History Home
Events     Birthdays     Deaths     Years

Add "Today in History" or "Today's Birthdays" to Your Site - it's Easy!

Breton


1966 Andre Breton, French Surrealist poet (Manifest of Surrealism), dies at 70

1936 Daniel Goode, born in America, composer, clarinetist, studied with Henry Cowell, influenced by Indonesian gamelan music, bird song, Cape Breton fiddling, minimal music, member, Gamelan Son of Lion, Director, Electronic Music Studio, Rutgers University

1923 Tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer, dies at 72

1910 Julien Gracq, Louis Poirier, French writer, Andre Breton

1909 Leo Malet, born in Montpelier, France, writer, novelist, aligned with Surrealists, friends with Renee Magritte, Andre Breton, famous for crime novel character Nestor Burma

1896 Andre Breton, France, surrealist poet and writer, founder of surrealism

1873 Manuel Breton de los Herreros, Span poet/comic playwright, dies at 76

1850 Tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer

1796 Manuel Breton de los Herreros, Quel Spain, poet/comic playwright

1745 American colonials capture Louisburg, Cape Breton I from French

1745 English fleet occupies Cap Breton on St. Lawrence River


History Home    Copyright 2009 BrainyMedia.com