2011 Event Jacques Chirac, former President of France, is declared guilty of embezzlement and violating trust for filling non-existent jobs with party members while serving as Mayor of Paris 2011 Event Former French President Jacques Chirac begins stands trial in Paris for embezzlement charges 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 1995 Death John Henry Jacques, co-operative retailer, dies at 90 1995 Death Jacques Molicard, translator/Navigator, dies at 62 1995 Death Jacques Berque, Islamic scholar, dies at 85 1995 Event Jacques Chirac wins French presidential election 1995 Death Jacques Lefebvre, Belgian air force gen, commits suicide at 64 1995 Event Jacques Santer succeeds Jacques Delors as chairman of Euro Committee 1994 Death Jacques Cesar Ellul, writer, dies at 82 1994 Death Jacques Doucet, French painter (Mostar Sarajevo), dies at 69 1993 Event Jacques Lemaire is named New Jersey Devils 8th Head Coach 1992 Death Jacques Pic, french restaurant owner, dies 1992 Death John van Dreelen, Jacques T van Drielen Gimberg, actor (Topaz), dies 1991 Death Jacques Aubuchon, actor (Hoax, Thunder Road), dies of heart failure 1991 Death Jacques Benoit, JJM Bayer, poet, dies 1991 Event Mountie Jacques Rougeau beats Hart for WWF intercontinental title 1990 Death Raymond St. Jacques, actor/dir (Falcon Crest), dies of cancer at 60 1990 Death Jacques Soustelle, French ethnology/minister of Information, dies at 78 1989 Death Conrad Beck, composer, studied with Jacques Ibert, head of Radio Basel music department for 30 years, dies at 88 1988 Death Jacques de Kadt, Dutch 2nd chamber member (soc-dem), dies at 90 1987 Death Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (5x Tour de France), dies at 53 1986 Event Jacques Chirac forms French government 1982 Death Jacques Tatischeff, French actor and director (Parade), dies at 74 1982 Death Jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist, dies at 52 1981 Death Jacques Lacan, French Psychologist 1980 Death Hattie Jacques, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 56 1980 Event 53rd National Spelling Bee: Jacques Bailly wins spelling elucubrate 1979 Death Jacques Mesrine, French "enemy of the state", shot to death 1978 Death Jacques Mornard, Ramon Mercader, murderer of Trotsky, dies at 64 1978 Death Jacques Brel, Belgian chansonnier, buried on Atuama, dies at 49 1977 Death Jacques Prevert, French poet (La puil et le beau), dies at 77 1977 Event Parisians elect former Prime Minister Jacques Chirac as 1st mayor in a century 1976 Death Jacques Monod, French biochemist, dies 1976 Death Jacques Lucien Monod, French Scientist 1975 Birthday Jacques Kallis, cricketer, South African Test all-rounder vs. England 1995 1975 Death Jacques Stehman, composer, dies at 62 1973 Death Jacques Leon Wolfe, composer, dies at 77 1973 Death Jacques Lipchitz, Polish/French/U.S. art critic sculptor, dies at 81 1973 Death Jacques Lipchitz, U.S. cubist sculptor, dies at 81 1972 Death Jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian, dies at 81 1972 Death Jacques Gans, Dutch author/journalist, dies at 63 1971 Birthday Jacques Villeneuve, Canadian Celebrity 1969 Birthday Jacques Landry, Saskatoon Saskatchawan, cyclist 1996 Olympics 1968 Event Jacques Cousteau's 1st undersea special on U.S. network TV 1966 Birthday Jacques "Jacq" Koumans, soccer player, NAC 1965 Birthday Tammy Jacques, Auburn Maine, cyclist 1996 Olympics 1965 Death Jacques Audiberti, French poet (Le cavalier seul), dies at 66 1964 Event Jacques Anquetil wins his 5th Tour de France 1963 Death Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Prime Numbers), dies at 97 1962 Event Jacques Plante ties record winning 6th NHL Vezina trophy 1962 Death Jacques Ibert, French composer (Escales), dies at 71 1961 Death Maurice [Jean Jacques] Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher, dies at 53 1960 Event Trotsky's murderer Jacques Mornard (Ramon Mercader), freed in Mexico 1960 Death Jacques de Menasce, composer, dies at 54 1959 Event 1st NHL goalie to wear a hockey mask (Jacques Plante) 1957 Death Jacques Fesch, French political assassin/saint?, beheaded at about 26 1956 Event Jacques Cousteau's Calypso anchors in 7,500 m of water (record) 1955 Death Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist, dies at 69 1955 Death Jacques Lemaigre-Dubreuil, French industrialist, murdered 1954 Event Jacques Cousteau's 1st network telecast airs on "Omnibus" (CBS) 1953 Event Auguste/Jacques Piccard dives with bathosphere to 3150 m (record) 1953 Death Jacques Thibaud, French violinist, dies 1948 Death Jacques Feyder, actor and director (kermesse heroique), dies at 59 1948 Birthday Jacques Kloes, singer, Dizzy Man's Band 1947 Birthday Jacques Wallage, sociologist/Dutch undersecretary of Education 1947 Birthday Jacques Arnold, MP, Conservative 1947 Birthday M Jacques Fouroux, rugby player 1945 Birthday Jacques Ickx, Belgium, Le Mans auto race, 6-time winner 1944 Birthday Jacques Doillon director and writer, La Fille de Quinze Ans 1941 Birthday Jacques LaPerriere, NHL defensive Hall of Famer 1941 Birthday Jacques Perrin, Paris, France, actress, Cinema Paradiso, 317th Platoon 1939 Birthday Jacques Charlier, Belgian sculptor 1939 Birthday Jacobus M "Jacques" Hamelink, Dutch writer/poet, Cold Unrest 1938 Birthday Jacques Hetu, born in Trois-Rivieres Quebec, composer, Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, 1989, Officer of the Order of Canada, 2001 1938 Death Jacobus C J "Jacques" Hermans, actor (Ghetto), dies at 81 1937 Birthday Jacques Santer, President, European Commission 1936 Death Jacques Bainville, French historian/essayist/journalist, dies at 57 1935 Birthday Jacques d'Ancona, journalist/TV host, Sound-Mix Show 1935 Death Jacques Urlus, tenor (Opera of Leipzig, Song of the Earth), dies at 68 1934 Birthday Jacques d'Amboise, born in Dedham, Massachusetts, ballet dancer, New York City Ballet Company 1934 Birthday Jacques Anquetil, France, Tour de France bicycle racer, 5-time winner 1933 Birthday Jacques Charpentier, composer 1933 Event Jacques van Egmond becomes world champion amateur cyclist 1933 Birthday Jacques Molicard, translator and navigator 1932 Birthday Jacques Chirac, French Statesman 1931 Birthday Jacques Demy, born in France, director, Lola, Magic Donkey 1930 Birthday Jacques Derrida, French Philosopher 1930 Birthday Jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist 1930 Birthday Raymond St. Jacques, actor and director, Cotton Comes to Harlem, Mr. Moses 1929 Birthday Jacques Brel, Belgium, singer and actor 1929 Birthday Jacques "Jake the Snake" Plante, Quebec, NHL goaltender, #1 1927 Birthday Jacques Bondon, composer 1927 Birthday Jacques Bergerac, France, actor, Gigi, Les Girls, Thunder in Sun 1927 Birthday Jacques Monod, composer 1926 Birthday Jacques Casterede, composer 1925 Birthday Jacques Sernas, born in Lithuania, actor, La Dolce Vita, Helen of Troy 1925 Birthday Jacques Delors, French economist/chairman European Committee, 1985-95 1924 Death Anatole France, Jacques Thibault, writer (Ecrivain Francais), dies 1924 Death Jacques Oppenheim, lawyer, dies at 75 1924 Birthday Hattie Jacques, Kent England, actress, Carry on Doctor 1922 Birthday Jacques Piccard, born in Switzerland, undersea explorer, bathyscaph Trieste 1921 Birthday Jacques Vander Schueren, Belgium, minister of Economic Affairs 1919 Birthday Jacques Marin, Paris, actor, Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo 1915 Birthday Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French politician 1914 Birthday Jacques Mornard, Ramon Mercader, murderer, Trotsky 1913 Birthday Jacques Rabemananjara, Hungarian author/vice-president, Antsa 1912 Birthday Jacques Stehman, composer 1912 Birthday Jacques Soustelle, French minister of information 1912 Birthday Jacques Cesar Ellul, writer 1910 Birthday Jacques Yves Cousteau, French Explorer 1910 Birthday Jacques Berque, Islamic scholar 1910 Birthday Jacques Chailley, composer 1910 Birthday Jacques Monod, French biochemist 1910 Birthday Jacques Lucien Monod, French Scientist 1908 Birthday Jacques Gans, Dutch author/journalist 1908 Birthday Jacques Tatischeff, born in La Pecq, France, director, Traffic, Playtime 1908 Birthday Jacques Massu, French general, Algeria 1908 Birthday Jacques [Izaak] den Haan, Dutch writer, Dangerous Book 1908 Birthday Maurice, Jean Jacques, Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher 1907 Birthday Jacques Barzun, France, author, The House of Interlect 1906 Birthday Jacques Leguerney, composer 1906 Birthday Conrad Thibault, Northbridge Massachusetts, singer, Jacques Fray Music Room 1905 Birthday Jacques de Menasce, composer 1905 Birthday Jacques Goddot, French publisher, Tour de France 1905 Birthday John Henry Jacques, co-operative retailer 1901 Birthday Jacques Perret, French journalist and writer, La caporal epingle 1901 Birthday Conrad Beck, born in Lohn, Switzerland, composer, studied with Jacques Ibert, head of Radio Basel music department for 30 years, composed concertos, symphonies, oratorio, elegy, instrumental, vocal music, and one ballet 1901 Birthday Jacques Lacan, French Psychologist 1900 Birthday Jacques Prevert, France, poet/screenwriter, Paroles 1899 Birthday Jacques Audiberti, French poet, Race of Men 1897 Birthday Jacques de Kadt, Dutch politician/writer, Fascism is War! 1896 Birthday Jacques Leon Wolfe, composer 1891 Birthday Jacques Lipchitz, Polish/French/U.S. painter/cubist sculptor 1891 Birthday Jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian 1890 Birthday Jacques Ibert, born in Paris, France, composer, Escales 1888 Birthday Jacques Feyder, Frederix, Belg/French actor and director, Anna Christie 1886 Birthday Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist, Der Toncharakter 1884 Birthday Jacques Chardonne, Boutelleau, French writer, l'Epithalame 1882 Birthday Jacques Maritain, France, Catholic philosopher, exponent of St. Thomas 1881 Death Jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet (Iris), dies at 22 1881 Event Jacques Offenbach's opera "Les Contes d'Hoffman," premieres in Paris 1880 Death Jacques Offenbach, German/French composer (La belle Helene), dies at 61 1880 Birthday Jacques Thibaud, Bordeaux France, violinist, Cafe Rogue 1879 Birthday Jacques Bainville, French historian/essayist/journalist 1876 Death Jacques Gregoir, composer, dies at 59 1872 Death Jacques Babinet, French physicist/mathematician/astronomer, dies at 78 1868 Event Jacques Offenbach's opera "Genevieve de Brabant," premieres in New York City 1867 Birthday Jacques Urlus, Dutch tenor, Opera of Leipzig, Song of the Earth 1865 Birthday Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician, Taylor series 1864 Death Jacques Francois Gallay, composer, dies at 68 1859 Birthday Jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet, Iris, Wood Song 1858 Event Jacques Offenbach's opera "Orphee aux Enfers," premieres in Paris 1851 Death Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, French Artist 1849 Death Francois de Paule Jacques Raymond de Fossa, composer, dies at 73 1849 Birthday Jacques Oppenheim, Dutch lawyer 1829 Birthday Jean Jacques Alfred Mouton, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1819 Birthday Jacques Offenbach, born in Cologne, French composer, Tales of Hoffmann 1817 Birthday Jacques Gregoir, composer 1813 Death Jacques Delille, French Poet 1806 Death Jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies 1804 Death Jacques Necker, fiancier/statesman, dies 1795 Birthday Jacques Francois Gallay, composer 1794 Death Georges Jacques Danton, French Revolutionary 1794 Birthday Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician and astronomer 1793 Death Jacques Cathelineau, French royalist, dies in battle at 44 1789 Death Jacques Duphly, composer, dies at 74 1788 Event Jacques Neeker names French minister of Finance 1788 Death Jacques Aliamet, French etcher/engraver, dies at 61 1787 Birthday Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, French Artist 1786 Event Jacques Balmat and Michel Paccard are 1st to climb to top of Mont Blanc 1784 Death Denis Diderot, French writer/philosopher (Jacques le fataliste), dies 1783 Event Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier make 1st public balloon flight 1778 Death Jean Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher 1775 Birthday Francois de Paule Jacques Raymond de Fossa, composer 1762 Death Jacques Hotteterre, composer, dies at 87 1759 Birthday Georges Jacques Danton, French Revolutionary 1759 Birthday Jacques Cathelineau, French royalist/army leader 1756 Death Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (Discover rings of Saturn), dies at 79 1748 Birthday Jacques D "comte" Cassini, French astronomer 1745 Birthday Jacques Montgolfier, France, aeronaut, 1st pioneer balloonist 1738 Birthday Jacques Delille, French Poet 1727 Death Jacques Abbadie, French theologist, dies at about 73 1726 Birthday Jacques Aliamet, French etcher/engraver 1723 Death Jacques Basnage, French/Dutch historian/vicar, dies at 70 1715 Birthday Jacques Duphly, composer 1713 Event French invade under Jacques Cassard on Curacao 1712 Event French hijacker Jacques Cassard seen on Suriname coast 1712 Birthday Jean Jacques Rousseau, born in France, composer/social contractor, Confession 1708 Death Jacques Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 51 1704 Death Jacques Bossuet, French Clergyman 1677 Birthday Jacques Cassini, French astronomer, rings of Saturn 1675 Death Jacques Marquette jesuit/missionaries (Chicago), dies at 37 1674 Birthday Jacques Hotteterre, composer 1673 Event Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring Mississippi 1660 Death Jacques Sarazin, French sculptor/painter, dies at about 70 1657 Birthday Jacques Danican Philidor, composer 1653 Birthday Jacques Basnage, French/Netherlands historian/vicar 1652 Death Jacques Huyn, composer, dies at 39 1637 Birthday Jacques Marquette, jesuit/missionary founder, Chicago 1635 Death Jacques Callot, French cartoonist/engraver, dies at about 42 1629 Event Jacques Specx appointed governor-general of Dutch-Indies 1627 Birthday Jacques Bossuet, French Clergyman 1627 Death Jacques Mauduit, composer, dies at 69 1616 Death Jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31 1616 Birthday Jacques de Saint-Luc, composer 1616 Event Jacques Le Maire discovers Street Lemaire/Cape Receiver 1615 Event Jacques Le Maire sail to Zuidland/Terra Australis 1613 Birthday Jacques Huyn, composer 1593 Death Jacques Amyot, French humanist/abbot of Bellozanne, dies at 79 1590 Death Cujacius, Jacques Cujas, French lawyer, dies at about 68 1589 Event Murder attempt by monk Jacques Clement on French King Hendrik III 1589 Death Jacques Clement, French monk (Henri III), dies 1573 Birthday Jacques Bonfrere, Dutch bible expert 1559 Death Jacques d'Auchy, Walloon baptist merchant, executed 1557 Birthday Jacques Mauduit, composer 1557 Death Jacques Cartier, French explorer, dies (birth date unknown) 1557 Death Jacques Cartier, French explorer (Canada), dies at 65 1536 Event French navigator Jacques Cartier returns to Saint-Malo from Canada 1535 Event Jacques Cartier discovers Mount Royal (Montreal) 1535 Event French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Hochelaga (Montreal) 1534 Event Jacques Cartier, lands in Canada, claims it for France 1534 Event Jacques Cartier discovers Prince Edward Islands Canada 1534 Event Jacques Cartier 1st sails into mouth of St. Lawrence River 1534 Event French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Newfoundland 1517 Birthday Jacques Peletier, du Mans, French poet/scientist 1513 Birthday Jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne 1456 Death Jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle 1453 Event French banker Jacques Coeurs possessions confiscated 1362 Death Jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle 1342 Death Benedict XII, Jacques Fournier, Pope (1334-42), dies 1334 Death John XXII, Jacques Dueze, Pope (316-34), dies 1314 Death Jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies 1302 Death Jacques de Chatillon, count of Saint-Pol/Governor of Flaanders, dies 1264 Death Urbanus IV, Jacques Pantaleon, French Pope (1261-64), dies 1261 Event Jacques Pantaleon elected as Pope Urban IV
