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2009 Dozens are killed and injured when wildfires spread across France, Spain, Sardinia and Greece
2009 En route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Paris, Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic ocean, killing all 228 on board 2008 Yves Saint Laurent, dies in Paris, France at 71 2007 Marcel Marceau, dies at 84, at his home in Cahours, France 2007 Abbe Pierre, dies in Paris, France, following a lung infection, at 94 2006 Italy wins the World Cup 5-3 vs. France 2005 First human face transplant is performed in France 2005 Lance Armstrong retires after winning his 7th straight Tours de France 2005 Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse, France 1997 Jana Novotna (Czechoslovakia) beats Mary Pierce (France) in Chase Tennis Champ 1997 35th Tennis Fed Cup: France beats Netherlands in Den Bosch Netherlands (4-1) 1997 Liberals beat Conservatives in France 1997 Pamela Harriman, U.S. Ambassador to France, dies of stroke at 76 1997 Peter Morris, historian of France, dies at 50 1996 85th Davis Cup: France beats Sweden in Malmo (3-2) 1996 Michel Debre, Prime Minister of France in 1959 - 1962, dies 1996 Cedric Pioline, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, tennis pro, US open final 1993 1996 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1996 Francois Mitterrand, President of France (1981-95), dies of cancer at 79 1995 Miguel Indurains wins his 5th Tour de France 1995 Fabio Casartelli, raced with Ariostea team in 1993, won Olympic gold medal in 1992 Summer Olympics road race, died during 15th stage of the 1995 Tour de France, in a crash occurring on the descent of the Col de Portet d'Aspet in the Pyrenees 1995 Pierre Tisseyre, publisher (Circle du livre de France), dies at 85 1995 Rachid Mimouni, author, teacher at Ecole superieure du commerce, Algiers, wrote 'La Malediction', dies of hepatitis in Paris, France, at age 49 1994 French commando's terminate Air France hijacking in Marseille 1994 4 Moslem fundamentalists capture Air France pilot in Algiers 1994 Antoine Pinay, Prime Minister of France 1952 - 1953, dies 1994 Guy Debord, born in Paris, France, filmmaker, hypergraphist, theorist, founding member of Lettrist International, Situationist International, dies at 63 1994 Miguel Indurain wins Tour de France 1994 Airbus A330 crash at Toulouse France, 7 killed 1994 Luis Ocana, Span cyclist (Tour de France 1973), commits suicide at 48 1994 "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult," released in France 1994 Chunnel linking England and France officially opens 1993 Miguel Indurain wins his 3rd Tour de France 1993 "Ce que femme veut", premieres in France 1993 "Tout capour ca!", premieres in France 1993 Pierre Beregovoy, Prime Minister of France 1992 - 1993, commits suicide at 67 1993 Maurice Bourges-Maunoury, Prime Minister of France 1957, dies 1993 Rene Pleven, Prime Minister of France 1950 - 1951, 1951 - 1952, dies 1992 Mud storm kills 30 in South France 1992 Heavy storm in South France, 34 die 1992 William France, founder (Daytona 500), dies at 82 1992 William France, founder (Daytona 500), dies at 82 1992 Edith Cresson, France's 1st female premier, resigns 1992 16th Winter Olympic games closes in Albertville, France 1992 16th Winter Olympic games opens in Albertville, France 1991 80th Davis Cup: France beats USA in Lyon (3-1) 1991 France deports Marlon's daughter Cheyenne Brando to Tahiti 1991 Piet van Est, The Vuurbal, bicylist (7x Tour de France), dies 1991 France beats U.S. by narrowest Ryder Cup margin - 14 to 13 1991 Miguel Indurain of Spain wins Tour de France bicycle race 1991 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1991 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1991 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1991 Edith Cresson becomes France's 1st female premier 1991 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1990 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1990 England and France complete Chunnel 1990 Tour de France champion Greg LeMond visits White House 1990 France announce it will send 4,000 troops to Persian Gulf 1990 US, England, France, U.S.S.R., East and West Germanys sign agreements allowing 2 Germanys to merge 1990 Greg LeMond of U.S. wins his 3rd Tour de France 1990 Greg Lemond wins his 3rd Tour de France (90:43:20 avg 23.3 mph) 1990 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1990 U.S., England, France and England give Germany OK to reunify 1989 France TGV train reaches world record speed of 482.4 kph 1989 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1989 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1989 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1989 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1989 Greg LeMond wins Tour de France in fastest time 1989 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1988 France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island 1988 France performs nuclear test 1988 France performs nuclear test 1988 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1988 France performs nuclear test 1988 Pedro Delgado wins Tour de France 1988 France performs nuclear test 1988 Francois Mitterrand elected president of France 1988 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 Digging begins to link England and France under English Channel 1987 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1987 France performs nuclear test 1987 Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (5x Tour de France), dies at 53 1987 France performs nuclear test 1987 Andre Masson, France, surrealist artist (Labyrinth), dies at 91 1987 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1987 Michael Pruffer of France skis 135.26 MPH at Portillo, Chile 1987 Yves Pol of France runs complete marathon backwards (3:57:57) 1987 France and Great Britain send minesweepers to Persian Gulf 1987 Stephen Roche wins Tour de France 1987 Iran and France breaks diplomatic relations 1987 Nazi Klaus Barbie, "Butcher of Lyon" sentenced to life in France 1987 "Little Shop of Horrors," released in France 1987 "Pee-wee's Big Adventure," released in France 1987 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1987 Pat Knauff, France sets 1-leg downhill ski speed record (115.012 mph) 1986 France performs nuclear test 1986 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1986 France performs nuclear test 1986 Greg Lemond is 1st American to win Tour de France 1986 France performs nuclear test 1986 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1986 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1986 France performs nuclear test 1986 Haiti's President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier flees to France Henri Namphy becomes leader of Haiti 1985 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1985 France premier confesses on attack of Rainbow Warrior 1985 Train crash at Flaujac, France: 35 killed 1985 Bernard Hinault wins his 5th and last Tour de France 1985 Bernard Hinault wins Tour de France 1985 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1985 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1984 France performs nuclear test 1984 France performs nuclear test 1984 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1984 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1984 Laurent Fignon wins Tour de France 1984 Pierre Mauroy resigns as premier of France 1984 France wins soccer's European Cup 1984 France performs nuclear test 1984 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1984 Centers for Disease Control says virus discovered in France causes AIDS 1983 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1983 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1983 Antonin Magne, French bicylist (won Tour de France 1931, 34), dies 1983 France performs nuclear test 1983 Laurent Fignon wins Tour de France 1983 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1983 8 killed, 54 wounded, by Armenian extremists bomb at Orly, France 1983 France invades Algeria 1983 "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life," released in France 1983 France performs nuclear test 1983 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1983 France performs nuclear test 1983 France throws out 47 Soviet diplomats 1983 Louison Bobet, French cyclist (Tour de France 1953-55), dies at 58 1983 Romain Maes, Belgian bicyclist (Tour de France 1935), dies at 70 1982 71st Davis Cup: USA beats France in Grenoble (4-1) 1982 Pierre Mendes-France, premier France (1954-55), dies 1982 English ship Mary Rose, which sank during an engagement with France in 1545, raised at Portsmouth, England 1982 46 kids and 7 adults die as 2 buses and several cars collide in France 1982 Car/bus collision near Beaune, France, 53 die 1982 Finland, Italy, Germany, Austria and France form American European Football Federation (AEFF) 1982 France performs nuclear Test 1982 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1982 Taisen Deshimaru, founder of several Zen centers in France, dies at 67 1982 France performs nuclear test 1982 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1981 France performs nuclear test 1981 France performs nuclear test 1981 France performs nuclear test 1981 France performs nuclear test 1981 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1981 France performs nuclear test 1981 Prime Minister Maurois nationalizes banks/plane/steel industry in France 1981 Francois Mitterrand becomes president of France 1981 Francois Mitterrand defeats Valery Giscard d'Estang for President of France 1981 France performs nuclear test 1981 France performs nuclear test 1981 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1980 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1980 Vanuatu (New Hebrides) gains independence from Britain and France 1980 Joop Zoetemelk wins Tour de France 1980 Failed attack on Iran ex-premier Bakhtiar in Neuilly, France 1980 France performs nuclear test 1980 1st papal visit to France since 1814 1980 France performs nuclear test 1980 France performs nuclear test 1980 France performs nuclear test 1980 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1980 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1980 Continuous traffic jam extends 176 km north of Lyons, France 1979 France performs nuclear Test 1979 France performs nuclear Test 1979 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1978 France performs nuclear test 1978 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1978 France performs nuclear test 1978 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1978 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1978 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1978 Brittany separatists bomb Palace of Versailles in France 1978 France sends troops to Chad 1978 France performs nuclear test 1978 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1978 Director Roman Polanski skips bail and fled to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl 1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1977 Djibouti (Afars and Issas) claims Independence from France 1977 Claire Goll, journalist, writer, poet, wrote 'Poemes d'amour', 'Poemes de la jalousie', dies at 86 in Paris, France 1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1977 France releases Abu Daoud, a Palestinian suspected of involvement in massacre of Israeli athletes at 1972 Munich Olympics 1976 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1976 Lucien van Impe wins Tour de France 1976 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1976 Raid on Entebbe-Israel rescues 229 Air France passengers 1976 Israel launches rescue of 103 Air France crew and passengers being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers 1976 Air France Airbus hijacked in Germany to Uganda 1976 J Anaya, Bolivian military/ambassador to France, murdered 1976 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1976 Laurent Gras, hockey forward, Team France 1998 1976 Supersonic Concorde, 1st commercial flights, by Britain and France 1975 France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island 1975 Sarah Pitkowski, Seclin France, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Koksijde 1975 Reunion Island stops printing stamps, France takes over production 1975 Patricia Spehar, Miss France Universe 1997 1975 Christobal Huet, hockey goalie, Team France 1998 1975 Jonathan Zwinkel, hockey forward, Team France 1998 1975 Comoros declare independence from France 1975 Francois Rozenthal, hockey forward, Team France 1998 1975 Maurice Rozenthal, hockey forward, Team France 1998 1975 Gregory DuBois, hockey defenseman, Team France 1998 1974 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1974 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1974 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1974 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1974 Eddy Merckx wins his 5th Tour de France 1974 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1974 Anthony Mortas, hockey forward, Team France 1998 1974 Lea Ghirardi-Rubbi, Colombes France, tennis star, 1994 Futures NC 1973 Alexandra Fusai, St. Cloud France, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Szczecin 1973 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1973 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1973 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1973 Romane Bohringer, Pont-Sainte-Maxene France, actress, Savage Nights 1973 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1973 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Atoll un the Pacific 1973 Russian party leader Brezhnev visits France 1973 France recognizes North Vietnam 1973 Richard Aimonetto, hockey forward, Team France 1998 1972 Vanessa Paradis, France, model, Channel, actress, White Wedding 1972 Pierre Allard, hockey forward, Team France 1998 1972 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1972 Eddy Merckx (Belgium) wins his 4th consecutive Tour de France 1972 1st tour of Paul McCartney and Wings, France 1972 Fabrice L'Henry, hockey forward, Team France 1998 1972 Rock fall inside Vierzy Tunnel (France) causes 2 train crash; 107 die 1972 Sandrine Testud, born in Lyon, France, tennis star, 1993 Strasbourg 1972 Karl DeWolf, hockey defenseman, Team France 1998 1971 Jade Jagger, Paris, France, daughter of Mick and Bianca Jagger 1971 France performs nuclear test 1971 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1971 Eddy Merckx wins his 3rd Tour de France 1971 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1971 Charles Vildrac, Paris France, poet/playwright, dies at 88 1971 Rolling Stones left England for France to escape taxes 1971 The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes 1971 Stephane Barin, hockey forward, Team France 1998 1970 Charles DeGaulle, general/president France (Free French), dies at 79 1970 Discotheque in Grenoble France burns, all exits padlocked and 142 die 1970 Fire on Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France, 144 die 1970 Edouard Daladier, premier of France (1933..40), dies at 86 1970 Julie Halard, born in Versailles, France, tennis star, 1995 Prague 1970 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1970 France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island 1970 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1970 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1970 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1970 Alexia Dechaume-Ballert, La Rochelle, France, tennis star, 1992 Australia 1970 Arnaud Briand, hockey forward, Team France 1998 1970 70 die in a snow crush (France) 1970 Guillaume Raoux, France, tennis star 1970 Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel killing 40 Belgian, French, and German youths (Val d'Isere, France) 1969 France's Une De Mai wins International Trot at Roosevelt Raceway Czechoslovakia (1st American to win cycling race title since 1912) 1969 Eddy Merckx wins Tour de France 1969 Georges Pompidou sworn in as president of France 1969 Cedric Pioline, born in Neuilly, France, tennis star, 1996 Coopenhagen 1969 Georges Pompidou, president of France, dies 1969 Jean-Chris. Filippin, hockey defenseman, Team France 1998 1969 Charles de Gaulle resigns as president of France 1969 Arnaud Boetsch, born in Meulam, France, tennis star, 1985 European Junior 1969 Katarzyna Nowak, Lodz Poland, tennis star, 1994 Futures France 1969 France begins arms embargo against Israel 1968 Francois Gravel, hockey goaltender, Team France 1998 1968 France refuses U.K. entry into common market 1968 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1968 France became world's 5th thermonuclear power, explodes on Mururoa 1968 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1968 Jan Janssen wins Tour de France: 1st Dutchman 1968 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1968 Couve de Murville forms government in France 1968 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1968 Joseph Ouellet, hockey forward, Team France 1998 1968 10th Winter Olympic games close at Grenoble, France 1968 Peggy Fleming wins Olympic figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France 1968 10th Winter Olympic games opens in Grenoble, France 1967 SST prototype "Concorde" 1st shown (France) 1967 Alex Rousseau, Paris, France, U.S. water polo 2m Offense, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1967 Laurence Tremolet, Rodez France, actress, Cyclo, Metisse, 1967 Deborah Lee, Hamilton Ontario, LPGA golfer, 1989 National Amat France 1967 Catherine Lacoste becomes youngest (22), 1st foreigner (France) and 1st amateur to U.S. Women's open golf tournament 1967 Stephane Simian, born in France, tennis star 1967 Olivier Delaitre, Metz France, tennis star, 1991 Guaruja Doubles 1967 Sandrine Bonnaire, Clermont France, actress, Vagabond, Police 1967 French Somaliland (Djibouti) votes to continue association with France 1966 Phillipe Bozon, hockey forward, Team France 1998 1966 1st major tidal power plant opens at Rance estuary, France 1966 Sophie Marceau, Paris, France, actress, Braveheart, L'Amour Braque 1966 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1966 France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island 1966 Paul Reynaud, premier France (1940), dies 1966 Isabelle Demongeot, Gassin France, tennis star 1966 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1966 David Hallyday, Boulougne France, actor, He's My Girl 1966 France performs nuclear Test at Fangataufa Island 1966 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1966 Fab Morvan, France, Lip Syncher, Milli Vanilli 1966 Isabelle Pasco, born in France, actress, Ave Maria, model, Elle, Vogue 1966 Pascale Paradis-Mangon, born in France, tennis star 1966 Serge Poudrier, hockey defenseman, Team France 1998 1966 Nathalie Herreman, France, tennis star 1966 Serge Djelloul, hockey defenseman, Team France 1998 1966 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1966 Christian Pouget, hockey forward, Team France 1998 1966 Vincent Auriol, President of France (1947-53), dies at 82 1965 1st French satellite launched, France becomes 3rd nation in space 1965 France launches 1st satellite, 92 lb (42 kg) A1-capsule (Asterix) 1965 Roger Dube, hockey forward, Team France 1998 1965 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1965 Brigitte Rouan, Toulon France, director/actress, Outremer 1965 Emmanuelle Beart, born in St. Tropez, France, actress, Manon of the Spring 1965 Emmanuelle Seigner, born in Paris, France, actress, The Smile 1965 Tom Stankowski, born in Paris, France, Nike golfer 1965 Mount Blanc Road tunnel between France and Italy opens 1965 France performs nuclear test at Ecker Algeria (Underground) 1965 Catherine Tanvier, France, tennis star 1965 Denis Perez, hockey defenseman, Team France 1998 1965 France performs Underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1965 Sylvie Guillem, France, ballerina, Royal Ballet 1965 Mathilda May, Paris, France, actress, Lifeforce 1965 France announces it will convert $150 million of its currency to gold 1964 Beatrice Dalle, Breast France, actress, Betty Blue, Sabbath 1964 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1964 Jean-Phil LeMoine, hockey defenseman, Team France 1998 1964 Miguel Indurain, Spanish bicyclist, Tour de France winner 1991-95 1964 Jacques Anquetil wins his 5th Tour de France 1964 Pierre Trentin, France, 1K time trials, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1964 Lydie Denier, born in St. Nazaire, France, actress, General Hospital 1964 Juliette Binoche, born in Paris, France, actress, Unbearable Lightness 1964 Taiwan drops diplomatic relations with France 1964 France and Great Britain sign accord over building channel tunnel 1963 Steve Ave, St. Germain Enlay France, U.S. 1500m runner 1963 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1963 Sophie Favier, Lyon France, actress, Sans Interdits 1963 Thierry Tulasne, born in France, tennis star 1963 Henri Leconte, born in France, tennis player, French finalist 1988 1963 Camille Chautemps, premier France, dies 1963 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1963 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1962 Great Britain and France decide to jointly build Concorde 1962 Rene Coty, President of France, dies at 80 1962 Valerie Kaprisky, born in Paris, France, actress, Breathless, Public Woman 1962 France and Tunisia recover diplomatic relations 1962 Air France Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff from Paris, kills 130 1962 Andrew Donald Magee, Paris, France, PGA golfer, 1988 Pensacola Open 1962 Georges Pompidou becomes president of France 1962 Accords of Evian (Algeria) accepted by referendum in France 1962 Disarmament conference opens in Geneva without France 1962 France and Algerian Moslems negotiate truce to end 7 year war 1962 Jean-Marie Banos, Lavelanet France, Canada sabre, 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1962 Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57 1961 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1961 Louis-Ferdinand Celine, born in Courbevoie, France, novelist, 'Journey to End of Night', dies in Paris, France, at age 67 1961 Greg LeMond, U.S. bicyclist, Tour de France winner-1986, 1989, 1990 1961 France performs nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds Algeria 1961 Max Hymans, WW II resistance fighter/Head of Air France, dies at 60 1961 Jean-Paul Banos, Lavelanet France, Canada sabre, 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1960 France performs nuclear test 1960 Ivory Coast claims independence from France 1960 Mauritania gains independence from France (National Day) 1960 Richard N Wright, U.S. author (Native son), dies at 52 in Paris France 1960 France grants Mauritania independence 1960 Mali, formerly French Sudan, declares independence from France 1960 Gabon gains independence from France, National Day 1960 Congo (formerly Congo/Brazzaville) declares Independence from France 1960 Central African Republic and Chad proclaim independence from France 1960 Chad declares Independence from France 1960 Ivory Coast, Cote d'Ivoore, gains independence from France 1960 Burkina (formerly Upper Volta) declares independence from France 1960 Niger gains independence from France 1960 Benin (Dahomey) gains independence from France 1960 Isabelle Boeri-Begard, born in France, foils, 1980 Olympics gold 1960 Madagascar (formerly Malagasy Rep) declares independence from France 1960 Madagascar gains independence of France 1960 Federation of Mali (& Senegal) becomes independent of France 1960 Yannick Noah, France, tennis player, French 1983 1960 Anne Parillaud, Paris, France, actress, Subway, Nikita, Innocent Blood 1960 French liner "France" launched 1960 France becomes 4th nuclear nation exploding an A-Bomb in Sahara 1960 Senegal declares independence from France 1960 France performs 1st nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds Algeria 1960 Chad declares independence from France 1960 Bank of France issues new franc, worth 20 cents 1960 French Cameroon gains independence from France 1959 Jean-Francois Clervoy, Longeville France, astronaut, STS-66, 84 1959 "Today" show goes abroard 1st time (Paris France) 1959 France Observator reports torture practice by French army in Algeria 1959 Pascal Barre, France, sprint relay team 1980 Olympics bronze 1959 Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as President of France's 5th Republic 1958 Charles De Gaulle wins 7 year term as 1st President of 5th Rep of France 1958 Upper Volta (now Bourkina Fasso) gains autonomy from France 1958 France St. Louis, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1958 Guinea (French Guinea) gains independence from France (National Day) 1958 France adopts constitution 1958 Guinea votes for independence from France 1958 Charly Gaul wins Tour de France 1958 Phillipe Boccara, born in Le Mans, France, U.S. sprint kayak 1996 Olympics 1958 Charles de Gaulle elected premier of France 1958 Carol Ficatier, Auscene France, playmate, December, 1985 1957 Felix Gaillard becomes premier of France 1957 Felix Gaillard forms government in France 1957 Clio Goldsmith, born in Paris, France, actress, Gift, Heat of Desire 1957 Claudie Andre-Deshays, France, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-24 1957 Leopold Eyharts, born in France, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-26, TM-28/27 1957 France returns Saar to becomes the 10th state of German Federal Rep 1956 England and France pull troops out of Egypt 1956 Britain and France land forces in Egypt 1956 Britain and France begin to bomb Egypt to reopen Suez Canal 1956 France intercept Moroccan plane, arrest Ben Bella 1956 France recognizes Tunisia's independence 1956 France raises tobacco tax 20% due to war in Algeria 1956 Tunisia gains independence from France 1956 Morocco gains independence from France (Anniversary of throne) 1956 Morocco tears up the Treaty of Fez, declares independence from France 1955 Yo-Yo, Massachusetts, Paris, France, world famous Chinese cellist 1955 Louison Bobet wins his 3rd Tour de France 1955 Mercedes racing car kills 77 at Le Mans, France 1955 Vienna Treaty: Brit, France, U.S. and U.S.S.R. restores Austria's independence 1955 U.S.S.R. signs peace treaty with France and Great Britain 1955 Gaullists lose elections in France 1955 Amschel Mayor James Rothschild, born in Paris, France, banker, joined family banking firm N M Rothschild & Sons, chief executive of Rothschild Asset Management 1955 Anne-Marie Palli, born in Ciboure, France, LPGA golfer, 1992 ShopRite 1955 Isabelle Huppert, born in Paris, France, actress, Cactus, Heaven's Gate 1954 France sends 20,000 soldiers to Algeria 1954 Bernard Hinault, French bicylist, Tour de France 1954 Britain, England, France and U.S.S.R. agree to end occupation of Germany 1954 Colette, writer, best-known for novel 'Gigi', which became a stage musical, dies at 81 in Paris, France 1954 Louison Bobet wins his 2nd Tour de France 1954 At Geneva, France agrees to independence of North and South Vietnam 1954 France grants Vietnam independence inside French Union 1954 U.S., Great Britain and France reject Russian membership in NATO 1954 Anicee Alvina, Paris, France, actress, Friends 1954 F. R, David, Paris, France, rocker 1953 Rene Coty elected President of France 1953 France grants Laos' sovereignty 1953 Laos gains full independence from France 1953 U.S. government gives France $385 million for combat in Indo-China 1953 France closes jail on Devil Island 1953 Raoul Dufy, painter, Forcalquier, France 1953 Angelo Parisi, France, heavyweight judo, Gold Medal 1980 Olympics 1952 Andre-Michel Schub, Paris, France, pianist, Van Cliburn-1981 1952 Fausto Coppi wins Tour de France 1952 Ice Dance Championship at Paris France won by Westwood and Demmy GRB 1951 Florence Chadwick becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel from England to France. It takes 16 hours and 19 minutes 1951 1st Dutchman to win Tour de France (Wim Van Est) 1951 Michel Viso, France, cosmonaut 1951 France, West Germany and Benelux form European Steel and Coal Community 1951 Wages in France increase 11% 1950 Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia become Independent states in France Union 1950 Massive arrests of communists in France 1950 2 Air France DC-4s crash near Bahrain, about 100 die 1950 Corrine Clery, born in Paris, France, actress, Moonraker, Yor 1950 Yvan Goll, writer, poet, surrealist, expressionist, most famous war poem 'Requiem for the Dead of Europe', dies at 58 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France 1950 Miou-Miou, Paris, France, actress, Dog Day, My Other Husband 1950 Sylvette Miou-Miou, Paris, France, actress, Bottom Line, Menage 1949 G. I. Gurdjieff, mystic, spiritual teacher, created 'The Work' idea, representing work on oneself, also called, the Fourth Way, dies at age 83, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France 1949 Georges Bidault elected president of France 1949 Michel Tognini, Vincennes France, astronaut, Soyuz TM-15, sk: STS-93 1949 Bao Dai's Republic of Vietnam gains independence from France 1949 Paloma Picasso, born in Paris, France, actress, Immoral Tales 1949 Philippe Petit, born in Nemours, France, juggler/aerialist 1949 C V France, dies at 80 1949 North Atlantic Treaty, pact signed by U.S., Britain, France and Canada 1948 Gerard Depardieu, France, actor, Get Out Your Handkerchiefs, Danton 1948 Stefanie Marrian, Paris, France, comedienne, Benny Hill Show 1948 Nathalie Baye, born in Mainneville, France, actress, Beau Pere, Honeymoon 1948 Rene Arnoux, born in France, formula-1 racer, 6th place-1980 1948 Jean-Pierre Haignere, France, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-17 1948 Claire Denis, born in Paris, France, actress, Boom Boom, Chocolat 1948 France and Great Britain and Benelux sign Treaty of Brussels 1947 Jonathan Kaplan, Paris, France, director, Heart Like a Wheel 1947 Military coup discovered in France 1947 Bernard Giraudeau, born in La Rochelle, France, actor, L'Annee des Meduses 1947 Dominique Sanda, born in Paris, France, actress, 1900, First Love 1947 Patrick Dewaere, PJMH Bordeaux, France, actor, Les Valseuses 1947 Vincent Aurial elected president of France 1947 Juliet Berto, Grenoble France, actress, Le Sex Shop 1946 Peter Morris, historian of France 1946 Mirelle Mathieu, born in Acignon, France, singer, So Ein Schoner Abend 1946 Georges Bidault elected premier of France 1946 Syria gains independence from France 1946 Brigitte Fossey, born in Tourcoing, France, actress, Man Who Died Twice 1946 France recognizes Vietnam statehood within Indo-Chinese federation 1946 Andre Dussollier, Annecy France, actor, 3 Men and a Cradle 1945 Rick Grech, Bordeaux France, rock bassist, Blind Faith, Traffic 1945 France (PC/PS/MRP win parliamentary election (25/24/23%) 1945 Women in France allowed to vote for 1st time 1945 Pierre Laval, former premier of Vichy France, executed at 62 1945 Marielle Goitschel, Ste Maxime France, alpine skier, Olympics gold 64 1945 Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independence from France (National Day) 1945 U.S., U.S.S.R., England and France sign Treaty of London 1945 Catherine Lacoste, born in Paris, France, golfer, U.S. Women's Open 1967 1945 Eddy Merckx, Belgium, cyclist, 5 time winner of Tour de France 1945 U.S., U.K., U.S.S.R., France declare supreme authority over Germany 1945 U.S., Russia, England and France agree to split occupied Germany 1945 Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WW II, arrested for treason 1945 Catherine Spaak, born in France, actress, Libertine, Hotel, Circle of Love 1945 British Premier Winston Churchill visits France 1945 France joins the UN 1944 Coluche, Michel Colucci, France, comedian, My Best Friend's Girl 1944 Canadian troops liberate Abbeville, France 1944 France 2nd Tank division under General Leclerc reaches Notre Dame 1944 Allied troops capture Marseilles, France 1944 General de Gaulle returns to France 1944 Klaus Barbie, Gestapo head of Lyon France leaves for Auschwitz 1944 Hitler routes 4 division of South France to Normandy 1944 U.S. 8th Army corp occupies Coutances France 1944 Daniel Morelon, born in France, 1K speed skater, Gold Medals 1968, 1972 Olympics 1944 British premier Winston Churchill flies to France, meets Montgomery 1944 Bomber Command drop 2,572 tons of bombs on Caen, France 1944 U.S. General Patton lands in France 1944 Cherbourg, France liberated by Allies 1944 General Charles de Gaulle lands at Courselles, France 1944 Nazi murders in Oradour-sur-Glane, France 1944 D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France 1944 Jean-Pierre Leaud, Paris, France, actor, Detective 1944 Jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis 1944 1,000 Jews leave Drancy France for Auschwitz Concentration Camp 1944 General Eisenhower postpones South France invasion until after Normandy 1944 Marie-Christine Barrault, born in Paris, France, actress, Stardust Memories 1943 France transfers most of her powers in Lebanon to Lebanese government 1943 France arrests government of Lebanon 1943 Jean-Claude Killy, born in Saint-Cloud, France, French alpine skiier, 3 Gold Medals 1968 Olympics 1943 Johnny Halliday, born in Cite Malesherbes, France, Jean-Philippe Smet, actor, singer, 48-year music career, compared to Elvis Presley 1943 Claudine Auger, Miss France, 1958, actress, Thunderball 1943 Herve Villechaize, France, "Da Plane! Da Plane!", Fantasy Island 1942 Francoise Durr, France, tennis player, 1976 U.S. indoor Doubles 1942 During WW II Germany completes their occupation of France 1942 Jews in Free Zone of France ordered to wear yellow star of David 1942 Jean-Luc Ponty, France, fusion violinist, Frank Zappa 1942 4,000 Canadian and British soldiers killed raiding Dieppe, France 1942 U.S. bombers staged 1st independent raid on Europe attack Rouen, France 1942 Eric Nessler of France stays aloft in a glider for 38h21m 1942 Claudine Auger, Paris, France, Miss France, 1958, actress, Thunderball 1942 1st RSHA-transport from France arrives in camp Birkenau 1942 Francoise Dorleac, born in Paris, France, actress, That Man From Rio 1942 Claudine Longet, France, former Mrs. Andy Williams/singer 1941 Free France under Admiral Muselier occupies St-Pierre et Miquelon 1941 Lebanon gains independence from France 1941 Jan L G "Yvan" Doornik, Dutch resist fighter in France, executed at 36 1941 Jacques Perrin, Paris, France, actress, Cinema Paradiso, 317th Platoon 1941 Richard Bohringer, Paris, France, actor, Diva, I Married a Shadow 1940 France Vichy government proclaims end to Jewish status 1940 4 teens, following their dog down a hole near Lascaux France discover 17,000-year-old drawings now known as Lascaux Cave Paintings 1940 Generalissimo Gamelin arrested in France 1940 Alain Calmat, France, figure skater 1964 Olympic silver 1940 Henri Desgrange, French cyclist/founder (Tour de France), dies at 75 1940 Diplomatic relations broken between Britain and Vichy government in France 1940 Adolf Hitler views Eiffel tower and grave of Napoleon in France 1940 France signs an armistice with Italy during WW II 1940 France falls to Nazi Germany; armistice signed, France disarms 1940 France asks Germany for terms of surrender in WW II 1940 France surrenders to Hitler, German troops occupy Paris 1940 Italy declares war on France and Britain during WW II 1940 Battle of France begins in WW II 1940 In WW II, Germans capture Ostend and Ypres in Belgium and Lille in France 1940 German tanks reach Atrecht France 1940 Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium and begins invasion of France 1940 German armour division moves into Northern France 1940 Mireille Darc, Toulo,n France, actor, Week End, Hurried Man 1940 Nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Muese River 1940 Mussolini joins Hitler in Germany's war against France and Britain 1940 Joanna Miles, born in Nice, France, actress, Cross Creek, Delta County USA 1939 Tomas Svoboda, born in Paris, France, Czechoslovakian composer, Etude 1939 Adolf Hitler denies he intends to go to war against France and Britain 1939 British Expeditionary Force reaches France 1939 Great Britain and France declare war on Germany after invasion of Poland 1939 Britain declares war on Germany. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada 1939 France Nuyen, born in Marseilles, France, actress, St. Elsewhere, Diamond Head 1939 Belgium Sylvere Maes wins 33rd Tour de France 1939 France turns over Sanjak of Alexandretta (Hatay) to Turkey 1939 Eugene Weldman, last guillotined in France 1939 1st regular transatlantic airmail (New York to Marsseille France) 1939 Albert Lebrun elected president of France 1939 Britain and France agree to support Poland if invaded by Germany 1939 Bertrand Blier, born in Paris, France, novelist and director, Going Places 1939 France recognizes Franco's regime in Spain 1939 Spanish government flees to France 1939 William Butler Yeats, Irish poet (Nobel), dies in France at 73 1938 Bernadette Lafont, Nimes France, actress, Perils of Gwendoline 1938 Jean-Loup Jaques Marie Chretien, France, cosmonaut, T-6, TM-7, STS-86 1938 Jean-Claude Eloy, France, composer, Phenix 1938 Bernard Malivoire, born in France, cox pair 1952 Olympics gold 1938 2nd government of Blum replaced by Daladier government in France 1938 Marina Vlady, born in Clichy, France, actress, Conjugal Bed, The Hunt 1938 Britain and France recognize Franco government in Spain 1937 Leo Lacroix, France, skier 1964 Olympic silver 1937 Gaston Doumergue, premier/president of France (1913..34), dies 1937 Leon Blum becomes premier of People's front government of France 1937 Duke of Windsor (Edward 8) weds Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson in France 1937 Paul Mefano, born in France, composer, conductor, founded Ensemble 2e2m, premiered over 500 works by young composers, including James Dillon and Franco Donatoni, directed the Conservatory of Versailles 1996 - 2005 1937 Marie Dubois, Paris, France, actress, Wise Guys, Jules and Jim 1936 Michel Decoust, born in Paris, France, composer, conductor, studied with Pierre Boulez, teacher, founder, Pantin Conservatoire Municipal de Musique 1936 Mylene Demongeot, Nice France, actress, 3 Murderesses 1936 Gerard Masson, born in Paris, France, composer, studied in Cologne with Kalheinz Stockhausen 1936 Claude Brasseur, born in Paris, France, actor, Josepha, Pardon Mon Affair 1936 1st British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France 1935 Alain Delon, France, actor, Honor Among Thieves, Return of Zorro 1935 Belgium's Romain Maes, wins Tour de France 1935 Francoise Sagan, born in Cajarc, France, novelist, Bonjour Trieste 1934 Raymond Poincare, premier/president France (1913-20), dies at 74 1934 Brigitte Bardot, born in Paris, France, sex kitten, And God Created Women 1934 Vinko Globokar, born in Anderny, France, composer, trombonist, experimental musician, avante-garde style 1934 Claude Berri, born in Paris, France, director, Le Sex Shop, L'Homme Blesse 1934 Philippe Entremont, born in Rheims, France, concert pianist 1934 Philippe Entremont, born in France, pianist/conductor, Vienna Chamber Orchestra 1934 Christopher France, British permanent secretary, Department of Health 1934 France hit by a general strike against fascists and royalists 1934 Edithe Cresson, premier of France, 1991-92 1934 Jacques Anquetil, France, Tour de France bicycle racer, 5-time winner 1933 Paris express train derails and kills 160, injures 300 (France) 1933 Roman Polanski, born in Paris, France, director, Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown 1933 Air France forms 1933 28th Davis Cup: Great Britain beats France in Paris (3-2) 1933 Jean Boiteux, born in France, 400m freestyle swimmer 1952 Olympics gold 1933 Jean-Paul Belmondo, born in Paris, France, actor, Casino Royale, Magnifique 1933 James Goldsmith, Paris, France, corporate raider, Referendum Party 1933 Emanuel Ungaro, France, fashion designer, Neiman-Marcus Award-1969 1933 Jean-Marie Straub, France, director, Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach 1933 Capucine, Germaine Lefebvre, Toulon France, actress, Pink Panther 1932 France signs non-agression pact with Soviet Union 1932 U.S.S.R. and France sign no attack treaty 1932 France and U.S.S.R. signs not-attack treaty 1932 Stephane Audran, Versailles France, actress, Just Before Nightfall 1932 Louis Malle, France, director, Atlantic City, Black Moon, Viva Maria 1932 Jean-Pierre Cassel, Paris, France, actor, Trout 1932 27th Davis Cup: France beats USA in Paris (3-2) 1932 Great Britain and France sign peace treaty 1932 Edouard Herriot becomes premier of France 1932 Senate chairman Albert Lebrun becomes president of France 1932 Paul Doumer, President France (1931-32), assassin by Russia's Paul Gargalov 1932 Aristide Briand, 11 x premier of France (Nobel 1926), dies at 69 1932 Andre Tardieu becomes premier of France 1932 Jean-Pierre Ponnele, Paris, France, opera director, Carmina Burana 1932 Caterina Valente, Paris, France, singer, Entertainers 1932 France's Laval government falls 1931 Guy Debord, born in Paris, France, filmmaker, hypergraphist, theorist, founding member of Lettrist International, Situationist International 1931 Annie Giradot, Paris, France, actress, Gypsy, Jacko and Lise 1931 France and U.S.S.R. sign neutrality/no attack treaty 1931 France announces they can't afford to send a team to 1932 LA olympics 1931 Leslie Caron, born in Boulogne-Biliancourt, France, actress, Lili, Father Goose 1931 French "St. Philbert" overturns off St. Nazaire France, drowns 450 1931 Jacques Demy, born in France, director, Lola, Magic Donkey 1931 Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., born in Paris, France, Representative-R-Connecticut 1969 - 1971, Senator-R-Connecticut 1971 - 1989, Governor-D-Connecticut 1991 - 1995 1931 Paul Doumer elected president of France 1931 Charlie Chaplin receives France's distinguished Legion of Honor 1930 Jean-Louis Trintignant, France, actor and director, Man and a Woman, Z 1930 Gerard Blain, Paris, France, actor, Hatari 1930 Phillipe Leroy, Paris, France, actor, Night Porter, Leonardo da Vinci 1930 British airship crashes in storm at Beauvais France, 48 die 1930 Philippe Noiret, Lille France, actor, Soleil, Les Milles, Il Postino 1930 Michel Rocard, Courbevoie France, Prime Minister of France 1930 Andre Leducq wins Tour de France 1930 Claude Chabrol, born in Paris, France, director, Les Cousins, Ophelia 1930 Genevieve, born in Paris, France, singer, Jack Paar Show, Scruples 1930 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 Lorin Maazel, born in Neuilly, France, conductor, NBC Symphony Orchestra 1941 1929 Aristide Briand becomes premier of France 1929 Belgium Maurice Dewaele wins Tour de France 1929 Jean Baudrillard, born in France, cultural theorist, philosopher, photographer, known for his concept of hyper-reality 1929 Luc Ferrari, born in Paris, France, composer, concentrated on musical composition, collaborated with Pierre Schaeffer from 1957 - 1966, extended notion of abstract music, interested in breaking barriers that force musical tradition 1929 Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France (WW I), dies at 77 1929 Regine Crespin, Marseilles France, operatic soprano 1928 France's 5th government of Poincare forms 1928 Christian d'Oriola, France, foils, Gold Medals 1952, 1956 Olympics 1928 Pierre Olaf, Cauderan France, actor, Kraft Music Hall 1928 Evan G. Galbraith, born in Ohio, United States Ambassador to France under President Ronald Regan, investment banker 1928 Jean-Marie le Pen, born in France, leader, National Front party 1928 Jean-Francois Pailliard, Vitry-le-Francois France, conductor 1928 Roger Vadim, born in France, director, And God Created Women, Barbarella 1928 Jeanne Moreau, born in Paris, France, actress, Going Places, Jules and Jim 1927 22nd Davis Cup: France beats USA in Philadelphia (3-2) 1927 Simone Veil, President European parliament, France 1927 Jacques Bergerac, France, actor, Gigi, Les Girls, Thunder in Sun 1927 Maurice Ronet, born in Nice, France, actor, Frantic, Sphinz, Circle of Love 1927 Hubert de Givenchy, Beauvais France, fashion designer, Audrey Hepburn 1927 Maurice Bejart, France, ballet choreographer, Rite of Spring 1926 21st Davis Cup: USA beats France in Philadelphia (4-1) 1926 U.S. defeats France for their 7th straight Davis Cup championship 1926 Betsy Jolas, born in Paris, France, composer, studied at the Conservatoire national superieur de Musique, wrote vocal music, works recorded on EMI, Erato, performed by London Sinfonietta 1926 France government of Poincare, forms 1926 8th government of Briand van France forms 1926 Corinne Calvet, France, actress, Apache Uprising 1926 France and U.S. reach accord on repayment of WW I 1926 Jerry Lewis, comedian and fund raiser, MDA, loved in France 1926 Robert Clary, born in Paris, France, actor, LeBeau-Hogan's Heroes 1926 Suzanne Lenglen defeats Helen Wills in Tennis at Cannes France 1926 Paul Bocuse, France, great chef, Legion of Honor 1926 Valery Giscard d'Estaing, President of France, 1974-81 1925 Michel Piccoli, Paris, France, actor, Topaz, Peril, May Fools 1925 20th Davis Cup: USA beats France in Philadelphia (5-0) 1925 Denise Darcel, Paris, France, actress, Dangerous When Wet 1925 Beirut sultan Pasja al-Atrasj calls Druzen for holy war against France 1925 Spain and France fight Morocco 1925 Corinne Calvet, born in Paris, France, actress, Phantom of Hollywood 1925 Pierre Boulez, born in Montbrison, France, composer and conductor, Visage Nuptial 1925 Louison Bobet, French cyclist, Tour de France 1953-55 1925 German Minister Stresemann proposes security treaty with France 1924 Anatole France, Jacques Thibault, writer (Ecrivain Francais), dies 1924 Anatole France, writer, dies at 80 1924 Maurice Jarre, Lyons France, composer, Dr. Zhivago-Academy Award 1966 1924 Jean Le Poulain, Marseille, France, actor, Divine 1924 France begins retracting troops out of Ruhrgebied 1924 Georges Pratre, Waziers France, conductor, New York Met 1924 Christine Goitschel, born in France, slalom 1964 Olympic gold 1924 8th Olympic games open at Paris, France 1924 Renee Jeanmaire, Paris, France, dancer, Hans Christian Anderson 1924 1st Winter Olympic games close at Chamonix France 1924 1st Winter Olympic games open in Chamonix, France 1924 Yvonne Loriod, Houilles France, pianist 1923 Noel Vandernotte, France, cox, Olympic-bronze-1936 1923 Marcel Marceau, born in Strasbourg, France, mime artist and actor 1923 Andre Courreges, born in France, fashion designer, introduced the miniskirt 1923 Piero J d'Inzeo, born in France, equestrian show jumper, Olympic gold in 1952, 1964 1922 Micheline Ostermeyer, France, shot-put/discus thrower, 2 Gold Medals 1948 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1948 Olympics 1922 Gerard Philipe, Cannes France, actor, Caligula, Le Diable au Corps 1922 Alain Robbe-Grillet, France, novelist, Voyeur 1922 Pierre Cardin, Paris, France, fashion designer, Unisex 1922 Jean-Pierre Rampal, Louis, Marseilles France, flutist 1922 Alain Resnais, born in France, director, Providence, Hiroshima, Mon Amour 1922 M. Alain Resnais, born in Vannes, France, director, Melo, I Want to Go Home 1922 U.S., U.K., France, Italy and Japan sign Washington naval arms limitation 1922 Jean-Pierre [Louis] Rampal, Marseilles France, flautist 1921 U.S., France, Japan and British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty 1921 Yves Montand, France, actor/singer, Z, Napoleon, Grand Prix 1921 Belgium's Leon Scieur wins Tour de France 1921 Gerard Debreu, France, economist, Nobel 1983 1921 Bessie Coleman reaches France as U.S. 1st black pilot 1921 Daniel Gelin, Angers France, Maria Schneider's dad, actor, Obsession 1921 Andre Hodeir, born in Paris, France, violinist, composer, studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, founder and director of Jazz Groupe de Paris, comprised of nine musicians including Bobby Jaspar and Nat Peck 1920 Alexander Millerand elected president of France 1920 France creates Lebanon 1920 Eugenie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Emperor of France, dies at 94 1920 Francois Jacob, born in France, biologist/bacteriologist, Nobel 1965 1920 Martine Carol, Maryse Mopurer, Saint-Mande France, actress, Nana 1920 Eric Rohmer, born in Nancy, France, actor, 6 in Paris, Collector, Perceval 1920 Stan Ockers, Belgian bicyclist, Tour de France 1955, 56 1920 France occupies (German) Memel territory 1920 Pierre Jonqueres d'Oriola, France, equest jumper, Gold Medal 1952, 1964 Olympics 1920 George Breakston, Paris, France, actor and director, Jungle Stampede 1920 Paul Deschanel elected president of France 1920 Georges Marchal, Nancy France, actor, Evil Eden, Gina, Milky Way 1919 Treaty of Versailles ending WW I signed in France 1919 Louis Jourdan, Marseilles France, actor, Gigi, Can-Can, Madame Bovary 1919 General steel strike in France 1919 Paris Peace Conference disposes of German colonies; German East Africa is assigned to Britain and France, German SW Africa to South Africa 1919 Reds hire Pat Moran as manager as Christy Mathewson, is still in France with U.S. Army 1919 WW I Peace Congress opens in Versailles, France 1918 Wilson, becomes 1st to make a foreign visit as president (France) 1918 Gerard Souzay, Angers France, baritone, Le Nozze di Figaro 1918 President Wilson sails for Versailles Peace Conference in France, 1st chief executive to travel outside U.S. while in office 1918 7 U.S. soldiers are surrounded by Germans in France, Alvin York is given command and shoots 20 Germans and captures 132 more 1918 Ferdinand Foch becomes marshal of France 1918 German armies retreat across Marne River in France (WW I) 1918 1st airplane bombing raid by an American unit, France 1918 Suzanne Flon, Paris, France, actress, One Deadly Summer, Moulin Rouge 1917 William Smith, British deserter in France, executed at 20 1917 Jean-Pierre Melville, Paris, France, director, A Cop 1917 British assault on Broodseinde, France 1917 British assault on Menin-street, France 1917 British assault on Polygon-forest, France 1917 Herbert Morris, Jamaican deserter in France, executed at 17 1917 1st U.S. Expeditionary Force arrive in France during WW I 1917 Danielle Darrieux, France, actress, Alexander the Great, Mayerling 1917 Mile Yvette Chauvire, born in France, ballerina assoluta, Sleeping Beauty 1917 Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops 1916 Suzy Delair, Paris, France, actress, Utopia, White Paws 1916 Joseph Joffre becomes marshal of France 1916 P Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist (Economist France), dies at 73 1916 Guy Lapebie, France, 100K cyclist 1936 Olympics silver 1916 Ft. Vaux, Verdun, reconquered by France 1916 Francois Mitterand, Jarnac France, President of France, 1981-95 1916 1st tank used in war, "Little Willies" at Battle of Flors, France 1916 France battles at Fort Douaumont 1916 Pierre Messmer, PM, France 1916 German colony of Cameroon surrenders to Britain and France 1916 Henri Dutilleux, Angers France, composer 1915 Aristide Briand becomes premier of France 1915 Italy secretly signes Pact of London with Britain, France and Russia 1915 Thomas Merton, born in France, Trappist monk/poet/essayist, 7 Storey Mt 1914 Taisen Deshimaru, Saga City Japan, found several Zen centers in France 1914 Colin Gray, born in Christchurch, New Zealand, fighter ace in World War II, recipient of the Distinguished Service Award, fought Battle of France, Battle of Britain, Channel Front 1914 Great Britain and France and Russia declares war on Turkey 1914 Great Britain and France declare war on Turkey 1914 Gr Britain/France/Belgium/Russia sign pact of London 1914 General von Moltke ceases German advance in France 1914 General von Hausen and countess of France regime flees to Bordeaux 1914 German troops march into France pushes French army to the Sedan 1914 Bavarian troops kill 50 inhabitants of Nomeny France 1914 British field marshal John French and General Wilson land in France 1914 France declares war on Austria-Hungary, leading to WW I 1914 France declares war on Austria-Hungary 1914 Germany invades Belgium and declares war on France in WW I 1914 France and Germany mobilize 1914 Louis De Funes, born in Courbevoie, France, actor, I Tartassati, Fantomas 1914 Pierre A Balmain, France, fashion designer, 1940's "New Look" 1914 Claude Mauriac, born in France, writer, journalist, author, personal secretary to Charles de Gaulle1944 - 1949, co-scripted his father's novel titled Therese Desqueyroux, wrote study of Marcel Proust 1914 Marguerite Duras, born in France, novelist and playwright, Sea Wall 1914 Claude Gallimard, France, publisher 1913 Jean Marais, Cherbourgh France, actor, Donkey Skin, Orpheus 1913 Jean Urruty, France, Jai-Alai champion 1913 1st aerobatic maneuver, sustained inverted flight, performed in France 1913 Belgian Philippe Thys wins Tour de France 1913 Oleg Cassini, Paris, France, fashion designer, Jackie Kennedy 1913 Rene Clement, born in Bordeaux, France, director and writer, Is Paris Burning 1913 Raymond Poincare installed as president of France 1913 Raymond Poincare elected president of France 1913 Leon P Teisserenc de Bort, France, meteorologist 1912 Romain Maes, Belgian bicylist, Tour de France 1935 1912 Abbe Pierre, born in Lyon, France, French Catholic priest, founded Emmaus movement aiding poor, homeless, refugees 1912 Jean Francaix, Le Mans France, composer, Naked King 1912 Odette Hallowes, British classified agent in France, WW II 1912 Georges Franju, born in France, director, Judex, L'homme sans visage 1912 Hugues Panassie, French jazz saxophonist/author, Hot Club of France 1912 Michel J-P Debre, premier of France, 1959-62 1912 Raymond Poincare becomes premier of France 1912 Caillaux government in France resigns 1911 France and Germany signs treaty about Morocco and Congo 1911 Georges Pompidou, banker/premier/president France 1911 Joseph Caillaux forms government in France 1911 Simone Simon, born in France, actress, All Money Can Buy, Ladies in Love 1911 Albert Remy, born in Sevres, France, actor, Grand Prix, Gigot, Train 1910 Jean Genet, born in Paris, France, criminal/novelist/dramatist, The Blacks 1910 1st test flight of a twin-engined airplane (France) 1910 Jacques-Baptise LeBrun, France, finn yachtsman 1932 Olympics gold 1910 Jean-Louis Barrault, Vesinet France, actor, Les Enfants du Paradis 1910 Jean Anouilh, born in France, dramatist, Thieves' Carnival 1910 Jacques-Yves Cousteau, France, oceanic explorer, Calypso 1910 1st seaplane, takes off from water at Martinques France (Henri Fabre) 1910 Jean Martinon, Lyons France, conductor/composer 1910 Alain JG de Rothschild, France, banker/baron 1909 Comte de Lambert of France sets airplane altitude record of 300 m 1909 AH Latham of France sets world airplane altitude record of 155 m 1909 World's 1st air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtiss (USA) wins 1909 France's Louis Bleriot, makes 1st airplane flight across English Channel 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 1909 Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy asks Serbia to set no territorial demands 1909 France and Germany sign treaty about Morocco 1909 Jean-Pierre Aumont, Paris, France, actor, Cat and Mouse, Happy Hooker 1908 Olivier Messiaen, born in Avignon, France, composer, L'Ame en Bourgeon 1908 Jacques Tatischeff, born in La Pecq, France, director, Traffic, Playtime 1908 Henri Cartier-Bresson, born in Chanteloup, France, photographer 1908 Edgar Faure, thriller writer/Prime Minister of France, 1952, 1952 - 1956 1908 Thomas Narcejac, Rochefort-sur-Mer France, writer, Vertigo 1908 Denmark, Germany, England, France, Netherlands and Sweden sign North Sea accord 1908 Louis Hostin, born in France, Light Heavyweight, Gold Medals 1932, 1936 Olympics 1908 Rene Simone Mathieu, France, doubles tennis star, Wimbledon 1934 1908 Simone de Beauvoir, France, author, Mandarins, 2nd Sex 1907 Jacques Barzun, France, author, The House of Interlect 1907 Henri-Georges Clouzot, France, director, Le salaire de la peur 1907 France's Henry Farman flies 30m in a double decker plane 1907 Robert Bresson, France, director, Pickpocket, Mouchette 1907 England, Russia and France form Triple Entente 1907 Tino Rossi, Ajaccio France, singer, Deux Amours, Marlene 1907 Pierre E J Pflimlin, premier France 1907 Maurice Couve de Murville, France premier, 1968-69 1906 Louise Talma, Arcachon France, composer, Summer Sounds 1906 Georges Chemenceau succeeds Sarien premier of France 1906 Alfred Dreyfus found innocent in France 1906 Great Britain, France and Italy grant Independence to Ethiopia 1906 Hongar Szisz wins 1st Grand-Prix (Le Mans, France) 1906 Pierre Fournier, born in Paris, France, violon cellist, Paris Conservatoire 1906 Pierre [Louis] Boileau, born in Paris, France, novelist, Vertigo 1906 Coal dust explosion kills 1,060 at Courrieres France 1906 Vuia I aircraft built by Romanian Traja Vuia tested in France 1906 France and Britain agree to joint control of New Hebrides 1905 Andre Jolivet, Paris, France, composer, L'Eunuque 1905 Jean-Rene Lacoste, born in France, U.S. Open, 1926, alligator shirt designer 1905 Jan Louis Guillaume "Yvan" Doornik, Netherlands resistance fighter in France 1905 Jacques Goddot, French publisher, Tour de France 1905 Jean Vigo, born in France, actor and director, Zero For Conduct, L'Atlante 1905 George Baxter, born in Paris, France, actor, Flying Saucer, Lili, Caged 1905 Maurice Rouvier forms government in France 1905 Christian Dior, Normandy France, fashion designer, long-skirted look 1904 Louis-Eugene-Felix Neel, Lyon France, physicist, Nobel 1970 1904 France and Spain sign treaty for Morocco Independence 1904 Manuel Rosenthal, born in Paris, France, composer, Bootleggers 1904 Lily Pons, born in Draguignan, France, soprano diva, Hitting a New High 1904 Great Britain and France sign Cordial Entente concerning colonial matter 1904 Antonin Magne, French bicyclist, Tour de France 1931, 34 1903 Claude Dauphin, Corbell France, actor, April in Paris, Deported 1903 Andre Fleury, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, composer, organist, studied organ at the Paris Conservatory under Eugene Gigout, appointed professor of organ at Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris 1903 1st Tour de France bicycle race begins 1903 Marguerite Yourcenar, France/US writer, Memoires d'Hadrien 1903 Joseph Desire Fernandel, Marseilles France, comedian, Grand Chef 1903 Madeleine Renaud, Paris, France, actress, Helene, Longest Day 1903 New bicycle race "Tour de France" announced 1903 Jean Morel, Abbeville France, conductor 1902 Jacques-Philippe Leclerc, France, WW II hero, liberator of Paris 1902 Geo Lefevre and Henri Desgrange create Tour de France bicycle race 1902 Zino Francescatti, Marseilles France, violinist, New York Phil-1939 1902 Ray Block, born in France, orchestra leader, Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason 1902 Pierre Brunet, France, figure skater pair, Gold Medal 1928, 1932 Olympics 1902 Henri Garat, born in Paris, France, actor, Congress Dances 1902 Isaac D France van de Putte, Dutch premier (1866), dies at 79 1902 Jean C M Picart le Doux, France, carpet designer 1901 Andre Malraux, Berger, France, novelist/art historian, L'Espoir 1901 Andree Joly Bunet, born in France, figure skater pair, Gold Medal 1928, 1932 Olympics 1901 Henri Tomasi, Marseilles France, composer, Don Juan de Manara 1901 Suzanne Lilar, Verbist, France/Belgian writer, Le burlador 1901 Henri-Pierre Sauguet, Bordeaux France, composer, La Chotte 1901 Rene Jules Dubos, France, U.S. microbiologist/author, Health and Disease 1900 After over 5 months 2nd Olympic games in Paris France, close 1900 France proclaims a protectorate over Chad 1900 Great Britain beats France in cricket in Olympic Games 1900 Antoine de Saint-Exupery, born in France, aviator/writer, Wind, Sand and Stars 1900 Jacques Prevert, France, poet/screenwriter, Paroles 1899 Gaston Glass, Paris, France, film executive 1899 Jean de Brunhoff, France, children's book author, Babar the Elephant 1899 Marcel Dalio, Israel Blauschild, Paris, France, actor, China Gate 1899 Suzanne Lenglen, France, Wimbledon tennis champion, 6-times 1899 Francois Felix Faure, president of France (1895-99), dies at 57 1899 Georges Auric, Lodve France, Composer 1898 Francine Larrimore, Verdun France, actress, John Meade's Woman 1898 Jean Borota, France, tennis champ, 35 Wimbeldons between 1922-64 1898 France signs Niger Convention 1898 Arlette-Leonie Arletty, Bathiat, Courbevoie France, actress, Maxime 1898 In France, Emile Zola is imprisoned for writing his "J'accuse" letter accusing government of anti-Semitism and wrongly jailing Alfred Dreyfus 1898 Colin Clive, Greig, St. Malo France, actor, Bride of Frankenstein 1897 Julien Carette, Paris, France, actor, Sylvia and the Phantom 1897 Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, France, anti-Semite/nazi collaborator 1897 Pierre Fresnay, born in Paris, France, actor, Grand Illusion 1897 France signs treaty with emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia 1896 Antonin Artaud, Marseilles France, songwriter/dir, Theatre Seraphin 1896 France annexes Madagascar 1896 Jean Rivier, Villemomble France, composer, Venitienne 1896 France dismisses Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar 1896 Andre Breton, France, surrealist poet and writer, founder of surrealism 1895 France proclaims a protectorate over Madagascar 1895 Yvonne Printemps, born in Ermont, France, singer and actress, Le Duel 1895 Felix Faure installed as president of France 1894 King Lafia "Absalamu" of Nikki signs accord with France 1894 M F Sadi Carnot, president of France (1887-94), murdered at about 56 1894 Jacques-Henri Lartigue, born in France, photographer 1894 Louis-Ferdinand Celine, born in Courbevoie, France, novelist, 'Journey to End of Night' 1894 France ratifies Duple Alliance with Russia 1893 Russia signs military accord with France 1893 Russia ratifies Duple Alliance with France 1893 Vladimir Golschmann, Paris, France, conductor with Immortal Downbeat 1893 France issues 1st driving licenses, included required test 1892 Darius Milhaud, Aix-en-Provence France, composer, Maximilien 1892 Charles Vanel, Rennes France, actor, Wages of Fear 1892 Louis-Victor prince of Broglie, France, physicist, Nobel 1929 1892 Germaine Tailleferre, Les Six, Pau-St-Maur France, composer 1892 Arthur Oscar Honnegger, born in Le Havre, France, composer, King David 1891 Jean Del Val, Gautier, France, actor, Sainted Devil, Flying Deuces 1891 Astronomical Society of France is inaugurated 1891 Yvan Goll, born in Saint-Die, France, writer, poet, surrealist, expressionist, most famous war poem 'Requiem for the Dead of Europe' 1890 Charles de Gaulle, Lille France, premier of France 1890 Charles de Gaulle, Lille, France, President of France, 1958-69 1890 Jacques Ibert, born in Paris, France, composer, Escales 1890 Vincent Van Gogh, painter, dies in Auvers, France 1889 Charles Boyer, France, actor, Algiers, Fanny, Barefoot in the Park 1889 Jean Cocteau, born in France, writer/artist/director, Le Potamak, Orphee 1889 Marcel Moyse, Saint-Amour, France, flutist, 20 Exercises et etudes 1889 Ivory Coast declared a protectorate of France 1888 Jean Murat, Pergneux France, actor, Eternal Rain, Carnival Flanders 1888 Georges Bernanos, France, novelist, Diary of a Country Priest 1887 Louis Jouvet, Crozon France, actor, Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise 1887 Marcel Tabuteau, born in Compiegne, France, oboist, Philadelphia Orchestra 1915 - 1954 1887 Germany, Austria-Hungary and France end Triple Alliance 1885 France declares Madagascar a protectorate 1885 Francois Mauriac, France, novelist/poet/playwright, Nobel 1952 1885 Jules Romains, France, novelist/playwright/poet, Men of Good Will 1885 Andre Maurois, Elbeuf, France, novelist/biographer 1885 Roof collapse kills 30 at murder trial in France 1885 Sacha Guitry, France, actor and playwright, Story of a Cheat 1885 Camille Chautemps, premier France 1884 Vincent Auriol, president of France, 1947-53 1884 Edouard Daladier, premier France, 1933..40 1884 Nicholas Joy, Paris, France, actor, Boss Lady 1884 Lucien H d'Azambuja, France, astronomer, chromosome of sun 1883 Maurice Utrillo, France, painter, Port St. Martin, Montmartre 1883 Edgard Victor Achille C Varese, Paris, France, composer, Innisation 1883 Max Linder, Caverne France, actor/comic/director, Max Prend un Bain 1882 Charles Vildrac, Paris, France, poet/playwright 1882 Jacques Maritain, France, Catholic philosopher, exponent of St. Thomas 1882 Jean Giraudoux, born in Bellac, France, playwright, Eglantine, Provinciales 1882 Germany/Austria-Hungary/France sign Triple Alliance 1882 Rene Coty, born in Le Harve, France, president of France, 1953-58 1882 France government of Gambetta falls 1881 Levi P. Morton, U.S. ambas to France drives 1st rivet in Stat of Liberty 1881 Valery Nicolas Larbaud, France, novelist/translator, Enfantines 1881 France sign treaty of protection with Tunisia colony 1881 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, France, philosopher/paleontologist 1881 Gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die 1881 Roger Martin du Guard, born in France, novelist, Les Thibault-Nobel 1937 1881 Fernand Leger, France, painter/ceramist/cubist, City 1880 Jacques Thibaud, Bordeaux France, violinist, Cafe Rogue 1880 Guillaume Apollinaire, France, poet and movie critic, 'Alcoola' 1880 France annexes Otaheite (Tahiti) 1879 Leon Jouhaux, born in France, socialist/co-founder UN's ILO, Nobel 1951 1879 Bernadette, st/(saw Virgin Mary at Lourdes), dies in Nevers France 1878 Paul Reynaud, premier France, May-June 1940 1878 Andre-Gustave Citroen, France, auto maker 1877 Raoul Dufy, France, Fauvist painter, Palm 1875 Harry Northrup, Paris, France, actor, Who's That Knocking at My Door 1875 Pierre Monteux, born in Paris, France, conductor, Boston Symphony Orchestra 1919 - 1924 1875 Maurice Joseph Ravel, born in Cibourne, France, composer, Bolero 1875 Jeanne Louise Calment, France, world's oldest woman, died at 122 1874 Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France), dies at 75 1873 Henri Rabnaud, Paris, France, composer, Le Premer Glaire 1873 German troops leave France 1873 Last German troops leave France 1873 Alexis Carrel, France, surgeon/sociologist/biologist, Nobel 1912 1873 Henri Barbusse, Asnieres, France, novelist, Le Feu 1873 Colette, born in Yonee, France, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, writer, best-known for novel 'Gigi', which became a stage musical 1873 Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, Burgundy France, novelist, Cheri, Gigi 1872 Paul Leautaud, Maurice Boissard, France, writer, Petit ami 1871 Paul Valery, born in France, philosopher, writer, poet, elected to Academie francaise, 1925, founder, the College International de Cannes, 1931 1871 Marcel Proust, France, novelist, Remembrance of Things Past 1871 German-French peace treaty signed: France cedes Elzas 1871 Peace of Frankfurt-am-Main concluded between France and Germany 1870 J D Schneiter patents rocket mail in France, (not done) 1870 Pierre Louijs, France, novelist/poet, Aphrodite, Woman and Puppet 1870 Jean Perrin, France, physicist, studied Brownian motion, Nobel 1926 1870 Florent Schmitt, Blamont France, composer, Fredegonde, Salome 1870 Battle at Gravelotte Privat: Prussia beat France, 32,000 casualties 1870 Battle at Spicheren: Prussia beats France 1870 Emperor Napoleon III appoints Empress Eugenie as Regent of France 1870 France declares war on Prussia; Franco-Prussian war begins 1869 Henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter, Odalisque 1869 Andre Gide, France, novelist, Lafcadio's Adventures-Nobel 1947 1869 Albert Roussel, born in Tourcoing, France, composer, Rapsodie Flamende 1869 Emile Fabre, France, playwright, administrator of Comedie Franeaise 1868 Spain's Queen Isabella is deposed, flees to France 1868 Battle of Alcolea, causes Queen Isabella 2 of Spain to flee to France 1868 Paul Claudel, born in France, diplomat/poet, L'Otage-1909 1868 C V France, Bradford England, actor, Skin Game, Adventure in Blackmail 1868 Edmond Rostand, born in France, poet and playwright, Cyrano de Bergerac 1866 Charles Jean Henri Nicolle France, bacteriologist, Nobel-1928 1866 Erik Alfred Satie, Honfleur France, composer, Memoirs d'un Ambesique 1866 Romain Rolland, born in France, writer, Jean-Christophe, Nobel 1915 1865 Paul Abraham Dukas, Paris, France, composer, Velleda 1864 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, France, painter, At the Moulin Rouge 1864 CSS "Alabama" sunk by USS "Kearsarge" off Cherbourg, France 1864 Jules Renard, France, writer, Poil de Carotte 1864 Lucien Herr, France, scientist, Corresp entre Schiller et Schiller 1863 Jean-Baptiste Marchand, Thoissey France, soldier and explorer, Sudan 1863 Henry Constant Gabriel Pierne, Metz France, composer, Edith 1863 Gaston Doumergue, premier/president of France, 1913..34 1863 Pierre de Coubertin, France, baron, revived Olympic games 1862 Aristide Briand, born in France, 11x premier, 1909-22, Nobel 1926 1862 Great Britain and France recognizes independence of Zanzibar 1861 Aristide Maillol, France, painter/sculptor, Seated Woman 1860 Raymond Poincare, France, president/PM, 1912 1859 Gustave Kahn, France, poet, claimed to have invented vers libre 1859 Georges Seurat, France, painter/pointillist, Grande Jatte 1859 Henri Bergson, France, philosopher, Creative Evolution-Nobel 1927 1859 Battle of Solferino, N-Italy: France/Sardinia-Austria 1859 Pierre Marie Felix Janet, France, psychologist/neurologist 1859 Pierre Curie, France, physicist, Nobel 1903 1858 1st apparition of Mary to 14-year-old Bernadette of Lourdes France 1857 Edouard Rod, France/Swiss writer, Mishel' Tes'e 1857 Paul Doumer, Governor-Generall of Indo-China/13th President of France, 1931-32 1854 Arthur Rimbaud, France, poet/adventurer, Illuminations 1854 Allied armies, including those of Britain and France, land in Crimea 1854 Henri Poincare, France, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher 1854 During the Crimean War, Britain and France declare war on Russia 1853 France annexes Caledonia 1853 Alphonse Bertillon, born in France, anthropologist, devised crime ID system 1853 Andre Michelin, France, industrialist/tire manufacturer, Michelin 1852 [Ferdinand-Frederic-]Henri Moissan, Paris, France, chemist, Nobel 1906 1851 President Louis Napolean Boaparte forces crush a coup d'etat in France 1851 Louis Napoleon takes power in France 1851 Ferdinand Foch, France, responsible for Allies winning WW I 1851 Leon Bourgeois, France, politician, internationalist, Nobel 1920 1850 Guy de Maupassant, born in France, author, Boule de Suif 1849 France Preseren, Slovenian poet (Sonetni Venec), dies at 48 1848 Jean Robert Planquette, France, composer, Bells of Corneville 1848 2nd republic established in France 1848 Octave Mirbeau, France, writer, Journal of a Lady's Maid 1848 Joris-Karl Huysmans, France, writer, Against the Grain 1847 Auguste De Polignac, premier France, dies at 66 1845 Sarah Bernhardt, born in France, actress, Camille, Queen Elizabeth 1845 Gabriel Urbain Faure, Pamiers France, composer, Requiem, Ballade 1845 Paul Vidal de la Blanche, France, geographer 1844 Anatole France, writer, Thais, Wickerwork Woman, Nobel 1921 1844 Paul M Verlaine, France, lyric poet, Sagesse Bonbeur 1844 Charles-Marie Widor, Lyons France, composer and professor, Paris Conservatory 1843 Affonso de Escragnolle Taunay, France/Brazil writer, Inocencia 1842 Jules Emile Fred Massenet, Montaud France, composer, Manon, Le Cid 1842 Alexandre Ribit, premier, France 1841 Ferdinand-Edouard Buisson, France, educator, Nobel Peace Prize 1927 1841 Georges Clemenceau, France, PM, 1906-09, 17-20, defended Dreyfuss 1841 Pierre Auguste Renoir, Limoges France, Impressionist painter/sculptor 1841 Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier, France, composer, Le Roi Malgre Lui 1840 Claude Monet, France, impressionist, Water Lilies 1840 Auguste Rodin, France, sculptor, Kiss, Thinker 1840 Emile Zola, born in France, novelist, Nana, J'Accuse 1839 Rene F Armand Sully-Prudhomme, born in France, poet, 1st Nobel winner, 1901 1839 Paul Cezanne, France, impressionist painter, Bathers 1838 Emile Loubet, premier/president of France, 1892, 1899-1906 1838 Mexico declares war on France 1838 Georges Alexandre-Cesar-Leopold Bizet, France, composer, Carmen 1837 Charles Emile Waldteufel, Strasbourg France, waltz composer, Skaters 1836 Charles X, King of France (1824-30), dies at 79 1836 Leo Delibes, Saint-Germain-du-Val France, ballet composer, Coppelia 1835 Camille Saint-Saens, Paris, France, composer, Ode a Sainte Cecile 1835 St. Etienne-Lyons railway opens in France 1834 Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, Colmar France, sculptor, Statue of Liberty 1834 Edgar Degas, born in France, impressionist painter, Bouquet 1834 Frederic-Auguste Bertholdi, born in France, sculptor, Statue of Liberty 1832 Edouard Manet, France, Impressionist painter, Dejeuner sur L'Herbe 1830 England, France, Prussia, Austria and Russia recognize Belgium 1830 Jules de Goncourt, France, novelist, Germinie 1830 Louis-Philippe formally accepts crown of France, following abdication of Charles X 1830 Charles X of France resigns by force 1830 Revolution in France replaces Charles X with Louis Philippe 1830 France invades Algeria, begins a 40 year conquest 1828 Jules Verne, born in France, pioneered sci-fi, From the Earth to the Moon 1826 Eugenie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Empress of France 1825 Charles X becomes King of France 1824 Louis XVIII SX, earl of Province/king of France (1814-24), dies 1824 Alexandre Dumas, born in France, playwright/novelist, Camille 1824 Paul Broca, France, brain surgeon/anthro, located speech center 1824 Charles Blondin, France, acrobat/aerialist 1823 Jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist, insects and spiders 1823 Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo, France, composer, Symphonie Espagnole 1822 Louis Pasteur, Dole France, bacteriologist, pasturization 1822 Society for Propagation of Faith starts (Lyon, France) 1822 Maxime Du Camp, France, writer/traveler, Les Buveurs de Cendres 1821 Gustave Flaubert, France, novelist, Madame Bovary 1821 Albert, duc de Broglie, France, premier, 1873-74, 1977 1821 Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor France, dies in St. Helena 1821 Charles Baudelaire, born in France, symbolist poet, Flowers of Evil 1818 Congress of Aken returns to France from Libya 1818 Congress of Aken: Russia, Austria, Prussia, France and England 1818 Charles Francois Gounod, born in Paris, France, opera composer, Faust 1816 France decrees Bonaparte family excluded from the country forever 1815 2nd Peace of Paris: France and allies 1815 Joachim Murat, marshal of France/King of Naples (1808-15), executed 1815 King Louis XVIII leaves Ghent for France 1815 Napoleon and 1,200 leave Elba to start 100-day re-conquest of France 1814 Josephine, empress of France (1804-14), dies 1814 Bourbon reign restored in France 1814 1st abdication of France by Napoleon; he is exiled to Elba 1813 Josef Poniatovski, Polish gen/marshal of France, dies in battle 1811 Theophile Gautier, Tarbas France, writer/poet, Albertus 1810 Emperor Napoleon corpse leaves Netherlands for France 1810 Andreas Hofer, military leader (fought Napoleon's France), executed at 42 1809 Papal States annexed by France 1809 Georges Eugene Haussmann, born in Paris, France, architect 1809 Joseph Liouville, France, discover of transcendental numbers 1809 Franz I of Austria declares war on France 1809 Pierre Joseph Proudhon, France, politician, libertarian socialist 1809 Treaty of Dardanelles concluded between Britain and France 1809 Louis Braille, Coupvray France, developer, reading system for blind 1808 Louis-Napoleon, Napoleon III, emperor of France, 1852-71 1808 Bayonne Decree by Napoleon I of France orders seizure of U.S. ships 1808 Honore Daumier, France, painter/lithographer/caricaturist 1808 Daumier, Marseilles France, artist 1807 Congress passes Embargo Act, to force peace between Britain and France 1807 France, Russia and Prussia sign Peace of Tilsit 1807 Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin, born in Paris, France, French politician and revolutionary 1805 End of French Republican calendar; France returns to Gregorianism 1805 France and Austria signs Peace of Pressburg 1805 Ferdinand de Lesseps, France, diplomat, built Suez Canal 1805 Alexis de Tocqueville, France, statesman/writer, Democracy in America 1805 Auguste Blanqui, France, revolutionary, workers' leader 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte crowned emperor of France in Paris by Pope Pius VII 1804 George Sand, born in France, female, novelist, Valentine, Le Figaro 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France 1804 Senate and Tribune declare Napolean leader of France 1804 Haiti gains independence from France (National Day) 1803 Louisiana Purchase formally transferred from France to U.S. for $27M 1803 Hector Berlioz, Cote-Saint-Andre, Isere, France, composer, Manque 1803 Spain cedes her claims to Louisiana Territory to France 1803 Prosper Merimee, Paris, France, playwright, Carmen 1803 Britain declares war on France after Napoleon Bonaparte continues interfering in Italy and Switzerland 1803 Meteorites fall in L'Aigle, France 1802 Toussaint L'Ouverture imprisoned in Fort de Joux, Jura, France 1802 Alexandre Dumas Pere, France, author, 3 Musketeers 1802 France, Netherlands, Spain and England signs Peace of Amiens 1802 Victor Hugo, born in France, author, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables 1801 England and France signs Preliminary of London 1801 France and Austrian sign Peace of Luneville 1800 France Preseren, Slovenian poet, Krst pri Savici 1800 Spain cedes Louisiana to France in a secret treaty 1800 Wild Boy of Aveyron discovered in southern France 1800 Louis J M Daubenton, France, zoologist, dies at 83 1799 Metric system established in France 1799 Napoleon becomes dictator (1st consul) of France 1799 Honore de Balzac, France, novelist, Pere Goriot, Human Comedy 1799 Austria declares war on France 1798 New conscription law goes into effect in France 1798 Jules Michelet, French historian, History of France, L'Amour 1797 Peace of Campo Formio: Austrian Dutch possessions and France 1797 France and Austria signs cease fire 1797 Louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France 1797 Claude Ambroise Seurat, born in Troyes, France, World's skinniest man 1797 1/3 of papal domain ceded to France 1796 Spain and France sign anti-English alliance 1796 France and Sardinia sign Peace treaty of Paris 1795 France annexes Southern Netherlands 1795 Spain and France sign peace treaty 1795 Louis XVII Charles, king of France (1793-95), dies at 10 1795 Treaty of Basel-Prussia ends war with France 1795 Freedom of worship established in France under constitution 1794 Revolutionary Tribunal abolished in France 1794 Battle of Colors: France under Jourdan beats Austrian army 1794 France revolutionary regime begins trials 1794 Elisabeth PMH, princess of France, beheaded at 30 1794 Haiti, under Toussaint L'Ouverture, revolts against France 1793 Republican calendar replaces Gregorian calendar in France 1793 France ends forced worship of God 1793 Marie Antoinette, queen of France, beheaded in France 1793 Louis Duke de Noailles, marshal of France, dies at 80 1793 France becomes 1st country to use the metric system 1793 France passes 1st copyright law 1793 1st republican constitution in France adopted 1793 Pro-royalist uprising in Vendee region of France 1793 2nd Battle at Neerwinden: Austria army beats France 1793 France declares war on England and Netherlands 1792 France's King Louis XVI went on trial, accused of treason 1792 Proposal by Collot D'Herbois, to abolish the monarchy in France 1792 500 Marseillaisian men sing France's national anthem for 1st time 1792 France declares war on Prussia 1792 France declares war on Austria, Prussia and Sardinia 1792 France declares war on Austria, starting French Revolutionary Wars 1791 France's King Louis XVI accepts constitution 1791 Pope condemns France's Civil Constitution of the clergy 1791 Louis-J-Ferdinand Herold, France, opera composer, Zampa 1790 Alphonse-Marie Louis de Lamartine, Macon France, writer, Rene 1789 Oath of Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken 1789 3rd Estate in France declared itself a national assembly 1788 Vizille France population demands local parliament 1788 Lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France 1787 Charles, prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France, dies at 71 1786 England and France sign trade agreement 1785 Netherlands and France signs treaty 1785 Louis XVII Charles, king of France, 1793-95 1783 Charles-Julien Brianchon, France, mathematician, Brianchon's theorem 1783 1st steamboat, Pyroscaphe, 1st run in France 1783 Stendahl, Marie Henri Beyle, France, writer, Le Rouge et de Noir 1781 Rene-Theophile-Hyacinthe Lannec, France, inventor, stethoscope 1780 Elie Decazes, France, Bourbon Restoration political figure 1780 Pierr-Jean Beranger, born in Paris, France, songwriter, writer, book of memoirs, 'Ma biographie', published in 1858 1780 Auguste De Polignac, premier France, Reponse mes adversaires 1779 Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, Paris, France, engraver 1778 "Stars and Stripes" arrives in foreign port for 1st time (France) 1778 England declares war on France 1778 France recognizes U.S., signs treaty of aid in Paris; 1st U.S. treaty 1777 France recognizes independence of English colonies in America 1776 Continental Congress negotiates a war loan of $181,500 from France 1776 France and Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels 1775 Louis-Antoine the Bourbon, French duke of Angoulame/General of France 1774 Louis XVI ascends to throne of France 1774 Louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64 1772 Yves de Kerguelen of France discovers Kerguelen Archipelago, India 1771 E I Du Pont, France, chemist/scientist, Du Pont 1770 Marie Antoinette (14) marries future King Louis XVI (15) of France 1769 Jean Lannes, duc de Montebello, Marshal of France 1768 Francois Rene de Chateaubriand, France, poet and novelist, Atala 1768 Lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France and Italy), dies 1767 Andreas Hofer, South Tirol, military leader, fought Napoleon's France 1767 Joachim Murat, marshal of France/King of Naples, 1808-15 1766 Rodolphe Kreitzer, France, composer/virtuoso violinist, Paris Conserv 1764 France bans Jesuit enorde 1764 Elisabeth PMH, princess of France/son of king Louis XVI 1764 Talleyrand, France/Napolean's foreign minster 1763 Josephine Martiniques, empress of France, 1804-14 1763 Josef Poniatovski, Polish general/marshal of France 1760 Camille Desmoulins, born in France, journalist, pamphleteer and revolution leader 1759 Georges Danton, France, revolutionary leader/Minister of Justice 1759 2nd sea battle of Lagos: England vs France 1759 Battle at Minden, Westfalen: Ferdinand van Brunswick beats France 1759 British fleet occupies Guadeloupe, West-Indies, on France 1758 English and Colonial assault on France at Ticonderoga, New York 1758 Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, born in France, painter, studied in Italy and painted for wealthy Parisians in Paris, influenced by Romanticism and Neoclassicism 1758 Battle at Emmerich: British army floats around France the Rhine 1757 Charles X, reactionary king of France, 1824-30, ; deposed 1757 Charles X, Versailles France, Duke of Prussia 1757 Austria and France divide Prussia 1756 England and France meet in war 1756 England declares war on France 1756 Britain declares war on France (7 Years' or French and Indian War) 1756 France and Austria sign alliance 1755 Louis XVIII, 1st post-revolutionary king of France, 1814-24 1755 Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France, let them eat cake 1755 Battle at Lake George: English army beats France 1754 Louis XVI, Versailles, king of France, 1774-93, eventually guillotined 1754 Pierre Charles L'Enfant, France, architect laid out Washington D.C. 1754 George Washington gives Ft. Necessity to France 1751 France sets plan to tax clergymen 1751 1st international world title prize fight-Jack Stack of England, beats challenger M Petit of France in 29 minutes in England 1751 Henri F D'Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (1717..50), dies at 82 1749 Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, France, chairman, National Convention 1748 France and Austria signs treaty about Southern Netherlands 1748 Jacques-Louis David, France, Neoclassical painter, Death of Marat 1747 Battle at Lafeld: France beat English/Dutch army 1747 Luc de Clapiers, born in Aix-en-Provence, France, writer, essayist, moralist, considered a modern Stoic, believed mankind is noble, employed epigrammic language to express observations of human conduct and motives, dies in Paris 1746 Bonnie Prince Charlie flees to France 1746 Bonnie Prince Charlie flees to France from Scotland 1745 Jacques Montgolfier, France, aeronaut, 1st pioneer balloonist 1745 James Montgolfier, France, aeronaut, 1st pioneer balloonist 1744 France and Prussia sign peace treaty 1743 Jean-Marie Caritat, France, mathematician 1743 Marquis de Condorcet, France, enlightenment philosopher 1743 Jean-Paul Marat, France, revolutionist 1743 Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian/France composer (Forced Marriage), dies at 77 1741 France and Bavaria sign Covenant of Nymphenburg 1741 Nicolas de Chamfort, born in Clermont-Ferrand, France, known for aphorisms and witty epigrams, wrote successful comedy, 'La Jeune Indienne' 1740 Joseph Montgolfier, France, aeronaut, ballooning 1738 France and Austria sign peace 1738 France offers emperor Karel VI mediation in war against Turkey 1738 Joseph Ignace Guillotin, France, physician/inventor, guillotine 1736 Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, French publisher, Mercure de France 1736 Jean-Sylvain, French historian, History of France 1735 France and Emperor Karel VI sign peace accord 1733 France and Spain sign Escoriaal Treaty 1733 France declares war on emperor Charles VI 1733 France, Spain and Sardinia sign anti-German covenant 1732 Jean-Honore Fragonard, born in France, painter 1732 Pierre de Baumarchais, France, playwright, Barber of Seville 1729 Spain, France and England signs Treaty of Seville 1727 France and Bavaria renew secret treaty 1727 France, England and Netherlands sign accord of Paris 1726 Francois-Andre Danican Philidor, France, composer/chess champion 1726 Louise-Florence Depinay, born in France, writer, Woman, Man and 2 Kingdoms 1725 England, France, Hannover and Prussia sign Covenant of Hannover 1725 Armand-Louis Couperin, Paris, France, organist/composer, Notre Dame 1721 France and Spain sign Treaty of Madrid 1718 France declares war on Spain 1717 France, Russia and Prussia sign agreement 1717 Henri d'Aguesseau's 1st appointment as chancellor of France 1717 Netherlands, England and France sign Triple Alliance 1716 England and France sign treaty 1716 Scottish pretender to the throne James III Edward returns to France 1715 Louis XIV, the great, king of France (1643-1715), dies at 76 1715 Luc de Clapiers, born in Aix-en-Provence, France, writer, essayist, moralist, considered a modern Stoic, believed mankind is noble, employed epigrammic language to express observations of human conduct and motives 1715 Charles, Prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France 1715 Claude Helvetius, Paris, France, philosopher 1714 Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and France, ends War of Spanish Succession, French retain Alsace, Austria gets bank of Rhine 1713 Denis Diderot, France, encyclopedist, Dictionnaire Encyclopedique 1713 Louis Duke de Noailles, marshal of France 1713 Dutch State-General signs peace with France: Netherlands loses Orange Princedom 1713 Peace of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain - English, Prussian, Savoois, Portuguese and French peace treaty 1712 Battle at Denain: France under Villars beat Dutch army 1712 Jean Jacques Rousseau, born in France, composer/social contractor, Confession 1712 Louis Joseph de Montcalm de Saint-Veran, France, general 1710 Battle of Villa Viciosa (France beat Habsburgers) 1710 Louis XV the Well-Beloved, Versailles, King of France, 1715-74 1709 Battle at Malplaquet: England/Austria/Dutch Great Alliance beat France 1708 Battle at Oudenaarde: Great Alliance beats France 1707 Anne Jules duke the Noailles, marshal of France (huguenot), dies at 57 1707 Claude Prosper, Paris, France, novelist 1702 Emperor Leopold I declares war on France, Cologne and Bavaria 1702 War of Spanish Succession, 1st American conflict between England and France 1702 England and Netherlands declares war on France and Spain 1701 France, Cologne and Bavaria sign alliance 1700 England, France and Netherlands ratify 2nd Extermination treaty 1699 England, France and Netherlands agree on 2nd Extermination treaty of Spain 1698 France, England and Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty 1698 Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, born in France, mathematician and astronomer 1694 Voltaire, Francois-Marie Arouet, France, thinker, Candide 1693 1st sea battle of Lagos: England and Holland vs France 1692 Battle at La Hogue: English and Dutch fleet beat France 1691 Battle at Aghrim: English/Dutch army beats France 1689 France declares war on England 1689 English King Willem III declares war on France 1689 German Parliament declares war on France 1689 Charles de Montesquieu, France, philosopher and writer, Letters Persanes 1688 English king James II lands in Ambleteuse, France 1688 English king Jacob II flees to France 1688 King James II's wife and son flee to France 1688 King James II's wife and son flee England for France 1688 France declares war on German 1688 Pierre De Marivaux, Paris, France, writer, Marianne 1687 1st Huguenots depart France to Cape of Good Hope 1685 Charles Cressent, France, cabinetmaker, Regence 1684 Spain and Germany sign cease fire with France 1683 Philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain, 1700-24, 24-46 1683 Jean-Philippe Rameau, Dijon France, composer, Traite, baptized 1683 Rene-Antoine de Reaumur, France, biologist/engineer 1683 Philip V, France, King of Spain, 1700-24, 24-46 1682 Robert La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France 1679 German emperor Leopold I signs peace with France 1678 France and Brandenburg signs peace treaty 1678 France and Spain signs peace treaty 1678 Netherlands and France signs peace treaty in Nijmegen 1678 England and Netherlands signs treaty: sending ultimatum to France 1676 Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris, France, composer/organist 1676 Battle of Etna - Netherlands/Spain vs France, M de Ruyter fatally wounded 1675 Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne Vicomte de Turenne, General (France), dies 1675 Guillaume Delisle, Paris, France, geographer, Atlas Geographique 1674 Spain, France and Netherlands form Triple Alliance 1674 German Parliament declares war on France 1673 France and Brandenburg sign peace treaty 1672 Willem III's troops reconquer Naarden on France 1672 Frontenac becomes governor of New France (Canada) 1672 France declares war on Netherlands 1670 France and England sign Boyne-treaty 1670 France and Bavaria sign military assistance treaty 1669 France and Brandenburg sign secret treaty 1668 Henri F d'Aguesseau, chancellor of France, 1717..50 1668 Francois Couperin, Paris, France, composer/organist, Concerts Royaux 1668 Polish king John II Kazimierz resigns/goes to France 1668 King John II Casimir of Poland resigns, flees to France 1667 France/England signs anti-Dutch military accord 1666 France declares war on England and Munster 1666 Anna of Austria, queen of France/daughter of Philip III, dies at 64 1664 France and Saksen sign alliance 1663 France annexes Venaissin 1662 England sells Duinkerken to France for 2.5 million livres 1662 Charles II of England sold Dunkirk to France 1662 Netherlands and France sign military covenant 1661 Jules "Cardinal" Mazarin, chief minister of France, dies at 58 1661 Jules Mazarin, Italian cardinal/premier of France, dies at 58 1659 Netherlands, England and France sign Treaty of The Hague 1659 France, England and Netherlands sign "Hedges Concerto" treaty 1658 France/Sweden/Bavarian/Brunswick/Munster/Hessen-Kassel form Rijnbond 1657 France and England form alliance against Spain; England gets Dunkirk 1657 Bernard Fontenelle, France, scientist/writer, Plurality of Worlds 1656 England and France sign peace treaty 1655 England and France sign miltary and economic treaties 1654 Louis XIV crowned King of France 1653 Nicolas Fouquet appointed superintendant of Finance of France 1651 King Louis XIV of France (13) declarer of full age 1651 Francois Fenelon, France, writer, Playing for Time 1650 Anne Jules duke de Noailles, marshal of France, hugenot 1646 Francois De Bassompierre, marshal of France, dies 1644 Louis Boufflers, marshall of France 1643 Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, France, French explorer, Louisiana 1643 Battle at Tuttlingen: Beiers army under General Mercy beats France 1643 Louis XIV (4) becomes king of France 1643 Louis XIII, king of France (1610-43), dies at 41 1641 Emperor Ferdinand III makes appointments with Sweden and France 1641 Maximilien de Bethune duke of Sully, Prime Minister of France, dies at 81 1641 France and Portugal sign anti-Spanish covenant 1639 Jean Racine, born in La Ferte-Milon, France, French playwright, 'Andromaque' and 'Mithridate' 1638 Louis XIV, Sun King, king of France, 1643 - 1715 1638 Louis XIV, Sun King, king of France, 1643-1715, 1637 Cardinal Richelieu of France creates the table knife 1635 Emperor Ferdinand II declares war on France 1635 France declares war on Spain 1631 France/Maximilian van Bavarian signs Accord of Fontainebleau 1631 France and Sweden sign anti-German Treaty of Barwald 1630 Failed palace revolution against Richelieu France 1629 England and France sign Peace of Susa 1628 Charles Perrault, France, lawyer/writer, Mother Goose 1627 France and Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism 1625 Giovanni D Cassini, Perinaldo, France, discoverer, 4 moons of Saturn 1624 Cardinal Richelieu appointed Chief Minister of France by Louis XIII 1624 Netherlands and France sign Treaty of Compiegne 1624 Netherlands and France sign anti-Spanish Treaty of Compiegne 1621 Charles d'albert duke of Luynes/Prime Minister of France, dies at 43 1621 Hugo the Great arrives in France 1613 Francoise duc de la Rochefoucald, Paris, France, writer, Memoires 1610 Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56 1609 Netherlands, England and France sign 12 year Covenant 1606 Pierre Corneille, France, dramatist, El Cid, Horace 1602 Jules Mazarin, France, cardinal, French 1st Minister, 1642-61 1601 Louis XIII, king of France, 1610-43 1601 Anna van Oostenrijk, queen of France/daughter of Philip III 1601 France gains Bresse, Bugey, Valromey and Gex in treaty with Spain 1600 Henry IV of France invades Savoy after negotiations break down over Saluzzo, controlled by Savoy since 1588 1600 Gabriel Naude, France, librarian, Mazarin Library 1598 France and Spain signs Peace of Vervins 1597 Land guardian Albrecht occupies Amiens on France 1596 England, France and Netherlands signs Drievoudig Covenant against Spain 1596 Rene Descartes, born in France, philosopher, he thought, therefore he was 1595 Pope Clemens VIII recognizes Henri IV as king of France 1594 Henri IV crowned king of France 1593 France's Protestant King Henri IV converts to Roman Catholic 1591 French bishops recognize Henri IV as king of France 1591 Chartres surrenders to king Henri IV in France 1589 Henry III, king of Poland/France (1573-89), assassinated at 37 1589 Catherine de' Medici, Queen mother of France, dies at 69 1588 Marin Mersenne, France, mathematician/musician/philosopher, Cartesian 1585 Cornelius Otto Jansen, France, Roman Catholic reform leader 1585 Armand-Jean du Plessicide de Richelieu, premier of France, 1624-42 1585 Spain and Catholic France sign Saint League of Joinville 1583 Duke French van Valois returns to France 1582 France begins use of Gregorian calendar 1579 Francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France 1578 Charles d'Albert duke of Luynes, premier of France/Governor of Picardie 1575 Renee/Renata de France, duchess of Ferara/daughter of Louis XII, dies 1574 Henry III follows brother Charles IX as king of France 1574 Charles IX, King of France (1560-74), dies 1574 France begins 5th holy war against Huguenots 1573 Marie de'Medici, Queen of France 1573 Michel de l'Hopital, chancellor of France (1560-68), dies at about 65 1572 France and England sign anti-Spanish military covenant 1567 Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74 1564 England and France sign Peace of Troyes 1563 King Charles IX of France (13) declared an adult 1563 Jews are expelled from France by order of Charles VI 1562 Edict of St. Germain recognizes Huguenots in France 1561 Mary Queen of Scots arrives in Leith Scotland to assume throne after spending 13 years in France 1560 Maximilien de Bethune, duke of Sully/baron of Rosny/Prime Minister of France 1560 Francois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16 1560 Failed assault on royal palace in Amboise France 1559 Henry II, King of France (1547-59), dies 1559 Spain and France signs 2nd Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambresis 1559 England/France signs 1st Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambresis 1558 Battle at Grevelingen: Gen/earl Lamoraal van Egmont beat France 1558 Calais, last English possession in France, retaken by French 1557 Battle at St. Quentin: Lamoraal of Egmont and Philibert beat France 1557 England declares war on France 1553 Henri IV the Bourbon, king of Navarra, Henri III, France 1553 Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France, 1572/89-1610 1552 Henri II of France occupies Metz 1552 France signs secret treaty with German Protestants 1551 Henry III, duke of Anjou/king of Poland/France, 1573/4-89 1550 Charles IX, King of France, 1560-74 1550 France and England sign Peace of Boulogne 1549 Philippe du Plessis, France, author 1549 France declares war on England 1548 Mary queen of Scotland (6) arrives in France 1547 Henry II succeeds Francois I as king of France 1547 Francois I of Valois-Angoulame, King of France (1515-47), dies at 52 1544 King Henry VIII draws his armies out of France 1544 Charles V of Germany and Francis I of France sign Peace of Crepy 1544 Imperial/English armies occupy Saint-Dizier France 1544 Francis II de Valois-Angoulame, king of France, 1559 - 1560 1536 France and Turkey sign milt/trade agreement against King Karel 1534 Jacques Cartier, lands in Canada, claims it for France 1533 Michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher 1529 Battle at Landriano: Leyva beats France 1528 England and France declare war on Emperor Charles V 1527 England and France sign treaty of Westminster 1526 Pope Clemens VII, France, Genoa, Venice, Florence and Milan form Anti-French League of Cognac 1526 King Francois I returns Spanish captivity to France 1524 Spanish troops give Milan to France 1524 Giovanni de Varrazano of France sights land around area of Carolinas 1523 English troops occupy Montalidier France 1522 Battle at La Bicocca: Emperor Karel V beats France 1522 Battle at Bicacca: Charles I and Pope Adrianus VI beat France 1521 Battle at Milan: Emperor Karel V's/pontifical/Spanish/German troops beat France and occupy Milan 1520 France and England sign treaty of Scotland 1519 De Medicis, queen consort, Henry II of France 1515 Mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland 1515 Battle at Marignano: France beats Habsburgers and Pope Leo X 1515 Francois, Duke of Angoulame succeeds Louis XII as Francois I of France 1515 Louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52 1514 King Louis XII of France marries Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII 1513 Battle at Eguinegatte/Guinegate: Maximilian and Henry III beat France 1512 Battle at Brest: English fleet beats France 1512 Battle at Ravenna: France under Gaston de Foix beat Spanish Army 1510 Rene/Renata de France, duchess of Ferara/daughter of Louis XII 1509 France declares war on Venice 1506 Pope Julius II and France occupy Bologna 1505 Joan of Valois, Queen of France/saint, dies at 40 1504 France and Spain signs ceasefire 1503 Battle at Carigliano: Spanish army beats France 1503 Battle at Garigliano, Spanish army under G Cordoba beats France 1503 Battle at Cerignalo: Spanish army under G Cordoba beats France 1500 Treaty of Granada: France and Aragon divide Naples 1500 France captures duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan 1499 France and Venice sign treaty against Milan 1499 Louis XII of France after papal divorce marries Anne, Duchess of Brittany to keep duchy for the crown 1498 Charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), beheaded at 27 1498 Charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), dies at 27 1497 Italians troops reconquer Taranto on France 1495 Pope gives his son Cesare Borgia as hostage to Charles VIII of France 1494 Francois I of Valois-Angoulame, king of France, 1515-47 1493 Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France 1493 France cedes Roussillon and Cerdagne to Spain by treaty of Barcelona 1492 King Henry VII of England invades France 1491 King Charles VIII of France marries Anna of Bretagne 1483 Louis XI, King of France (1461-83), dies at 60 1477 Burgundy and acquires Burgundian possessions in the Netherlands and France 1471 Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies 1470 Charles VIII, King of France, 1483-98, invaded Italy 1464 Johanna van Valois, Queen of France 1462 Louis XII, the Just, King of France, 1498-1515 1461 Charles VII, King of France (1422-61), dies at 58 1453 2nd Battle at Castillon: France beats English, end of hundred year war 1435 Isabella of Bayern, Queen of France (Treaty of Troyes), dies 1431 King Henry VI of England crowned king of France 1429 Dauphin crowned king of France 1429 Joan of Arc leads Orleans, France, to victory over English 1423 Louis XI, King of France, 1461-83 1422 Charles V's son succeeds him as king Charles VII of France 1422 Charles VI, King of France (1380-1422), dies at 54 1422 Henry V, King of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19), dies 1420 Treaty of Troyes-French King Charles VI gives France to English 1403 Charles VII, King of France, 1422-61, drove out English 1394 Jews are expelled from France by Charles VI 1394 Jews are expelled from France by order of King Charles VI 1392 Assassination attempt on Pierre de Craon Van Clisson of France, fails 1387 Henry V, king of England, 1413 - 1422, France, 1416 - 1419 1380 King Charles VI of France crowned at age 12 1380 Charles V, the Wise, King of France (1364-80), dies 1376 Battle of Navarrete (Najera), English beat France 1371 John, the Fearless, Burgundy France, Duke of Burgundy/warrior 1368 Charles VI, the Well-Beloved, king of France, 1380-1422 1368 Charles VI, King of France, 1380-1422 1367 Battle at Najera Spain: Castilie and England beat Aragon and France 1367 Richard II, Bordeaux, France, king of England, 1377-99 1364 Jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44 1362 Robber bastion Tard-Venus strikes at Brignais France 1360 France invasion army lands on English south coast, conquers Winchel 1350 Philips VI, of Valois, King of France (1328-50), dies 1350 Philip VI, king of France, dies 1346 Battle at Crecy-England's longbows defeat France, cannons used for 1st time in battle 1340 England and France sign disarmament treaty 1340 Battle at Lock: English fleet beats France/Genuezen, 10-30,000 killed 1340 English king Edward III proclaimed king of France 1337 Charles V, the Wise, king of France, 1364-80 1328 King Philip VI of France, crowned 1328 Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies 1322 Jews are expelled from France for 3rd time 1322 Philip V, the Tall, King of France (1316-22), dies 1321 160 Jews of Chincon France, burned at stake 1319 Jean II, the Good, king of France, 1350-64 1317 Phillips V, the Tall, crowned king of France 1316 Jan I, king of France (Nov 15-19 1316), dies 1316 Jan I becomes king of France, dies 4 days later 1316 Jean I, king of France, Nov 15-19, 1316, he lived only 4 days 1316 Louis X, King of France (1314-16), dies at 26 1314 Philippe IV, the Handsome, King of France (1285-1314), dies 1306 King Phillip the Fair, orders expulsion of Jews out of France 1302 Battle of Kortrijk Belgium (France vs Flanders) 1298 Petrus Johannis Olivi, South France theologist, dies 1295 Scotland and France sign anti-English covenant 1289 Louis X, the Stubborn, king of France, 1314-16 1288 Jews of Yroyes France are accused of ritual murder 1285 Philippe III, the Stout, King of France (1270-85), dies 1270 Louis IX, the Saint, King of France (1226-70), dies from plague at 56 1253 Jews are expelled from Vienne France by order of Pope Innocent III 1245 Philips III, the Stout, King of France, 1270 - 1285 1226 Louis VIII, the Lion, King of France (1223-26), dies at 39 1223 Philippe II Augustus, King of France (1180-1223), dies at 57 1217 Battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France 1214 English king John begins siege around Lille France 1214 Louis IX, King of France, 1226 - 1270 1214 Earl Ferrand of Flanders drops ties with France 1202 King Philip II throws out John without Country, from France 1187 Louis VIII, Coeur-de-Lion, king of France, 1223-26 1180 Louis VII, the Younger, King of France (1137-80), dies at 59 1180 Louis VII, King of France, dies 1165 Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France, 1179-1223 1137 Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) 1131 Crowning of Louis VII the Young, King of France 1113 Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy 1108 Louis VI, "the Fat One," King of France, crowned 1108 Philip I, co-king of France (1059, 1060-1108), dies at 56 1070 Roquefort cheese created in a cave near Roquefort, France 1067 Boudouin V, earl of Flanders/guardian of king of France, dies 1060 Henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52 1059 Henri I crowns his son compassionate King Philip I of France 1031 Henry I succeeds father Robert II as King of France 1031 Robert II de Vrome, King of France (996-1031), dies 1027 Robert II, the Vrome, names son Henry I, king of France 996 Hugo Capet, king of France (987-96), dies at 58 987 Hugo Capet crowned king of France 987 Louis IV, crowned king of France 987 Louis V le Faineant, the Lazy, king of France (986-87), poisoned at 20 987 Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies 986 Lotharius, King of France (954-86), dies at 44 979 Louis V de Luie, crowned King of France 956 Hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies 954 Lotharius becomes king of France 954 Louis IV, of overseas, King of France, dies 939 Battle at Andernach: King Otto and Hermann of Zwaben beat Eberhard of France and Giselbert of Lutherans 929 Charles III, the Plain, King of France (893-929), dies 923 Robert I, King of France (922-23), dies in battle 922 French republic chooses Robert I, King of France 921 Treaty of Bonn: East France and West France recognize each other 898 Odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39 891 Northmen defeated near Louvaine, France 884 Carloman, co-king of France (879, 882-884), dies 882 Louis III, King of France (879-82), dies at 19 879 Charles III, The Simple, king of France, 893-923 879 Louis III, crowned King of France 879 Louis II, the stutterer, King of France (877-79), dies 877 Charles II the Kale, King of France/Roman emperor (875-77), dies at 54 876 Louis the German, King of East France Empire (833-76), dies 875 Louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50 856 Hrabanus Maurus, East France, archbishop of Mainz, dies 846 Louis II, the Stutterer, King of France, 877-79 843 Treaty of Verdun: Brothers Lotharius I, Louis the German and Charles the Bare divide France 823 Charles II, the Bald, King of France, 843-77, emperor, 875-77 823 Pope Peschalis I crowns Lotharius I, co-emperor of France 804 Alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69 768 Pippin III, the short, King of France, dies at 53 754 Pope Stephen II, III, makes Pippin de Korte, King of France 732 Battle at Tours: France under Karel Martel beat Moors 714 Pippin II, of Heristal, Duke/prince of France, dies 561 Chlotarius I, king of the France (558-61), dies at about 61 558 Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 524 Chlodomer, King of the France to Orleans, dies at about 29 524 Battle at Vezerone: Burgundy beats France 524 Chlodomir, king of the France to Orleans (511-24), dies at about 28 511 Clovis, 1st King of France, dies at about 45 511 Clovis, king of Salische France/founder of Merovingische, dies at 45 |
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