Battles between Druzen and French in Damascus 1926 Event 2nd French government of Herriot, forms 1926 Death Emile Coue, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion), dies 1926 Event 7th French government of Briand falls 1926 Event 2nd French Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats Mary K Browne (61 60) 1926 Event Lebanese constitution forms under French mandate 1926 Event French air force bombs Damascus, Syria 1926 Death Lucien Herr, French leader (Correspondance entre Schiller), dies 1926 Death Napoleon V Bonaparte, French pretender to the throne, dies at 63 1926 Birthday John Fowles, born in England, novelist, Collector, French Leiutenent's Woman 1926 Birthday Regine Crespin, French vocalist, Sheherazade, Les Nuits D'ete 1925 Birthday Pierre Beregovoy, French premier, 1992-93 1925 Event 7th French government of Briand sworn-in 1925 Death Roger de la Fresnaye, French sculptor/painter, dies 1925 Death Max Linder, French actor/comic/director (Max toreador), dies at 41 1925 Event French General Sarrail bombs Damascus 1925 Event Anti-French uprising in Damascus (French inhabitants flee) 1925 Event French General of Morocco, marshal Lyautey, is dismissed 1925 Death Leon Virginia Bourgeois, French premier (1895-96, Nobel 1920), dies at 74 1925 Death Rene [Raphael] Viviani, French premier (1914-15), dies 1925 Birthday Andre Boucourechliev, French Composer 1925 Birthday Jacques Delors, French economist/chairman European Committee, 1985-95 1925 Event French occupation force begins evacuating country 1925 Death Erik Alfred Leslie Satie, French composer (Dreamy Fish), dies at 59 1925 Birthday Camille Flammarion, French astronomer/writer, Thunder and Lightning 1925 Death Pierre Louys, PF Louis, French writer (Aphrodite), dies 1925 Death Lucien G Guitry, French actor/theater director (l'odeon), dies at 64 1925 Death John [Denton Pinkstone] French, British field marshall (WWI), dies at 72 1925 Birthday D. French Slaughter, Jr., born in Culpeper, Virginia, Representative-R-Virginia, 1985 - 1991 1925 Death D. French Slaughter, Jr., Representative-R-Virginia, 1985 - 1991, died from a series of strokes 1925 Event French colonial army beats Rifkabylen in Morocco 1925 Death Clement Ader, French engineer (steam engine airplane), dies at 84 1925 Death Andre Caplet, French composer (Le miroir de Jesus), dies at 45 1925 Event Paul Painleve follows Edouard Herriot on as French premier 1925 Event Abd el-Krims Rifkabylen beats French army in Morocco 1925 Birthday Louison Bobet, French cyclist, Tour de France 1953-55 1925 Event French Baseball Federation awards silver medals to John McGraw, Charlie Comiskey, and Hugh Jennings 1925 Event French psychologist Emil Coue brings his self-esteem therapy to U.S. "Every day in every way I am getting better and better" 1924 Event Last French/Belgian troops leave Ruhrgebied 1924 Death Gabriel Urbain Faure, French composer (Requiem), dies at 79 1924 Birthday Serge Golovine, French ballet choreographer, Death of Narcissus 1924 Birthday Ludmilla Tcherina, French actress/ballet dancer, Sins of Rome 1924 Event French government names General Serrail Governor-General of Syria 1924 Birthday Janine Charrat, French ballerina/choreographer 1924 Birthday John Cruickshank, French scholar 1924 Event Gaston Doumergue elected as 1st protestant French premier 1924 Death Pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat (Madrid/London), dies 1924 Birthday Charles Aznavour, Armenia, French singer, Monsieur Carnavel, Tin Drum 1924 Death Paul d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist, dies at 71 1924 Event 7th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at French Lick CC Ind 1924 Event Cartel des Gauches wins French parliamentary election 1924 Birthday Jean J A Girault, French director/screenwriter, l'Amour 1924 Death Roland Napoleon Bonaparte, French officer/explorer (Surinam), dies at 65 1924 Event New French government of Poincare begins 1924 Death R G Nivelle, French general (Verdun), dies at 67 1924 Death Edmond Picard, French writer (Ambidextre journalist), dies at 87 1924 Birthday Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, French economist/politician 1924 Death Maurice du Plessys, French poet (Le Feu Sacre), dies at 59 1924 Birthday Jean Francois Revel, French journalist/author, Ni Marx ni Jesus 1923 Death Raymond Radiguet, French journalist and writer (Ball du Comte), dies at 20 1923 Birthday Jorge Semprun, French writer, 2nd mort de R Mercader, Z 1923 Death Dom Joseph Pothier, French Benedictine/musicologist, dies at 88 1923 Death [Auguste-]Maurice Barres, French writer/parliament leader, dies at 61 1923 Death Maurice Barres, French Politician 1923 Death Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer, dies at 60 1923 Death French Netscher, author/journalist (In 3rd Chamber), dies at 59 1923 Birthday Roger Foulon, French/Belgian poet 1923 Birthday Marta Pan, Hungarian/French sculptor, Great spiral 1923 Death Pierre Loti, Julien Viaud, French sea officer/writer, dies 1923 Event French soldiers fire on workers at Krupp factory in Essen; 13 die 1923 Death Theophile Delcasse, French statesman, dies at 71 1923 Birthday Marc Saporta, French writer/essayist, Le Grand Defi 1923 Birthday Janine Dacosta, French pianist 1923 Event French and Belgian troops occupy Ruhr to collect reparations 1922 Birthday Maria Casares, La Coruna Spain, French actress, Orpheus, Lectrice 1922 Event Demonstration for a French Language University in Ghent 1922 Death Marcel Proust, French author (Recherche du Temps Perdu), dies at 51 1922 Death Georges Sorel, French social philosopher, dies at 74 1922 Birthday Francois Reichenbach, French director, La douceur du Village 1922 Death Louis A Ranvier, French anatomist/historian, dies at 86 1922 Death Henri-Desire Landru, French sex murderer, guillotined at 52 1922 Death Alfred Espinas, French sociologist (Societes Animales), dies at 77 1921 Death Charles Camille Saint-Saens, French composer, dies at 86 1921 Birthday Gyorgy Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist, Chopin/Liszt 1921 Birthday Georges Brassens, French poet/cabaret singer 1921 Birthday Chris Marker, French Director 1921 Death Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist, dies at 75 1921 Death Georges Feydeau, French playwright (Chat and Poche), dies at 58 1921 Birthday Nina Vyroubova, Russian/French ballerina, Pavlova-prize 1957 1921 Birthday Zao-Wou-Ki, Chinese/French painter/graphic artist 1921 Birthday Eddie Barclay, French Musician 1921 Birthday Alain Mimoun O'Kacha, Algerian/French cross country, Gold Medal 1956 Olympics 1920 Birthday Georges Marchais, political leader, French Communist Party 1920 Event French troop attacks Main/Darmstadt/Hanau 1920 Birthday Boris Vian, French Writer 1920 Death Jean Allemane, French socialist/communard (allemanisten), dies at 77 1920 Event Alexandre Millerand forms French government 1920 Event French passenger ship Afrique sinks near La Rochelle; 553 die 1920 Death Paul Adam, French writer (L'enfant d'Austerlitz), dies at 57 1919 Death Pierre A Renoir, French painter/sculptor, dies at 78 1919 Death Auguste Renoir, French Artist 1919 Death Amy G C A Bonet-Maury, French reformed theologist, dies 1919 Death Victor A D Segalen, Max Anely, French ship's doctor/writer, dies 1919 Event French assembly decides on 8 hour work day 1919 Birthday Maurice Girodias, French publisher 1919 Event French premier Clemenceau injured during assassination attempt 1918 Event French troops occupies Mainz 1918 Death Edmond Rostand, French Poet 1918 Event Stahlhelm forms (anti communist/Polish/French) in Magdenburg 1918 Birthday Janine Andrade, French violinist 1918 Death Guillaume Apollinaire, Kostrowitsky, French poet 'Alcools', dies at 38 1918 Birthday Rene de Obaldia, French writer/screenwriter, Fugue Waterloo 1918 Birthday Louis Althusser, French philosopher, For Marx, Strangled His Wife 1918 Death Joseph Lesage, French painter/etcher (WW I), dies at 34 1918 Death Roland Garros, French stunt flyer, dies 1918 Death Robert Baldwin Ross, French Celebrity 1918 Death Joost van Vollenhoven, Netherlands, Governor-General (French West-Africa), dies 1918 Event U.S. and French forces launch Aisne-Marne offensive in WW I 1918 Death Josephin Peladan, French writer/CEO (French Red Cross), dies 1918 Birthday Maurice Druon, Kessel, French writer/journalist, Prix Goncourt 1918 Birthday Andre Bazin, French Critic 1918 Event Clemenceau publishes secret French/Austrian documents 1918 Death Paul Vidal de la Blanche, French geographer, dies at 73 1918 Death Claude A Debussy, French composer (Iberia/La mer), dies in Paris at 55 1917 Death Louise J Gautier, French poet/daughter of Theophile G, dies at 71 1917 Event French troop train derails in French Alps killing 543 1917 Event French munition ship "Mont Blanc" explodes in Halifax, kills 1,700 1917 Death F-Auguste-R Rodin, French sculptor (Baiser, Thinker), dies at 77 1917 Death Auguste Rodin, French Sculptor 1917 Death Emile Durkheim, French sociologist (Le suicide), dies 1917 Birthday Eddie Constantine, US/French actor, Lucky Jo, It Lives Again 1917 Death Edgar H G Degas, French painter (ballerina), dies 1917 Death Georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot, dies at 22 1917 Death Paul Meyer, French Writer 1917 Event French pilot Georges Guynemer shoots down 54th German aircraft 1917 Birthday William French Smith, Attorney General, 1981-85 1917 Birthday P Roger Peyrefitte, French writer, Singular Love 1917 Death Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp merchant/forger, dies 1917 Birthday Jean-Louis Curtis, French writer, Just Causes 1917 Death Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semite journalist, dies at 72 1916 Event French defeat Germans in WW I Battle of Verdun 1916 Event French chief of staff Joffre replaced by Nivelle 1916 Death P Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist (Economist France), dies at 73 1916 Death Charles E Vicomte de Foucauld, French explorer, dies at 58 1916 Event Emperor Wilhelm II and French Jozef I establishes kingdom of Poland 1916 Death Odilon Redon, French painter/author (A soi-mame), dies at 76 1916 Event French driven out of Fort Douaumont after 500 killed or injured 1916 Event French troops occupy parts of Fort Douaumont Verdun 1916 Birthday Pierre Emmanuel, French poet, Sodome 1916 Event French troops occupy Bois de Caillette 1916 Event French airship sinks British submarine D3 1916 Event Germans sink French transport ship Provence II, killing 930 1916 Event French artillery kills entire French 72nd division at Samogneux Verdun 1916 Event French cruiser "Admiral Charner" torpedoed off Syrian coast, kills 374 1916 Event French troops capture/Serbian army flees to Corfu 1915 Death Edouard Vaillant, French socialist politician/communard, dies at 75 1915 Event Aristide Briand forms French war government 1915 Birthday Roland Barthes, French literary critic, L'Empire des Signer 1915 Birthday Lloyd James Austin, French Scholar 1915 Event Battle of Loos, almost 430,000 French, British and Germans killed 1915 Death Remy de Gourmont, French critic/writer (Physique L'Amour), dies at 57 1915 Event British and French troops conquer German colony of Cameroon 1915 Event German and French fight Battle of Artois 1915 Event French begin Woevre-offensive 1915 Event French battleship Bouvet explodes, 640 killed 1915 Birthday Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French politician 1915 Death Emil Waldteufel, Charles Levy, French composer (Estudiantina), dies 1914 Event French offensive in Artois (Petain) 1914 Event French government returns to Paris 1914 Event Dardanellen (French and English) fleet bombs Turkish forts 1914 Death Jean Bouin, French marathoner, Silver Medal 1912 Olympics, dies in battle 1914 Death Alain-Fournier, French writer (Grand Meaulnes), dies in battle at 27 1914 Event Battle of Aisne ends with Germans beating French during WW I 1914 Event Battle of Aisne begins between Germans and French during WW I 1914 Event French headquarters move to Chatillon-sur-Seine 1914 Death Charles Peguy, French writer/publisher (Clio), dies in battle at 41 1914 Event British, French and Russian government sign Pact of London, against Germany 1914 Death Charles Peguy, French Philosopher 1914 Event French troops vacate Reims 1914 Death Alberic Magnard, French composer, killed in action at 49 1914 Death Eugene Odene, French mayor of Senlis, executed 1914 Event Battle at St. Quentin: French counter attack under General Lanrezac 1914 Event John French evacuate Amiens 1914 Event German troops march into France pushes French army to the Sedan 1914 Event Battle at Charleroi: General von Bulows troops beat French 1914 Death Raffenel, French general (3rd Colonial Div, WW I), dies in battle 1914 Death Rondoney, French general (3rd Colonial Div, WW I), dies in battle 1914 Event French offensive in the Ardennen/Sambre 1914 Event Battle at Morhange: German troops chase French, killing 1000s 1914 Event French troops under general Dubail occupy Sarrebourg 1914 Event French troops under General de Castelnau occupy Chateau Salins 1914 Event British field marshal John French and General Wilson land in France 1914 Event French troops under General Bonneau occupy Mulhouse at Elzas 1914 Event French government awards king Albert of Belgium the Great Cross 1914 Event French troops under General Bonneau occupy Altkitrch at Elzas 1914 Event French cavalry enter Belgium 1914 Event French fleet sails to North-Africa 1914 Event German press falsely reports that French bombed Nuremberg 1914 Death A J Jean Jaures, French socialist (L'Humanite/Les Preuves), murdered= 1914 Event French troops withdraw 10 km from German border 1914 Event John French appointed British supreme commander 1914 Birthday Philippe Aries, French historian 1914 Birthday Maurice Ohana, British?/French? pianist/composer, La Celestine 1914 Birthday Albert Soboult, French historian 1914 Death Frederic Mistral, French poet (Nobel-1904), dies 1914 Birthday French Duynstee, Dutch constitutional lawyer 1914 Birthday Napoleon L Bonaparte, French pretender to the throne 1913 Death Adhemar Esmein, French Reichts leader, dies at 65 1913 Birthday Lucien Goldmann, Romania/French sociologist/philosopher, Le dieu cache 1913 Birthday Roger Garaudy, French philosopher 1913 Event French Hals museum opens in Harleem Netherlands 1913 Birthday Jean Fournet, French conductor 1913 Birthday Roger Caillois, French writer, Les Jeux et les Hommes 1913 Birthday Paul Ricoeur, French Philosopher 1913 Event French painting "Nude Descending a Staircase" displayed in New York City 1913 Event Aristide Briand forms French government 1913 Death Leon P Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (stratosphere), dies at 57 1912 Event French/British troops lands on Samoa 1912 Birthday Julia Child, born in Pasadena, California, chef, French Chef 1912 Death Jules EF Massenet, French opera composer (Werther, Manon), dies at 70 1912 Death Jules Massenet, French Composer 1912 Birthday Louis J N Gerardin, Toto, French bicyclist/trainer, champ 1930 1912 Birthday Abbe Pierre, born in Lyon, France, French Catholic priest, founded Emmaus movement aiding poor, homeless, refugees 1912 Event Comoros proclaimed a French colonies 1912 Death J-Henri Poincare, French mine engineer/mathematician, dies at 58 1912 Death Frederic Passy, French economist/pacifist (Nobel 1901), dies 1912 Death Leon Dierx, French poet (Amants), dies at 74 1912 Event French protectorate in Morocco established 1912 Birthday Hugues Panassie, French jazz saxophonist/author, Hot Club of France 1912 Birthday French J Van den Brande, Flemish actor 1912 Birthday Jacques Soustelle, French minister of information 1911 Birthday Alfred Manessier, French painter, leaded windows 1911 Birthday Georges Dargaud, French publisher, Asterix/Kuifje 1911 Death Alfred Binet, French child psychologist, dies 1911 Birthday Luc Estang, Lucien Bastard, French writer, Stigmates 1911 Death Alfred Binet, French Psychologist 1911 Birthday Louis M de Guiringaud, French foreign minister, 1976-78 1911 Event Gun magazine of French battleship Liberte explode 1911 Event French battleship Liberte explodes at Toulon Harbor, 285 killed 1911 Birthday Leo Ferre, French singer/composer, Silly-aime, Ni Dieu ni maatre 1911 Birthday Albert Alberts, writer/journalist, French battle 1911 Event Adolphe Messimy appointed French minister of War 1911 Event French troops occupy Fes El Bali Morocco 1911 Birthday Georges Dargaud, French publisher, Asterix, Tintin 1911 Birthday Maurice Schumann, French statesman/writer, La Voix du couvre-feu 1911 Birthday Jehan Ariste Alain, French organist/composer 1911 Birthday Jean-Jacques Grunenwald, French organist/composer 1911 Event Failed assassination attempt on premier Briand in French Assembly 1911 Birthday Gilbert Gadoffre, French scholar 1910 Event French troops occupy Morrocan harbor city Agadir 1910 Birthday Gaston Deferre, French politician 1910 Death Henri "le Douanier" Rousseau, French ambassador/painter, dies 1910 Death Henri Rousseau, French Artist 1910 Death Albert Vandal, French earl/historian (Napoleon), dies at 57 1910 Birthday Pierre Schaeffer, French engineer/composer 1910 Birthday Julien Gracq, Louis Poirier, French writer, Andre Breton 1910 Death Marius Petipa, French ballet dancer and choreographer (Casse-noisette), dies 1910 Birthday Jacques Yves Cousteau, French Explorer 1910 Death Jules Renard, French writer (Le plaisir the rompre), dies at 46 1910 Death Henri E Cross [Delacroix], French painter, dies at 53 1910 Death Jean Moreas, Y Papadiamantopoulos, Greek/French poet, dies at 53 1910 Death Edouard [Judas] Colonne, French violinist and conductor, dies 1910 Death Felix Tournachon, Nadar, French writer/photographer, dies at 89 1910 Birthday Jacques Monod, French biochemist 1910 Birthday Jacques Lucien Monod, French Scientist 1910 Birthday Henri Queffelec, French writer, Au bout du monde 1910 Death Edouard Rod, French/Swiss writer (Mishel' Tes'e), dies at 52 1910 Death Leon Walras, French economist (School of Lausanne), dies at 75 1910 Death Leon Delagrange, French aviation pioneer, dies 1909 Death Paul-Albert Besnard, French painter/graphic artist (Elle), dies at 60 1909 Birthday Monique Hare, French pianist 1909 Death Gaston AA marquis de Gallifet, French Minister of War (1899-1900), dies at 79 1909 Event 1st French air show, Concours d'Avation opens 1909 Birthday French van Immerseel, Belgian graphic artist 1909 Birthday Guy de Rothschild, French banker 1909 Birthday Robert Brasillach, French author/nazi collaborator 1909 Birthday Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues, French writer, Margin 1909 Death Caran d'Ache, Emmanuel Poire, French illustrator, dies 1909 Birthday Rene Etiemble, French literature historian, Parlez-vous Franglais 1908 Death Victorien Sardou, French opera author (Madame Sans-Gene), dies at 77 1908 Birthday Charles Camproux, French linguistic/author, Bestiari 1908 Death Francois Coppee, French poet, dies 1908 Death Ludovic Halevy, French Author 1908 Death Jean Reville, French vicar (Le Prophetisme Hebreu), dies at 53 1908 Birthday Jacques Massu, French general, Algeria 1908 Birthday Victor Vasarely, Hungarian/French painter and author, Op Art 1908 Birthday Hilda Krahwinkel Sperling, born in Essen, Germany, tennis star, French 1935 1908 Birthday Maurice, Jean Jacques, Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher 1908 Event French pilot Henry Farman is 1st European to fly roundtrip 1907 Event French cyclist Paul Cornu flies 1st helicopter (twin rotor) 1907 Birthday Roger Vailland, French author, La Novice, Et Mourir de Plasir 1907 Birthday Yves Allegret, French director, Dedee d'Anvers, Lesson Orgueilleux 1907 Death R F Armand Sully-Prudhomme, French poet (Poesies, Nobel 1901), dies 1907 Death Hector H Malot, French lawyer/author (Alone in the World), dies at 77 1907 Event French troops occupy Casablanca 1907 Birthday Paul-Emile Victor, French pole explorer, La civilisation du phoque 1907 Birthday Rene Char, French poet/painter 1907 Death Marcel Bertrand, French mine engineer, dies at 59 1906 Event French/British/Italian treaty concerning rights on Abyssinia 1906 Death Elisabeth Saint Drieeenheid, French mystic (Souvenirs), dies at 26 1906 Death Albert Reville, French theologist (Jesus of Nazareth), dies at 79 1906 Death Paul Cezanne, French painter, dies at 67 1906 Death Paul Cezanne, French painter/water colors painter, dies at 67 1906 Birthday Marcel Carne, French Director 1906 Birthday Alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer, Hotel du Nord 1906 Birthday Andre Weil, Bourbaki, French/U.S. mathematician 1906 Death Pierre Curie, French physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903), dies 1906 Birthday Samuel Beckett, French playwright, Waiting for Godot, Nobel 1969 1906 Birthday Pierre Cardevielle, French composer and conductor, Amants Captifs 1906 Birthday Serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist 1905 Birthday Guy Mollet, French socialist premier, 1956-57 1905 Birthday Pierre Brasseur, Espinasse, French actor, Enfants du Paradis 1905 Event French Assembly National votes for separation of church and state 1905 Event British, Italian, Russisan, French and Austria-Hungary fleet attack Lesbos 1905 Death Alphonse Allais, French humorist and writer (Le chat noir), dies 1905 Death Jose Maria de Heredia, Cuban/French sonnet poet, dies at 62 1905 Birthday Savitri Devi, French Writer 1905 Death Galli-Marie, French mezzo-soprano, dies at 64 1905 Death Pietro/Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, 1st French Congo Governor (1890-98), die 1905 Birthday Maurice Charles Emile Barlier, French resistance fighter 1905 Death Pierre de Braza, founder (French Congo), dies 1905 Birthday Jacques Goddot, French publisher, Tour de France 1905 Event French Foreign minister Delcasse resigns on German request 1905 Death Alphonse de Rothschild, French banker, dies 1905 Event French newspapers publish lists of Jules Vernes unpublished work 1905 Event French Dufaux brothers test helicopter 1905 Birthday Raymond Aron, French sociologist and political scientist 1905 Birthday Felix L V L J Labisse, French painter, libidoscaphes 1905 Death Joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, dies at 85 1905 Death Marcel Schwob, French writer/journalist (Coeur double), dies 1905 Birthday Paul Nizan, French journalist and writer, L'Humanite, La Conspiration 1905 Event French government of Combes falls 1905 Birthday Pierre Mendes-France, French Premier, 1954-55 1904 Birthday Alentejo Carpentier, Cubans/French writer, Guerra del Tiempo 1904 Birthday Eve Denise Curie, French pianist/author/daughter of Madame Curie 1904 Birthday Louis Neel, French physicist, Nobel 1970 1904 Birthday Steven Geray, Uzhored Czechoslovakia, actor, French Line 1904 Death Frederic Auguste Bertholdi, French sculptor (Statue of Liberty), dies 1904 Death Emile Galle, French glass/marble/ceramic artist dies at 56 1904 Birthday Hans Hartung, German/French painter 1904 Death Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French foreign minister (Dreyfus), dies 1904 Birthday Jean Gabin, Alexis Moncorge, actor, Stormy Waters, French Can Can 1904 Birthday Leslie French, actor/singer, More than a Miracle 1904 Birthday Antonin Magne, French bicyclist, Tour de France 1931, 34 1904 Birthday Henri-Georges Adam, French etcher/painter/sculptor, Grand Nude 1903 Event French Equatorial Africa separates into Gabon, Chad and Ubangi-Shari 1903 Death Camille Pissarro, French Artist 1903 Death Charles Renouvier, French philosopher (neo criticism), dies 1903 Birthday Raymond Radiguet, French journalist and writer, Le diable ouch corps 1903 Death Paul Gauguin, French Artist 1903 Birthday Fernandel, Fernand JD Contandin, French actor, Paris Holiday 1903 Death Eugene-Henri-Paul Gauguin, French painter (Tahiti), dies 1903 Birthday Raymond Queneau, M Presle, French author, Un Enfant a Dit 1902 Birthday Georges Poulet, French/Belgian critic, Temps Humain 1902 Birthday Fernand Braudel, French historian 1902 Death Emile Zola, French writer (Nana/Germinal/J'accuse), dies at 62 1902 Birthday F R Boschvogel, French LJ Ramon, Flemish writer, War of Worlds 1902 Birthday Fernand Braudel, French historian, Civililization and Capitalism 1902 Birthday Christian Castries, French general, Dien Bien Phu 1902 Death Jean Y. Y. Tissot, French painter/illustrator, dies 1902 Birthday Nathalie Sarraute, Cherniak, Russian/French playwright 1902 Death Mark M Antokolski, Russian/French sculptor, dies at 58 1902 Event U.S. buys concession to build Panama canal from French for $40 million 1902 Birthday Louise L de Vilmorin, French poet and author, Lutin Sauvage 1902 Birthday Marcel Ayme, French writer, Jument Verte 1902 Birthday Vercors, Jean Bruller, French writer, Le Silence de la Mer 1902 Birthday Maurice Durufle, French organist/composer 1902 Birthday Hubert Beuve-Mery, French newspaper publisher, Le Monde, The Voice, 1901 Birthday Alberto Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor 1901 Death Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter, dies at 36 1901 Birthday Jacques Perret, French journalist and writer, La caporal epingle 1901 Birthday Jean Debuffet, French painter/sculptor, Landscape with 2 Personages 1901 Birthday Jean Dubuffet, French Artist 1901 Birthday Michel Leiris, French cultural anthropologist 1901 Birthday Rene-Jean Pleven, French premier, 1950-52 1901 Birthday Jacques Lacan, French Psychologist 1901 Birthday Alexander Alexeieff, Russian/French painter and graphic artist 1901 Death Francois M Raoult, French physicist/chemist (Law of Raoult), dies at 70 1901 Birthday Andre Parrot, French archaeologist/theologist, Assur 1901 Death Charles Hermite, French mathematician (e is transcendent), dies at 78 1901 Birthday Edmond Vandercammen, French/Belgian writer, L'amour responsable 1901 Birthday H L Honore comte d'Estienne d'Orves, French officer/resistance fighter 1900 Birthday Marc Allegret, French director, Voyage ouch Congo 1900 Birthday Julien Green, US/French writer, Frere Francois 1900 Birthday Rene Crevel, French author, Mon corps et moi, Detours 1900 Birthday Maurice Thorez, Secretary-General, French Communist Party 1900 Death Comte de Villebois-Marevil, French/South African general, dies in battle 1900 Birthday [Jean] Frederic Joliot-Curie, French physicist, Nobel 1935 1900 Birthday Madeleine Renaud, French actress/theater director, Plaisir 1900 Event General French relieves Kimberley/Cecil Rhodes 1900 Birthday Pierre-Octave Ferroud, French composer, Sarabande, Jeunesse 1900 Birthday Yves Tanguy, French/U.S. sailor/surrealistic painter 1899 Birthday Roger Vitrac, French poet/dramatist, Coup of Trafalgar 1899 Birthday Georges Bidault, French Politician 1899 Event French Captain Alfred Dreyfus sentenced on unjust grounds 1899 Birthday Armand Salacrou, French playwright 1899 Birthday Marcel Achard, French screen/playwright, Jean de la Lune 1899 Birthday Benjamin Peret, French writer/poet, La revolution surrealiste 1899 Death Victor Cherbuliez, French Novelist 1899 Birthday Jean Moulin, hero of the French Resistance, WW II 1899 Death Ernest Chausson, French composer (Solitude dance le bois), dies at 44 1899 Death Marie-Rosalie "Rosa" Bonheur, French painter, dies at 68 1899 Death Francisque Sarcey, French writer (Le Temps), dies at 70 1899 Death Edouard Pailleron, French attorney/comedian, dies at 64 1899 Birthday Robert Marcel Casadesus, French pianist and composer, Prix Diemer 1899 Birthday Francis Ponge, French Poet 1899 Birthday Jacques Audiberti, French poet, Race of Men 1899 Event British and French accord about West-Africa 1899 Death Emile Erckmann, French writer (Waterloo), dies at 76 1899 Death Alfredo d'Escragnolle, French/Brazilian writer (Innocencia), dies 1898 Birthday Eugene Dabit, French writer/painter, Hotel du Nord 1898 Event French government-Dupuy forms 1898 Birthday Alfred Sauvy, French statistician, Affluence and Population 1898 Death Pierre C Puvis de Chavannes, French painter (Pantheon), dies at 73 1898 Birthday Renee Adoree, French/U.S. singer and actress, Tfolies-Bergere, Mr. Wu 1898 Event French troops reach Guinea and Sudan, Samori caught 1898 Death Stephane Mallarme, French publisher (L'apres-midi d'un faune), dies 1898 Birthday Paul Belmondo, French sculptor, Bathing Woman, Orleans 1898 Event Jean-Baptiste Marchand hoists French flag in Fashoda, Sudan 1898 Death Paul Voulet, French captain/mass murderer in Senegal, dies 1898 Death Charles Chanoine, French lt/mass murderer in Senegal, dies 1898 Death Lucien Petipa, French dancer/choreograph/ballet leader, dies 1898 Event French liner "La Bourgogne" collides with bark Cromartyshire, 560 die 1898 Birthday Geo[rges M] Norge, French/Belgian writer, Les oignons 1898 Birthday Roger Bastide, French sociologist 1898 Birthday Joseph Kessel, French journalist and writer, Army of the Shadows 1897 Death Leon Boelmann, French organist/composer (Suite Gothique), dies at 35 1897 Birthday Louis Aragon, French poet and writer, Feu de joie, Lesson poetes 1897 Birthday Georges Bataille, French Writer 1897 Birthday Irene Joliot-Curie, French physicist, neutron, Nobel 1935 1897 Birthday Harold French, director, Encore, actor 1897 Birthday Jean Epstein, French director, Sa tate/Eau vive 1897 Death Antoine T d'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia), dies at 87 1897 Birthday Bernard F. Lyot, French astronomer, Lyot filter 1896 Birthday Andre Cheron, French chess/bridge theorist 1896 Birthday Elsa Schiaparelli, French fashion designer 1896 Event Wilfrid Laurier sworn in as 1st French speaking Prime Minister 1896 Death Louis CPR of Orleans, French duke (chosen king of Belgian), dies at 81 1896 Birthday Henry M de Montherlant, French stage author, La Reine Morte 1896 Birthday Tristan Tzara, Samuel Rosenfeld, French poet, Approximate Man 1896 Birthday Henri de Lubac sj, French theologist/anti-fascist 1896 Birthday Charles A. L. Panzera, French baritone, L'horizon Chimerique 1896 Death Charles Louis Ambrose Thomas, French composer (Mignon), dies at 84 1896 Birthday Orville Caldwell, California, actor, Patsy, French Doll, Last Warning 1896 Death Paul M Verlaine, French poet (Elegies, Bonne Chanson), dies at 51 1896 Death Paul Verlaine, French Poet 1896 Birthday Andre Aime Rene Masson, French Surrealist artist, Labyrinth 1895 Birthday Paul Eluard, French communist/poet/resistance fighter, Le Phenix 1895 Birthday Jakob Kaplan, French head rabbi, 1955-81 1895 Death Louis Pasteur, French bacteriologist (Pasteurization), dies at 72 1895 Event French labor union CGT (Confederation Generale du Travail) forms 1895 Death Ernest H Baillon, French botanist (History of Plants), dies at 67 1895 Birthday Gabriel M-E-R Chevallier, French author, Le petit general 1895 Birthday Jean Giono, French writer, World Chant 1895 Death Berthe MP Morisot, French painter/aquarelliste, dies at 54 1895 Death Berthe Morisot, French Artist 1895 Birthday Marcel Pagnol, French playwright/director, Marchands de Gloire 1895 Death Francois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85 1895 Event French president Casimir-Perier resigns 1895 Event French fleet reaches Majunga, Madagascar 1895 Birthday Marie-Dominique Chenu, French Roman Catholic theologist 1895 Event French Captain Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly stripped of his rank; later declared innocent 1894 Birthday Georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot 1894 Event French officer Alfred Dreyfus court-martialed for treason, triggers worldwide charges of anti-Semitism (Dreyfus later vindicated) 1894 Death Ferdinand de Lesseps, French engineer/diplomat/earl, dies at 89 1894 Event French Captain Henri Decoeurs troops reach Nikki West Africa 1894 Birthday Jean Renoir, French director, Madame Bovary, Nana, Grand Illusion 1894 Death Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier, French composer (Espana, L'etoile), dies at 53 1894 Event French cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in world record 2:39:18 1894 Death Gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding designer/painter, dies at 45 1893 Event French lieutenant Boiteux annexes Tumbuktu 1893 Death Antoine T d'abbadie, French explorer: Ethiopia, dies at 78 1893 Death Charles F Gounod, French composer (La reine the Saba), dies at 75 1893 Death Charles Gounod, French Composer 1893 Death Edouard Manet, French painter (Olympia), dies at 61 1893 Event Ivory Coast becomes a French colony 1893 Death Hippolyte Taine, French philosopher/historian, dies at 64 1893 Birthday Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, French novelist/essayist, Gilles 1892 Birthday Alexander A Aljechin, Russian/French chess champ, 1927-35, 37-46 1892 Death Ernest Renan, French Philosopher 1892 Event Russian/French generals Obruchev/Boisdeffre signs Duple Alliance 1892 Birthday Jean Lurcat, French painter/carpet designer 1892 Birthday Cesar Vallejo, Peruvian/French poet, Los Heraldos Negros 1892 Event Battle at Mengo, Uganda: French missionaries attack British missionaries 1892 Birthday Marcel Dassault, French airplane builder 1891 Birthday Antoine Pinay, French premier, 1952, minister of Foreign affairs 1891 Birthday Jean Galtier-Boissiere, French writer/cartoonist/journalist 1891 Death Arthur Rimbaud, French Poet 1891 Death Louis L Bonaparte, English/French linguist/senator, dies at 78 1891 Birthday Charles Munch, Strasbourg Alsatian conductor, French Legion D'Honeur 1891 Birthday Jacques Lipchitz, Polish/French/U.S. painter/cubist sculptor 1891 Death Henry Charles Litolff, French pianist/componist, dies at 73 1891 Death Jean-Baptist Capronnier, French/Belgian painter, dies at 77 1891 Death Georges-Pierre Seurat, French painter (Pointillism), dies at 31 1891 Death Napoleon JKP Bonaparte, French prince/member National Convention, dies at 68 1891 Birthday Georges E Migot, French composer 1891 Event French troops under captain Archinard occupy Diena West Sudan 1891 Death Johan B Jongkind, Dutch/French painter (Winter View), dies at 71 1891 Death Ernest Meissonier, French painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 75 1891 Birthday Max Ernst, German/French surrealist painter/sculptor 1891 Birthday Moise Kisling, Polish/French painter, La Souris Boiteuse 1891 Death Leo Delibes, French ballet composer (Lakme), dies at 54 1891 Death Georges-Eugene Haussmann, French senator/baron, dies at 81 1891 Event French troops occupy Nioro, West-Sudan, 3000 killed 1890 Death Alphonse Karr, French Critic 1890 Death Charles-A Chatrian, French writer (Waterloo), dies at 63 1890 Birthday Yves Alix, French painter/graphic artist 1890 Event British and French accord to divide African colonization 1890 Death Louise Ackermann-Choquet, French author (Journal), dies at 76 1890 Birthday Ossip Zadkine, Russian/French sculptor, Destroyed City 1890 Birthday Georg Annenkov, Russian/French painter 1890 Event French troops under Captain Archinard occupy Oussebougou West Sudan 1890 Birthday Marcel L'Herbier, French director/screenwriter, El Dorado 1890 Event French troops under captain Archinard occupy Segu, West-Sudan 1890 Birthday Andre L. Danjon, French astronomer 1890 Birthday Jean J M de Lattre de Tassigny, French gen, Indo-China 1889 Birthday Honore-Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher/playwright 1889 Birthday Abel Gance, French film pioneer/actor, Napoleon, J'accuse 1889 Birthday Pierre Reverdy, French author and poet, Coeur de Chevre 1889 Death Jean MMPA de Villiers de l'isle-Adam, French writer (Axel), dies at 60 1889 Birthday Pierre-etienne Flandin, French premier, 1934-35, and minister of Foreign affairs 1889 Event 300m Eiffel Tower officially opens, commemorates French Revolution 1888 Birthday Alphonse Juin, French marshal 1888 Event French Panama Canal company fails 1888 Birthday Benjamin Cremieux, French author, Le premier the la Classe 1888 Birthday Henri [Ferdinand M J] Bosco, French author and poet, Gogol 1888 Birthday Jean Monnet, French economist/EG-pioneer/chairman, EGKS 1888 Birthday Roger Bissiere, French painter 1888 Death Charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet, dies at 45 1888 Birthday Jean-Jacques Bernard, French writer, Mon pere Tristan Bernard 1888 Birthday Jacques Feyder, Frederix, Belg/French actor and director, Anna Christie 1888 Birthday Jean Wahl, French philosopher 1888 Birthday Joseph Csaky, Hungarian/French sculptor 1888 Birthday Paul Morand, French Diplomat 1887 Event French president Grevy (80) resigns 1887 Birthday Marcel Duchamp, French painter, Nude Descending a Staircase 1887 Birthday Henri Pourrat, French writer, Gaspard of the Montagnes 1887 Event French/Italian Riviera struck by Earthquake; 2,000 die 1887 Birthday Savielly [Xavier] G Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player 1886 Birthday Tsugouharu T Foujita, Japans/French painter 1886 Death Paul Bert, French Scientist 1886 Birthday Mark Aldanov, Landau, Russian/French chemist/writer 1886 Birthday Mark Aldanov, Landau, Russian/French chemist, Myslitel, 1886 Birthday Henri Alain-Fournier, French novelist, Great Adventure 1886 Birthday Marc Bloch, French Historian 1886 Birthday Francis Carcopino, French author/critic, L'Homme Traque 1886 Birthday Robert Schuman, French premier 1886 Birthday Marcel Dupre, French organist/composer 1886 Birthday Antoine Pevsner, French sculptor 1886 Death Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horace), dies at 77 1885 Death Louis Riel, French rebel who fought against Canada, executed at 41 1885 Birthday Roger de la Fresnaye, French sculptor/painter 1885 Birthday Andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, Traite du paysage 1885 Birthday Andre Maurois, French writer, Balzac 1885 Birthday Georges Mandel, Louis Rothschild, French Foreign minister, -1940 1885 Death Victor(-Marie) Hugo, French writer (Les Miserables), dies at 83 1885 Death Victor Hugo, French Author 1885 Birthday Robert Delaunay, French painter 1885 Event 2nd French government of Ferry resigns 1885 Death Edmond About, French Novelist 1884 Birthday Denys Amiel, French dramatist/playwright, Cafe Tabac 1884 Death Paul Abadie, French master builder (Sacre-Coeur, Paris), dies at 71 1884 Birthday Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac, French painter/cartoonist 1884 Birthday Georges Duhamel, French Novelist 1884 Birthday Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher, La psychanalyse du feu 1884 Birthday Jacques Chardonne, Boutelleau, French writer, l'Epithalame 1883 Birthday Marie Laurencin, French Artist 1883 Birthday Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer, Chanel 1883 Birthday Coco Chanel, French Designer 1883 Death Olivier Gloux, Gustave Aimard, French world explorer, dies at 64 1883 Event French fleet under Pierre begins siege of Tamatave, Madagascar 1883 Event French troops under Lt-colonel Borgnis-Desbordes occupy Bamako Senegal 1883 Event Battle at Bamako: French assault on Fabous arm forces attack 1883 Death Louis Veuillot, French Journalist 1883 Event 2nd French government of Ferry begins 1883 Birthday Camille Bombois, French circus wrestler/painter 1883 Event French Lt-colonel Gustave Borgnis-Desbordes reaches Bamako on the Niger 1883 Death Gustave Dore, French illustrator, dies at 51 1882 Death Leon Michel Gambetta, French attorney/premier (1881-82), dies at 44 1882 Death Louis Blanc, French Politician 1882 Death Joseph Liouville, French mathematician (surface of Liouville), dies 1882 Event French/Vietnamese/Chinese battle at Hanoi, 100s die 1882 Event Toba-indians killed 20 members of French expedition 1882 Birthday Georges F Broque, French cubist painter, Bike 1882 Death Jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer, murdered at 35 1882 Birthday Georges Braque, French Artist 1882 Death Jules Quicherat, French historian/archaeologist (Melanges), dies at 66 1881 Event Leon Gambetta forms French government 1881 Event French government-Ferry resigns 1881 Birthday Guy de Pourtales, Swiss/French writer, Nietzsche in Italy 1881 Event French marines occupy Tunisian harbor city Sfax 1881 Event Treaty of Bardo, Tunis becomes a French protectorate 1881 Death Henri-Frederic Amiel, Swiss/French writer (Journal Intime), dies at 59 1881 Birthday Teilhard de Chardin, French Philosopher 1881 Event French troops occupy Algeria and Tunisia 1881 Birthday Savilly Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player 1880 Death Michel Chasles, French mathematician (geometry), dies at 83 1880 Event Sarah Bernhardt, French actress, made U.S. debut at New York's Booth Theater 1880 Death Jacques Offenbach, German/French composer (La belle Helene), dies at 61 1880 Birthday Henri G Casadesus, French altviolist/composer, Viola d'amour 1880 Event Jules Ferry forms French government 1880 Birthday Desire-emile Inghelbrecht, French composer and conductor, Naval 1880 Birthday Jean-Louis Pisuisse, Dutch night club performer, French governess 1880 Birthday Elisabeth of Saint Drieeenheid, Catez, French mystic, Souvenirs 1880 Death Gustave Flaubert, French writer (Salammbo), dies 1880 Death Isaac M "Isaac A" Cremieux, French minister of Justice, dies at 83 1880 Birthday French van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp 1880 Birthday Louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer 1879 Birthday Stanislas Bizot, French world checker champion, 1925 1879 Birthday Andre Caplet, French composer and conductor, Conte Fantastic 1879 Event Ferdinand de Lesseps forms French Panama Canal Company 1879 Event Khedive Ismael of Egypt fires French/British ministers 1879 Death Thomas Couture, French painter/author, dies at 63 1879 Death Honore V Daumier, French painter/lithographer, dies at 70 1879 Birthday Jacques Bainville, French historian/essayist/journalist 1879 Event French President MacMahon resigns 1879 Birthday Henri-Honore Giraud, French general/member of parliament 1878 Birthday Felix M Abel, French bible scholar, Jerusalem Nouvelle 1878 Event French SS Byzantin sinks after collision in Dardanellen, 210 killed 1878 Birthday Francois C Schlumberger, French physicist 1878 Birthday Paul Hazard, French literature historian 1878 Birthday Alfred Doblin, German/French author/co-founder of Sturm 1878 Birthday Lucien Febvre, French historian, Un destin: Martin Luther 1878 Birthday Albert Thomas, French socialist politician 1878 Birthday Vincent [de Moro-]Giafferi, French prosecutor, Dieudonne, Landru 1878 Death Charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61 1878 Death Claude Bernard, French Psychologist 1878 Birthday Francis Picabia, French painter/illustrator 1878 Death Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67 1878 Birthday Victor A. D. Segalen, French writer 1878 Birthday Francois Ambrosiny, French dancer/choreograph, L'oiseau enchante 1877 Death JD Gustave Courbet, French painter (Baigneuses), dies at 58 1877 Death Gustave Courbet, French Artist 1877 Birthday Alfred Cortot, French pianist 1877 Death Adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Rep (1871-77), dies at 80 1877 Death Louis Adolphe Thiers, French Statesman 1877 Birthday Jean Schlumberger, French writer, La Mort de Sparte 1877 Death Antoine A Cournot, French mathematician (rule of C), dies at 75 1877 Birthday Alphonse de Chateaubriant, French writer, Instantanes aux Pays-Bas 1877 Birthday Louis Francois-Marie Aubert, French composer, Habanera 1877 Birthday Kees van Dongen, Netherland, French painter 1876 Death Felicien C David, French composer (Lalla-Roukh), dies at 66 1876 Birthday Max Jacob, French writer, Concentration Camp, Le Siege de Jerusalem 1876 Death George Sand, French author (Indiana, Consuelo), dies at 71 1876 Birthday Saint-Georges de Bouchelier, French author, Le Rois Sans Couronne 1876 Death Henri A Esquiros, French poet (Evangile du peuple), dies at 63 1876 Death Marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, Daniel Stern, French author, dies at 70 1876 Birthday Constantin Brancusi, Romanian/French sculptor, Princesse X 1875 Death Edouard Corbiere, French captain/writer (Le Negrier), dies at 82 1875 Death Georges [Alexandre-Cesar-Leopold] Bizet, French composer, dies at 36 1875 Death Georges Bizet, French Composer 1875 Death Eliphas Levi, French Author 1875 Birthday Andre Baillon, Belgian/French author, Un homme si simple 1875 Death Edgar Quinet, French writer/historian (Ahasverus), dies at 72 1875 Death Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76 1875 Birthday Annette Kolb, German/French author, Small Fanfare 1875 Birthday Charles Rist, French economist 1874 Death Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin, French politician and revolutionary, dies 1874 Birthday Edmond Flegenheimer, Swiss/French author, Ecoute Israel 1874 Birthday Albert Aftalion, Bulgaria/French economist 1874 Death JBAL Leonce Elie the Beaumont, French geologist, dies at 75 1874 Birthday Andre Debierne, French chemist/physicist, Actinium 1874 Birthday Henry Farman, French aviation pioneer, double decker 1874 Death Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France), dies at 75 1873 Death Ernest Feydeau, French author, dies at 52 1873 Birthday Alfred Jarry, French Writer 1873 Event French poet Paul Verlaine wounds Arthur Rimbaud with pistol 1873 Birthday Ernest B Allo, French theologist 1873 Birthday Charles Peguy, French Philosopher 1872 Birthday Robert marquess of Flers, French author, Habit Vert 1872 Death Theophile Gautier, French poet/writer/historian/critic, dies at 61 1872 Death Jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer, dies at 78 1872 Birthday Maurice Gamelin, French generalissimo 1872 Birthday Albert P Sarraut, French Governor-General of Indo-China, 1911..19, PM, 1933/36 1872 Birthday Leon Blum, French premier, People's front government 1872 Birthday Paul Fort, French poet/founder of Vers et Prose 1871 Birthday John French Sloan, American Artist 1871 Birthday Georges-Henri Rouault, French expressionist painter, Miserere et Guerre 1871 Death Daniel-Franeois-Esprit Auber, French opera composer, dies at 89 1871 Birthday [Emile M] Louis Madelin, French historian, French revolutionary 1871 Birthday Jeanne Bougeois, La Mistinguette, artist, French revue 1871 Death Theodore Caruelle d'Aligny, French painter/etcher, dies at 73 1871 Death Pierre A du Terrail, French writer, dies at 41 1870 Death Alexander Dumas, French Novelist 1870 Birthday Francis Louis Casadesus, French violinist, composer and conductor 1870 Birthday Andre Lichtenberger, French sociologist/writer, Le petit roi 1870 Death Prosper Merimee, French playwright (Carmen), dies at 66 1870 Event Italian army under Victor Emmanuel II seizes Rome from the French 1870 Event 3rd French republic proclaimed as they overthrow their king 1869 Birthday Aurelien FM Lugne-Poe, French actor/stage manager, La Parade 1869 Birthday Andre Gide, French Novelist 1869 Death Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French writer (Tableau Historique), dies 1869 Birthday Marcel Cachin, co-founder, French Communistic Party 1869 Event Margarine is patents by Hippolye Mega-Mouries for use by French Navy 1869 Birthday Robert Baldwin Ross, French Celebrity 1869 Death Louis Hector Berlioz, French composer (Symphony Fantastic), dies at 65 1869 Death Hector Berlioz, French Composer 1869 Death Alphonse MLP de Lamartine, French poet (History of Girondins), dies at 78 1869 Death Alphonse de Lamartine, French Poet 1868 Birthday Francis Jammes, French poet and writer, Jammisme 1868 Birthday Edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist 1868 Death Alexander Walewski, French earl/duke/diplomat/Foreign minister, dies 1868 Birthday Frederic baron d'Erlanger, French composer/banker 1868 Birthday Claude Anet, Jean Schopfer, French writer, Fille Perdue 1868 Birthday Charles R. Gallas, Dutch lexicographer, French dictionary 1868 Birthday Alain, Emile-Auguste Chartier, French philosopher and writer 1867 Birthday Julien Benda, French philosopher and writer, Dialogues Byzance 1867 Death Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician (kinematics), dies at 79 1867 Birthday Marie Curie, French Scientist, discovered radium, Nobel 1903, 1911 1867 Event Battle at Mentana: French/pontifical troops beat Garibaldi 1867 Birthday Pierre Bonnard, French painter/illustrator 1867 Death [Pierre-]Charles Baudelaire, French poet (Journaux Intimes), dies at 46 1867 Death Charles Baudelaire, French Poet 1867 Event Last French troops leave Mexico 1867 Death French A Durlet, Belgian sculptor/architect, dies at 50 1867 Birthday Maxime Weygard, French general/Governor-General, Algeria 1867 Death Victor Cousin, French Philosopher 1867 Death Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education, dies at 74 1866 Birthday Vassily V Kandinsky, Russian/German/French abstract painter, Dreamy Inspiration 1866 Birthday Tristan Bernard, French Playwright 1866 Event French Government of De Putte resigns 1865 Birthday Felix E. Vallotton, Swiss/French painter/writer, Chaste Suzanna 1865 Birthday Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician, Taylor series 1865 Birthday Marie-Clementine"Suzanne" Valadon, French acrobat/model 1865 Birthday Henri [Lucien] Capitant, French lawyer, Loi Falcidie 1865 Birthday Charles E Bonin, French explorer/diplomat, China 1864 Birthday Camille Claudel, French Artist 1864 Death Otto French Strahl, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 33 1864 Birthday Maurice de Plessys, French poet, Palace Occidental 1864 Event British, French and Dutch fleets attacked Japan in Shimonoseki Straits 1864 Event U.S., British, French and Dutch naval officer sails Staits of Simonoseki 1864 Death Ferdinand Lassalle, French politician (ADA), dies at 39 1864 Death Louis Hachette, French publisher, dies at 64 1863 Birthday French Ferdinand, archduke of Austria, Sarajevo/WW I 1863 Birthday Paul [Prudent] Painleve, French mathematician/minister/premier 1863 Birthday Paul P Painleve, French PM, 1917, 1925, mathematician 1863 Birthday Paul Signac, French Artist 1863 Birthday Rene [Raphael] Viviani, French historian/social premier, 1914-15 1863 Birthday C-E Auguste Rateau, French mining engineer, Rateau steam turbine 1863 Birthday Alexandre EJ Yersin, Swiss/French bacteriologist, bacteria plague 1863 Death Alfred de Vigny, French Poet 1863 Event Cambodia becomes French protectorate 1863 Event Mexico City captured by French troops 1863 Birthday F Henri Berz, French existensialist philosopher, Revue the Synthesis 1863 Death E J Horace Vernet, French painter, dies at 73 1862 Birthday Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer 1862 Birthday Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer 1862 Birthday Daniel Halevy, French historian and writer, La fin des notables 1862 Birthday Georges Feydeau, French playwright, La Dame de Chez Maxim's 1862 Birthday Paul Adam, French writer, La Bataille d'Uhde 1862 Birthday Leon Boellmann, French organist/composer, Variations Symphoniques 1862 Birthday [Auguste-]Maurice Barres, French writer/member of parliament 1862 Birthday Maurice Barres, French Politician 1862 Birthday Napoleon V Bonaparte, French pretender to throne 1862 Event Battle of Oak Grove, Virginia (Orchard, Henrico, French's Field) (Kings's Schoolhouse) Day 1 of 7 Days 1862 Event French army intervenes in Puebla, Mexico: Cinco de Mayo 1862 Birthday Marie F M Emmanuel, French composer/musicologist, Salamine 1862 Birthday Marcel Prevost, French publisher/writer, Les demis-vierges 1862 Death Fromental Halevy, Elie Levy, French opera composer, dies at 62 1862 Death Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87 1861 Birthday French Gailliard, Belgian painter, Zeustempel in Athens 1861 Birthday Antoine Bourdelle, French Sculptor 1861 Birthday Pierre M M Duhem, French naturalist/philosopher/historian 1860 Birthday Lucien G Guitry, French actor/theatre director, l'Odeon 1860 Death Elie Decazes, French Bourbon Restoration politician, dies at 80 1860 Event British and French troops capture Beijing 1860 Birthday Lucien Laberthonniere, French philosopher 1860 Birthday Jules Laforgue, Uruguay, French poet, Les Complaintas 1860 Birthday Alfred Coville, French historian, Lesson etats de Normandie 1860 Birthday Philippe J Bunau-Varilla, French engineer, Colombia-Panama 1860 Birthday Gustave Charpentier, French composer, opera Louise 1860 Birthday Rene Lalique, French jewel designer 1860 Birthday Rachilde, Marguerite Vallette-Eymery, French author, Monsieur Venus 1860 Birthday Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian/French painter/author, Journal 1859 Birthday Maurice Donnay, French playwright, Lovers 1859 Death Louis Poinsot, French mathematician/instrument maker, dies at 82 1859 Birthday Alfred Dreyfus, accused Jewish French officer, Dreyfus Affair 1859 Birthday AAJ Jean Jaures, French socialist, L'Humanite, Les Preuves 1859 Death Alexis de Tocqueville, French Scientist 1859 Birthday Josephin Peladan, French writer/founder, French Rosicrucians 1858 Birthday Charles E Vicomte de Foucauld, French explorer/hermit 1858 Birthday Georges Courteline, Moineaux, French playwright 1858 Birthday Roland Napoleon Bonaparte, French officer/traveller, Surinam 1858 Birthday Emile Durkheim, French sociologist, Division du travail social 1858 Birthday Remy de Gourmont, French critic and writer, Physique de L'amour 1858 Birthday Maximilien Luce, French painter 1858 Birthday Neel [Cornelia H] Doff, Dutch/French/Belgian painter's model/writer 1858 Birthday Eugene Brieux, French playwright, Blanchette, Lesson Avaries 1858 Event French Emperor Napoleon III escapes attempt on his life by Felice Orsini, an Italian patriot who was later executed 1858 Death Rachel, Elisabeth Rachel-Felix, French singer and actress (Muse), dies at 36 1857 Birthday Joseph F F Babinski, Polish/French neurologist, Babinski reflex 1857 Death Eugene Sue, French Novelist 1857 Death Charles LJL Bonaparte, Corsican/French prince of Canino, dies at 54 1857 Birthday French [M J Francois] Erens, lawyer/literary, Pursue Years 1857 Birthday Alfred Binet, French child psychologist 1857 Death E Francois Vidocq, French criminalogist/police officer, dies at 81 1857 Death LC Alfred the Musset, French poet (Lesson caprices Marianne), dies 1857 Death Alfred de Musset, French Writer 1857 Birthday Alfred Loisy, French Clergyman 1857 Birthday Emile Coue, French pharmacist, recovery by auto suggestion 1857 Death Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77 1856 Birthday R G Nivelle, French military man 1856 Birthday Henri E Cross, Delacroix, French painter 1856 Death Adolphe Charles Adam, French composer/critic (Giselle), dies at 52 1856 Birthday Henri POBJ Petain, French marshal, Verdun/Vichy regime 1856 Birthday Jean Moreas, Yannis Papadiamantopoulos, Greek/French poet 1856 Birthday E Louis YY Napoleon Bonaparte, French/English prince 1856 Death Pierre J David, David d'Angers, French sculptor, dies at 67 1855 Birthday Leon P Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist, stratosphere 1855 Event Heavy French/British bombing of Sebastopol, 2000+ killed 1855 Death Gerard de Nerval, Labrunie, French poet and writer, dies at 46 1854 Birthday Louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense, 1916-17 1854 Birthday Jean Reville, French vicar/theologist, Liberal Protestantism 1854 Event Crimean War: British and French defeat Russian force of 50,000 1854 Birthday Alphonse Allais, French author/humorist, Pass the Bile 1854 Event British and French defeat Russians at Alma, in Crimea 1854 Event English/French assault on Petropavlovsk Kamchatka 1854 Death Hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, dies at 71 1853 Death D Francois J Arago, French astronomer/physicist (chromosome), dies 1853 Birthday Marcel Planiol, French private law scholar 1853 Birthday Albert Vandal, French earl/historian, Le Pacha Bonneval 1852 Event 2nd French empire established; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor 1852 Birthday Paul H B d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist 1852 Birthday Jean-Louis Forain, French etcher/lithographer 1852 Birthday John [Denton Pinkstone] French, Earl of Ypres/British field marshall 1852 Event Henri Giffard, a French engineer, makes 1st dirigible flight 1852 Death Anne-Franeois Mellinet, French/Belgian general (Antwerp), dies at 83 1852 Birthday Louis FMF Franchet d'Esperey, Desperate Frankey, French marshal, WW I 1852 Birthday Theophile Delcasse, French statesman 1852 Death Francois MP Liberman, French founder (Congr of H Heart), dies at 49 1852 Birthday Pierre Brazza, explorer/colonial administrator, French Africa 1852 Birthday Joseph J C Joffre, French Field Marshal, Indo China, Marne 1851 Death Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre, French painter (daguerreotypie), dies 1851 Death Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, French Artist 1851 Birthday Leon Virginia Bourgeois, French premier, 1895-96, Nobel 1920 1850 Birthday Charles Richet, French physiologist, anaphylaxis-Nobel 1913 1850 Death Honore de Balzac, French Novelist 1850 Birthday Daniel Chester, French/American sculptor, Minute Man 1850 Birthday Pierre Loti, Julien Viaud, French sea officer/writer, Pacheur 1849 Death Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39 1849 Birthday F. A. Alphonse Aulard, French historian 1849 Birthday Paul-Albert Besnard, French painter/graphic artist, La femme 1849 Birthday Jean Richepin, French poet and writer, Les Chansons de Gueux 1848 Event Slavery abolished in all French territories 1848 Birthday Gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding design/painter, Rue de Paris 1848 Death Francois Rene de Chateaubriand, French novelist (Atala)/diplomat, dies 1848 Birthday Paul Gauguin, French post-impressionist painter 1848 Event Free last slaves in French colonies 1848 Event 2nd French Republic proclaimed 1848 Event King Louis-Philippe abdicates, 2nd French republic declared 1848 Birthday [Francois-Victor-]Jean Aicard, French playwright and poet, Jeune Croyances 1848 Birthday Adhemar Esmein, French lawyer 1848 Birthday Henri Duparc, French composer 1847 Death Marie Louise, French Royalty 1847 Birthday George Sorel, French Socialist thinker/author, violent revolutions 1847 Birthday Marcel Bertrand, French mine engineer, tectonic geology 1847 Birthday Paul Alexis, French writer, Soirees de Medan 1847 Death Pierre-Simon Ballanche, French philosopher/poet (Orphee), dies 1847 Birthday Jules-Nicolas Crevaux, French explorer, South America 1846 Birthday Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French Minister of Foreign affairs/premier 1846 Birthday Louise J Gautier, French poet 1846 Death Louis Bonaparte, French Royalty 1846 Death Louis Napoleon, French king of the Netherlands (1806-10), dies at 67 1846 Birthday Emile Galle, French glass/marble/ceramic artist, Galle Glaze 1846 Death Etienne P de Senancour, French writer (De l'Amour), dies at 75 1845 Death Carel H Verhuell, Dutch/French Vice-Admiral, dies at 81 1845 Death Pierre P Royer-Collard, French attorney/philosopher, dies at 82 1845 Birthday Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist 1845 Death Pierre P Royer-Collard, French philosopher/Council of 500, dies 1845 Birthday Jules M Cambon, French Governor-General of Algeria/ambassador 1844 Death Claude Tillier, French journalist and writer (My Uncle Benjamin), dies 1844 Death Charles Nodier, French writer (History du chien the Brisquet), dies 1844 Death Charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher, dies at 63 1844 Death Louis-Antoine, the Bourbon, French duke of Angoulame, dies 1844 Birthday Henri Rousseau, French Artist 1844 Birthday Henri Julien Felix Rousseau, French ambassador/painter, Dream 1844 Birthday Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semitic journalist 1844 Birthday Paul Verlaine, French Poet 1843 Birthday P Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist, Economiste Francais 1843 Birthday A G Henri Regnault, French water colors painter 1843 Birthday Mark M Antokolski, Russian/French sculptor, Peter the Great 1843 Birthday Louis Renault, French lawyer 1843 Birthday Pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat, Madrid, Constantinople, London 1842 Birthday Jose Maria de Heredia, Cuba, French sonnet poet 1842 Death MJ Auguste Vestrius, French ballet dancers, dies at 82 1842 Birthday Charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet, Le Hareng Saur 1842 Death Pierre MF de Sales Baillot, French violinist and composer, dies at 70 1842 Death Emanuel A D M J count de las Cases, French historian (Napoleon), dies at 76 1842 Birthday Jules Massenet, French Composer 1842 Death Stendhal [Marie-H Beyle], French writer (The Love), buried at 59 1842 Death Stendhal, Marie-Henri Beyle, French author (Lamiel), dies at 59 1842 Birthday Francois Coppee, French poet 1842 Death Pierre, earl the Cambronne, French general (Waterloo, Elba), dies at 71 1842 Birthday Amy G. C. A. Bonet-Maury, French reformed theologist 1841 Death Antoine PFGdV Celles, Belgium/Dutch/French MP, dies 1841 Birthday Clement Ader, French engineer 1841 Death Felix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49 1841 Birthday Auguste Renoir, French Artist 1841 Birthday Clement Ader, French inventor, 1st to fly a heavier-than-air craft 1841 Birthday Berthe M P Morisot, French painter/aquarellist 1841 Birthday Berthe Morisot, French Artist 1840 Birthday L-M Alphonse Daudet, French writer, Tartarin of Tarascon 1840 Death Simeon-Denis Poisson, French mathematician (Poisson verdeling), dies 1840 Death Simeon Poisson, French Mathematician 1840 Birthday Odilon Redon, French painter/author, La nuit, Raves 1840 Birthday Edouard Vaillant, French socialist politician/communard 1840 Birthday Paul Meyer, French Writer 1839 Birthday Alfred Sisley, French impressionist painter 1839 Death French Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter, dies at 68 1839 Death Joseph Fesch, French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator, dies 1839 Event Daguerrotype photo process announced at French Academy of Science 1839 Event 1st photo of the Moon (French photographer Louis Daguerre) 1838 Birthday Georges Bizet, French Composer 1838 Death Laure S-MP duchess d'abrantes, French marshal Junot, dies 1838 Death Charles-Maurice duke of Talleyrand-Perigord, French bishop, dies at 84 1838 Death Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French Diplomat 1838 Birthday Leon Michel Gambetta, French attorney/premier, 1881 - 1882 1838 Birthday Leon Dierx, French poet 1837 Death Jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist, dies at 69 1837 Death Charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies 1837 Death Hortense de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10), dies at 54 1837 Death Henri Klimrath, French lawyer (Etude sur lesson costumes), dies at 30 1837 Birthday Marie Francois Carnot, engineer/French President, 1887-94, ; assassinated 1837 Birthday Ernest Daudet, French writer, White Terror 1837 Death Francois Gerard, French baron/painter, dies at 66 1836 Birthday Edmond Picard, French/Belgian lawyer/writer, La forge Roussel 1836 Death Carle [Antoine CH] Vernet, French painter/lithographer, dies 1836 Birthday Juliette Adam-Lamber, French author, Salon/Nouvelle Revue 1836 Death Andre M Ampere, French mathematician/physicist (Amp), dies 1835 Birthday Dom Joseph Pothier, French monk/musicologist 1835 Birthday Emile Gaboriau, author, father of French detective novels 1835 Birthday Louis A Ranvier, French anatomist/historian 1834 Birthday Leon Walras, French economist, border use theory 1834 Birthday Edouard Pailleron, French attorney/stage writer 1834 Death Antoine-Vincent Arnault, French writer (Guillaume the Nassau), dies 1834 Birthday Edgar Degas, French painter, ballerina 1834 Death Marquis de Lafayette, French general, dies 1834 Birthday Ludovic Halevy, French Author 1833 Birthday Paul Bert, French Scientist 1833 Death Francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician, dies at 74 1833 Death Louis-J-Ferdinand Herold, French composer (Pre aux clercs), dies at 41 1832 Birthday Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, French engineer, Eiffel tower 1832 Event French army begins bombing citadel of Antwerp 1832 Event French take Antwerp in liberation of Belgium 1832 Death Jean Baptiste Say, French economist, dies at 63 1832 Death Jean-A-C Chaptal, French chemist/Internal minister, dies 1832 Birthday Jules Valles, French journalist/communard/author, L'insurge 1832 Death Evariste Galois, French revolutionary/mathematician, dies at 20 1832 Death Georges Cuvier, French zoologist (La Regne Animal), dies at 62 1832 Birthday Jules-Francois Camille Ferry, French statesman 1831 Birthday Victorien Sardou, French stage writer, Madame Sans-Gane 1831 Birthday Otho French Strahl, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1831 Death Rodolphe Kreutzer, French composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at 64 1830 Death H Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63 1830 Death Louis H J Conde, French prince, commits suicide at 74 1830 Birthday Camille Pissaro, Danish Antillean/French painter, impressionism 1830 Birthday Camille Pissarro, French Artist 1830 Birthday Hector H. Malot, French writer, Without Family 1830 Birthday Francois M Raoult, French physicist/chemist, law of Raoult 1830 Birthday Numa D Fustel de Coulanges, French historian and sociologist 1830 Birthday Gaston AA Marquis de Gallifet, French general/Minister of War, 1899-1900 1829 Death Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck, French nature investigator, dies at about 85 1829 Event French government of De Polignac forms 1829 Birthday Victor Cherbuliez, French Novelist 1829 Birthday Pierre A Vicomte de Ponson du Terrail, French serial writer 1829 Death Francois-Joseph Gossec, Belgian/French composer (Messe of Morts), dies at 95 1828 Birthday Paul-Jacques-Aime Baudry, French painter 1828 Birthday Francisque Sarcey, French writer/critic 1828 Death Count d'Andreossi, French general/parliament leader, dies at 67 1828 Death Franz Joseph Gall, German/French physician (frenology), dies at 70 1828 Birthday Hippolyte Taine, French philosopher/historian, Voyage in Italy 1828 Birthday Edmond About, French Novelist 1827 Birthday Ernest H Baillon, French botanist, History of Plants 1827 Event Battle at Navarino: Engl/Russian/French fleet beat Turk/Egyptian fleet 1827 Birthday French C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect, St. Amanduskerk, Antwerp 1827 Death Pierre Laplace, French Mathematician 1827 Birthday Alphonse de Rothschild, French banker 1826 Birthday Charles-A Chatrian, Erckmann-C, French writer, L'ami Fritz 1826 Birthday Albert Reville, French theologist, Jesus of Nazareth 1826 Birthday Gustave Moreau, French painter 1825 Death Jacques-Louis David, French painter (Death of Marat), dies at 77 1825 Event 1st French Liszts operette Don Sanche premieres in Paris 1825 Event Coronation of French king Charles X the Bourbon 1825 Birthday Ferdinand Lassalle, French politician/founder, Allgemeiner 1825 Death Paul-Louis Courier, (Mere), French writer/interpreter, dies at 53 1825 Birthday Rodolphe Bresdin, French cartoonist/lithographer, Le Bon Samaritain 1824 Birthday Pierre C Puvis de Chavannes, French painter, Pantheon 1824 Death Louis AG baron de Bacler d'Albe, French cartographer, dies at 62 1824 Death Joseph Joubert, French Writer 1824 Birthday Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger 1824 Death Theodore Gericault, French painter (Grand Derby d'epsom), dies 1823 Death Abraham L Breguet, French clock maker, dies at 76 1823 Birthday Joseph E Labbe, French lawyer 1823 Death Louis Nicholas Davout, French Field Marshal, dies at 53 1823 Birthday Ernest Renan, French philosopher/historian/scholar of religion 1822 Birthday Charles Hermite, French mathematician, E is Transcendent 1822 Birthday Napoleon J K P Bonaparte, French prince/member National Convention 1822 Birthday Edmond de Goncourt, French Writer 1822 Birthday Emile Erckmann, E-Chatrian, French writer, Waterloo 1822 Birthday Frederic Passy, French economist/pacifist, Nobel 1901 1822 Birthday Rosa Bonheur, French landscape painter, Buffalo Bill 1821 Birthday Charles Meryon, British/French etcher 1821 Birthday Henri-Frederic Amiel, Swiss/French writer, Grains de Mil 1821 Event Failed liberal coup against French King Louis XVIII 1821 Birthday Ernest Feydeau, French author, Georges Feydeau 1821 Death Joseph de Maistre, French Diplomat 1821 Death Marie-Anne Collot, French sculptor, dies 1821 Birthday Auguste Edouard Mariette, French egyptologist, dug out Sphinx 12/16/42 1820 Birthday Nadar, Felix Tournachon, French painter, cartoonist, author and ballonist 1819 Birthday Joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, Crises Commercial 1819 Birthday Jacques Offenbach, born in Cologne, French composer, Tales of Hoffmann 1819 Birthday J D Gustave Courbet, French realist painter, Demoiselles the la Seine 1819 Birthday Gustave Courbet, French Artist 1819 Birthday Johann Barthold Jongkind, Lattrop, Netherlands, Dutch/French painter, Winter Scenes 1819 Birthday Marius Petipa, French ballet dancer and choreographer, Don Quiotte 1818 Birthday Samuel Gibbs French, Major General Confederate Army 1818 Birthday Olivier Gloux, Aimard, French world explorer/writer, Grande Flibuste 1818 Birthday Henry Charles Litolff, French composer/pianist 1818 Birthday Charles Gounod, French Composer 1817 Birthday Charles F Daubigny, French restauranteur/painter 1816 Event Survivors of French frigate Medusa rescued off Senegal after 17 days 1816 Birthday French A. Durlet, Belgian sculptor/architect 1816 Event French frigate "Medusa" runs aground off Cap Blanc. Gross incompetence kills 150 in calm seas 1816 Death Dorothea Jordan, French actress/mistress (William IV), dies at 65 1816 Event French frigate Medusa wrecked; basis of Gericault's "Raft of the Medusa" 1815 Birthday Lucien Petipa, French dancer/choreographer/ballet leader 1815 Birthday Thomas Couture, French painter/author 1815 Death Michel Ney, French marshal (Waterloo), murdered at 46 1815 Birthday Jules Quicherat, French historian/archaeologist 1815 Death Nicolas Desmarest, French geographer (Volcanos), dies at 90 1815 Event Battle at Ligny: French army under Napoleon beats Prussia 1815 Event Battle at Quatre-Bras: allies strike French 1815 Birthday Eugene-Marin Labiche, French playwright 1815 Birthday Jean Delphin Alard, French violinist and composer 1815 Birthday Ernest Meissonier, French painter/sculptor 1815 Birthday William Henry French, Major General Union volunteers 1815 Birthday Charles Renouvier, French philosopher, neocriticism 1814 Birthday Louis CPR van Orleans, French duke of Nemours 1814 Death Charles Palissot de Montenoy, French writer/politician, dies at 84 1814 Death Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian general/cartographer, dies at 87 1814 Birthday Jean-Baptist Capronnier, French/Belgian glass painter 1813 Birthday Louise Ackermann-Choquet, French author, Pensees 1813 Birthday Louis Veuillot, French Journalist 1813 Event Battle of Grossbeeren - Prussians under Von Bulow repulse French 1813 Birthday Claude Bernard, French Psychologist 1813 Death Jacques Delille, French Poet 1813 Death Louis-Sebastien Mercier, French poet (Le Deserteur), dies at 73 1813 Birthday Louis L Bonaparte, English/French linguist/senator 1812 Birthday Paul Abadie, French master builder, renovated Notre Dame 1812 Event French army under Napoleon reaches Kremlin, Moscow 1812 Event Duke of Wellington defeats French at Battle of Salamanca, Spain 1812 Birthday Henri A. Esquiros, French poet and writer, Les Vierges Folles 1812 Event Brits storm Badajoz fortress, held by French and Spanish 1811 Birthday Louis Blanc, French Politician 1811 Birthday Evariste Galois, French revolutionary/mathematician, Theory of G 1811 Event French emperor Napoleon visits Utrecht 1811 Birthday C L Ambroise Thomas, French composer, Caid, Francoise de Rimini 1811 Event Peninsular War-Allies defeat French at Albuera 1811 Event French Civil Code of Criminal law accepted by Netherlands Mamelukes in Cairo's Citadel 1811 Death Marie-Joseph de Chenier, French poet (Chant du Depart), dies at 46 1810 Death Jean-Georges Noverre, French choreographer (ballet d'action), dies 1810 Birthday Alexander Walewski, French earl/foreign minister/Napoleon I's son 1810 Birthday Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist 1810 Event French troops occupy Amsterdam 1810 Death Charles GLAAT chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy, dies at 81 1810 Birthday Felicien C. David, French composer, Perle du Bresil, Desert 1810 Birthday Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer 1810 Birthday Eliphas Levi, French Author 1810 Event Seville, Spain surrenders to French 1810 Death Andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French and Bavarians, shot dead 1810 Event French church annuls marriage of Napoleon I and Josephine 1809 Birthday Benedict Augustin Morel, Vienna, French psychologist, dementia praecox 1809 Event Napoleon Bonaparte divorces Empress Josephine by French Senate 1809 Event Battle at Talavera: British/Spanish army vs French army 1809 Birthday Francois de Canrobert, French marshal/parliament member 1809 Event Dartmoor Prison opens to house French prisoners of war 1809 Death Augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78 1809 Death Joseph M Vien, French (court)painter/etcher, dies at 92 1809 Event French take Saragossa, Spain after a long siege 1809 Event British take Cayenne (French Guiana) from French (until 1814) 1808 Birthday Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher, Horatius 1808 Birthday Alphonse Karr, French Critic 1808 Event Napoleon decrees all French Jews adopt family names 1808 Event French marshal Joachim Murat becomes king of Naples 1808 Event Battle at Wagram: French army beats Austrians 1808 Event Napoleon annexes Tuscany and gave it seats in French Senate 1808 Birthday Gerard De Nerval, French Novelist 1808 Birthday Gerard de Nerval, Labrunie, French poet and writer, Sylvia 1808 Event Uprising against French occupation begins in Madrid 1808 Event Mayor Wolters offers French king Louis Napoleon townhall as a palace 1808 Event French created Kingdom of Westphalia orders Jews to adopt family names 1807 Death Claude C Saunier, French furniture maker, dies at about 72 1807 Death Joseph Jerome Le Francais de Lalande, French astronomer, dies 1807 Event French Sanhedrin convened by Napoleon 1807 Birthday Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin, born in Paris, France, French politician and revolutionary 1807 Birthday Henri Klimrath, French lawyer, Memoire sur lesson Olim 1807 Death Michel Adanson, French biologist (Plant classes), dies at 79 1806 Event British forces lay siege to French port of Boulogne using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve 1806 Death Charles Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist (coulometrie), dies at 70 1806 Death Jean-Honore Fragonard, French painter/engraver, dies at 74 1806 Death Jean-Jacques Bachelier, French painter, dies at about 82 1806 Event French evacuate Vienna 1805 Event End of French Republican calendar; France returns to Gregorianism 1805 Birthday Marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, Daniel Stern, French author, Knife 1805 Event Battle at Schongrabern: Russian army stop French 1805 Death Francois-Thomas de Baculard d'Arnaud, French writer, dies at 87 1805 Event Battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Nelson defeats French and Spanish fleet and dies 1805 Death Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter, dies at 79 1805 Death Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil du Perron, French interpreter, dies at 73 1804 Birthday Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French critic/writer, Informal Talk 1804 Death Armand-Gaston Camus, French chairman of Council of 500, dies at 64 1804 Event England mobilizes to protect against French invasion 1804 Birthday Jean C F Demolombe, prince de l'exegese, French lawyer 1804 Birthday Victor Schoelcher, Guadeloupe, abolished french slavery 1804 Event French civil Code of Napoleon adopted 1804 Birthday Eugene Sue, French Novelist 1803 Event Battle of Vertieres, in which Haitians defeat French 1803 Birthday Charles-Francois Sturm, French mathematician, Sturm's Theorem 1803 Birthday Adolphe Charles Adam, French composer/critic, Si j'etait roi 1803 Birthday Charles LJL Bonaparte, Corsican/French prince of Canino/Musignano 1803 Event John Hawkins and Richard French patent the Reaping Machine 1803 Event French law rules the use of intention 1803 Birthday Edgar Quinet, French writer/historian, Ahasverus 1803 Event William Dunlap, adapts French melodrama "Voice of Nature" 1803 Birthday Gugliemo Libri, della Somaia, Italian/French mathematician/book collector 1802 Birthday Alexander Dumas, French Novelist 1802 Event Toussaint L'Ouverture leaves Haiti, prisoner on French ship Heros 1802 Event French Order of Legion d'Honneur forms 1802 Birthday Francois MP Liberman, French relig leader, Congregation of Heart 1802 Event French Protestant church becomes state-supported and -controlled 1802 Birthday Jean-Baptiste JD Boussingault, French chemist 1802 Death Marie Allard, French ballerina, dies at 59 1801 Birthday Antoine A. Cournot, French philosopher/mathematician, rule of Cournot 1801 Death Jacques-Denis Antoine, French builder (La Monnaie Paris), dies at 68 1801 Event Battle at Algeciras: British fleet beats French and Spanish 1801 Event French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons discovers his 1st comet 1801 Event Battle at Algeciras: French fleet beats British 1801 Birthday Frederic Bastiat, French Economist 1801 Birthday Claude Tillier, French journalist and writer, My Uncle Benjamin 1801 Event British drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt 1800 Event Malta surrenders to British after they blockade French troops 1800 Death Jean-Baptiste Kleber, French general/architect, murdered at 47 1800 Death French Bosbeeck, veterinarian/robber, hanged 1800 Event Pope Pius VII calls on French bishops to return to Gospel principles 1800 Birthday Louis Hachette, French publisher, Librairie Hachette 1800 Birthday Paulin Paris, French historian 1800 Event French army defeats Turks at Helipolis Turkey, and advance to Cairo 1800 Event Austrians defeat French in 2nd battle of Novi 1799 Birthday Rene-Auguste Caillie, French explorer 1799 Event Battle at Castricum: French and Bataafs army beats English/Russian army 1799 Birthday Joachim de Barrande, French paleontologist/geologist 1799 Birthday Prosper Meniere, French ear doctor, Meniere Syndrome 1799 Event USS Constellation captures French frigate Insurgents off Nevis, W I 1799 Event King of Naples flees before advancing French armies 1798 Event Flemish uprising against French occupied Boerenkrijg 1798 Birthday Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker, octobas 1798 Birthday JBAL Leonce Elie de Beaumont, French mine engineer/geologist 1798 Event Battle at Castelbar, Ireland: French army hunts The English 1798 Birthday Jules Michelet, French historian, History of France, L'Amour 1798 Event British under Admiral Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile 1798 Event Battle of Abukir on the Nile-Nelson defeats French fleet 1798 Birthday Ferdinand Eugene Delacroix, French painter/lithograph/etcher, Journal 1798 Birthday Theodore Caruelle d'Aligny, French painter/etcher 1797 Death Louis-Lazare Hoche, French revolutionary general, dies 1797 Death Francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36 1797 Birthday Louis Adolphe Thiers, French Statesman 1797 Birthday Adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Republic, 1871-77 1797 Birthday Alfred V Comte de Vigny, French musketeer/writer, Moise, Chatterton 1797 Birthday Alfred de Vigny, French Poet 1797 Death Antoine d'Auvergne, French opera composer (Coquette Trompee), dies at 83 1796 Event Battle of Arcole-Napolean I's French forces beat Austrians in Italy 1796 Death Nicolas the Pigage, French classical architect, dies 1796 Event French troops occupy Milan 1796 Event French government arrest 10 utopists 1796 Birthday Isaac M "Isaac A" Cremieux, French lawyer/minister of Justice 1796 Death Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, French National Convention chairman, dies at 46 1795 Birthday Thomas Carlyle, Scotland, essayist/historian, French Revolution 1795 Event "Marseillaise" becomes French national anthem 1795 Event Hedges Treaty: Bataafse Republic becomes French vassel state 1795 Death Jean-Jacques Barthelemy, French historian (Ancient Greece), dies 1795 Event Zealand Netherlands surrenders to French general Michaud 1795 Event French admitted to Amsterdam without resistance 1795 Event French army under Pichegru occupies Utrecht, Netherlands 1794 Event French troops conquer Grave, Netherlands 1794 Event French troops conquer Nijmegen 1794 Event French troops conquer Maastricht 1794 Event French troops occupies Venlo 1794 Event French troops occupy Hertogenbosch 1794 Event French troops conquer Crevecoeur 1794 Event French troops occupy Lock 1794 Death Georges Couthon, French politician, beheaded at 39 1794 Death Maximilien Robespierre, French revolutionary/avocat (1781), guillotined 1794 Death Andre-Marie Chenier, French poet (Avis aux Franeais sur leurs), dies 1794 Event French troops occupy Charleroi 1794 Event English fleet under Richard Earl Howe defeats French 1794 Death Antoine Lavoisier, French Scientist 1794 Death Georges-Jacques Danton, French revolutionary leader, guillotined at 34 1794 Death Marie Jean Herault de Sechelles, French author/politician, dies 1794 Death Georges Jacques Danton, French Revolutionary 1794 Birthday Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician and astronomer 1794 Death Henri D count de Larochejacquelin, French Royalist Army leader, dies at 21 1794 Event French National Convention proclaims abolishment of slavery 1793 Birthday Michel Chasles, French mathematician, geometry 1793 Death Jean-Sylvain, French historian (Napoleon), executed at 53 1793 Death Pierre V Vergniaud, French politician/police leader, guillotined at 40 1793 Event British troops under major-general Williamson lands on (French) Haiti 1793 Event In the French Revolution, the "Reign of Terror" begins 1793 Event Slaves in French colony of St. Domingue (Haiti) freed 1793 Death Adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/parliament member, dies 1793 Death Jacques Cathelineau, French royalist, dies in battle at 44 1793 Death Jean Paul Marat, French revolutionary, murdered by Charlotte Corday 1793 Death Louis A count d'Affry, general/French ambassador in Netherland, dies 1793 Event Georges Couthon chosen member of French Committee the Salut Public 1793 Event Netherlands captures French island of St. Maarten (held until 1795) 1793 Birthday Edouard Corbiere, French captain and writer, Le negrier 1793 Event French troops conquer Geertruidenberg Netherlands 1793 Event French troops conquer Breda 1793 Death Louis XVI, French king (1774-93), beheaded by revolutionaries at 38 1793 Event French King Louis XVI sentenced to death 1792 Birthday Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education 1792 Event Battle at Jemappes: French army beats Ausrtrians 1792 Event Origin of French Republican Era 1792 Event 1st French Republic forms 1792 Event French defeat Prussians at Valmy 1792 Event Revolutionaries imprison French royals including Marie Antoinette 1792 Event Prussia army moves into French territory 1792 Event King Louis XVI fires French government 1792 Death Charles Simon Favart, French Dramatist 1792 Event France declares war on Austria, starting French Revolutionary Wars 1791 Birthday A Eugene Scribe, French dramatist, Bertrand et Raton 1791 Birthday Marie Louise, French Royalty 1791 Event 1st session of new French legislative assembly 1791 Birthday J L A Theodore Gericault, French painter, Easy-Going of Medusa 1791 Birthday Theodore Gericault, French painter, Easy-going of Medusa 1791 Event French Constitution passed by French National Assembly 1791 Birthday Felix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, law of Biot and Savart 1791 Event Fleeing French King Louis XVI and family captured at Varennes-en-Argonne 1791 Event King Louis XVI caught trying to escape French Revolution 1790 Birthday Alphonse de Lamartine, French Poet 1789 Death Claude-Joseph Vernet, French seascape painter, dies 1789 Event French National Meeting declares all citizens equal under law 1789 Event French National Assembly issues "Decl of Rights of Man and Citizen" 1789 Birthday Augustin-Louis, Baron Cauchy, French mathematician 1789 Event French National Meeting ending feudal system 1789 Birthday E J Horace Vernet, French painter 1789 Event French States-General for It first since 1614 together 1789 Death Armand-Louis Couperin, French composer/organist (Notre Dame), dies at 63 1788 Event Jacques Neeker names French minister of Finance 1788 Event King Louis XVI calls French States and Generals together 1788 Death Louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal, dies at 92 1788 Event Masses stone French government army at Grenoble 1788 Death Jacques Aliamet, French etcher/engraver, dies at 61 1788 Birthday Pierre J David, David d'Angers, French sculptor 1787 Birthday Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre, French painter, daguerreotype 1787 Birthday Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, French Artist 1787 Birthday Francois P G Guizot, French historian/politician 1787 Event French government proclaims end to stamp/land tax 1787 Death Maximilian JLP Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer, dies at 45 1787 Death Jean SOME Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher, dies at 73 1786 Birthday D. Francois J. Arago, French astronomer, physicist, and politician 1785 Birthday Achille-Charles, duc de Broglie, French PM, 1835-36 1785 Death Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon), dies 1785 Event French cardinal De Rohan arrested 1785 Event 2 French balloonists die in world's 1st fatal aviation accident 1784 Death Cesar F Cassini "the Thury", French astronomer (geodesic labor), dies 1784 Death Denis Diderot, French writer/philosopher (Jacques le fataliste), dies 1784 Birthday Andre-Georges-Louis Onslow, English/French composer, chamber music 1784 Death Antoine Court de Gebelin, French vicar/writer, dies at 56 1784 Death Charles Gravier, French earl of Vergennes/Minister of Foreign Affairs, dies 1783 Birthday Hortense E de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands, 1806-10 1782 Birthday Hugues F R de Lamennais, French priest/writer, L'avenir 1782 Birthday Amable-G-P B de Barante, French politician/historian 1782 Event Battle at Les Saintes West-Indies: British fleet beats French 1782 Event French fleet occupies St. Christopher 1782 Event British garrison surrenders to French and Spanish fleet 1782 Birthday Daniel-Franeois-Esprit Auber, French opera composer, Fra Diavolo 1782 Death Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer, dies at 84 1782 Death Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (Ecole Military), dies at 83 1781 Death Frederic Phelypeaux, French earl of Maurepas, dies 1781 Event Americans and French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of Revolutionary War 1781 Event 9,000 American forces and 7,000 French forces begin siege of Yorktown 1781 Event Battle of Virginia Capes, French defeat British, traps Cornwallis 1781 Event French fleet of 24 ships under Comte de Grasse defeat British under Admiral Graves at battle of Chesapeake Capes in Revolutionary War 1781 Birthday Simeon-Denis Poisson, French mathematician, Poisson verdeling 1781 Birthday Simeon Poisson, French Mathematician 1781 Event French fleet occupies Tobago 1781 Event French fleet stopped Britain from seizing the Cape of Good Hope 1780 Birthday Charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher 1780 Birthday Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter, Valpincon Bather 1780 Death Etienne B de Condillac, French philosopher (sensualism), dies at 64 1780 Birthday Charles Nodier, French writer, La fee aux miettes 1780 Birthday Claire EJ, countess of Remusat/Vergennes/French author, Salon 1779 Death Jean-Baptiste Simeon Chardin, French still life painter, dies at 80 1779 Birthday Antoine PFGdV Celles, Belgium/Dutch/French MP 1779 Event Earl d'orvilliers (French/Spanish Armada) sails back to Brest 1779 Event French fleet occupies Grenada 1779 Event French fleet occupies St. Vincent 1778 Birthday Louis Napoleon, French king of Netherlands, 1806-10 1778 Birthday Louis Bonaparte, French Royalty 1778 Death Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French writer/composer (Pygmalion), dies 1778 Death Voltaire, Francois-Marie Arouet, French writer (Candide), dies at 42 1778 Birthday Charles F, duke of Berry/son of French king Charles X 1778 Death Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, dies at 57 1777 Death Guillaume Coustou, Jr., French sculptor (Apollo/Mars/Venus), dies at 61 1777 Death Claude-Prosper J de Crebillon, French writer (Le sopha), dies at 70 1777 Birthday Louis Poinsot, French instrument worker 1776 Event Hurricane hits Martinique; 100 French and Dutch ships sinks; 600 die 1776 Birthday Pierre-Simon Ballanche, French philosopher/poet, Prolegomenes 1776 Death Julie de Lespinasse, French Author 1776 Event Turgot, French minister of Finance, resigns 1775 Birthday Louis-Antoine the Bourbon, French duke of Angoulame/General of France 1774 Death Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80 1774 Birthday Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist, astronomer, and balloonist 1772 Birthday Henri D Count de Larochejacquelin, French royalist leader 1772 Death Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist/composer (La Rose), dies at 77 1772 Birthday F M Charles Fourier, French socialist 1772 Death Robert J Pothier, French lawyer, dies at 73 1772 Death Louis Tocque, French painter, dies at 75 1772 Birthday Paul-Louis Courier, de Mere, French writer/interpreter 1771 Death Claude A Helvetius, French encyclopedist (L'esprit), dies at 56 1771 Birthday Pierre MF de Sales Baillot, French violinist and composer 1771 Birthday French Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter 1771 Event Messier presents his original list of 45 M-objects to French Academy 1771 Death Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, marquis d'Argens, French author, dies at 66 1770 Birthday Pierre earl de Cambronne, French general, Waterloo, Elba 1770 Birthday Etienne P de Senancour, French author, Obermann 1770 Birthday Louis Nicholas Davout, French Field Marshal, defeated Prussians 1769 Birthday Georges Cuvier, French zoologist, La Regne Animal 1769 Birthday Michel Ney, French marshal, Waterloo 1769 Birthday Jean Baptiste Say, French economist, Political Economics 1768 Death Michel Blavet, French court flautist/composer, dies at 68 1768 Birthday Anne-Franeois Mellinet, French/Belgian general, Maastricht 1768 Birthday Jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist 1768 Birthday Edouard Mortier, French general, duke, prime minister, 1834-35 1768 Death Charles Cressent, French court furniture maker, dies at 82 1767 Birthday H Benjamin Constant, de Rebeque, French politician/writer 1767 Death Firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar, dies at 87 1766 Birthday Armand-Emmanuel, duc de Richelieu, French PM, 1815-18, 1820-21 1766 Event Don Antonio de Ulloa takes possession of Louisiana Terr from French 1766 Birthday Emanuel ADMJ, French historian, Napoleon 1766 Birthday Antoine-Vincent Arnault, French writer, Les Venitiens 1765 Birthday Joseph N. Niepce, French inventor, photography 1764 Death Jean Philippe Rameau, French composer (Castor en Pollux), dies at 80 1764 Event St. Louis founded as a French trading post by Pierre Laclade Ligue 1764 Birthday Marie-Joseph de Chenier, French poet, Cajus Graechus 1764 Birthday Carel H Verhuell, Dutch/French Vice-Admiral/minister of Navy 1763 Birthday Claude Chappe, French engineer, optical telegraph 1763 Death French van Mieris "the Young", painter/historian, dies at 73 1763 Birthday Etienne-Nicolas Mehul, French organist/opera composer, Le Jeune Henri 1763 Birthday Pierre P Royer-Collard, French attorney/philosopher 1763 Birthday Charles XIV, French marshall, king of Sweden and Norway, 1818-44 1763 Birthday Joseph Fesch, French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator 1762 Birthday Andre-Marie Chenier, French poet, Elegies 1762 Birthday Charles G G, earl of Merode/mayor of Brussels/French senator 1762 Death Prosper Jolyot de Crebillon, French poet (Idomenee), dies at 88 1762 Event British take Grenada, West Indies, from French 1761 Birthday Dorothea Jordan, Ireland, French comedic actress 1761 Birthday Louis AG baron de Bacler d'Albe, French cartographer and Brigadier General 1761 Birthday Earl d'Andreossi, French general and member of parliament 1760 Event French commandant Belatre surrenders Detroit to Major R Rogers 1760 Birthday Gracchus Babeuf, French utopian socialist, Tribun du Peuple 1760 Event French army gives Montreal to General Jeffrey Amherst 1760 Death Antoine Court, French reformed theologist, dies at 69 1760 Birthday MJ Auguste Vestrius, French ballet dancers 1760 Event Battle at Wandewash India: British troops beat French 1759 Event Battle in Bay of Quiberon, British beat French 1759 Birthday Georges Jacques Danton, French Revolutionary 1759 Birthday Marie Jean Herault de Sechelles, French author/politician 1759 Event Battle of Quebec ends, French surrender to British 1759 Death James Wolfe and the French commander Louis Montcalm, killed 1759 Death Louis Joseph Montcalm, French general (Plains of Abraham), dies at 47 1759 Event British beat French forces at Plains of Abrahams (Quebec) 1759 Event French troops vacate Ticonderoga NY 1759 Event British capture Fort Niagara from French (7 Years' War) 1759 Birthday Francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician 1759 Event French beat European Allies in Battle of Bergen 1759 Event British troops chase French out of Masulipatam India 1759 Birthday Jacques Cathelineau, French royalist/army leader 1758 Event Britain capture Ft. Duquesne (Pittsburgh) from French 1758 Death Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (fotometrie), dies at 60 1758 Birthday Carle [Antoine CH] Vernet, French painter/lithographer 1758 Birthday Maximilien Robespierre, Arras Fr, French revolutionary/avocat, 1781 1758 Birthday Franz Joseph Gall, German and French physician, frenology 1758 Birthday Pierre-Gabriel Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer 1757 Event Battle at Rossbach (7 year war/French and Indian War) 1757 Birthday Marquis de Lafayette, American patriot, French revolutionary 1757 Event English Ft. William Henry, New York, surrenders to French and Indians troops 1757 Event Battle at Hastenbeck: French army beats duke of Cumberland 1757 Event Failed assassination attempt on French king Louis XV by Damiens 1756 Event French capture Fort Oswego, New York 1756 Event French fleet conquer St. Philips Castle of Minorca 1756 Birthday Pierre-Joseph Cambon, French member of Committee of Salut Public 1756 Event Britain declares war on France (7 Years' or French and Indian War) 1756 Death Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (Discover rings of Saturn), dies at 79 1756 Birthday Louis H J Conde, French prince 1755 Event French ambassador recalled from London 1755 Event Battle at Duquesne (Pittsburgh): French troops beat British 1755 Event British General E. Braddock mortally wounded during French and Indian War 1755 Death E Braddock, British Gen, mortally wounded during French and Indian War 1755 Birthday Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French lawyer, Fisiologia del Gusto 1755 Birthday Georges Couthon, French politician 1755 Death Baron de Montesquieu, French Philosopher 1754 Event George Washington surrenders to French, Ft. Necessity (7 Years' War) 1754 Event George Washington defeats French and indians at Ft. Duquesne near Pittsburgh 1754 Birthday Joseph Joubert, French Writer 1754 Birthday Charles-Maurice duke of Talleyrand-Perigord, French bishop/premier, 1815 1754 Birthday Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French Diplomat 1753 Birthday Jean J R de Cambacere, French lawyer/minister of justice 1753 Death Andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies 1753 Birthday Pierre V Vergniaud, French politician/police leader 1753 Event King Louis XV disbands French parliament 1753 Event French King Louis XV observes transit of Mercury at Mendon Castle 1753 Birthday Joseph de Maistre, French Diplomat 1753 Birthday Jean-Baptiste Kleber, French general and architect, Mainz, Fleurus 1753 Birthday Evariste Desire Desforges chevalier de Parny, French poet 1752 Death Charles-Antoine Coypel, French carpet designer, dies at 57 1752 Death Daniel Marot, French/Netherlands, architect/engraver, dies at about 88 1752 Event French army surrenders to the English in Trichinopoly India 1750 Birthday Jean B G d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical, Apollonii Lexicon 1749 Death Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, French composer/organist, dies at 72 1749 Birthday Pierre Laplace, French Mathematician 1748 Birthday Jacques D "comte" Cassini, French astronomer 1748 Event French troops conquer Maastricht 1748 Event French troops occupy Maastricht 1747 Death Alain R Lesage, French author (Le diable boiteux), dies at 79 1747 Event French troops occupy Bergen on Zoom 1747 Event French troops occupy Zeeuws-Flanders, Netherlands 1747 Birthday Abraham L Breguet, French clock maker 1746 Event Battle at Rocourt: French drive out English/Austria/Netherlands armies 1746 Event French expeditionary army occupies Labourdonnais and Dupleix Madras 1746 Death Philip V, French King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46), dies at 62 1746 Event Battle at Piacenza: Austria and Sardinia beat Spanish and French army 1746 Event French troops conquer Antwerp 1746 Event French troops conquer Brussels 1746 Death Guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Mary Leszczynska), dies at 68 1745 Event French troops attack indians of Saratoga, New York 1745 Event French help convoy reaches Montrose Scotland 1745 Event American colonials capture Louisburg, Cape Breton I from French 1744 Birthday Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine Monnet de Lamarck, French zoologist 1744 Death Andre Campra, French priest/ composer and conductor (Tancrede), dies at 83 1744 Event French troops conquer Kortrijk 1744 Event French army takes Austrian Netherlands 1744 Event French King Louis XV declares war on England 1744 Event Battle at Toulon (French/Spanish vs English fleet of Admiral Matthews) 1744 Event French/Spanish fleet leaves Toulon 1743 Birthday Antoine Lavoisier, French Scientist 1743 Event English defeat French at Dettingen 1742 Birthday Marie Allard, French ballerina, Auguste Vestris 1742 Death Dominique Marie Valet, French RC/old-catholic bishop, dies at 64 1741 Birthday Maximilian JLP Gardel, French dancer and choreographer, Menuet Reine 1741 Event French and Beiers army occupies Prague 1741 Death Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/clergyman, dies 1741 Event French troops attack the Rhine 1740 Birthday Armand-Gaston Camus, French CEO, Council of 500 1740 Birthday Adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/MP 1739 Event French emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty 1738 Death Pierre Drevet, French engraver, dies 1738 Birthday Jacques Delille, French Poet 1737 Event French minister of Finance, Chauvelin, resigns 1737 Birthday Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French writer, Paul et Virgin 1736 Birthday Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, French publisher, Mercure de France 1736 Birthday Jean-Sylvain, French historian, History of France 1736 Event Battle of Ackia (La), British and Chickasaw Indians defeat French 1736 Event Maria Theresa Habsburg marries French Stefanus (emperor Francois I) 1736 Birthday Joseph-Louis, comte de Lagrange, Turin, French mathematician 1734 Death Noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist, dies at 44 1734 Birthday Louis RE prince de Rohan-Guemene, French archbishop of Straatsburg 1734 Event French troops occupy Philipsburg at Rhine 1734 Death Duke of Berwick, French general strategist, dies in battle 1733 Death Francois Couperin "Le Grand", French composer, dies at 64 1733 Death Francois Couperin, French composer (Le Grand), dies at 64 1733 Birthday Jacques-Denis Antoine, French master builder, Hotel Maillebois Paris 1733 Death Ann-Therese de Marguent de Lambert, French marquess/author, dies at 86 1733 Death Nicolas Coustou, French sculptor (Saon), dies at 75 1732 Birthday Julie de Lespinasse, French Author 1731 Birthday Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil du Perron, French interpreter 1730 Birthday Augustin Pajou, French, court, sculptor, Psyche abandonnee 1730 Birthday Charles Palissot de Montenoy, French writer/politician 1729 Birthday Gaetano B Vestris, Italian/French ballet dancer. 1729 Death Joseph de Montesquiou earl d'Artagnan, French Lieutenant-General, dies at 77 1728 Death Anne Danican Philidor, French composer, dies at 47 1728 Birthday Charles G Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy/transvestite 1728 Birthday Antoine Court de Gebelin, French vicar/writer 1727 Death Jacques Abbadie, French theologist, dies at about 73 1727 Birthday Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance 1727 Death Paul Aler, French jesuit/poet (Gradus ad Parnassum), dies at 70 1727 Birthday Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer and choreographer, ballet d'action 1727 Birthday Michel Adanson, French biologist, Natural History of Senegal 1726 Birthday Jacques Aliamet, French etcher/engraver 1726 Event Cardinal Fleury succeeds duke of Bourbon as French premier 1726 Birthday Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian earl/general/cartographer 1726 Death Guillaume Delisle, French geographer (Atlas geographique), dies at 50 1725 Event French King Louis XV marries Polish princess Mary Lesczynski 1725 Birthday Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter 1723 Death Jacques Basnage, French/Dutch historian/vicar, dies at 70 1723 Death Philip, French duke of Orleans, regent 1715 - 1723, Prime Minister 1723, dies 1723 Death Abbe Dubois, French archbishop of Canbrier/premier (1722-23), dies 1723 Birthday Nicolas de Pigage, French classical architect 1722 Death Elisabeth C "Liselotte" van Palts, German/French duchess, dies at 70 1722 Event French C. Hopffer patents fire extinguisher 1722 Death Antoine Coypel, French painter and poet, dies at 60 1721 Birthday Madame De Pompadour, mistress of French King Louis the 15th 1721 Birthday Franciscus "French" Hemsterhuis, Frisian philosopher 1721 Death Jean Antoine Watteau, French painter, dies 1720 Event French government proclaims strike on banknotes 1720 Death Antoine Coyzevox, French sculptor (Nazarin, Le Notre), dies at 80 1720 Birthday Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, Contes de La Fontaine 1719 Death Pasquier Quesnel, French theologist (La Foi), dies at 85 1719 Death Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French priest/theory/saint, dies at 67 1718 Event Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana; New Orleans, found 1717 Birthday Jean-Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, French philosopher/mathematician 1717 Death Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Mothe-Guyon, French mystic, dies at 69 1717 Death Pierre Allix, French/British theologist/vicar, dies at about 75 1716 Death Joseph Sauveur, French sound engineer, dies at 63 1716 Birthday Joseph M Vien, French, court, painter 1716 Birthday Louis J M Daubenton, French zoologist 1716 Birthday Guillaume Coustou, Jr., French sculptor, Mausolee du Dauphin 1716 Birthday Jean-Jacques Barthelemy, French historical writer, Greek Antiquity 1715 Death Nicolas Malebranche, French Philosopher 1715 Birthday Etienne B de Condillac, French philosopher, sensualism/Cours d'etudes 1715 Event French manufacturer debuts 1st folding umbrella (Paris) 1715 Death Antoine Galland, French interpreter, dies at 68 1714 Event French and Spanish troops under duke of Berwick occupy Barcelona 1714 Event Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and France, ends War of Spanish Succession, French retain Alsace, Austria gets bank of Rhine 1714 Birthday Claude-Joseph Vernet, French painter 1714 Birthday Cesar F Cassini, de Thury, French astronomer, geodesic labor 1714 Death Karel, duke of Berry/French heir to the throne, dies 1714 Event Peace of Rastatt - French emperor Charles VI of Habsburg 1714 Death Duke of Berry, French King Louis XIV's grandson, dies 1714 Birthday Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor, Child with Pigeon 1714 Birthday Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor, Child with Bird Cage 1713 Birthday Jean Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher 1713 Birthday Louis A A Count d'Affry, French general/ambassador to Netherland 1713 Event Peace of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain - English, Prussian, Savoois, Portuguese and French peace treaty 1713 Event French troops bomb Willemstad Curacao 1713 Event French invade under Jacques Cassard on Curacao 1712 Birthday Charles-Michel abbe de l'Epee, French educator, school for the deaf 1712 Event French hijacker Jacques Cassard seen on Suriname coast 1712 Death Jean [Giovanni] D Cassini, Italian/French astronomer, dies 1712 Death Giovanni D Cassini, French astronomer, dies 1712 Death Duke of Bourgondie, French king Louis XIV's grandson, dies 1712 Birthday L Joseph de Montcalm de Saint-Veran, French general in America 1711 Event French troops occupy Rio de Janeiro 1711 Death Nicolas Boileau, French Poet 1710 Birthday Charles Simon Favart, French Dramatist 1710 Birthday Francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor, garden sculptures 1709 Death Thomas Corneille, French dramatist, dies at 74 1709 Death Jean-Franeois Regnard, French comedic poet/slave in Algeria, dies 1708 Event Haverhill, Mass destroyed by French and Indians 1707 Death Noel Coypel, French painter, dies at 78 1707 Death Sebastien le Prestre Vauban, French fortress architect, dies at 73 1707 Birthday Claude-Prosper J de Crebillon, French writer, Le sopha 1706 Death Pierre Bayle, French theologist (History of Criticism), dies at 59 1706 Birthday Chatelet, la belle Emilie, French writer 1706 Birthday Gabrielle Chatelet, La belle Emilie, French writer, Voltaire 1706 Event Battle of Ramillies-Marlborough defeats French; 17,000 killed 1705 Death Ninon de L'Enclos, French Author 1705 Death Guillaume Amontons, French physicist, dies at 42 1705 Event Parliament declares Hungary independently/French Rakoczi becomes king 1705 Birthday Charles A. Vanloo, French painter 1704 Event Battle at Malaga: French vs English and Dutch fleet 1704 Event French and Bavarian forces were routed by a combined British, German and Dutch army at Blenheim, Germany 1704 Event Duke of Marlborough beats French and Bavarians at Blenheim 1704 Death Jacques Bossuet, French Clergyman 1704 Event French and Indians attack Deerfield, Massachusetts, kill 50, abduct 100 1704 Death Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (church music), dies 1704 Death Georg Muffat, French/German organist/composer, dies at 50 1704 Death Guillaume F A de l'Hospital, French mathematician, dies at about 62 1702 Event Battle in Bay of Vigo: Netherlands/English fleet destroy Spanish/French fleet 1702 Event Battle of Bay of Vigo: Dutch and English fleet destroy and occupy Spanish silver fleet and French squadron 1702 Event Battle at Santa Marta Venz: English fleet beat French 1702 Death Dominique Bouhours, French Critic 1702 Death Jean Bart, French captain and sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies at 51 1701 Death Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, count of Tourville/French admiral, dies at 58 1700 Birthday Philippe Buache, French geographer/cartographer, Contourlijnen 1700 Birthday Daniel Bernoulli, born in Basel, Switzerland, mathematician, 10 time French award 1699 Birthday Jean-Baptiste Simeon Chardin, French still life painter 1699 Death Jean Racine, French playwright, 'Andromaque' and 'Mithridate', dies at 59 1699 Birthday Robert J Pothier, French lawyer 1698 Birthday Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect, Palace de la Concorde 1698 Birthday Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, heliometer 1697 Event Germany signs French/English/Spanish/Netherlands/Brandenburgs peace treaty ending 9 year War 1697 Birthday Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer/cartographer 1697 Birthday Abbe Prevost, French novelist and journalist, Manon Lescaut 1696 Birthday Louis Tocque, French painter 1696 Event French king Louis XIV and Victor Amadeua van Savoye signs peace 1696 Event De Croissy succeeds Le Plectia as French minister of Finance 1696 Death Jean de La Bruyere, French author, dies at 50 1696 Death Madame de Sevigne, French Writer 1696 Birthday Louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal 1695 Event French garrison of castle Names surrenders for Willem III 1695 Event French troops under Villeroi shoot in Brussels 1695 Event French garrison of surrenders to Willem III 1695 Death Jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables), dies at 73 1695 Death Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies 1694 Death Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82 1694 Birthday Charles-Antoine Coypel, French carpet designer 1694 Birthday Louis-Claude Daquin, d'Acquin, French organist/composer, La Rose 1694 Event Dutch fleet attacks French grain transports 1694 Birthday Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV 1693 Event Battle at Neerwinden: French beats English/Dutch army 1693 Death Roger de Rabutin, French Writer 1692 Event Battle at Steenkerke: French beat English/Dutch army 1692 Event French defeat William III of England at Steinkirk (Enghein) 1691 Death Isaac de Benserade, French Poet 1691 Birthday Antoine Court, French reformed theologist 1691 Event French troops occupy Mons 1690 Birthday Noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist 1690 Death Gedeon Tallemant van de Reaux, French author (Historiettes), dies at 71 1690 Death Margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43 1690 Event Battle at Staffarda: French army beats Victor Amadeus van Savoye 1690 Event Battle of Colors: French beats Spanish/Dutch army 1690 Event Battle at Beachy Head: French under Tourville beat Netherlands/English fleet 1690 Event French king Louis XIV sends troops to Ireland 1690 Event French and Indian troops set Schenectady settlement New York on fire 1690 Event Iroquois tribes renew allegiance to British against French 1689 Birthday French van Mieris "the Young", Dutch painter/historian 1689 Event Battle at Charleroi: Spanish and English armies chase French 1689 Event Battle of Bantry Bay, French and English naval battle 1689 Event French king Louis XIV declares war on Spain 1689 Birthday Baron de Montesquieu, French Philosopher 1688 Event French king Louis XIV declares war on Netherlands 1688 Death Philippe Quinault, French playwright (L'amant Indiscreet), dies at 53 1688 Event French troops occupies Palts 1688 Death Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, dies at 89 1687 Death Renatus Rapinus, Rene Rapin, French poet (Jansenisme), dies 1687 Death Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, French explorer (Louisiana), killed at 43 1686 Death Michel Anguier, French sculptor, dies at 75 1686 Birthday Godefroi L Count d'Estrades, French diplomat 1686 Death Godefroi L earl d'estrades, French diplomat/marshal, dies at about 78 1686 Death Nicolas-Franeois Blondel, French architect, dies 1685 Event French king Louis XIV revoked Edict van Nantes 1685 Birthday Jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter 1684 Birthday Jean Antoine Watteau, French rococo painter, Onverschillige 1684 Death Pierre Corneille, French lawyer/dramatist (El Cid, Polyeucte), dies at 42 1684 Birthday Jean-Baptiste Vanloo, French painter 1684 Event French king Louis XIV marries Madame Maintenon 1684 Death Claude Audran II, French painter/engraver, dies at 44 1683 Event King Louis XIV expels all Jews from French possessions in America 1683 Event Le Plecta appointed French minister of Finance 1683 Death Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French Minister of Navy, dies at 64 1682 Event Nationally Council accept independence of French church 1681 Event French troops under King Louis XIV occupy Staatsburg 1681 Death French van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch genre painter, dies at 45 1680 Event Parliament of Breisach accept French sovereignty over Elzas 1680 Death Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer 1679 Birthday Firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scientist 1679 Birthday Jean-Francois de Troy, French painter 1678 Event French Admiral Jean d'Estrees' fleet runs aground on Aves-islands, Curaeao 1678 Event French conquering fleet at Curaeao, 1200 die 1678 Event French troops conquer Ypres 1678 Birthday Dominique Marie Valet, French RC/old-catholic bishop 1677 Event French troops occupy Freiburg 1677 Birthday Guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor, Chevaux the Marly 1677 Event Battle at Catania: between French and Dutch fleet 1677 Event Battle at Montcassel, French troops beat Prince William III 1677 Birthday Jacques Cassini, French astronomer, rings of Saturn 1676 Event Battle at Palermo: French beats Dutch/Spanish fleet 1675 Event Battle at Turkheim (Colmar): French army beats Brandenburg 1674 Death Robert Arnauld d'andilly, French literary/financier/translator, dies 1674 Birthday Prosper Jolyot de Crebillon, French poet, Atree et Thyeste 1673 Event Sea battle at Kijkduin: De Ruyter defeats English and French fleet 1673 Event French troops conquer Maastricht 1673 Event Peace of Vossem: French King Louis XIV and Frederik Willem of Brandenburg 1673 Event Battle at Schooneveld: Michiel de Ruyter beats French/English fleet 1673 Death Moliare, Jean Baptiste Poquelin, French author (Learned Lady), dies 1673 Death Moliere, French Playwright 1672 Event French troops under king Louis XIV occupy Utrecht 1672 Event French army under General Turenne crosses Rhine at Lobith 1672 Event Battle by Solebay: Dutch Admiral M de Ruyter beats French/English fleet 1671 Event Dutch States-General forbids importation of French wine 1671 Event French King Louis XIV and RC German emperor Leopold I sign secret anti-Dutch treaty 1671 Death Hugues de Lionne marquis de Berny, French ambassador to Rome, dies 1671 Birthday Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French playwright and poet, Sacred Odes and Songs 1670 Event English king Charles II and French king Louis XIV sign anti-Dutch treaty 1670 Death Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright, dies at 80 1669 Event French King Louis XIV limits freedom of religion 1668 Death Francois Anguier, French sculptor, dies at about 64 1668 Birthday Alain R Lesage, French author, Turcaret ou le Financier 1668 Event England, Netherlands and Sweden signs Triple Alliance against French 1667 Event Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys, French doctor, performs 1st blood transfusion 1667 Birthday Abraham De Moivre, French mathematician, De Moivre's theorem 1667 Event French troops attack into Southern Netherlands 1667 Death Georges de Scudery, French writer (Alaric ou Rome Vaincue), dies at 65 1667 Death Marie Louise de Gonzague-Nevers, French Queen of Poland (1645-48) 1666 Death French Neck, portrait painter (Women Portrait), dies at about 86 1665 Death Nicholas Poussin, French painter, dies 1665 Event French expedition against Barbarians in Tunis/Algiers 1665 Death Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63 1665 Birthday Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer/mathematician 1665 Death Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer/mathematician (principle of F), dies at 63 1664 Death Moise Amyrault, French theologist/vicar, dies 1663 Birthday Guillaume Amontons, French physicist 1663 Birthday Pierre Drevet, French engraver 1662 Death Blaise Pascal, French Philosopher 1661 Birthday Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/elect, Anti-Lucretius 1661 Event French superintendant of Finance Nicolas Fouquet arrested 1661 Death Jacqueline-M-A the Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess, dies 1661 Birthday Antoine Coypel, French painter and poet 1661 Event French King Louis XIV ends office of premier 1660 Death Jacques Sarazin, French sculptor/painter, dies at about 70 1660 Death Paul Scarron, French, stagewriter (Le Roman Comique), dies at 50 1660 Death Jean BG duke of Orleans, brother of French king Louis XIII, dies at 51 1659 Event Peace of Pyreneeen: French king Louis XIV and Spanish king Philip IV 1658 Death Simon Guillain, French sculptor (Castle of Blois/Sorbonne), dies at 78 1658 Event Spanish garrison at Duinkerk surrenders to French and British 1658 Event French fleet recaptures Duinkerk 1658 Event Battle at Dunes: English and French fleet beat Spanish 1658 Birthday Antoine Cadillac, french colonial governor of America 1658 Birthday Nicolas Coustou, French sculptor, Descente de Croix 1657 Event French troops occupy Mardyke 1656 Birthday Paul Aler, French jesuit/poet, Gradus ad Parnassum 1655 Death Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, dies at 63 1655 Death Tristan l'Hermite, French dramatist/poet, dies (birth date unknown) 1655 Death Cyrano de Bergerac, French dramatist/novelist, dies at 36 in Paris 1655 Death Savinien Cyrano seigneur de Bergerac, French author, dies at 36 1655 Birthday Jean-Franeois Regnard, French comedy writer, Slave in Algeria 1654 Event French troops occupy Stenay 1653 Death Claudius Salmasius, Claude Saumaise, French linguistic, dies at 65 1653 Birthday Jacques Basnage, French/Netherlands historian/vicar 1653 Death Gabriel Naude, French librarian/ composer, dies at 53 1653 Birthday Joseph Sauveur, French physicist/mathematician 1652 Birthday Elisabeth C "Liselotte" van de Palts, German/French duchess of Orleans 1652 Event Battle at Etampes: French army under Turenne beats Fronde rebels 1651 Birthday Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French priest/theorist/saint 1650 Birthday Jean Bart, French captain/sea hero, Escape from Plymouth 1650 Event French rebel Henri de la Tour Turenne signs treaty with Spain 1650 Event French Prince Louis II of Conde captured 1649 Death Simon Vouet, French painter 1648 Event Dutch and French agree to divide St. Maarten, Leeward Islands 1648 Death Marin Mersenne, French mathematician (Number of Mersenne), dies at 59 1648 Event Battle of Lens: French duke d'Enghien defeats Spaniards 1648 Event French premier cardinal Mazarin calls Saint Louis Chamber together 1648 Death Vincent Voiture, French Poet 1648 Birthday Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Mothe-Guyon, French mystic, quietisme 1647 Birthday Pierre Bayle, French/Netherlands theologist/philosopher/writer 1647 Event French cardinal Mazarin and duke of Modena sign treaty against Milan 1647 Birthday Denis Papin, French physicist, Papiniaanse pot, steam machine 1647 Birthday Margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint 1646 Birthday Antoine Galland, French orientalist and interpreter 1645 Birthday Jean de La Bruyere, French author 1645 Event Battle of Allersheim: French defeat Bavarians 1644 Death Isabella van Bourbon, French princess of Henri IV, dies 1644 Event French troops occupy Mainz 1644 Birthday Francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV 1643 Birthday Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, France, French explorer, Louisiana 1643 Birthday Rene R Cavelier sieur de La Salle, French explorer 1643 Event Battle at Rocroi/Allersheim: French army destroys Spanish army 1642 Death Cardinal Richelieu, French Clergyman 1642 Event Perpignan surrenders to French troops 1642 Death Cinq Mars, French plotter, executed 1642 Death Maria de' Medici, French queen-mother, dies at about 69 1641 Event Battle at La Marfee Sedan: Earl Soisson beats French government army 1641 Birthday Francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman, Marquis de Louvois 1641 Death Franciscus Gomarus, Francois Gomaer, French theologist, dies 1640 Birthday Antoine Coyzevox, French sculptor, baptized 1640 Death Andre Duchesne, French historian/genealogy, dies 1639 Birthday Jean Racine, born in La Ferte-Milon, France, French playwright, 'Andromaque' and 'Mithridate' 1639 Event French troops occupy Salses, at Perpignan 1639 Event Academie Franeaise begins Dictionary of French Language 1639 Birthday Noel Alexandre, French theologian/historian 1638 Death Le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies 1638 Event French/Swedish troops occupy Breisach on the Rhine 1638 Event French queen-mother Maria de' Medici visits Amsterdam 1638 Birthday Nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher 1638 Birthday Nicolas Malebranche, French Philosopher 1638 Death Henri II, duke of Rohan-Gie, French hugenot leader, dies at 58 1638 Death Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/poet, dies at 56 1638 Death Henri duc de Rohan, French soldier/Huguenot leader, dies 1638 Birthday Antoinette du Ligier de la Guard Deshoulieres, French poet/playwright 1637 Death Pierre Vernier [Peter Werner], French mathematician, dies 1636 Birthday Nicolas Boileau, French Poet 1635 Event French colony of Guadeloupe established in Caribbean 1635 Birthday Philippe Quinault, French playwright, L'amant indiscret 1635 Death Jacques Callot, French cartoonist/engraver, dies at about 42 1634 Birthday Pasquier Quesnel, French theologist/jansenist, Jesus-Christ Penitent 1633 Birthday Sebastien le Prestre de Vauban, French fortress architect 1632 Death Nicolas Antoine, French cath pastor who converted to Judaism, executed 1632 Death Henri de Montmorency, French duke/plotter, beheaded 1632 Death Valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38 1630 Event French troops occupy Pinerolo Piedmont 1629 Death Pierre the Berulle, French cardinal/founder (French Oratorio), dies 1629 Event Peace of Ales: Rights of French huguenots limited 1629 Event French huguenot leader duke De Rohan signs accord with Spain 1628 Birthday Noel Coypel, French painter 1628 Event French king Louis XIII occupies La Rochelle 1628 Birthday Francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier 1627 Event English assault on French Il de Re 1627 Birthday Jacques Bossuet, French Clergyman 1626 Event Huguenot rebels and French sign Peace of La Rochelle 1626 Birthday Madame de Sevigne, French Writer 1625 Birthday Thomas Corneille, French playwright 1625 Event English king Charles I marries French princess Henriette 1625 Death Honore d'urfe, French writer (L'astree), dies at 67 1622 Death Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55 1622 Event French King Louis XIII and Huguenots sign treaty of Montpellier 1622 Birthday Moliere, French Playwright 1621 Birthday Renatus Rapinus, Rene Rapin, French jesuit/poet, Hortorum libri IV 1621 Birthday Jean de la Fontaine, French poet, Fables 1621 Event French government army occupies Fort St. Jean d'Angely at La Rochelle 1620 Event French huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII 1620 Death Louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange, dies at 65 1620 Event Battle at Ponts-the-Ce, Poitou: French king Louis XIII beats his mother Marie de Medici 1620 Birthday Jean Picard, French astronomer 1620 Birthday Francois Charpentier, French scholar/archaeologist 1619 Death Antoine Arnauld, French lawyer (Philippica), dies 1619 Birthday Gedeon Tallemant des Reaux, French author, Historiettes 1619 Birthday Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron 1619 Death Olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies 1618 Birthday Roger de Rabutin, French Writer 1617 Death Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered 1616 Event Bishop Richelieu becomes French minister of Foreign affairs/War 1616 Birthday Eustache Le Sueur, French painter 1616 Event Treaty of Loudun kills French civil war 1616 Birthday Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic/French religious fanatic 1614 Event French king Louis XIII (13) declared an adult 1613 Birthday Isaac de Benserade, French Poet 1613 Death Mathurin Regnier, French poet (Macette), dies 1613 Birthday Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer 1612 Birthday Michel Anguier, French sculptor 1612 Birthday Antoine Arnauld, Grand Arnauld, French lawyer/theologist 1611 Birthday Hugues de Lionne, Marquess de Berry, French ambassador to Rome 1610 Birthday Charles Du Fresne Du Cange, French scholar/philologist 1610 Birthday Paul Scarron, French playwright, Virgile Travesti 1610 Event Parliament of Paris appoints Louis XIII (8) as French king 1610 Birthday Jean de la Badie, French divine, founder of Lagardists 1609 Death Joseph Justus Scaliger, French inventor of "Julian Period", dies at 68 1608 Birthday Jean BG duke of Orleans, brother of French King Louis XIII/general 1605 Birthday Charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer 1604 Death Claude de la Tremoille, French duke of Thouars/huguenot, dies 1603 Death Pierre Charron, French philosopher/theologian, dies 1602 Death Franciscus Junius, French/Netherlands calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57 1602 Birthday Jules Mazarin, France, cardinal, French 1st Minister, 1642-61 1601 Birthday Georges de Scudery, French writer, Observations sur le Cid 1598 Birthday Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized 1598 Event Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots 1598 Event French king Henri IV and duke van Mercour sign treaty 1597 Event Amiens surrenders to French King Henri IV 1597 Event French troops chase away Albrecht of Austria 1597 Death Franciscus Raphelengius [French of Ravelingen], Netherlands publisher, dies 1597 Birthday Vincent Voiture, French Poet 1596 Event English/French/Dutch delegates sign anti-Spanish "Drievoudig Covenant" 1595 Event French king Henri IV declares war on Spain 1594 Event French King Henri IV festival in Paris 1593 Birthday Georges de la Tour, French painter 1593 Death Jacques Amyot, French humanist/abbot of Bellozanne, dies at 79 1592 Death Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, French philosopher (L'Amitie), dies at 59 1592 Death Michel de Montaigne, French Philosopher 1591 Event French bishops recognize Henri IV as king of France 1591 Birthday Jacqueline M A de Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess 1591 Event French king Henri IV occupies Rouen 1591 Event Pope Gregory XIV threatens to excommunicate French king Henri IV 1591 Death Edmond Auger, French jesuit (under Henri III), dies at about 60 1591 Death Jacobus de Kerle, French/Flemish composer, dies at about 59 1590 Death Ambroise Pare, French surgeon, dies at 80 1590 Death Cujacius, Jacques Cujas, French lawyer, dies at about 68 1590 Event Battle at Ivry: French king Henri IV beats Catholic League 1590 Event Battle at Ivry: French King Henri IV beats Catholic League 1590 Death Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65 1589 Death Jean-Antoine de Baif, French poet (Carminum Liber I), dies at 57 1589 Event Battle at Arques: French king Henri IV beats Catholic League 1589 Event Murder attempt by monk Jacques Clement on French King Hendrik III 1589 Death Jacques Clement, French monk (Henri III), dies 1589 Death Christophe Plantin, French/Belgian book publisher, dies 1589 Birthday Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright and poet 1588 Death Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37 1588 Event French king Henri III accept demands of Catholic League 1588 Birthday Claudius Salmasius, Claude Saumaise, French linguist 1585 Birthday Cardinal Richelieu, French Clergyman 1585 Event King Henri III and Duke De Guise signs Treaty of Nemours: French Huguenots loose all freedoms 1585 Birthday Claude Favre baron de Perouges seigneur de Vaugelas, French grammarian 1584 Death Francois-Hercule de Valois, French crown prince, dies at 28 1583 Event Duke French van Valois returns to France 1583 Event Brabant: duke of Parma beats French mercenaries 1582 Event French van Valois pays tribute to earl of Flanders 1582 Event French van Valois honored as duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen 1581 Birthday Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist 1580 Event French Huguenots and Roman Catholics sign peace treaty 1579 Birthday Henri II, Duke de Rohan-Gie, French Huguenot leader 1578 Event Duke French van Anjou recognized as protector of Netherlands 1575 Event French Roman Catholics and Huguenots signs treaty 1575 Birthday Pierre de Berulle, French cardinal 1573 Birthday Mathurin Regnier, French poet, Macette 1572 Event King Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants 1572 Death Charles de Feligny, French officer/huguenot, murdered 1572 Death Gaspard de Chatillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded 1571 Death Claude Togniel d'Espence, French theologist (Sorbonne), dies at 60 1569 Death Francois de Coligny, French general (Jarnac), dies 1569 Death Lodewijk Conde, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies 1569 Death Louis Conde, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies in battle 1568 Death Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23 1568 Event Treaty of Longjumeau: French huguenots go on strike 1568 Birthday Honore d'Urfe, French writer, L'Astree 1567 Event Battle at St-Denis: French government army vs Huguenots 1567 Birthday Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint 1567 Death Pereguin de la Grange, French minister/martyr of Reform, dies 1566 Death Nostradamus, Michel de Nostre-Dam, French astrologist, dies at 62 1566 Death Diane de Poitiers, lover of French King Henry II, dies 1565 Death Jean Grolier de Servieres, French bibliophile, dies 1565 Event Spaniards capture Fort Caroline Florida and massacre the French 1564 Death John Calvin, French Theologian 1563 Event French army recaptures Le Havre 1563 Death Francois Guise, French general/duke, assassinated at 44 1562 Event 1st French colonists in US: Jean Ribaut and Hugenots at Parris Is NC 1561 Event By Edict of Orleans persecution of French Huguenots is suspended 1560 Death Marie Guise, French wife of king Jacobus V of Scotland, dies at 44 1560 Death Guillaume du Bellay, Sieur de Langey, French soldier, dies 1558 Event French king Henri II occupies Calais 1558 Death Jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies 1558 Event Queen Mary Stuart of Scotland marries French crown prince Francois 1558 Death Jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies 1558 Event French troops under duke de Guise occupy Calais 1558 Event Calais, last English possession in France, retaken by French 1557 Death Jacques Cartier, French explorer, dies (birth date unknown) 1557 Death Jacques Cartier, French explorer (Canada), dies at 65 1556 Birthday Francois-Hercule de Valois, French duke of Anjou/Brabant 1555 Death French Vervoort, Flemish mystic (Bruylocht Cleedt), dies at about 65 1555 Birthday Louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange 1553 Death Francois Rabelais, French author (Gargantua/Pantagruel), dies at 49 1552 Birthday Theodore-Agrippa d'Aubigne, French/Swiss historian/poet, Tragiques 1550 Birthday Henri Guise [le Balafre], French duke/leader, Catholic League 1549 Event French troops occupy Ambleteuse England 1545 Birthday Franciscus Junius, Francois du Jon, French/Netherlands calvinist theologist 1545 Birthday Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain/daughter of Henri II 1545 Event French king Francois I orders protestants of Vaudois to be killed 1544 Event Peace of Crepy: German emperor Charles V and French king Francois I 1544 Event Battle at Carignano: French troops under Earl d'Enghien beat Swiss 1543 Event French and Turkish fleet occupies Nice 1543 Event French and Turkish troops occupy Nice 1543 Event French troops invade Luxembourg 1542 Event French troops leave Flanders 1542 Event French troops under Maarten van Rossem occupies Flanders 1540 Death Guillaume Bude, French humanist, dies at about 72 1538 Event Treaty of Nice: ends war between Emperor Charles V and King French I 1537 Event Resistant of Bomy: French/Dutch cease fire 1537 Event French troops invade Flanders 1536 Event French navigator Jacques Cartier returns to Saint-Malo from Canada 1535 Event French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Hochelaga (Montreal) 1534 Event New pursuit of French protestants 1534 Event French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Newfoundland 1532 Birthday Jean-Antoine de Baif, French poet, Les amours de Meline 1531 Death Louise Van Savoye, French regent of king Francois I, dies at 55 1530 Birthday Louis I Conde, French prince/leader of hugenots 1530 Death Francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43 1529 Event "Ladies' Peace" (treaty of Cambrai)-emperor Charles V and King French I 1529 Death Louis de Berquin, French humanist/reformer/heretic, burned at stake 1528 Birthday Jeanne d'Albret, queen of Navarra/mother of French King Henry IV 1526 Event French king Francois I freed from Spain 1525 Event Battle at Pavia: Emperor Karel V's troops beat French king 1525 Event Imperial forces defeat French in battle of Pavia 1524 Birthday Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, Anti-Tribonien 1524 Event Pope Clemens VII fires Netherlands inquisitor-general French Van de Holly 1522 Death Anne de Beaujeu, daughter of French king Louis XI, dies at 61 1522 Event French troops driven out of Genoa 1522 Event Duke of Albany takes captured French back to Scotland 1521 Event French king Francois I declares war on Spain 1521 Birthday Francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general, Jarnac 1519 Birthday Francois de Guise, Balafre, French general strategist, Calais 1519 Birthday Gaspard de Coligny, Huguenot leader/French admiral 1518 Event Henry VIII's daughter Mary marries French crown prince 1517 Birthday Jacques Peletier, du Mans, French poet/scientist 1516 Event Treaty of Freiburg French/Swiss "eternal" peace treaty 1515 Birthday Marie Guise, French wife of king James V of Scotland 1515 Event Battle at Marignano ends in French/Venetian victory 1513 Birthday Jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne 1512 Death Gaston de Foix, French pretender to Navarra throne, dies in battle 1512 Event French troops under Gaston de Foix occupy Brescia 1512 Event Battle at Valeggio: French troops beat Venetianen 1512 Event French troops under Gaston de Foix rescues Bologna 1510 Death Georges d'Amboise, French cardinal/viceroy in North Italy, dies at 49 1510 Death Georges d'amboise, French archbishop of Narbonne/Rouen, dies at 49 1509 Event Battle of Agnadello, French beat Venitians in Northern Italy 1509 Event French army under Louis XII enters Alps 1504 Event By treaty of Lyons, French cede Naples to Ferdinand of Aragon 1503 Birthday Nostradamus, Michel de Nostre-Dam, French astrologist/prophet 1501 Death Robert Gaguin, French writer/diplomat (Arte Metrificandi), dies at 66 1499 Event French king Louis XII occupies Milan 1498 Event Cardinal Borgia renounced his vows and office to marry a French princess 1495 Event French viceroy of Naples Montpensier surrenders 1495 Event Battle at Fornovo, French king Charles VIII beats St. League 1495 Event French King Charles VIII leaves Naples 1495 Event French King Charles VIII enters Naples to claim crown 1494 Event French king Charles VIII occupies Florence 1491 Death Thomas Basin, French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies 1490 Death French van Brederode, leader of Hoeksen, dies at about 25 1476 Birthday Louise of Savoye, French mother/regentes of king Francois I 1476 Death Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded 1474 Death Guillaume Dufay, French/Flemish composer, dies at about 74 1471 Death John Soreth, French general, dies 1468 Event Treaty of Peronne: Duke Charles the Stoute and French king Louis XI 1466 Birthday French van Brederode, leader Hoeksen 1465 Event French King Louis XI signs peace with Charles the Stout 1465 Birthday French van Brederode, leader of Hoeksen 1464 Event French King Louis XI forms postal service 1463 Event French poet Francois Villon banished from Paris 1456 Death Jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle 1453 Event 1st battle at Castillon: French beat English troops 1453 Event French banker Jacques Coeurs possessions confiscated 1450 Event French defeat English at Battle of Formigny in 100 Years' War 1444 Death John Capreolus, French theologist (Libri IV), dies at about 50 1440 Death Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged 1438 Event French church/King Charles VII release Pragmatieke Sanctie of Bourges 1435 Event Treaty of Atrecht: Philip of Bourgondy vs French king Charles II 1429 Event Joan of Arc leads French army in Battle of Orleans 1429 Death John [Jean C] Gerson, French theologist (Theologica mystic), dies at 65 1429 Event French troops under Joan of Arc rescues Orleans 1420 Death Pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies 1419 Death John the Fearless, Burgundy/French warrior, murdered at 48 1419 Event French city of Rouen surrenders to Henry V in Hundred Years War 1415 Death Anton van Bourgondie, French son of Philip the Stout/duke, dies at 31 1415 Death Philip of Nevers, French earl, dies in battle 1415 Death Robert of Bar, French knight, dies in battle 1411 Death Johannes Parvus, Jean Petit, French theologist, dies 1409 Birthday John II, French duke of Aleneon/co-fighter of Jeanne d'arc 1397 Death Count of Eu, French knight, dies in Turkish captivity 1397 Death Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56 1396 Death Jean de Vienne, French admiral/crusader, dies in battle 1396 Death Odard de Chasseron, French knight/crusader, dies in battle 1396 Death Philip of Bar, French knight/crusader, dies in battle 1393 Death Aimery Poitiers, French nobleman, burned at royal ball 1390 Event French and Genuese armada sails out against barbarian pirates 1389 Event French king Charles VI visits pope Clemens VII 1387 Death French Ackerman, Ghent rebel/leader of Reisers, murdered at about 57 1382 Event Battle of Westrozebeke (French army beats Flemings-1,000s die) 1382 Death Nicholas van Oresme, French philosopher/bishop of Lisieux, dies at 62 1382 Event French Maillotin uprises against taxes 1380 Event French King Charles VI declares no taxes for ever 1380 Death Bertrand du Guesclin, French King of Granada, dies at about 60 1378 Death Gregory XI, Pierre R the Beaufort, last French Pope (1370-78), dies 1377 Event French invasion fleet lands at Rye England 1364 Event Battle of Auray, English forces defeat French at Brittany 1363 Birthday John Van Gerson, French theologist 1361 Death Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet, dies at 69 1360 Event Treaty of Bretigny signed by English and French 1358 Death Etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies 1358 Event French boer leader Guillaume Cale captured 1358 Event Daint-Leu at Oise begins French boer uprising 1356 Event English defeat French at Battle of Poitiers 1356 Death Gautier de Brienne, duke of Athens/French supreme commander, dies 1356 Death Geoffroy de Charny, French nobleman, dies in battle 1356 Death Jean de Clermont, French marshal, dies in battle 1352 Event French king Jean II introduces Order of the Star 1340 Event In the Hundred Years War, British fleet destroys French at Sluys 1328 Event Battle at Kassel: French troops stop uprising of Flemish farmers 1328 Event French king Philip VI Valois crowned 1307 Event French king Philip IV convicts templars because of heresy 1304 Event Battle at Zierik Sea: Dutch and French fleet beat Flemish fleet 1303 Event Anagni: French king Philip IV captures Pope Boniface VIII 1302 Death Pierre Flote, French 1st legist/chancellor of king Philip IV, dies 1302 Event Trades people assault on French garrison (Brugse Metten) 1296 Event Earl Floris V signs accord with French king 1291 Birthday Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet 1291 Event Akko reconquered after 200 years by French crusaders, and destroyed 1282 Event Furious inhabitants of Palermo attack French occupation force 1275 Event King Edward I of England orders cessation of persecution of French Jews 1274 Death John F Bonaventura, Italian/French theologist/dominican/saint, dies 1264 Death Urbanus IV, Jacques Pantaleon, French Pope (1261-64), dies 1263 Death Hugo of St-Cher/a S Caro, French cardinal, dies 1259 Event Treaty of Paris: English king Henry III and French king Louis IX 1245 Death Johannes de Rupella/de la Rochelle, French theologist, dies 1236 Death Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies 1217 Event French prince Louis and English king Henry III sign peace treaty 1217 Death Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle 1216 Event French crown prince Louis enters England 1214 Death Stefan van Longchamp, French knight, dies in battle 1213 Death Jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53 1212 Event French and Spanish crusaders unite against the Almohaden at Toledo 1208 Death Peter of Castelnau, French nobleman, murdered 1205 Death Petrus van Poitiers, French theologist (Sententiarum libri V), dies 1198 Event French bishop Odo van Sully condemns Zottenfeest 1197 Death Petrus Cantor, French theologist (Verbum Abbreviatum), dies 1187 Death Reinoud van Chatillon, French prince of Antioch, dies 1180 Death Guillaume de/Willem van Sens, French master builder (Canterbury), dies 1174 Death Amalrik I, Morri, French King of Jerusalem, dies 1171 Death Jacob Ben Meir, Rabbenu Tam, French Tosofist, dies 1160 Birthday Johannes de Matha, French saint/founder, Trinitarians 1156 Death Peter Venerabilis, French theologist/9th abbot of Cluny, dies at about 61 1154 Death Gilbert de la Porree, French philosopher/bishop of Poiters, dies 1153 Death Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies 1142 Death Pierre Abelard, French philosopher (Sic et Non, Heloise), dies at 62 1130 Death Baldricus Burgoliensis, French historian/archbishop, dies at about 83 1119 Event Battle of Sarmada - Emir Ilghazi defeat French Crusaders 1116 Death Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies 1115 Death Petrus van Amiens, French Crusades predictor, dies 1115 Death Peter van Amiens, French minister of crusades, dies at about 64 1113 Death Odo/Odardus van Kamerijk, French writer/bishop of Kamerijk, dies 1111 Death Bohemund I of Tarente, French ruler of Antioch, dies 1109 Death Albericus of Cateaux, French saint, dies 1099 Death Urban II, Odo van Lagery, French Pope (1088-99), dies 1088 Death Berengarius of Tours, French theologist, dies 1075 Birthday Ordericus Vitalis, French monk/historian/poet 1004 Death Abbo van Fleury, Floriacensis, French abbott/saint, dies 1003 Death Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome 1003 Death Sylvester II, Gerbert van Aurillac, 1st French Pope (999-1003), dies 999 Event Gerbert of Aurillac elected as 1st French Pope 987 Event French King Hugo Capet crowns his son Robert the compassionate king 922 Event French republic chooses Robert I, King of France 896 Event Pope Formosa crowned king Arnulf of Karinthie/French emperor 881 Event Battle at Saucourt: French King Louis III beats the Vikings 876 Death Lodewijk de Duitser, king of East French Republic (833-76), dies at 72 875 Death Ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75 843 Death Judith, French empress/2nd wife of Louis de Vrome, dies 840 Death Louis de Vrome, emperor of French rich, dies 840 Death Eginhard, French nobleman/biographer (Vita Karoli Magni), dies at 69 833 Death Ansegis/Ansegius, French abbot of Fontenelle/author, dies at about 63 794 Death Fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30 783 Death Bertha "with the great feet", wife of French king Pippin III, dies 771 Death Karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20 768 Event Charles the Great and Charlamane II divide French republic 711 Death Childebert III, king of French, dies at about 27 660 Death Eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies 593 Death Guntram, French king in Burgundy, dies at about 67 545 Death Chlotilde, wife of French king Clovis/saint, dies at about 70 498 Event French king Clovis baptises himself 394 Death Arbogast, French general, commits suicide
