1941 Event Last meeting of resistance fighter Comte d'Estienne d'Orves 1941 Event Trial against resistance fighter comte d'Estienne d'Orves begins 1924 Death Hilaire Comte de Chardonnet, inventor (rayon), dies 1923 Death Raymond Radiguet, French journalist and writer (Ball du Comte), dies at 20 1909 Event Comte de Lambert of France sets airplane altitude record of 300 m 1906 Event Belgian naval education ship Comte The Stain de Naeyer sets sail 1901 Birthday H L Honore comte d'Estienne d'Orves, French officer/resistance fighter 1900 Death Comte de Villebois-Marevil, French/South African general, dies in battle 1863 Death Alfred Victor Comte de Vigny, poet, dies 1828 Event Gioacchino Rossini's opera "Le Comte Ory," premieres in Paris 1798 Birthday Auguste Comte, philosopher/founder, sociology and positivism 1797 Birthday Alfred V Comte de Vigny, French musketeer/writer, Moise, Chatterton 1781 Event French fleet of 24 ships under Comte de Grasse defeat British under Admiral Graves at battle of Chesapeake Capes in Revolutionary War 1748 Birthday Jacques D "comte" Cassini, French astronomer 1736 Birthday Joseph-Louis, comte de Lagrange, Turin, French mathematician 1707 Birthday George-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon, writer on natural history
