2015 Event France and the U.K. agree to share responsibility for taking in immigrants fleeing Syria and other conflict-ridden nations; France agrees to accept 24,000 people over the next two years, and the U.K. will accept 20,000 2015 Event Airplane debris is found off the coast of France's Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean; officials believe the debris is from a Boeing 777 and may be part of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared over a year ago without a trace 2015 Event UNESCO has added new sites to its World Heritage list, including the regions of Champagne and Burgundy in France, both Susa and the cultural setting of Maymand in Iran, and the Singapore Botanical Gardens, among others 2015 Event France has outlawed the hiring of models who do not meet new Body Mass Index (BMI) minimums for a certain period of time before and during a modeling job; the law aims to prevent promotion of anorexia among models and people who emulate them 2015 Event Ukraine and Russia negotiate a ceasefire with the support of Germany and France; the agreement calls for an end to fighting, removal of large artillery from the sites of conflict, and greater independence for eastern Ukraine 2015 Event Over 3.5 million people in Paris and across France stage unity rallies to protest the recent Islamist terrorist attack on the offices of French satire magazine 'Charlie Hebdo'; the rallies carry the theme 'Je Suis Charlie' (I am Charlie) 2015 Event Pope Francis appoints 20 new cardinals from a diverse array of nations, including Vietnam, New Zealand, Ethiopia, Tonga, Mexico, Myanmar, Uruguay, France and Thailand; three-fourths of the cardinals will have authority to vote on a papal successor 2014 Event Flight schedules will return to normal at Air France by September 30th after the pilots' union agreed to end a strike that began on September 15th; negotiations to settle contested issues are still ongoing 2014 Event French judicial officials are investigating IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde for her alleged role in fraudulent payments during her time as France's finance minister; LaGarde believe that the charges are unfounded 2014 Event 29-year-old Italian cyclist Vincenzo Nibali wins the Tour de France, becoming the first winner from Italy in 16 years; the victory makes Nibali one of only six cyclists to have won the Grand Tours of Italy, Spain and France 2014 Event Iran balks at the terms for peaceful nuclear development suggested by Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia, and the United States; the nations hope to reach a deal by July 20th; in exchange, sanctions against Iran will be removed 2014 Event World leaders gather in France to mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day; Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko and others concerning the need to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine 2014 Event Holcim Ltd of Switzerland and Lafarge SA of France, the two largest cement companies, are making plans to merge 2013 Event Saudi Arabia's government agrees to give Lebanon $3 billion to strengthen Lebanon's army and purchase weapons from France 2013 Event A report in Le Monde prompts the Foreign Minister of France, Laurent Fabius, to summons the U.S. ambassador over allegations that the U.S. spied on millions of French phone conversations 2013 Event A ban on fracking is upheld by the Constitutional Council of France 2013 Event France drafts a resolution for the Syrian government to turn over its stockpiles of chemical weapons in 15 days 2013 Event Britain, France and Germany close embassies in Yemen; Canada closes its embassy in Bangladesh; the U.S. closes 22 embassies in the Middle East and North America due to intelligence of an impending Al-Qaeda attack 2013 Event In one of the largest jewelry heists in recent years, nearly 103 million euros in diamonds and other jewels were stolen from the Carlton Intercontinental Hotel diamond show in Cannes, France 2013 Event British cyclist Chris Froome wins his first time competing in the 2013 Tour de France 2013 Event Sabine Lisicki of Germany is defeated at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships; Marion Bartoli of France wins the Ladies' Singles Final, earning her first Grand Slam singles title 2013 Event In Corsica, cycling begins the 100th running of the Tour de France 2013 Event In France, the Airbus A350 XWB makes its maiden flight from the Toulouse Blagnac Airport 2013 Event The sixth straight quarter of recession is announced by the Eurozone; Germany reports weak growth and negative growth is recorded in Spain, Italy and France 2013 Event Three months after $50 million in diamonds is stolen at the Brussels Airport, more than 24 people in France, Switzerland and Belgium were detained, and a significant stash of the diamonds and stash recovered 2013 Event Unemployment in France reaches a record level of 3.22 million people 2013 Event In France, an amended bill legalizing same-sex marriage is passed, opening the door for Francois Holland to promulgate it 2013 Event In Paris, hundreds of thousands of people protest the legalization of same-sex marriage in France; the protest turns violent after access to the Champs-Elysees is denied 2013 Event France's former President, Nicolas Sarkozy is investigated over claims of illegal donations made by Liliane Bettencourt of L'Oreal, the country's richest woman 2013 Event Representatives from the U.S., China, Germany, France, Russia and the U.K., discuss Iran's nuclear program with Iranian officials 2013 Event Nestle removes its beef pasta meals from supermarkets in France, Spain and Italy after tests confirm the food giant has products contaminated with horsemeat 2013 Event The famous painting, 'Liberty Leading the People' by Eugene Delacroix, commemorating the July Revolution of 1830 is vandalized while on loan to the Louvre-Lenz museum in Lens, France 2013 Event Germany, France, and nine other countries within the EU await approval from EU Finance Ministers to institute the Tobin tax, a tax on financial transactions 2013 Event After stripping Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France Titles, the IOC takes away the cyclist's bronze medal from the 2000 Summer Olympics; he was found guilty of doping 2012 Event The Constitutional Council of France strikes down a plan to impose a 75 percent marginal income tax rate on the wealthy, calling the 'supertax' unconstitutional and unfair 2012 Event Former award-winning cyclist, American Lance Armstrong, is banned for life from participating in International Cycling Union-sanctioned events and stripped of his seven Tour de France titles based on the findings of a systematic doping investigation 2012 Event Following severe floods in southern France, hundreds of pilgrims are evacuated from the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes 2012 Event A new wing dedicated to Islamic art is opened at the Musee du Louvre in Paris, France; the area contains 3,000 from the seventh to the 19th century 2012 Event After his decision not to context charges of doping by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, Lance Armstrong learns the organization has banned him for life and recommended he be stripped of his record seven Tour de France titles 2012 Event Lance Armstrong, the seven-time Tour de France winner, announces he will not contest the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency charges of doping, a result of which will include being stripped of all of his tour de France victories 2012 Event President of France, Francois Holland finalizes a deal with Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara to forgive $4.7 billion dollars in debt incurred by the Ivory Coast when it was a French Colonial Power 2012 Event After placing first in the 2012 Tour de France, Bradley Wiggins becomes the first British cyclist to win the famous competition 2012 Event France O'Grady is appointed the first female General Secretary by Britain's Trade Union Congress 2012 Event In an attempt to restore profitability, Air France announces plans to cut over 5,000 jobs by the end of 2013 2012 Event In France, voters participate in a legislative election, with the Socialist Party winning a majority 2012 Event The newly-elected President of France, Francois Hollande, makes a surprise visit to see the French troops in Afghanistan 2012 Event France swears in Francois Hollande, the 24th President of France 2012 Event In the second round of the French presidential election Francois Hollande is elected President of France 2012 Event The President of France, Niclas Sarkozy, announces a plan to cut immigration to France by 50 per cent 2012 Event In a retaliatory move against E.U. sanctions, Iran stops all exports to France and the United Kingdom 2012 Event Moody's Investor's Service issues a negative outlook for the credit ratings for Austria, France and the United Kingdom 2011 Event Jacques Chirac, former President of France, is declared guilty of embezzlement and violating trust for filling non-existent jobs with party members while serving as Mayor of Paris 2011 Event France's three biggest banks, Credit Agricole, BNP Paribas and Societe Generale, are downgraded by Moody's credit rating agency 2011 Event Reports indicate the credit ratings agency Standard & Poors will review 15 nations for possible downgrades, including France and Germany 2011 Event In Auckland, New Zealand, France defeats Wales 9-8 in the 2011 Rugby World Cup 2011 Event Cyclist Alberto Contador wins the 2010 Tour de France while seven-time winner of the event, Lance Armstrong, makes his final appearance 2011 Event In Bordeaux, France, and elderly woman becomes the first person to die from the recent e.coli outbreak 2011 Event Following the resignation of Dominique Strass-Kahn, France finance minister Christine Lagarde becomes the new head of the International Monetary Fund 2011 Event The E.coli strain that caused 46 deaths in Germany reportedly resurfaced in france, with eight people hospitalized in Bordeaux 2011 Event In France, a law banning wearing the burqa and hijab goes into effect 2010 Event In a new deal, France is contracted to build two warships for Russia 2010 Event Qantas, British Airways, Japan Airlines, Air France and seven other carriers were fined millions of euros for fixing the price of air cargo between 1999 and 2006 2010 Event In France, over 200 protests occur in as part of the 2010 strikes to fight against plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62 2010 Event An 4.5 magnitude earthquake strikes offshore of Oleron, France; no casualties are reported 2010 Event Trade unions in France launch a round of strikes in response to President Sarkozy's plan to lift the pension age to 62 2010 Event Planes return to the air in Germany, France and Italy after being grounded by ash clouds from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano 2010 Event The widow of Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, Agathe Habyarimana, is arrested in France - accused of helping plan the 1994 genocide 2009 Event Dozens are killed and injured when wildfires spread across France, Spain, Sardinia and Greece 2009 Event En route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Paris, Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic ocean, killing all 228 on board 2008 Death Yves Saint Laurent, dies in Paris, France at 71 2007 Death Marcel Marceau, dies at 84, at his home in Cahours, France 2007 Death Abbe Pierre, dies in Paris, France, following a lung infection, at 94 2006 Event Italy wins the World Cup 5-3 vs. France 2005 Event First human face transplant is performed in France 2005 Event Lance Armstrong retires after winning his 7th straight Tours de France 2005 Event Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse, France 1997 Event Jana Novotna (Czechoslovakia) beats Mary Pierce (France) in Chase Tennis Champ 1997 Event 35th Tennis Fed Cup: France beats Netherlands in Den Bosch Netherlands (4-1) 1997 Event Liberals beat Conservatives in France 1997 Death Pamela Harriman, U.S. Ambassador to France, dies of stroke at 76 1997 Death Peter Morris, historian of France, dies at 50 1996 Event 85th Davis Cup: France beats Sweden in Malmo (3-2) 1996 Death Michel Debre, Prime Minister of France in 1959 - 1962, dies 1996 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1996 Death Francois Mitterrand, President of France (1981-95), dies of cancer at 79 1995 Event Miguel Indurains wins his 5th Tour de France 1995 Death 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 Death Pierre Tisseyre, publisher (Circle du livre de France), dies at 85 1995 Death Rachid Mimouni, author, teacher at Ecole superieure du commerce, Algiers, wrote 'La Malediction', dies of hepatitis in Paris, France, at age 49 1994 Event French commando's terminate Air France hijacking in Marseille 1994 Event 4 Moslem fundamentalists capture Air France pilot in Algiers 1994 Death Antoine Pinay, Prime Minister of France 1952 - 1953, dies 1994 Death Guy Debord, born in Paris, France, filmmaker, hypergraphist, theorist, founding member of Lettrist International, Situationist International, dies at 63 1994 Event Miguel Indurain wins Tour de France 1994 Event Airbus A330 crash at Toulouse France, 7 killed 1994 Death Luis Ocana, Span cyclist (Tour de France 1973), commits suicide at 48 1994 Event "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult," released in France 1994 Event Chunnel linking England and France officially opens 1993 Event Miguel Indurain wins his 3rd Tour de France 1993 Event "Ce que femme veut", premieres in France 1993 Event "Tout capour ca!", premieres in France 1993 Death Pierre Beregovoy, Prime Minister of France 1992 - 1993, commits suicide at 67 1993 Death Maurice Bourges-Maunoury, Prime Minister of France 1957, dies 1993 Death Rene Pleven, Prime Minister of France 1950 - 1951, 1951 - 1952, dies 1992 Event Mud storm kills 30 in South France 1992 Event Heavy storm in South France, 34 die 1992 Death William France, founder (Daytona 500), dies at 82 1992 Death William France, founder (Daytona 500), dies at 82 1992 Event Edith Cresson, France's 1st female premier, resigns 1992 Event 16th Winter Olympic games closes in Albertville, France 1992 Event 16th Winter Olympic games opens in Albertville, France 1991 Event 80th Davis Cup: France beats USA in Lyon (3-1) 1991 Event France deports Marlon's daughter Cheyenne Brando to Tahiti 1991 Death Piet van Est, The Vuurbal, bicylist (7x Tour de France), dies 1991 Event France beats U.S. by narrowest Ryder Cup margin - 14 to 13 1991 Event Miguel Indurain of Spain wins Tour de France bicycle race 1991 Event France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1991 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1991 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1991 Event Edith Cresson becomes France's 1st female premier 1991 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1990 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1990 Event England and France complete Chunnel 1990 Event Tour de France champion Greg LeMond visits White House 1990 Event France announce it will send 4,000 troops to Persian Gulf 1990 Event US, England, France, U.S.S.R., East and West Germanys sign agreements allowing 2 Germanys to merge 1990 Event Greg LeMond of U.S. wins his 3rd Tour de France 1990 Event Greg Lemond wins his 3rd Tour de France (90:43:20 avg 23.3 mph) 1990 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1990 Birthday Emma Watson, born in Paris, France, British actress, model, known for role as Hermione in 'Harry Potter' film series, earning her more than $10 million pounds 1990 Event U.S., England, France and England give Germany OK to reunify 1989 Event France TGV train reaches world record speed of 482.4 kph 1989 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1989 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1989 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1989 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1989 Event Greg LeMond wins Tour de France in fastest time 1989 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1988 Event France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island 1988 Event France performs nuclear test 1988 Event France performs nuclear test 1988 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1988 Event France performs nuclear test 1988 Event Pedro Delgado wins Tour de France 1988 Event France performs nuclear test 1988 Event Francois Mitterrand elected president of France 1988 Birthday Jordy, born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, French singer, guitarist, achieved Guinness Book of World Records as youngest singer with number one chart-topping hit, 'Dur dur d'etre bebe!', or, 'It's Tough to be a Baby', founded, tours, records with Jordy and the Dixies 1987 Event Digging begins to link England and France under English Channel 1987 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1987 Event France performs nuclear test 1987 Death Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (5x Tour de France), dies at 53 1987 Event France performs nuclear test 1987 Death Andre Masson, France, surrealist artist (Labyrinth), dies at 91 1987 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1987 Event Michael Pruffer of France skis 135.26 MPH at Portillo, Chile 1987 Event Yves Pol of France runs complete marathon backwards (3:57:57) 1987 Event France and Great Britain send minesweepers to Persian Gulf 1987 Event Stephen Roche wins Tour de France 1987 Event Iran and France breaks diplomatic relations 1987 Event Nazi Klaus Barbie, "Butcher of Lyon" sentenced to life in France 1987 Event "Little Shop of Horrors," released in France 1987 Event "Pee-wee's Big Adventure," released in France 1987 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1987 Event Pat Knauff, France sets 1-leg downhill ski speed record (115.012 mph) 1986 Event France performs nuclear test 1986 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1986 Event France performs nuclear test 1986 Event Greg Lemond is 1st American to win Tour de France 1986 Event France performs nuclear test 1986 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1986 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1986 Event France performs nuclear test 1986 Event Haiti's President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier flees to France Henri Namphy becomes leader of Haiti 1985 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1985 Event France premier confesses on attack of Rainbow Warrior 1985 Event Train crash at Flaujac, France: 35 killed 1985 Event Bernard Hinault wins his 5th and last Tour de France 1985 Event Bernard Hinault wins Tour de France 1985 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1985 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1984 Event France performs nuclear test 1984 Event France performs nuclear test 1984 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1984 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1984 Event Laurent Fignon wins Tour de France 1984 Event Pierre Mauroy resigns as premier of France 1984 Event France wins soccer's European Cup 1984 Event France performs nuclear test 1984 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1984 Event Centers for Disease Control says virus discovered in France causes AIDS 1983 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1983 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1983 Death Antonin Magne, French bicylist (won Tour de France 1931, 34), dies 1983 Event France performs nuclear test 1983 Event Laurent Fignon wins Tour de France 1983 Event France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1983 Event 8 killed, 54 wounded, by Armenian extremists bomb at Orly, France 1983 Event France invades Algeria 1983 Event "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life," released in France 1983 Event France performs nuclear test 1983 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1983 Event France performs nuclear test 1983 Event France throws out 47 Soviet diplomats 1983 Death Louison Bobet, French cyclist (Tour de France 1953-55), dies at 58 1983 Death Romain Maes, Belgian bicyclist (Tour de France 1935), dies at 70 1982 Event 71st Davis Cup: USA beats France in Grenoble (4-1) 1982 Death Pierre Mendes-France, premier France (1954-55), dies 1982 Event English ship Mary Rose, which sank during an engagement with France in 1545, raised at Portsmouth, England 1982 Event 46 kids and 7 adults die as 2 buses and several cars collide in France 1982 Event Car/bus collision near Beaune, France, 53 die 1982 Event Finland, Italy, Germany, Austria and France form American European Football Federation (AEFF) 1982 Event France performs nuclear Test 1982 Event France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1982 Death Taisen Deshimaru, founder of several Zen centers in France, dies at 67 1982 Event France performs nuclear test 1982 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1981 Event France performs nuclear test 1981 Event France performs nuclear test 1981 Event France performs nuclear test 1981 Event France performs nuclear test 1981 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1981 Event France performs nuclear test 1981 Event Prime Minister Maurois nationalizes banks/plane/steel industry in France 1981 Event Francois Mitterrand becomes president of France 1981 Event Francois Mitterrand defeats Valery Giscard d'Estang for President of France 1981 Event France performs nuclear test 1981 Event France performs nuclear test 1981 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1980 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1980 Event Vanuatu (New Hebrides) gains independence from Britain and France 1980 Event Joop Zoetemelk wins Tour de France 1980 Event Failed attack on Iran ex-premier Bakhtiar in Neuilly, France 1980 Event France performs nuclear test 1980 Event 1st papal visit to France since 1814 1980 Event France performs nuclear test 1980 Event France performs nuclear test 1980 Event France performs nuclear test 1980 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1980 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1980 Event Continuous traffic jam extends 176 km north of Lyons, France 1979 Event France performs nuclear Test 1979 Event France performs nuclear Test 1979 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1978 Event France performs nuclear test 1978 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1978 Event France performs nuclear test 1978 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1978 Birthday Audrey Tautou, born in Beaumont, France, actress, films include, 'Amelie', 'The Da Vinci Code', 'Coco Before Chanel', 'Priceless' 1978 Event France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1978 Event France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1978 Event Brittany separatists bomb Palace of Versailles in France 1978 Birthday Laetitia Casta, born in Pont-Audemer, France, model, actress, appeared in L'Oreal, Dior, Chanel campaigns, featured on 100 magazine covers, films include, 'Visage' 1978 Event France sends troops to Chad 1978 Event France performs nuclear test 1978 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1978 Event 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 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1977 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1977 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1977 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1977 Event Djibouti (Afars and Issas) claims Independence from France 1977 Death Claire Goll, journalist, writer, poet, wrote 'Poemes d'amour', 'Poemes de la jalousie', dies at 86 in Paris, France 1977 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1977 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1977 Event France releases Abu Daoud, a Palestinian suspected of involvement in massacre of Israeli athletes at 1972 Munich Olympics 1976 Event France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1976 Event Lucien van Impe wins Tour de France 1976 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1976 Event Raid on Entebbe-Israel rescues 229 Air France passengers 1976 Event Israel launches rescue of 103 Air France crew and passengers being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers 1976 Event Air France Airbus hijacked in Germany to Uganda 1976 Death J Anaya, Bolivian military/ambassador to France, murdered 1976 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1976 Birthday Laurent Gras, hockey forward, Team France 1998 1976 Event Supersonic Concorde, 1st commercial flights, by Britain and France 1975 Event France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island 1975 Birthday Sarah Pitkowski, Seclin France, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Koksijde 1975 Event Reunion Island stops printing stamps, France takes over production 1975 Birthday Patricia Spehar, Miss France Universe 1997 1975 Birthday Christobal Huet, hockey goalie, Team France 1998 1975 Birthday Jonathan Zwinkel, hockey forward, Team France 1998 1975 Event Comoros declare independence from France 1975 Birthday Francois Rozenthal, hockey forward, Team France 1998 1975 Birthday Maurice Rozenthal, hockey forward, Team France 1998 1975 Birthday Gregory DuBois, hockey defenseman, Team France 1998 1974 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1974 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1974 Event France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1974 Event France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1974 Event Eddy Merckx wins his 5th Tour de France 1974 Event France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1974 Birthday Anthony Mortas, hockey forward, Team France 1998 1974 Birthday Lea Ghirardi-Rubbi, Colombes France, tennis star, 1994 Futures NC 1973 Birthday Alexandra Fusai, St. Cloud France, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Szczecin 1973 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1973 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1973 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1973 Birthday Romane Bohringer, Pont-Sainte-Maxene France, actress, Savage Nights 1973 Event France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1973 Event France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Atoll un the Pacific 1973 Event Russian party leader Brezhnev visits France 1973 Event France recognizes North Vietnam 1973 Birthday Richard Aimonetto, hockey forward, Team France 1998 1972 Birthday Vanessa Paradis, France, model, Channel, actress, White Wedding 1972 Birthday Pierre Allard, hockey forward, Team France 1998 1972 Event France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1972 Event Eddy Merckx (Belgium) wins his 4th consecutive Tour de France 1972 Event 1st tour of Paul McCartney and Wings, France 1972 Birthday Fabrice L'Henry, hockey forward, Team France 1998 1972 Event Rock fall inside Vierzy Tunnel (France) causes 2 train crash; 107 die 1972 Birthday Sandrine Testud, born in Lyon, France, tennis star, 1993 Strasbourg 1972 Birthday Karl DeWolf, hockey defenseman, Team France 1998 1971 Birthday Jade Jagger, Paris, France, daughter of Mick and Bianca Jagger 1971 Event France performs nuclear test 1971 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1971 Event Eddy Merckx wins his 3rd Tour de France 1971 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1971 Death Charles Vildrac, Paris France, poet/playwright, dies at 88 1971 Event Rolling Stones left England for France to escape taxes 1971 Event The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes 1971 Birthday Stephane Barin, hockey forward, Team France 1998 1970 Death Charles DeGaulle, general/president France (Free French), dies at 79 1970 Event Discotheque in Grenoble France burns, all exits padlocked and 142 die 1970 Event Fire on Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France, 144 die 1970 Death Edouard Daladier, premier of France (1933..40), dies at 86 1970 Birthday Julie Halard, born in Versailles, France, tennis star, 1995 Prague 1970 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1970 Event France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island 1970 Event France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1970 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1970 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1970 Birthday Alexia Dechaume-Ballert, La Rochelle, France, tennis star, 1992 Australia 1970 Birthday Arnaud Briand, hockey forward, Team France 1998 1970 Event 70 die in a snow crush (France) 1970 Birthday Guillaume Raoux, France, tennis star 1970 Event Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel killing 40 Belgian, French, and German youths (Val d'Isere, France) 1969 Event France's Une De Mai wins International Trot at Roosevelt Raceway Czechoslovakia (1st American to win cycling race title since 1912) 1969 Event Eddy Merckx wins Tour de France 1969 Event Georges Pompidou sworn in as president of France 1969 Birthday Cedric Pioline, born in Neuilly, France, tennis star, 1996 Coopenhagen 1969 Death Georges Pompidou, president of France, dies 1969 Birthday Jean-Chris. Filippin, hockey defenseman, Team France 1998 1969 Event Charles de Gaulle resigns as president of France 1969 Birthday Arnaud Boetsch, born in Meulam, France, tennis star, 1985 European Junior 1969 Birthday Katarzyna Nowak, Lodz Poland, tennis star, 1994 Futures France 1969 Event France begins arms embargo against Israel 1968 Birthday Francois Gravel, hockey goaltender, Team France 1998 1968 Event France refuses U.K. entry into common market 1968 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1968 Event France became world's 5th thermonuclear power, explodes on Mururoa 1968 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1968 Event Jan Janssen wins Tour de France: 1st Dutchman 1968 Event France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island 1968 Event Couve de Murville forms government in France 1968 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1968 Birthday Joseph Ouellet, hockey forward, Team France 1998 1968 Event 10th Winter Olympic games close at Grenoble, France 1968 Event Peggy Fleming wins Olympic figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France 1968 Event 10th Winter Olympic games opens in Grenoble, France 1967 Event SST prototype "Concorde" 1st shown (France) 1967 Birthday Alex Rousseau, Paris, France, U.S. water polo 2m Offense, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1967 Birthday Laurence Tremolet, Rodez France, actress, Cyclo, Metisse, 1967 Birthday Deborah Lee, Hamilton Ontario, LPGA golfer, 1989 National Amat France 1967 Event Catherine Lacoste becomes youngest (22), 1st foreigner (France) and 1st amateur to U.S. Women's open golf tournament 1967 Birthday Stephane Simian, born in France, tennis star 1967 Birthday Olivier Delaitre, Metz France, tennis star, 1991 Guaruja Doubles 1967 Birthday Sandrine Bonnaire, Clermont France, actress, Vagabond, Police 1967 Event French Somaliland (Djibouti) votes to continue association with France 1966 Birthday Phillipe Bozon, hockey forward, Team France 1998 1966 Event 1st major tidal power plant opens at Rance estuary, France 1966 Birthday Sophie Marceau, Paris, France, actress, Braveheart, L'Amour Braque 1966 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1966 Event France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island 1966 Death Paul Reynaud, premier France (1940), dies 1966 Birthday Isabelle Demongeot, Gassin France, tennis star 1966 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1966 Birthday David Hallyday, Boulougne France, actor, He's My Girl 1966 Event France performs nuclear Test at Fangataufa Island 1966 Birthday Irene Jacob, born in Suresnes, France, actress, famous for lead role in film 'The Double Life of Veronique', 'Three Colores: Red', considered one of the preeminent French actresses of her generation 1966 Event France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1966 Birthday Fab Morvan, France, Lip Syncher, Milli Vanilli 1966 Birthday Isabelle Pasco, born in France, actress, Ave Maria, model, Elle, Vogue 1966 Birthday Pascale Paradis-Mangon, born in France, tennis star 1966 Birthday Serge Poudrier, hockey defenseman, Team France 1998 1966 Birthday Nathalie Herreman, France, tennis star 1966 Birthday Serge Djelloul, hockey defenseman, Team France 1998 1966 Event France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1966 Birthday Christian Pouget, hockey forward, Team France 1998 1966 Death Vincent Auriol, President of France (1947-53), dies at 82 1965 Event 1st French satellite launched, France becomes 3rd nation in space 1965 Event France launches 1st satellite, 92 lb (42 kg) A1-capsule (Asterix) 1965 Birthday Roger Dube, hockey forward, Team France 1998 1965 Event France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1965 Birthday Brigitte Rouan, Toulon France, director/actress, Outremer 1965 Birthday Emmanuelle Beart, born in St. Tropez, France, actress, Manon of the Spring 1965 Birthday Emmanuelle Seigner, born in Paris, France, actress, The Smile 1965 Birthday Tom Stankowski, born in Paris, France, Nike golfer 1965 Event Mount Blanc Road tunnel between France and Italy opens 1965 Event France performs nuclear test at Ecker Algeria (Underground) 1965 Birthday Catherine Tanvier, France, tennis star 1965 Birthday Denis Perez, hockey defenseman, Team France 1998 1965 Event France performs Underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1965 Birthday Sylvie Guillem, France, ballerina, Royal Ballet 1965 Birthday Mathilda May, Paris, France, actress, Lifeforce 1965 Event France announces it will convert $150 million of its currency to gold 1965 Birthday Guy Forget, born in Casablanca, Morocco, professional tennis player, helped France with the 1991 and 1996 Davis Cup, served as France's Favid Cup team captain 1964 Birthday Beatrice Dalle, Breast France, actress, Betty Blue, Sabbath 1964 Event France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1964 Birthday Jean-Phil LeMoine, hockey defenseman, Team France 1998 1964 Birthday Miguel Indurain, Spanish bicyclist, Tour de France winner 1991-95 1964 Event Jacques Anquetil wins his 5th Tour de France 1964 Birthday Yeardley Smith, born in Paris, France, actress, writer, painter, known for role as Lisa Simpson on 'The Simpsons' animated television series, appeared on 'Dharma & Greg' sitcom 1964 Birthday Pierre Trentin, France, 1K time trials, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 1964 Birthday Lydie Denier, born in St. Nazaire, France, actress, General Hospital 1964 Birthday Juliette Binoche, born in Paris, France, actress, Unbearable Lightness 1964 Event Taiwan drops diplomatic relations with France 1964 Event France and Great Britain sign accord over building channel tunnel 1963 Birthday Steve Ave, St. Germain Enlay France, U.S. 1500m runner 1963 Event France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1963 Birthday Sophie Favier, Lyon France, actress, Sans Interdits 1963 Birthday Thierry Tulasne, born in France, tennis star 1963 Birthday Henri Leconte, born in France, tennis player, French finalist 1988 1963 Death Camille Chautemps, premier France, dies 1963 Event France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1963 Event France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1962 Event Great Britain and France decide to jointly build Concorde 1962 Death Rene Coty, President of France, dies at 80 1962 Birthday Valerie Kaprisky, born in Paris, France, actress, Breathless, Public Woman 1962 Event France and Tunisia recover diplomatic relations 1962 Event Air France Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff from Paris, kills 130 1962 Birthday Andrew Donald Magee, Paris, France, PGA golfer, 1988 Pensacola Open 1962 Event Georges Pompidou becomes president of France 1962 Event Accords of Evian (Algeria) accepted by referendum in France 1962 Event Disarmament conference opens in Geneva without France 1962 Event France and Algerian Moslems negotiate truce to end 7 year war 1962 Birthday Jean-Marie Banos, Lavelanet France, Canada sabre, 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1962 Death Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57 1961 Event France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria 1961 Death Louis-Ferdinand Celine, born in Courbevoie, France, novelist, 'Journey to End of Night', dies in Paris, France, at age 67 1961 Birthday Greg LeMond, U.S. bicyclist, Tour de France winner-1986, 1989, 1990 1961 Event France performs nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds Algeria 1961 Death Max Hymans, WW II resistance fighter/Head of Air France, dies at 60 1961 Birthday Jean-Paul Banos, Lavelanet France, Canada sabre, 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1960 Event France performs nuclear test 1960 Event Ivory Coast claims independence from France 1960 Event Mauritania gains independence from France (National Day) 1960 Death Richard N Wright, U.S. author (Native son), dies at 52 in Paris France 1960 Event France grants Mauritania independence 1960 Event Mali, formerly French Sudan, declares independence from France 1960 Event Gabon gains independence from France, National Day 1960 Event Congo (formerly Congo/Brazzaville) declares Independence from France 1960 Event Central African Republic and Chad proclaim independence from France 1960 Event Chad declares Independence from France 1960 Event Ivory Coast, Cote d'Ivoore, gains independence from France 1960 Event Burkina (formerly Upper Volta) declares independence from France 1960 Event Niger gains independence from France 1960 Event Benin (Dahomey) gains independence from France 1960 Birthday Isabelle Boeri-Begard, born in France, foils, 1980 Olympics gold 1960 Event Madagascar (formerly Malagasy Rep) declares independence from France 1960 Event Madagascar gains independence of France 1960 Event Federation of Mali (& Senegal) becomes independent of France 1960 Birthday Yannick Noah, France, tennis player, French 1983 1960 Birthday Anne Parillaud, Paris, France, actress, Subway, Nikita, Innocent Blood 1960 Event French liner "France" launched 1960 Event France becomes 4th nuclear nation exploding an A-Bomb in Sahara 1960 Event Senegal declares independence from France 1960 Event France performs 1st nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds Algeria 1960 Event Chad declares independence from France 1960 Event Bank of France issues new franc, worth 20 cents 1960 Event French Cameroon gains independence from France 1959 Birthday Jean-Francois Clervoy, Longeville France, astronaut, STS-66, 84 1959 Event "Today" show goes abroard 1st time (Paris France) 1959 Event France Observator reports torture practice by French army in Algeria 1959 Birthday Pascal Barre, France, sprint relay team 1980 Olympics bronze 1959 Event Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as President of France's 5th Republic 1958 Event Charles De Gaulle wins 7 year term as 1st President of 5th Rep of France 1958 Event Upper Volta (now Bourkina Fasso) gains autonomy from France 1958 Birthday France St. Louis, ice hockey forward, Canada, 1998 Olympics 1958 Event Guinea (French Guinea) gains independence from France (National Day) 1958 Event France adopts constitution 1958 Event Guinea votes for independence from France 1958 Event Charly Gaul wins Tour de France 1958 Birthday Phillipe Boccara, born in Le Mans, France, U.S. sprint kayak 1996 Olympics 1958 Event Charles de Gaulle elected premier of France 1958 Birthday Carol Ficatier, Auscene France, playmate, December, 1985 1957 Event Felix Gaillard becomes premier of France 1957 Event Felix Gaillard forms government in France 1957 Birthday Clio Goldsmith, born in Paris, France, actress, Gift, Heat of Desire 1957 Birthday Claudie Andre-Deshays, France, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-24 1957 Birthday Leopold Eyharts, born in France, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-26, TM-28/27 1957 Event France returns Saar to becomes the 10th state of German Federal Rep 1956 Event England and France pull troops out of Egypt 1956 Event Britain and France land forces in Egypt 1956 Event Britain and France begin to bomb Egypt to reopen Suez Canal 1956 Event France intercept Moroccan plane, arrest Ben Bella 1956 Event France recognizes Tunisia's independence 1956 Event France raises tobacco tax 20% due to war in Algeria 1956 Event Tunisia gains independence from France 1956 Event Morocco gains independence from France (Anniversary of throne) 1956 Event Morocco tears up the Treaty of Fez, declares independence from France 1955 Birthday Yo-Yo, Massachusetts, Paris, France, world famous Chinese cellist 1955 Event Louison Bobet wins his 3rd Tour de France 1955 Event Mercedes racing car kills 77 at Le Mans, France 1955 Event Vienna Treaty: Brit, France, U.S. and U.S.S.R. restores Austria's independence 1955 Event U.S.S.R. signs peace treaty with France and Great Britain 1955 Event Gaullists lose elections in France 1955 Birthday Amschel Mayor James Rothschild, born in Paris, France, banker, joined family banking firm N M Rothschild & Sons, chief executive of Rothschild Asset Management 1955 Birthday Anne-Marie Palli, born in Ciboure, France, LPGA golfer, 1992 ShopRite 1955 Birthday Isabelle Huppert, born in Paris, France, actress, Cactus, Heaven's Gate 1954 Event France sends 20,000 soldiers to Algeria 1954 Birthday Bernard Hinault, French bicylist, Tour de France 1954 Event Britain, England, France and U.S.S.R. agree to end occupation of Germany 1954 Death Colette, writer, best-known for novel 'Gigi', which became a stage musical, dies at 81 in Paris, France 1954 Event Louison Bobet wins his 2nd Tour de France 1954 Event At Geneva, France agrees to independence of North and South Vietnam 1954 Event France grants Vietnam independence inside French Union 1954 Event U.S., Great Britain and France reject Russian membership in NATO 1954 Birthday Anicee Alvina, Paris, France, actress, Friends 1953 Event Rene Coty elected President of France 1953 Event France grants Laos' sovereignty 1953 Event Laos gains full independence from France 1953 Event U.S. government gives France $385 million for combat in Indo-China 1953 Event France closes jail on Devil Island 1953 Death Raoul Dufy, painter, Forcalquier, France 1953 Birthday Angelo Parisi, France, heavyweight judo, Gold Medal 1980 Olympics 1952 Birthday Andre-Michel Schub, Paris, France, pianist, Van Cliburn-1981 1952 Birthday Jan Raas, born in Heinkenszand, Zeeland, Dutch professional cyclist, won 10 stages in the Tour de France, won Amstel Gold Race five times 1952 Event Fausto Coppi wins Tour de France 1952 Birthday Jean Paul Gaultier, born in Arceuil, France, fashion designer, host of television series, 'Eurotrash', clothing line for Hermes 1952 Event Ice Dance Championship at Paris France won by Westwood and Demmy GRB 1951 Event Florence Chadwick becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel from England to France. It takes 16 hours and 19 minutes 1951 Event 1st Dutchman to win Tour de France (Wim Van Est) 1951 Birthday Michel Viso, France, cosmonaut 1951 Event France, West Germany and Benelux form European Steel and Coal Community 1951 Event Wages in France increase 11% 1950 Event Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia become Independent states in France Union 1950 Event Massive arrests of communists in France 1950 Event 2 Air France DC-4s crash near Bahrain, about 100 die 1950 Birthday Corrine Clery, born in Paris, France, actress, Moonraker, Yor 1950 Death 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 Birthday Miou-Miou, Paris, France, actress, Dog Day, My Other Husband 1950 Birthday Sylvette Miou-Miou, Paris, France, actress, Bottom Line, Menage 1949 Death 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 Event Georges Bidault elected president of France 1949 Birthday Michel Tognini, Vincennes France, astronaut, Soyuz TM-15, sk: STS-93 1949 Event Bao Dai's Republic of Vietnam gains independence from France 1949 Birthday Paloma Picasso, born in Paris, France, actress, Immoral Tales 1949 Birthday Philippe Petit, born in Nemours, France, juggler/aerialist 1949 Death C V France, dies at 80 1949 Event North Atlantic Treaty, pact signed by U.S., Britain, France and Canada 1948 Birthday Gerard Depardieu, France, actor, Get Out Your Handkerchiefs, Danton 1948 Birthday Stefanie Marrian, Paris, France, comedienne, Benny Hill Show 1948 Birthday Nathalie Baye, born in Mainneville, France, actress, Beau Pere, Honeymoon 1948 Birthday Rene Arnoux, born in France, formula-1 racer, 6th place-1980 1948 Birthday Jean-Pierre Haignere, France, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-17 1948 Birthday Claire Denis, born in Paris, France, actress, Boom Boom, Chocolat 1948 Event France and Great Britain and Benelux sign Treaty of Brussels 1947 Birthday Jonathan Kaplan, Paris, France, director, Heart Like a Wheel 1947 Event Military coup discovered in France 1947 Birthday Bernard Giraudeau, born in La Rochelle, France, actor, L'Annee des Meduses 1947 Birthday Dominique Sanda, born in Paris, France, actress, 1900, First Love 1947 Birthday Patrick Dewaere, PJMH Bordeaux, France, actor, Les Valseuses 1947 Event Vincent Aurial elected president of France 1947 Birthday Juliet Berto, Grenoble France, actress, Le Sex Shop 1946 Birthday Peter Morris, historian of France 1946 Birthday Mirelle Mathieu, born in Acignon, France, singer, So Ein Schoner Abend 1946 Event Georges Bidault elected premier of France 1946 Event Syria gains independence from France 1946 Birthday Brigitte Fossey, born in Tourcoing, France, actress, Man Who Died Twice 1946 Event France recognizes Vietnam statehood within Indo-Chinese federation 1946 Birthday Andre Dussollier, Annecy France, actor, 3 Men and a Cradle 1945 Birthday Rick Grech, Bordeaux France, rock bassist, Blind Faith, Traffic 1945 Event France (PC/PS/MRP win parliamentary election (25/24/23%) 1945 Event Women in France allowed to vote for 1st time 1945 Death Pierre Laval, former premier of Vichy France, executed at 62 1945 Birthday Marielle Goitschel, Ste Maxime France, alpine skier, Olympics gold 64 1945 Event Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independence from France (National Day) 1945 Event U.S., U.S.S.R., England and France sign Treaty of London 1945 Birthday Catherine Lacoste, born in Paris, France, golfer, U.S. Women's Open 1967 1945 Birthday Eddy Merckx, Belgium, cyclist, 5 time winner of Tour de France 1945 Event U.S., U.K., U.S.S.R., France declare supreme authority over Germany 1945 Event U.S., Russia, England and France agree to split occupied Germany 1945 Event Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WW II, arrested for treason 1945 Birthday Catherine Spaak, born in France, actress, Libertine, Hotel, Circle of Love 1945 Event British Premier Winston Churchill visits France 1945 Event France joins the UN 1944 Birthday Coluche, Michel Colucci, France, comedian, My Best Friend's Girl 1944 Event Canadian troops liberate Abbeville, France 1944 Event France 2nd Tank division under General Leclerc reaches Notre Dame 1944 Event Allied troops capture Marseilles, France 1944 Event General de Gaulle returns to France 1944 Event Klaus Barbie, Gestapo head of Lyon France leaves for Auschwitz 1944 Event Hitler routes 4 division of South France to Normandy 1944 Event U.S. 8th Army corp occupies Coutances France 1944 Birthday Daniel Morelon, born in France, 1K speed skater, Gold Medals 1968, 1972 Olympics 1944 Event British premier Winston Churchill flies to France, meets Montgomery 1944 Event Bomber Command drop 2,572 tons of bombs on Caen, France 1944 Event U.S. General Patton lands in France 1944 Event Cherbourg, France liberated by Allies 1944 Event General Charles de Gaulle lands at Courselles, France 1944 Event Nazi murders in Oradour-sur-Glane, France 1944 Event D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France 1944 Birthday Jean-Pierre Leaud, Paris, France, actor, Detective 1944 Event Jewish nursery at Izieu-Ain France overrun by Nazis 1944 Event 1,000 Jews leave Drancy France for Auschwitz Concentration Camp 1944 Event General Eisenhower postpones South France invasion until after Normandy 1944 Birthday Marie-Christine Barrault, born in Paris, France, actress, Stardust Memories 1943 Event France transfers most of her powers in Lebanon to Lebanese government 1943 Event France arrests government of Lebanon 1943 Birthday Jean-Claude Killy, born in Saint-Cloud, France, French alpine skiier, 3 Gold Medals 1968 Olympics 1943 Birthday Johnny Halliday, born in Cite Malesherbes, France, Jean-Philippe Smet, actor, singer, 48-year music career, compared to Elvis Presley 1943 Birthday Claudine Auger, Miss France, 1958, actress, Thunderball 1943 Birthday Herve Villechaize, France, "Da Plane! Da Plane!", Fantasy Island 1942 Birthday Francoise Durr, France, tennis player, 1976 U.S. indoor Doubles 1942 Event During WW II Germany completes their occupation of France 1942 Event Jews in Free Zone of France ordered to wear yellow star of David 1942 Birthday Jean-Luc Ponty, France, fusion violinist, Frank Zappa 1942 Event 4,000 Canadian and British soldiers killed raiding Dieppe, France 1942 Event U.S. bombers staged 1st independent raid on Europe attack Rouen, France 1942 Event Eric Nessler of France stays aloft in a glider for 38h21m 1942 Birthday Claudine Auger, Paris, France, Miss France, 1958, actress, Thunderball 1942 Event 1st RSHA-transport from France arrives in camp Birkenau 1942 Birthday Francoise Dorleac, born in Paris, France, actress, That Man From Rio 1942 Birthday Claudine Longet, France, former Mrs. Andy Williams/singer 1941 Event Free France under Admiral Muselier occupies St-Pierre et Miquelon 1941 Event Lebanon gains independence from France 1941 Death Jan L G "Yvan" Doornik, Dutch resist fighter in France, executed at 36 1941 Birthday Jacques Perrin, Paris, France, actress, Cinema Paradiso, 317th Platoon 1941 Birthday Richard Bohringer, Paris, France, actor, Diva, I Married a Shadow 1940 Event France Vichy government proclaims end to Jewish status 1940 Event 4 teens, following their dog down a hole near Lascaux France discover 17,000-year-old drawings now known as Lascaux Cave Paintings 1940 Event Generalissimo Gamelin arrested in France 1940 Birthday Alain Calmat, France, figure skater 1964 Olympic silver 1940 Death Henri Desgrange, French cyclist/founder (Tour de France), dies at 75 1940 Event Diplomatic relations broken between Britain and Vichy government in France 1940 Event Adolf Hitler views Eiffel tower and grave of Napoleon in France 1940 Event France signs an armistice with Italy during WW II 1940 Event France falls to Nazi Germany; armistice signed, France disarms 1940 Event France asks Germany for terms of surrender in WW II 1940 Event France surrenders to Hitler, German troops occupy Paris 1940 Event Italy declares war on France and Britain during WW II 1940 Event Battle of France begins in WW II 1940 Event In WW II, Germans capture Ostend and Ypres in Belgium and Lille in France 1940 Event German tanks reach Atrecht France 1940 Event Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium and begins invasion of France 1940 Event German armour division moves into Northern France 1940 Birthday Mireille Darc, Toulo,n France, actor, Week End, Hurried Man 1940 Event Nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Muese River 1940 Event Mussolini joins Hitler in Germany's war against France and Britain 1940 Birthday Joanna Miles, born in Nice, France, actress, Cross Creek, Delta County USA 1939 Birthday Tomas Svoboda, born in Paris, France, Czechoslovakian composer, Etude 1939 Event Adolf Hitler denies he intends to go to war against France and Britain 1939 Event British Expeditionary Force reaches France 1939 Event Great Britain and France declare war on Germany after invasion of Poland 1939 Event Britain declares war on Germany. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada 1939 Birthday France Nuyen, born in Marseilles, France, actress, St. Elsewhere, Diamond Head 1939 Event Belgium Sylvere Maes wins 33rd Tour de France 1939 Event France turns over Sanjak of Alexandretta (Hatay) to Turkey 1939 Death Eugene Weldman, last guillotined in France 1939 Event 1st regular transatlantic airmail (New York to Marsseille France) 1939 Event Albert Lebrun elected president of France 1939 Event Britain and France agree to support Poland if invaded by Germany 1939 Birthday Bertrand Blier, born in Paris, France, novelist and director, Going Places 1939 Event France recognizes Franco's regime in Spain 1939 Event Spanish government flees to France 1939 Death William Butler Yeats, Irish poet (Nobel), dies in France at 73 1938 Birthday Bernadette Lafont, Nimes France, actress, Perils of Gwendoline 1938 Birthday Jean-Loup Jaques Marie Chretien, France, cosmonaut, T-6, TM-7, STS-86 1938 Birthday Jean-Claude Eloy, France, composer, Phenix 1938 Birthday Bernard Malivoire, born in France, cox pair 1952 Olympics gold 1938 Event 2nd government of Blum replaced by Daladier government in France 1938 Birthday Marina Vlady, born in Clichy, France, actress, Conjugal Bed, The Hunt 1938 Event Britain and France recognize Franco government in Spain 1937 Birthday Leo Lacroix, France, skier 1964 Olympic silver 1937 Death Gaston Doumergue, premier/president of France (1913..34), dies 1937 Event Leon Blum becomes premier of People's front government of France 1937 Event Duke of Windsor (Edward 8) weds Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson in France 1937 Birthday 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 Birthday Marie Dubois, Paris, France, actress, Wise Guys, Jules and Jim 1936 Birthday Michel Decoust, born in Paris, France, composer, conductor, studied with Pierre Boulez, teacher, founder, Pantin Conservatoire Municipal de Musique 1936 Birthday Mylene Demongeot, Nice France, actress, 3 Murderesses 1936 Birthday Gerard Masson, born in Paris, France, composer, studied in Cologne with Kalheinz Stockhausen 1936 Birthday Claude Brasseur, born in Paris, France, actor, Josepha, Pardon Mon Affair 1936 Event 1st British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France 1935 Birthday Alain Delon, France, actor, Honor Among Thieves, Return of Zorro 1935 Event Belgium's Romain Maes, wins Tour de France 1935 Birthday Francoise Sagan, born in Cajarc, France, novelist, Bonjour Trieste 1934 Death Raymond Poincare, premier/president France (1913-20), dies at 74 1934 Birthday Brigitte Bardot, born in Paris, France, sex kitten, And God Created Women 1934 Birthday Vinko Globokar, born in Anderny, France, composer, trombonist, experimental musician, avante-garde style 1934 Birthday Claude Berri, born in Paris, France, director, Le Sex Shop, L'Homme Blesse 1934 Birthday Philippe Entremont, born in Rheims, France, concert pianist 1934 Birthday Philippe Entremont, born in France, pianist/conductor, Vienna Chamber Orchestra 1934 Birthday Christopher France, British permanent secretary, Department of Health 1934 Event France hit by a general strike against fascists and royalists 1934 Birthday Edithe Cresson, premier of France, 1991-92 1934 Birthday Jacques Anquetil, France, Tour de France bicycle racer, 5-time winner 1933 Event Paris express train derails and kills 160, injures 300 (France) 1933 Birthday Roman Polanski, born in Paris, France, director, Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown 1933 Event Air France forms 1933 Event 28th Davis Cup: Great Britain beats France in Paris (3-2) 1933 Birthday Jean Boiteux, born in France, 400m freestyle swimmer 1952 Olympics gold 1933 Birthday Jean-Paul Belmondo, born in Paris, France, actor, Casino Royale, Magnifique 1933 Birthday James Goldsmith, Paris, France, corporate raider, Referendum Party 1933 Birthday Emanuel Ungaro, France, fashion designer, Neiman-Marcus Award-1969 1933 Birthday Jean-Marie Straub, France, director, Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach 1933 Birthday Capucine, Germaine Lefebvre, Toulon France, actress, Pink Panther 1932 Event France signs non-agression pact with Soviet Union 1932 Event U.S.S.R. and France sign no attack treaty 1932 Event France and U.S.S.R. signs not-attack treaty 1932 Birthday Stephane Audran, Versailles France, actress, Just Before Nightfall 1932 Birthday Louis Malle, France, director, Atlantic City, Black Moon, Viva Maria 1932 Birthday Jean-Pierre Cassel, Paris, France, actor, Trout 1932 Event 27th Davis Cup: France beats USA in Paris (3-2) 1932 Event Great Britain and France sign peace treaty 1932 Event Edouard Herriot becomes premier of France 1932 Event Senate chairman Albert Lebrun becomes president of France 1932 Death Paul Doumer, President France (1931-32), assassin by Russia's Paul Gargalov 1932 Death Aristide Briand, 11 x premier of France (Nobel 1926), dies at 69 1932 Event Andre Tardieu becomes premier of France 1932 Birthday Jean-Pierre Ponnele, Paris, France, opera director, Carmina Burana 1932 Birthday Caterina Valente, Paris, France, singer, Entertainers 1932 Event France's Laval government falls 1931 Birthday Guy Debord, born in Paris, France, filmmaker, hypergraphist, theorist, founding member of Lettrist International, Situationist International 1931 Birthday Annie Giradot, Paris, France, actress, Gypsy, Jacko and Lise 1931 Event France and U.S.S.R. sign neutrality/no attack treaty 1931 Event France announces they can't afford to send a team to 1932 LA olympics 1931 Birthday Leslie Caron, born in Boulogne-Biliancourt, France, actress, Lili, Father Goose 1931 Event French "St. Philbert" overturns off St. Nazaire France, drowns 450 1931 Birthday Jacques Demy, born in France, director, Lola, Magic Donkey 1931 Birthday Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., born in Paris, France, Representative-R-Connecticut 1969 - 1971, Senator-R-Connecticut 1971 - 1989, Governor-D-Connecticut 1991 - 1995 1931 Event Paul Doumer elected president of France 1931 Event Charlie Chaplin receives France's distinguished Legion of Honor 1930 Birthday Jean-Louis Trintignant, France, actor and director, Man and a Woman, Z 1930 Birthday Gerard Blain, Paris, France, actor, Hatari 1930 Birthday Phillipe Leroy, Paris, France, actor, Night Porter, Leonardo da Vinci 1930 Event British airship crashes in storm at Beauvais France, 48 die 1930 Birthday Philippe Noiret, Lille France, actor, Soleil, Les Milles, Il Postino 1930 Birthday Michel Rocard, Courbevoie France, Prime Minister of France 1930 Event Andre Leducq wins Tour de France 1930 Birthday Claude Chabrol, born in Paris, France, director, Les Cousins, Ophelia 1930 Birthday Genevieve, born in Paris, France, singer, Jack Paar Show, Scruples 1930 Birthday Amelia Rosselli, born in Paris, France, poet, of Italian origin, daughter of political activist Carlo Rosselli, worked in Italy as a poet and literary translator, wrote prose in English, French and Italian, major work, 'Spazi metrici' 1930 Birthday Lorin Maazel, born in Neuilly, France, conductor, NBC Symphony Orchestra 1941 1929 Event Aristide Briand becomes premier of France 1929 Event Belgium Maurice Dewaele wins Tour de France 1929 Birthday Jean Baudrillard, born in France, cultural theorist, philosopher, photographer, known for his concept of hyper-reality 1929 Birthday 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 Death Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France (WW I), dies at 77 1929 Birthday Regine Crespin, Marseilles France, operatic soprano 1928 Event France's 5th government of Poincare forms 1928 Birthday Christian d'Oriola, France, foils, Gold Medals 1952, 1956 Olympics 1928 Birthday Pierre Olaf, Cauderan France, actor, Kraft Music Hall 1928 Birthday Evan G. Galbraith, born in Ohio, United States Ambassador to France under President Ronald Regan, investment banker 1928 Birthday Jean-Marie le Pen, born in France, leader, National Front party 1928 Birthday Jean-Francois Pailliard, Vitry-le-Francois France, conductor 1928 Birthday Roger Vadim, born in France, director, And God Created Women, Barbarella 1928 Birthday Jeanne Moreau, born in Paris, France, actress, Going Places, Jules and Jim 1927 Event 22nd Davis Cup: France beats USA in Philadelphia (3-2) 1927 Birthday Simone Veil, President European parliament, France 1927 Birthday Jacques Bergerac, France, actor, Gigi, Les Girls, Thunder in Sun 1927 Birthday Maurice Ronet, born in Nice, France, actor, Frantic, Sphinz, Circle of Love 1927 Birthday Hubert de Givenchy, Beauvais France, fashion designer, Audrey Hepburn 1927 Birthday Maurice Bejart, France, ballet choreographer, Rite of Spring 1926 Event 21st Davis Cup: USA beats France in Philadelphia (4-1) 1926 Event U.S. defeats France for their 7th straight Davis Cup championship 1926 Birthday 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 Event France government of Poincare, forms 1926 Event 8th government of Briand van France forms 1926 Birthday Corinne Calvet, France, actress, Apache Uprising 1926 Event France and U.S. reach accord on repayment of WW I 1926 Birthday Jerry Lewis, comedian and fund raiser, MDA, loved in France 1926 Birthday Robert Clary, born in Paris, France, actor, LeBeau-Hogan's Heroes 1926 Event Suzanne Lenglen defeats Helen Wills in Tennis at Cannes France 1926 Birthday Paul Bocuse, France, great chef, Legion of Honor 1926 Birthday Valery Giscard d'Estaing, President of France, 1974-81 1925 Birthday Michel Piccoli, Paris, France, actor, Topaz, Peril, May Fools 1925 Event 20th Davis Cup: USA beats France in Philadelphia (5-0) 1925 Birthday Denise Darcel, Paris, France, actress, Dangerous When Wet 1925 Event Beirut sultan Pasja al-Atrasj calls Druzen for holy war against France 1925 Event Spain and France fight Morocco 1925 Birthday Corinne Calvet, born in Paris, France, actress, Phantom of Hollywood 1925 Birthday Pierre Boulez, born in Montbrison, France, composer and conductor, Visage Nuptial 1925 Birthday Louison Bobet, French cyclist, Tour de France 1953-55 1925 Event German Minister Stresemann proposes security treaty with France 1924 Death Anatole France, Jacques Thibault, writer (Ecrivain Francais), dies 1924 Death Anatole France, writer, dies at 80 1924 Birthday Maurice Jarre, Lyons France, composer, Dr. Zhivago-Academy Award 1966 1924 Birthday Jean Le Poulain, Marseille, France, actor, Divine 1924 Event France begins retracting troops out of Ruhrgebied 1924 Birthday Georges Pratre, Waziers France, conductor, New York Met 1924 Birthday Christine Goitschel, born in France, slalom 1964 Olympic gold 1924 Event 8th Olympic games open at Paris, France 1924 Birthday Renee Jeanmaire, Paris, France, dancer, Hans Christian Anderson 1924 Event 1st Winter Olympic games close at Chamonix France 1924 Event 1st Winter Olympic games open in Chamonix, France 1924 Birthday Yvonne Loriod, Houilles France, pianist 1923 Birthday Noel Vandernotte, France, cox, Olympic-bronze-1936 1923 Birthday Marcel Marceau, born in Strasbourg, France, mime artist and actor 1923 Birthday Andre Courreges, born in France, fashion designer, introduced the miniskirt 1923 Birthday Piero J d'Inzeo, born in France, equestrian show jumper, Olympic gold in 1952, 1964 1922 Birthday Micheline Ostermeyer, France, shot-put/discus thrower, 2 Gold Medals 1948 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1948 Olympics 1922 Birthday Gerard Philipe, Cannes France, actor, Caligula, Le Diable au Corps 1922 Birthday Alain Robbe-Grillet, France, novelist, Voyeur 1922 Birthday Pierre Cardin, Paris, France, fashion designer, Unisex 1922 Birthday Jean-Pierre Rampal, Louis, Marseilles France, flutist 1922 Birthday Alain Resnais, born in France, director, Providence, Hiroshima, Mon Amour 1922 Birthday M. Alain Resnais, born in Vannes, France, director, Melo, I Want to Go Home 1922 Event U.S., U.K., France, Italy and Japan sign Washington naval arms limitation 1922 Birthday Jean-Pierre [Louis] Rampal, Marseilles France, flautist 1921 Event U.S., France, Japan and British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty 1921 Birthday Yves Montand, France, actor/singer, Z, Napoleon, Grand Prix 1921 Event Belgium's Leon Scieur wins Tour de France 1921 Birthday Gerard Debreu, France, economist, Nobel 1983 1921 Event Bessie Coleman reaches France as U.S. 1st black pilot 1921 Birthday Daniel Gelin, Angers France, Maria Schneider's dad, actor, Obsession 1921 Birthday 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 Event Alexander Millerand elected president of France 1920 Event France creates Lebanon 1920 Death Eugenie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Emperor of France, dies at 94 1920 Birthday Francois Jacob, born in France, biologist/bacteriologist, Nobel 1965 1920 Birthday Martine Carol, Maryse Mopurer, Saint-Mande France, actress, Nana 1920 Birthday Eric Rohmer, born in Nancy, France, actor, 6 in Paris, Collector, Perceval 1920 Birthday Stan Ockers, Belgian bicyclist, Tour de France 1955, 56 1920 Event France occupies (German) Memel territory 1920 Birthday Pierre Jonqueres d'Oriola, France, equest jumper, Gold Medal 1952, 1964 Olympics 1920 Birthday George Breakston, Paris, France, actor and director, Jungle Stampede 1920 Event Paul Deschanel elected president of France 1920 Birthday Georges Marchal, Nancy France, actor, Evil Eden, Gina, Milky Way 1919 Event Treaty of Versailles ending WW I signed in France 1919 Birthday Louis Jourdan, Marseilles France, actor, Gigi, Can-Can, Madame Bovary 1919 Event General steel strike in France 1919 Event Paris Peace Conference disposes of German colonies; German East Africa is assigned to Britain and France, German SW Africa to South Africa 1919 Event Reds hire Pat Moran as manager as Christy Mathewson, is still in France with U.S. Army 1919 Event WW I Peace Congress opens in Versailles, France 1918 Event Wilson, becomes 1st to make a foreign visit as president (France) 1918 Birthday Gerard Souzay, Angers France, baritone, Le Nozze di Figaro 1918 Event President Wilson sails for Versailles Peace Conference in France, 1st chief executive to travel outside U.S. while in office 1918 Event 7 U.S. soldiers are surrounded by Germans in France, Alvin York is given command and shoots 20 Germans and captures 132 more 1918 Event Ferdinand Foch becomes marshal of France 1918 Event German armies retreat across Marne River in France (WW I) 1918 Event 1st airplane bombing raid by an American unit, France 1918 Birthday Suzanne Flon, Paris, France, actress, One Deadly Summer, Moulin Rouge 1917 Death William Smith, British deserter in France, executed at 20 1917 Birthday Jean-Pierre Melville, Paris, France, director, A Cop 1917 Event British assault on Broodseinde, France 1917 Event British assault on Menin-street, France 1917 Event British assault on Polygon-forest, France 1917 Death Herbert Morris, Jamaican deserter in France, executed at 17 1917 Event 1st U.S. Expeditionary Force arrive in France during WW I 1917 Birthday Danielle Darrieux, France, actress, Alexander the Great, Mayerling 1917 Birthday Mile Yvette Chauvire, born in France, ballerina assoluta, Sleeping Beauty 1917 Event Vimy Ridge France stormed by Canadian troops 1916 Birthday Suzy Delair, Paris, France, actress, Utopia, White Paws 1916 Event Joseph Joffre becomes marshal of France 1916 Death P Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist (Economist France), dies at 73 1916 Birthday Guy Lapebie, France, 100K cyclist 1936 Olympics silver 1916 Event Ft. Vaux, Verdun, reconquered by France 1916 Birthday Francois Mitterand, Jarnac France, President of France, 1981-95 1916 Event 1st tank used in war, "Little Willies" at Battle of Flors, France 1916 Event France battles at Fort Douaumont 1916 Birthday Pierre Messmer, PM, France 1916 Event German colony of Cameroon surrenders to Britain and France 1916 Birthday Henri Dutilleux, Angers France, composer 1915 Event Aristide Briand becomes premier of France 1915 Event Italy secretly signes Pact of London with Britain, France and Russia 1915 Birthday Thomas Merton, born in France, Trappist monk/poet/essayist, 7 Storey Mt 1914 Birthday Taisen Deshimaru, Saga City Japan, found several Zen centers in France 1914 Birthday 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 Event Great Britain and France and Russia declares war on Turkey 1914 Event Great Britain and France declare war on Turkey 1914 Event Gr Britain/France/Belgium/Russia sign pact of London 1914 Event General von Moltke ceases German advance in France 1914 Event General von Hausen and countess of France regime flees to Bordeaux 1914 Event German troops march into France pushes French army to the Sedan 1914 Event Bavarian troops kill 50 inhabitants of Nomeny France 1914 Event British field marshal John French and General Wilson land in France 1914 Event France declares war on Austria-Hungary, leading to WW I 1914 Event France declares war on Austria-Hungary 1914 Event Germany invades Belgium and declares war on France in WW I 1914 Event France and Germany mobilize 1914 Birthday Louis De Funes, born in Courbevoie, France, actor, I Tartassati, Fantomas 1914 Birthday Pierre A Balmain, France, fashion designer, 1940's "New Look" 1914 Birthday 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 Birthday Marguerite Duras, born in France, novelist and playwright, Sea Wall 1914 Birthday Claude Gallimard, France, publisher 1913 Birthday Jean Marais, Cherbourgh France, actor, Donkey Skin, Orpheus 1913 Birthday Jean Urruty, France, Jai-Alai champion 1913 Event 1st aerobatic maneuver, sustained inverted flight, performed in France 1913 Event Belgian Philippe Thys wins Tour de France 1913 Birthday Oleg Cassini, Paris, France, fashion designer, Jackie Kennedy 1913 Birthday Rene Clement, born in Bordeaux, France, director and writer, Is Paris Burning 1913 Event Raymond Poincare installed as president of France 1913 Event Raymond Poincare elected president of France 1913 Birthday Leon P Teisserenc de Bort, France, meteorologist 1912 Birthday Romain Maes, Belgian bicylist, Tour de France 1935 1912 Birthday Abbe Pierre, born in Lyon, France, French Catholic priest, founded Emmaus movement aiding poor, homeless, refugees 1912 Birthday Jean Francaix, Le Mans France, composer, Naked King 1912 Birthday Odette Hallowes, British classified agent in France, WW II 1912 Birthday Georges Franju, born in France, director, Judex, L'homme sans visage 1912 Birthday Hugues Panassie, French jazz saxophonist/author, Hot Club of France 1912 Birthday Michel J-P Debre, premier of France, 1959-62 1912 Event Raymond Poincare becomes premier of France 1912 Event Caillaux government in France resigns 1911 Event France and Germany signs treaty about Morocco and Congo 1911 Birthday Georges Pompidou, banker/premier/president France 1911 Event Joseph Caillaux forms government in France 1911 Birthday Simone Simon, born in France, actress, All Money Can Buy, Ladies in Love 1911 Birthday Albert Remy, born in Sevres, France, actor, Grand Prix, Gigot, Train 1910 Birthday Jean Genet, born in Paris, France, criminal/novelist/dramatist, The Blacks 1910 Event 1st test flight of a twin-engined airplane (France) 1910 Birthday Jacques-Baptise LeBrun, France, finn yachtsman 1932 Olympics gold 1910 Birthday Jean-Louis Barrault, Vesinet France, actor, Les Enfants du Paradis 1910 Birthday Jean Anouilh, born in France, dramatist, Thieves' Carnival 1910 Birthday Jacques-Yves Cousteau, France, oceanic explorer, Calypso 1910 Event 1st seaplane, takes off from water at Martinques France (Henri Fabre) 1910 Birthday Jean Martinon, Lyons France, conductor/composer 1910 Birthday Alain JG de Rothschild, France, banker/baron 1909 Event Comte de Lambert of France sets airplane altitude record of 300 m 1909 Event AH Latham of France sets world airplane altitude record of 155 m 1909 Event World's 1st air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtiss (USA) wins 1909 Event France's Louis Bleriot, makes 1st airplane flight across English Channel 1909 Birthday 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 Event Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy asks Serbia to set no territorial demands 1909 Event France and Germany sign treaty about Morocco 1909 Birthday Jean-Pierre Aumont, Paris, France, actor, Cat and Mouse, Happy Hooker 1908 Birthday Olivier Messiaen, born in Avignon, France, composer, L'Ame en Bourgeon 1908 Birthday Jacques Tatischeff, born in La Pecq, France, director, Traffic, Playtime 1908 Birthday Henri Cartier-Bresson, born in Chanteloup, France, photographer 1908 Birthday Edgar Faure, thriller writer/Prime Minister of France, 1952, 1952 - 1956 1908 Birthday Thomas Narcejac, Rochefort-sur-Mer France, writer, Vertigo 1908 Event Denmark, Germany, England, France, Netherlands and Sweden sign North Sea accord 1908 Birthday Louis Hostin, born in France, Light Heavyweight, Gold Medals 1932, 1936 Olympics 1908 Birthday Rene Simone Mathieu, France, doubles tennis star, Wimbledon 1934 1908 Birthday Simone de Beauvoir, France, author, Mandarins, 2nd Sex 1907 Birthday Jacques Barzun, France, author, The House of Interlect 1907 Birthday Henri-Georges Clouzot, France, director, Le salaire de la peur 1907 Event France's Henry Farman flies 30m in a double decker plane 1907 Birthday Robert Bresson, France, director, Pickpocket, Mouchette 1907 Event England, Russia and France form Triple Entente 1907 Birthday Tino Rossi, Ajaccio France, singer, Deux Amours, Marlene 1907 Birthday Pierre E J Pflimlin, premier France 1907 Birthday Maurice Couve de Murville, France premier, 1968-69 1906 Birthday Louise Talma, Arcachon France, composer, Summer Sounds 1906 Event Georges Chemenceau succeeds Sarien premier of France 1906 Event Alfred Dreyfus found innocent in France 1906 Event Great Britain, France and Italy grant Independence to Ethiopia 1906 Event Hongar Szisz wins 1st Grand-Prix (Le Mans, France) 1906 Birthday Pierre Fournier, born in Paris, France, violon cellist, Paris Conservatoire 1906 Birthday Pierre [Louis] Boileau, born in Paris, France, novelist, Vertigo 1906 Event Coal dust explosion kills 1,060 at Courrieres France 1906 Event Vuia I aircraft built by Romanian Traja Vuia tested in France 1906 Event France and Britain agree to joint control of New Hebrides 1905 Birthday Andre Jolivet, Paris, France, composer, L'Eunuque 1905 Birthday Jean-Rene Lacoste, born in France, U.S. Open, 1926, alligator shirt designer 1905 Birthday Jan Louis Guillaume "Yvan" Doornik, Netherlands resistance fighter in France 1905 Birthday Jacques Goddot, French publisher, Tour de France 1905 Birthday Jean Vigo, born in France, actor and director, Zero For Conduct, L'Atlante 1905 Birthday George Baxter, born in Paris, France, actor, Flying Saucer, Lili, Caged 1905 Event Maurice Rouvier forms government in France 1905 Birthday Christian Dior, Normandy France, fashion designer, long-skirted look 1904 Birthday Louis-Eugene-Felix Neel, Lyon France, physicist, Nobel 1970 1904 Event France and Spain sign treaty for Morocco Independence 1904 Birthday Manuel Rosenthal, born in Paris, France, composer, Bootleggers 1904 Birthday Lily Pons, born in Draguignan, France, soprano diva, Hitting a New High 1904 Event Great Britain and France sign Cordial Entente concerning colonial matter 1904 Birthday Antonin Magne, French bicyclist, Tour de France 1931, 34 1903 Birthday Claude Dauphin, Corbell France, actor, April in Paris, Deported 1903 Birthday 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 Event 1st Tour de France bicycle race begins 1903 Birthday Marguerite Yourcenar, France/US writer, Memoires d'Hadrien 1903 Birthday Joseph Desire Fernandel, Marseilles France, comedian, Grand Chef 1903 Birthday Madeleine Renaud, Paris, France, actress, Helene, Longest Day 1903 Event New bicycle race "Tour de France" announced 1903 Birthday Jean Morel, Abbeville France, conductor 1902 Birthday Jacques-Philippe Leclerc, France, WW II hero, liberator of Paris 1902 Event Geo Lefevre and Henri Desgrange create Tour de France bicycle race 1902 Birthday Zino Francescatti, Marseilles France, violinist, New York Phil-1939 1902 Birthday Ray Block, born in France, orchestra leader, Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason 1902 Birthday Pierre Brunet, France, figure skater pair, Gold Medal 1928, 1932 Olympics 1902 Birthday Henri Garat, born in Paris, France, actor, Congress Dances 1902 Death Isaac D France van de Putte, Dutch premier (1866), dies at 79 1902 Birthday Jean C M Picart le Doux, France, carpet designer 1901 Birthday Andre Malraux, Berger, France, novelist/art historian, L'Espoir 1901 Birthday Andree Joly Bunet, born in France, figure skater pair, Gold Medal 1928, 1932 Olympics 1901 Birthday Henri Tomasi, Marseilles France, composer, Don Juan de Manara 1901 Birthday Suzanne Lilar, Verbist, France/Belgian writer, Le burlador 1901 Birthday Henri-Pierre Sauguet, Bordeaux France, composer, La Chotte 1901 Birthday Rene Jules Dubos, France, U.S. microbiologist/author, Health and Disease 1900 Event After over 5 months 2nd Olympic games in Paris France, close 1900 Event France proclaims a protectorate over Chad 1900 Event Great Britain beats France in cricket in Olympic Games 1900 Birthday Antoine de Saint-Exupery, born in France, aviator/writer, Wind, Sand and Stars 1900 Birthday Jacques Prevert, France, poet/screenwriter, Paroles 1899 Birthday Gaston Glass, Paris, France, film executive 1899 Birthday Jean de Brunhoff, France, children's book author, Babar the Elephant 1899 Birthday Marcel Dalio, Israel Blauschild, Paris, France, actor, China Gate 1899 Birthday Suzanne Lenglen, France, Wimbledon tennis champion, 6-times 1899 Death Francois Felix Faure, president of France (1895-99), dies at 57 1899 Birthday Georges Auric, Lodve France, Composer 1898 Birthday Francine Larrimore, Verdun France, actress, John Meade's Woman 1898 Birthday Jean Borota, France, tennis champ, 35 Wimbeldons between 1922-64 1898 Event France signs Niger Convention 1898 Birthday Arlette-Leonie Arletty, Bathiat, Courbevoie France, actress, Maxime 1898 Event In France, Emile Zola is imprisoned for writing his "J'accuse" letter accusing government of anti-Semitism and wrongly jailing Alfred Dreyfus 1898 Birthday Colin Clive, Greig, St. Malo France, actor, Bride of Frankenstein 1897 Birthday Julien Carette, Paris, France, actor, Sylvia and the Phantom 1897 Birthday Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, France, anti-Semite/nazi collaborator 1897 Birthday Pierre Fresnay, born in Paris, France, actor, Grand Illusion 1897 Event France signs treaty with emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia 1896 Birthday Antonin Artaud, Marseilles France, songwriter/dir, Theatre Seraphin 1896 Event France annexes Madagascar 1896 Birthday Jean Rivier, Villemomble France, composer, Venitienne 1896 Event France dismisses Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar 1896 Birthday Andre Breton, France, surrealist poet and writer, founder of surrealism 1895 Event France proclaims a protectorate over Madagascar 1895 Birthday Yvonne Printemps, born in Ermont, France, singer and actress, Le Duel 1895 Event Felix Faure installed as president of France 1894 Event King Lafia "Absalamu" of Nikki signs accord with France 1894 Death M F Sadi Carnot, president of France (1887-94), murdered at about 56 1894 Birthday Jacques-Henri Lartigue, born in France, photographer 1894 Birthday Louis-Ferdinand Celine, born in Courbevoie, France, novelist, 'Journey to End of Night' 1894 Event France ratifies Duple Alliance with Russia 1893 Event Russia signs military accord with France 1893 Event Russia ratifies Duple Alliance with France 1893 Birthday Vladimir Golschmann, Paris, France, conductor with Immortal Downbeat 1893 Event France issues 1st driving licenses, included required test 1892 Birthday Darius Milhaud, Aix-en-Provence France, composer, Maximilien 1892 Birthday Charles Vanel, Rennes France, actor, Wages of Fear 1892 Birthday Louis-Victor prince of Broglie, France, physicist, Nobel 1929 1892 Birthday Germaine Tailleferre, Les Six, Pau-St-Maur France, composer 1892 Birthday Arthur Oscar Honnegger, born in Le Havre, France, composer, King David 1891 Birthday Jean Del Val, Gautier, France, actor, Sainted Devil, Flying Deuces 1891 Event Astronomical Society of France is inaugurated 1891 Birthday Yvan Goll, born in Saint-Die, France, writer, poet, surrealist, expressionist, most famous war poem 'Requiem for the Dead of Europe' 1890 Birthday Charles de Gaulle, Lille France, premier of France 1890 Birthday Charles de Gaulle, Lille, France, President of France, 1958-69 1890 Birthday Jacques Ibert, born in Paris, France, composer, Escales 1890 Death Vincent Van Gogh, painter, dies in Auvers, France 1889 Birthday Charles Boyer, France, actor, Algiers, Fanny, Barefoot in the Park 1889 Birthday Jean Cocteau, born in France, writer/artist/director, Le Potamak, Orphee 1889 Birthday Marcel Moyse, Saint-Amour, France, flutist, 20 Exercises et etudes 1889 Event Ivory Coast declared a protectorate of France 1888 Birthday Jean Murat, Pergneux France, actor, Eternal Rain, Carnival Flanders 1888 Birthday Georges Bernanos, France, novelist, Diary of a Country Priest 1887 Birthday Louis Jouvet, Crozon France, actor, Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise 1887 Birthday Marcel Tabuteau, born in Compiegne, France, oboist, Philadelphia Orchestra 1915 - 1954 1887 Event Germany, Austria-Hungary and France end Triple Alliance 1885 Event France declares Madagascar a protectorate 1885 Birthday Francois Mauriac, France, novelist/poet/playwright, Nobel 1952 1885 Birthday Jules Romains, France, novelist/playwright/poet, Men of Good Will 1885 Birthday Andre Maurois, Elbeuf, France, novelist/biographer 1885 Event Roof collapse kills 30 at murder trial in France 1885 Birthday Sacha Guitry, France, actor and playwright, Story of a Cheat 1885 Birthday Camille Chautemps, premier France 1884 Birthday Vincent Auriol, president of France, 1947-53 1884 Birthday Edouard Daladier, premier France, 1933..40 1884 Birthday Nicholas Joy, Paris, France, actor, Boss Lady 1884 Birthday Lucien H d'Azambuja, France, astronomer, chromosome of sun 1883 Birthday Maurice Utrillo, France, painter, Port St. Martin, Montmartre 1883 Birthday Edgard Victor Achille C Varese, Paris, France, composer, Innisation 1883 Birthday Max Linder, Caverne France, actor/comic/director, Max Prend un Bain 1882 Birthday Charles Vildrac, Paris, France, poet/playwright 1882 Birthday Jacques Maritain, France, Catholic philosopher, exponent of St. Thomas 1882 Birthday Jean Giraudoux, born in Bellac, France, playwright, Eglantine, Provinciales 1882 Event Germany/Austria-Hungary/France sign Triple Alliance 1882 Birthday Rene Coty, born in Le Harve, France, president of France, 1953-58 1882 Event France government of Gambetta falls 1881 Event Levi P. Morton, U.S. ambas to France drives 1st rivet in Stat of Liberty 1881 Birthday Valery Nicolas Larbaud, France, novelist/translator, Enfantines 1881 Event France sign treaty of protection with Tunisia colony 1881 Birthday Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, France, philosopher/paleontologist 1881 Event Gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die 1881 Birthday Roger Martin du Guard, born in France, novelist, Les Thibault-Nobel 1937 1881 Birthday Fernand Leger, France, painter/ceramist/cubist, City 1880 Birthday Jacques Thibaud, Bordeaux France, violinist, Cafe Rogue 1880 Birthday Guillaume Apollinaire, France, poet and movie critic, 'Alcoola' 1880 Event France annexes Otaheite (Tahiti) 1879 Birthday Leon Jouhaux, born in France, socialist/co-founder UN's ILO, Nobel 1951 1879 Death Bernadette, st/(saw Virgin Mary at Lourdes), dies in Nevers France 1878 Birthday Paul Reynaud, premier France, May-June 1940 1878 Birthday Andre-Gustave Citroen, France, auto maker 1877 Birthday Raoul Dufy, France, Fauvist painter, Palm 1875 Birthday Harry Northrup, Paris, France, actor, Who's That Knocking at My Door 1875 Birthday Pierre Monteux, born in Paris, France, conductor, Boston Symphony Orchestra 1919 - 1924 1875 Birthday Maurice Joseph Ravel, born in Cibourne, France, composer, Bolero 1875 Birthday Jeanne Louise Calment, France, world's oldest woman, died at 122 1874 Death Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France), dies at 75 1873 Birthday Henri Rabnaud, Paris, France, composer, Le Premer Glaire 1873 Event German troops leave France 1873 Event Last German troops leave France 1873 Birthday Alexis Carrel, France, surgeon/sociologist/biologist, Nobel 1912 1873 Birthday Henri Barbusse, Asnieres, France, novelist, Le Feu 1873 Birthday Colette, born in Yonee, France, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, writer, best-known for novel 'Gigi', which became a stage musical 1873 Birthday Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, Burgundy France, novelist, Cheri, Gigi 1872 Birthday Paul Leautaud, Maurice Boissard, France, writer, Petit ami 1871 Birthday Paul Valery, born in France, philosopher, writer, poet, elected to Academie francaise, 1925, founder, the College International de Cannes, 1931 1871 Birthday Marcel Proust, France, novelist, Remembrance of Things Past 1871 Event German-French peace treaty signed: France cedes Elzas 1871 Event Peace of Frankfurt-am-Main concluded between France and Germany 1870 Event J D Schneiter patents rocket mail in France, (not done) 1870 Birthday Pierre Louijs, France, novelist/poet, Aphrodite, Woman and Puppet 1870 Birthday Jean Perrin, France, physicist, studied Brownian motion, Nobel 1926 1870 Birthday Florent Schmitt, Blamont France, composer, Fredegonde, Salome 1870 Event Battle at Gravelotte Privat: Prussia beat France, 32,000 casualties 1870 Event Battle at Spicheren: Prussia beats France 1870 Event Emperor Napoleon III appoints Empress Eugenie as Regent of France 1870 Event France declares war on Prussia; Franco-Prussian war begins 1869 Birthday Henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter, Odalisque 1869 Birthday Andre Gide, France, novelist, Lafcadio's Adventures-Nobel 1947 1869 Birthday Albert Roussel, born in Tourcoing, France, composer, Rapsodie Flamende 1869 Birthday Emile Fabre, France, playwright, administrator of Comedie Franeaise 1868 Event Spain's Queen Isabella is deposed, flees to France 1868 Event Battle of Alcolea, causes Queen Isabella 2 of Spain to flee to France 1868 Birthday Paul Claudel, born in France, diplomat/poet, L'Otage-1909 1868 Birthday C V France, Bradford England, actor, Skin Game, Adventure in Blackmail 1868 Birthday Edmond Rostand, born in France, poet and playwright, Cyrano de Bergerac 1866 Birthday Charles Jean Henri Nicolle France, bacteriologist, Nobel-1928 1866 Birthday Erik Alfred Satie, Honfleur France, composer, Memoirs d'un Ambesique 1866 Birthday Romain Rolland, born in France, writer, Jean-Christophe, Nobel 1915 1865 Birthday Paul Abraham Dukas, Paris, France, composer, Velleda 1864 Birthday Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, France, painter, At the Moulin Rouge 1864 Event CSS "Alabama" sunk by USS "Kearsarge" off Cherbourg, France 1864 Birthday Jules Renard, France, writer, Poil de Carotte 1864 Birthday Lucien Herr, France, scientist, Corresp entre Schiller et Schiller 1863 Birthday Jean-Baptiste Marchand, Thoissey France, soldier and explorer, Sudan 1863 Birthday Henry Constant Gabriel Pierne, Metz France, composer, Edith 1863 Birthday Gaston Doumergue, premier/president of France, 1913..34 1863 Birthday Pierre de Coubertin, France, baron, revived Olympic games 1862 Birthday Aristide Briand, born in France, 11x premier, 1909-22, Nobel 1926 1862 Event Great Britain and France recognizes independence of Zanzibar 1861 Birthday Aristide Maillol, France, painter/sculptor, Seated Woman 1860 Birthday Raymond Poincare, France, president/PM, 1912 1859 Birthday Gustave Kahn, France, poet, claimed to have invented vers libre 1859 Birthday Georges Seurat, France, painter/pointillist, Grande Jatte 1859 Birthday Henri Bergson, France, philosopher, Creative Evolution-Nobel 1927 1859 Event Battle of Solferino, N-Italy: France/Sardinia-Austria 1859 Birthday Pierre Marie Felix Janet, France, psychologist/neurologist 1859 Birthday Pierre Curie, France, physicist, Nobel 1903 1858 Event 1st apparition of Mary to 14-year-old Bernadette of Lourdes France 1857 Birthday Edouard Rod, France/Swiss writer, Mishel' Tes'e 1857 Birthday Paul Doumer, Governor-Generall of Indo-China/13th President of France, 1931-32 1854 Birthday Arthur Rimbaud, France, poet/adventurer, Illuminations 1854 Event Allied armies, including those of Britain and France, land in Crimea 1854 Birthday Henri Poincare, France, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher 1854 Event During the Crimean War, Britain and France declare war on Russia 1853 Event France annexes Caledonia 1853 Birthday Alphonse Bertillon, born in France, anthropologist, devised crime ID system 1853 Birthday Andre Michelin, France, industrialist/tire manufacturer, Michelin 1852 Birthday [Ferdinand-Frederic-]Henri Moissan, Paris, France, chemist, Nobel 1906 1851 Event President Louis Napolean Boaparte forces crush a coup d'etat in France 1851 Event Louis Napoleon takes power in France 1851 Birthday Ferdinand Foch, France, responsible for Allies winning WW I 1851 Birthday Leon Bourgeois, France, politician, internationalist, Nobel 1920 1850 Birthday Guy de Maupassant, born in France, author, Boule de Suif 1849 Death France Preseren, Slovenian poet (Sonetni Venec), dies at 48 1848 Birthday Jean Robert Planquette, France, composer, Bells of Corneville 1848 Event 2nd republic established in France 1848 Birthday Octave Mirbeau, France, writer, Journal of a Lady's Maid 1848 Birthday Joris-Karl Huysmans, France, writer, Against the Grain 1847 Death Auguste De Polignac, premier France, dies at 66 1845 Birthday Sarah Bernhardt, born in France, actress, Camille, Queen Elizabeth 1845 Birthday Gabriel Urbain Faure, Pamiers France, composer, Requiem, Ballade 1845 Birthday Paul Vidal de la Blanche, France, geographer 1844 Birthday Anatole France, writer, Thais, Wickerwork Woman, Nobel 1921 1844 Birthday Paul M Verlaine, France, lyric poet, Sagesse Bonbeur 1844 Birthday Charles-Marie Widor, Lyons France, composer and professor, Paris Conservatory 1843 Birthday Affonso de Escragnolle Taunay, France/Brazil writer, Inocencia 1842 Birthday Jules Emile Fred Massenet, Montaud France, composer, Manon, Le Cid 1842 Birthday Alexandre Ribit, premier, France 1841 Birthday Ferdinand-Edouard Buisson, France, educator, Nobel Peace Prize 1927 1841 Birthday Georges Clemenceau, France, PM, 1906-09, 17-20, defended Dreyfuss 1841 Birthday Pierre Auguste Renoir, Limoges France, Impressionist painter/sculptor 1841 Birthday Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier, France, composer, Le Roi Malgre Lui 1840 Birthday Claude Monet, France, impressionist, Water Lilies 1840 Birthday Auguste Rodin, France, sculptor, Kiss, Thinker 1840 Birthday Emile Zola, born in France, novelist, Nana, J'Accuse 1839 Birthday Rene F Armand Sully-Prudhomme, born in France, poet, 1st Nobel winner, 1901 1839 Birthday Paul Cezanne, France, impressionist painter, Bathers 1838 Birthday Emile Loubet, premier/president of France, 1892, 1899-1906 1838 Event Mexico declares war on France 1838 Birthday Georges Alexandre-Cesar-Leopold Bizet, France, composer, Carmen 1837 Birthday Charles Emile Waldteufel, Strasbourg France, waltz composer, Skaters 1836 Death Charles X, King of France (1824-30), dies at 79 1836 Birthday Leo Delibes, Saint-Germain-du-Val France, ballet composer, Coppelia 1835 Birthday Camille Saint-Saens, Paris, France, composer, Ode a Sainte Cecile 1835 Event St. Etienne-Lyons railway opens in France 1834 Birthday Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, Colmar France, sculptor, Statue of Liberty 1834 Birthday Edgar Degas, born in France, impressionist painter, Bouquet 1834 Birthday Frederic-Auguste Bertholdi, born in France, sculptor, Statue of Liberty 1832 Birthday Edouard Manet, France, Impressionist painter, Dejeuner sur L'Herbe 1830 Event England, France, Prussia, Austria and Russia recognize Belgium 1830 Birthday Jules de Goncourt, France, novelist, Germinie 1830 Event Louis-Philippe formally accepts crown of France, following abdication of Charles X 1830 Event Charles X of France resigns by force 1830 Event Revolution in France replaces Charles X with Louis Philippe 1830 Event France invades Algeria, begins a 40 year conquest 1828 Birthday Jules Verne, born in France, pioneered sci-fi, From the Earth to the Moon 1826 Birthday Eugenie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Empress of France 1825 Event Charles X becomes King of France 1824 Death Louis XVIII SX, earl of Province/king of France (1814-24), dies 1824 Birthday Alexandre Dumas, born in France, playwright/novelist, Camille 1824 Birthday Paul Broca, France, brain surgeon/anthro, located speech center 1824 Birthday Charles Blondin, France, acrobat/aerialist 1823 Birthday Jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist, insects and spiders 1823 Birthday Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo, France, composer, Symphonie Espagnole 1822 Birthday Louis Pasteur, Dole France, bacteriologist, pasturization 1822 Event Society for Propagation of Faith starts (Lyon, France) 1822 Birthday Maxime Du Camp, France, writer/traveler, Les Buveurs de Cendres 1821 Birthday Gustave Flaubert, France, novelist, Madame Bovary 1821 Birthday Albert, duc de Broglie, France, premier, 1873-74, 1977 1821 Death Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor France, dies in St. Helena 1821 Birthday Charles Baudelaire, born in France, symbolist poet, Flowers of Evil 1818 Event Congress of Aken returns to France from Libya 1818 Event Congress of Aken: Russia, Austria, Prussia, France and England 1818 Birthday Charles Francois Gounod, born in Paris, France, opera composer, Faust 1816 Event France decrees Bonaparte family excluded from the country forever 1815 Event 2nd Peace of Paris: France and allies 1815 Death Joachim Murat, marshal of France/King of Naples (1808-15), executed 1815 Event King Louis XVIII leaves Ghent for France 1815 Event Napoleon and 1,200 leave Elba to start 100-day re-conquest of France 1814 Death Josephine, empress of France (1804-14), dies 1814 Event Bourbon reign restored in France 1814 Event 1st abdication of France by Napoleon; he is exiled to Elba 1813 Death Josef Poniatovski, Polish gen/marshal of France, dies in battle 1811 Birthday Theophile Gautier, Tarbas France, writer/poet, Albertus 1810 Event Emperor Napoleon corpse leaves Netherlands for France 1810 Death Andreas Hofer, military leader (fought Napoleon's France), executed at 42 1809 Event Papal States annexed by France 1809 Birthday Georges Eugene Haussmann, born in Paris, France, architect 1809 Birthday Joseph Liouville, France, discover of transcendental numbers 1809 Event Franz I of Austria declares war on France 1809 Birthday Pierre Joseph Proudhon, France, politician, libertarian socialist 1809 Event Treaty of Dardanelles concluded between Britain and France 1809 Birthday Louis Braille, Coupvray France, developer, reading system for blind 1808 Birthday Louis-Napoleon, Napoleon III, emperor of France, 1852-71 1808 Event Bayonne Decree by Napoleon I of France orders seizure of U.S. ships 1808 Birthday Honore Daumier, France, painter/lithographer/caricaturist 1808 Birthday Daumier, Marseilles France, artist 1807 Event Congress passes Embargo Act, to force peace between Britain and France 1807 Event France, Russia and Prussia sign Peace of Tilsit 1807 Birthday Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin, born in Paris, France, French politician and revolutionary 1805 Event End of French Republican calendar; France returns to Gregorianism 1805 Event France and Austria signs Peace of Pressburg 1805 Birthday Ferdinand de Lesseps, France, diplomat, built Suez Canal 1805 Birthday Alexis de Tocqueville, France, statesman/writer, Democracy in America 1805 Birthday Auguste Blanqui, France, revolutionary, workers' leader 1804 Event Napoleon Bonaparte crowned emperor of France in Paris by Pope Pius VII 1804 Birthday George Sand, born in France, female, novelist, Valentine, Le Figaro 1804 Event Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France 1804 Event Senate and Tribune declare Napolean leader of France 1804 Event Haiti gains independence from France (National Day) 1803 Event Louisiana Purchase formally transferred from France to U.S. for $27M 1803 Birthday Hector Berlioz, Cote-Saint-Andre, Isere, France, composer, Manque 1803 Event Spain cedes her claims to Louisiana Territory to France 1803 Birthday Prosper Merimee, Paris, France, playwright, Carmen 1803 Event Britain declares war on France after Napoleon Bonaparte continues interfering in Italy and Switzerland 1803 Event Meteorites fall in L'Aigle, France 1802 Event Toussaint L'Ouverture imprisoned in Fort de Joux, Jura, France 1802 Birthday Alexandre Dumas Pere, France, author, 3 Musketeers 1802 Event France, Netherlands, Spain and England signs Peace of Amiens 1802 Birthday Victor Hugo, born in France, author, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables 1801 Event England and France signs Preliminary of London 1801 Event France and Austrian sign Peace of Luneville 1800 Birthday France Preseren, Slovenian poet, Krst pri Savici 1800 Event Spain cedes Louisiana to France in a secret treaty 1800 Event Wild Boy of Aveyron discovered in southern France 1800 Death Louis J M Daubenton, France, zoologist, dies at 83 1799 Event Metric system established in France 1799 Event Napoleon becomes dictator (1st consul) of France 1799 Birthday Honore de Balzac, France, novelist, Pere Goriot, Human Comedy 1799 Event Austria declares war on France 1798 Event New conscription law goes into effect in France 1798 Birthday Jules Michelet, French historian, History of France, L'Amour 1797 Event Peace of Campo Formio: Austrian Dutch possessions and France 1797 Event France and Austria signs cease fire 1797 Birthday Louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of France 1797 Birthday Claude Ambroise Seurat, born in Troyes, France, World's skinniest man 1797 Event 1/3 of papal domain ceded to France 1796 Event Spain and France sign anti-English alliance 1796 Event France and Sardinia sign Peace treaty of Paris 1795 Event France annexes Southern Netherlands 1795 Event Spain and France sign peace treaty 1795 Death Louis XVII Charles, king of France (1793-95), dies at 10 1795 Event Treaty of Basel-Prussia ends war with France 1795 Event Freedom of worship established in France under constitution 1794 Event Revolutionary Tribunal abolished in France 1794 Event Battle of Colors: France under Jourdan beats Austrian army 1794 Event France revolutionary regime begins trials 1794 Death Elisabeth PMH, princess of France, beheaded at 30 1794 Event Haiti, under Toussaint L'Ouverture, revolts against France 1793 Event Republican calendar replaces Gregorian calendar in France 1793 Event France ends forced worship of God 1793 Death Marie Antoinette, queen of France, beheaded in France 1793 Death Louis Duke de Noailles, marshal of France, dies at 80 1793 Event France becomes 1st country to use the metric system 1793 Event France passes 1st copyright law 1793 Event 1st republican constitution in France adopted 1793 Event Pro-royalist uprising in Vendee region of France 1793 Event 2nd Battle at Neerwinden: Austria army beats France 1793 Event France declares war on England and Netherlands 1792 Event France's King Louis XVI went on trial, accused of treason 1792 Event Proposal by Collot D'Herbois, to abolish the monarchy in France 1792 Event 500 Marseillaisian men sing France's national anthem for 1st time 1792 Event France declares war on Prussia 1792 Event France declares war on Austria, Prussia and Sardinia 1792 Event France declares war on Austria, starting French Revolutionary Wars 1791 Event France's King Louis XVI accepts constitution 1791 Event Pope condemns France's Civil Constitution of the clergy 1791 Birthday Louis-J-Ferdinand Herold, France, opera composer, Zampa 1790 Birthday Alphonse-Marie Louis de Lamartine, Macon France, writer, Rene 1789 Event Oath of Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken 1789 Event 3rd Estate in France declared itself a national assembly 1788 Event Vizille France population demands local parliament 1788 Event Lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France 1787 Death Charles, prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France, dies at 71 1786 Event England and France sign trade agreement 1785 Event Netherlands and France signs treaty 1785 Birthday Louis XVII Charles, king of France, 1793-95 1783 Birthday Charles-Julien Brianchon, France, mathematician, Brianchon's theorem 1783 Event 1st steamboat, Pyroscaphe, 1st run in France 1783 Birthday Stendahl, Marie Henri Beyle, France, writer, Le Rouge et de Noir 1781 Birthday Rene-Theophile-Hyacinthe Lannec, France, inventor, stethoscope 1780 Birthday Elie Decazes, France, Bourbon Restoration political figure 1780 Birthday Pierr-Jean Beranger, born in Paris, France, songwriter, writer, book of memoirs, 'Ma biographie', published in 1858 1780 Birthday Auguste De Polignac, premier France, Reponse mes adversaires 1779 Birthday Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, Paris, France, engraver 1778 Event "Stars and Stripes" arrives in foreign port for 1st time (France) 1778 Event England declares war on France 1778 Event France recognizes U.S., signs treaty of aid in Paris; 1st U.S. treaty 1777 Event France recognizes independence of English colonies in America 1776 Event Continental Congress negotiates a war loan of $181,500 from France 1776 Event France and Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels 1775 Birthday Louis-Antoine the Bourbon, French duke of Angoulame/General of France 1774 Event Louis XVI ascends to throne of France 1774 Death Louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64 1772 Event Yves de Kerguelen of France discovers Kerguelen Archipelago, India 1771 Birthday E I Du Pont, France, chemist/scientist, Du Pont 1770 Event Marie Antoinette (14) marries future King Louis XVI (15) of France 1769 Birthday Jean Lannes, duc de Montebello, Marshal of France 1768 Birthday Francois Rene de Chateaubriand, France, poet and novelist, Atala 1768 Death Lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France and Italy), dies 1767 Birthday Andreas Hofer, South Tirol, military leader, fought Napoleon's France 1767 Birthday Joachim Murat, marshal of France/King of Naples, 1808-15 1766 Birthday Rodolphe Kreitzer, France, composer/virtuoso violinist, Paris Conserv 1764 Event France bans Jesuit enorde 1764 Birthday Elisabeth PMH, princess of France/son of king Louis XVI 1764 Birthday Talleyrand, France/Napolean's foreign minster 1763 Birthday Josephine Martiniques, empress of France, 1804-14 1763 Birthday Josef Poniatovski, Polish general/marshal of France 1760 Birthday Camille Desmoulins, born in France, journalist, pamphleteer and revolution leader 1759 Birthday Georges Danton, France, revolutionary leader/Minister of Justice 1759 Event 2nd sea battle of Lagos: England vs France 1759 Event Battle at Minden, Westfalen: Ferdinand van Brunswick beats France 1759 Event British fleet occupies Guadeloupe, West-Indies, on France 1758 Event English and Colonial assault on France at Ticonderoga, New York 1758 Birthday Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, born in France, painter, studied in Italy and painted for wealthy Parisians in Paris, influenced by Romanticism and Neoclassicism 1758 Event Battle at Emmerich: British army floats around France the Rhine 1757 Birthday Charles X, reactionary king of France, 1824-30, ; deposed 1757 Birthday Charles X, Versailles France, Duke of Prussia 1757 Event Austria and France divide Prussia 1756 Event England and France meet in war 1756 Event England declares war on France 1756 Event Britain declares war on France (7 Years' or French and Indian War) 1756 Event France and Austria sign alliance 1755 Birthday Louis XVIII, 1st post-revolutionary king of France, 1814-24 1755 Birthday Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France, let them eat cake 1755 Event Battle at Lake George: English army beats France 1754 Birthday Louis XVI, Versailles, king of France, 1774-93, eventually guillotined 1754 Birthday Pierre Charles L'Enfant, France, architect laid out Washington D.C. 1754 Event George Washington gives Ft. Necessity to France 1751 Event France sets plan to tax clergymen 1751 Event 1st international world title prize fight-Jack Stack of England, beats challenger M Petit of France in 29 minutes in England 1751 Death Henri F D'Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (1717..50), dies at 82 1749 Birthday Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, France, chairman, National Convention 1748 Event France and Austria signs treaty about Southern Netherlands 1748 Birthday Jacques-Louis David, France, Neoclassical painter, Death of Marat 1747 Event Battle at Lafeld: France beat English/Dutch army 1747 Death 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 Event Bonnie Prince Charlie flees to France 1746 Event Bonnie Prince Charlie flees to France from Scotland 1745 Birthday Jacques Montgolfier, France, aeronaut, 1st pioneer balloonist 1745 Birthday James Montgolfier, France, aeronaut, 1st pioneer balloonist 1744 Event France and Prussia sign peace treaty 1743 Birthday Jean-Marie Caritat, France, mathematician 1743 Birthday Marquis de Condorcet, France, enlightenment philosopher 1743 Birthday Jean-Paul Marat, France, revolutionist 1743 Death Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian/France composer (Forced Marriage), dies at 77 1741 Event France and Bavaria sign Covenant of Nymphenburg 1741 Birthday Nicolas de Chamfort, born in Clermont-Ferrand, France, known for aphorisms and witty epigrams, wrote successful comedy, 'La Jeune Indienne' 1740 Birthday Joseph Montgolfier, France, aeronaut, ballooning 1738 Event France and Austria sign peace 1738 Event France offers emperor Karel VI mediation in war against Turkey 1738 Birthday Joseph Ignace Guillotin, France, physician/inventor, guillotine 1736 Birthday Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, French publisher, Mercure de France 1736 Birthday Jean-Sylvain, French historian, History of France 1735 Event France and Emperor Karel VI sign peace accord 1733 Event France and Spain sign Escoriaal Treaty 1733 Event France declares war on emperor Charles VI 1733 Event France, Spain and Sardinia sign anti-German covenant 1732 Birthday Jean-Honore Fragonard, born in France, painter 1732 Birthday Pierre de Baumarchais, France, playwright, Barber of Seville 1729 Event Spain, France and England signs Treaty of Seville 1727 Event France and Bavaria renew secret treaty 1727 Event France, England and Netherlands sign accord of Paris 1726 Birthday Francois-Andre Danican Philidor, France, composer/chess champion 1726 Birthday Louise-Florence Depinay, born in France, writer, Woman, Man and 2 Kingdoms 1725 Event England, France, Hannover and Prussia sign Covenant of Hannover 1725 Birthday Armand-Louis Couperin, Paris, France, organist/composer, Notre Dame 1721 Event France and Spain sign Treaty of Madrid 1718 Event France declares war on Spain 1717 Event France, Russia and Prussia sign agreement 1717 Event Henri d'Aguesseau's 1st appointment as chancellor of France 1717 Event Netherlands, England and France sign Triple Alliance 1716 Event England and France sign treaty 1716 Event Scottish pretender to the throne James III Edward returns to France 1715 Death Louis XIV, the great, king of France (1643-1715), dies at 76 1715 Birthday 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 Birthday Charles, Prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France 1715 Birthday Claude Helvetius, Paris, France, philosopher 1714 Event Treaty of Baden: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI and France, ends War of Spanish Succession, French retain Alsace, Austria gets bank of Rhine 1713 Birthday Denis Diderot, France, encyclopedist, Dictionnaire Encyclopedique 1713 Birthday Louis Duke de Noailles, marshal of France 1713 Event Dutch State-General signs peace with France: Netherlands loses Orange Princedom 1713 Event Peace of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain - English, Prussian, Savoois, Portuguese and French peace treaty 1712 Event Battle at Denain: France under Villars beat Dutch army 1712 Birthday Jean Jacques Rousseau, born in France, composer/social contractor, Confession 1712 Birthday Louis Joseph de Montcalm de Saint-Veran, France, general 1710 Event Battle of Villa Viciosa (France beat Habsburgers) 1710 Birthday Louis XV the Well-Beloved, Versailles, King of France, 1715-74 1709 Event Battle at Malplaquet: England/Austria/Dutch Great Alliance beat France 1708 Event Battle at Oudenaarde: Great Alliance beats France 1707 Death Anne Jules duke the Noailles, marshal of France (huguenot), dies at 57 1707 Birthday Claude Prosper, Paris, France, novelist 1702 Event Emperor Leopold I declares war on France, Cologne and Bavaria 1702 Event War of Spanish Succession, 1st American conflict between England and France 1702 Event England and Netherlands declares war on France and Spain 1701 Event France, Cologne and Bavaria sign alliance 1700 Event England, France and Netherlands ratify 2nd Extermination treaty 1699 Event England, France and Netherlands agree on 2nd Extermination treaty of Spain 1698 Event France, England and Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty 1698 Birthday Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, born in France, mathematician and astronomer 1694 Birthday Voltaire, Francois-Marie Arouet, France, thinker, Candide 1693 Event 1st sea battle of Lagos: England and Holland vs France 1692 Event Battle at La Hogue: English and Dutch fleet beat France 1691 Event Battle at Aghrim: English/Dutch army beats France 1689 Event France declares war on England 1689 Event English King Willem III declares war on France 1689 Event German Parliament declares war on France 1689 Birthday Charles de Montesquieu, France, philosopher and writer, Letters Persanes 1688 Event English king James II lands in Ambleteuse, France 1688 Event English king Jacob II flees to France 1688 Event King James II's wife and son flee to France 1688 Event King James II's wife and son flee England for France 1688 Event France declares war on German 1688 Birthday Pierre De Marivaux, Paris, France, writer, Marianne 1687 Event 1st Huguenots depart France to Cape of Good Hope 1685 Birthday Charles Cressent, France, cabinetmaker, Regence 1684 Event Spain and Germany sign cease fire with France 1683 Birthday Philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain, 1700-24, 24-46 1683 Birthday Jean-Philippe Rameau, Dijon France, composer, Traite, baptized 1683 Birthday Rene-Antoine de Reaumur, France, biologist/engineer 1683 Birthday Philip V, France, King of Spain, 1700-24, 24-46 1682 Event Robert La Salle claims lower Mississippi (Louisiana) for France 1679 Event German emperor Leopold I signs peace with France 1678 Event France and Brandenburg signs peace treaty 1678 Event France and Spain signs peace treaty 1678 Event Netherlands and France signs peace treaty in Nijmegen 1678 Event England and Netherlands signs treaty: sending ultimatum to France 1676 Birthday Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris, France, composer/organist 1676 Event Battle of Etna - Netherlands/Spain vs France, M de Ruyter fatally wounded 1675 Death Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne Vicomte de Turenne, General (France), dies 1675 Birthday Guillaume Delisle, Paris, France, geographer, Atlas Geographique 1674 Event Spain, France and Netherlands form Triple Alliance 1674 Event German Parliament declares war on France 1673 Event France and Brandenburg sign peace treaty 1672 Event Willem III's troops reconquer Naarden on France 1672 Event Frontenac becomes governor of New France (Canada) 1672 Event France declares war on Netherlands 1670 Event France and England sign Boyne-treaty 1670 Event France and Bavaria sign military assistance treaty 1669 Event France and Brandenburg sign secret treaty 1668 Birthday Henri F d'Aguesseau, chancellor of France, 1717..50 1668 Birthday Francois Couperin, Paris, France, composer/organist, Concerts Royaux 1668 Event Polish king John II Kazimierz resigns/goes to France 1668 Event King John II Casimir of Poland resigns, flees to France 1667 Event France/England signs anti-Dutch military accord 1666 Event France declares war on England and Munster 1666 Death Anna of Austria, queen of France/daughter of Philip III, dies at 64 1664 Event France and Saksen sign alliance 1663 Event France annexes Venaissin 1662 Event England sells Duinkerken to France for 2.5 million livres 1662 Event Charles II of England sold Dunkirk to France 1662 Event Netherlands and France sign military covenant 1661 Death Jules "Cardinal" Mazarin, chief minister of France, dies at 58 1661 Death Jules Mazarin, Italian cardinal/premier of France, dies at 58 1659 Event Netherlands, England and France sign Treaty of The Hague 1659 Event France, England and Netherlands sign "Hedges Concerto" treaty 1658 Event France/Sweden/Bavarian/Brunswick/Munster/Hessen-Kassel form Rijnbond 1657 Event France and England form alliance against Spain; England gets Dunkirk 1657 Birthday Bernard Fontenelle, France, scientist/writer, Plurality of Worlds 1656 Event England and France sign peace treaty 1655 Event England and France sign miltary and economic treaties 1654 Event Louis XIV crowned King of France 1653 Event Nicolas Fouquet appointed superintendant of Finance of France 1651 Event King Louis XIV of France (13) declarer of full age 1651 Birthday Francois Fenelon, France, writer, Playing for Time 1650 Birthday Anne Jules duke de Noailles, marshal of France, hugenot 1646 Death Francois De Bassompierre, marshal of France, dies 1644 Birthday Louis Boufflers, marshall of France 1643 Birthday Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, France, French explorer, Louisiana 1643 Event Battle at Tuttlingen: Beiers army under General Mercy beats France 1643 Event Louis XIV (4) becomes king of France 1643 Death Louis XIII, king of France (1610-43), dies at 41 1641 Event Emperor Ferdinand III makes appointments with Sweden and France 1641 Death Maximilien de Bethune duke of Sully, Prime Minister of France, dies at 81 1641 Event France and Portugal sign anti-Spanish covenant 1639 Birthday Jean Racine, born in La Ferte-Milon, France, French playwright, 'Andromaque' and 'Mithridate' 1638 Birthday Louis XIV, Sun King, king of France, 1643 - 1715 1638 Birthday Louis XIV, Sun King, king of France, 1643-1715, 1637 Event Cardinal Richelieu of France creates the table knife 1635 Event Emperor Ferdinand II declares war on France 1635 Event France declares war on Spain 1631 Event France/Maximilian van Bavarian signs Accord of Fontainebleau 1631 Event France and Sweden sign anti-German Treaty of Barwald 1630 Event Failed palace revolution against Richelieu France 1629 Event England and France sign Peace of Susa 1628 Birthday Charles Perrault, France, lawyer/writer, Mother Goose 1627 Event France and Spain signs accord for fighting protestantism 1625 Birthday Giovanni D Cassini, Perinaldo, France, discoverer, 4 moons of Saturn 1624 Event Cardinal Richelieu appointed Chief Minister of France by Louis XIII 1624 Event Netherlands and France sign Treaty of Compiegne 1624 Event Netherlands and France sign anti-Spanish Treaty of Compiegne 1621 Death Charles d'albert duke of Luynes/Prime Minister of France, dies at 43 1621 Event Hugo the Great arrives in France 1613 Birthday Francoise duc de la Rochefoucald, Paris, France, writer, Memoires 1610 Death Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56 1609 Event Netherlands, England and France sign 12 year Covenant 1606 Birthday Pierre Corneille, France, dramatist, El Cid, Horace 1602 Birthday Jules Mazarin, France, cardinal, French 1st Minister, 1642-61 1601 Birthday Louis XIII, king of France, 1610-43 1601 Birthday Anna van Oostenrijk, queen of France/daughter of Philip III 1601 Event France gains Bresse, Bugey, Valromey and Gex in treaty with Spain 1600 Event Henry IV of France invades Savoy after negotiations break down over Saluzzo, controlled by Savoy since 1588 1600 Birthday Gabriel Naude, France, librarian, Mazarin Library 1598 Event France and Spain signs Peace of Vervins 1597 Event Land guardian Albrecht occupies Amiens on France 1596 Event England, France and Netherlands signs Drievoudig Covenant against Spain 1596 Birthday Rene Descartes, born in France, philosopher, he thought, therefore he was 1595 Event Pope Clemens VIII recognizes Henri IV as king of France 1594 Event Henri IV crowned king of France 1593 Event France's Protestant King Henri IV converts to Roman Catholic 1591 Event French bishops recognize Henri IV as king of France 1591 Event Chartres surrenders to king Henri IV in France 1589 Death Henry III, king of Poland/France (1573-89), assassinated at 37 1589 Death Catherine de' Medici, Queen mother of France, dies at 69 1588 Birthday Marin Mersenne, France, mathematician/musician/philosopher, Cartesian 1585 Birthday Cornelius Otto Jansen, France, Roman Catholic reform leader 1585 Birthday Armand-Jean du Plessicide de Richelieu, premier of France, 1624-42 1585 Event Spain and Catholic France sign Saint League of Joinville 1583 Event Duke French van Valois returns to France 1582 Event France begins use of Gregorian calendar 1579 Birthday Francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France 1578 Birthday Charles d'Albert duke of Luynes, premier of France/Governor of Picardie 1575 Death Renee/Renata de France, duchess of Ferara/daughter of Louis XII, dies 1574 Event Henry III follows brother Charles IX as king of France 1574 Death Charles IX, King of France (1560-74), dies 1574 Event France begins 5th holy war against Huguenots 1573 Birthday Marie de'Medici, Queen of France 1573 Death Michel de l'Hopital, chancellor of France (1560-68), dies at about 65 1572 Event France and England sign anti-Spanish military covenant 1567 Death Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74 1564 Event England and France sign Peace of Troyes 1563 Event King Charles IX of France (13) declared an adult 1563 Event Jews are expelled from France by order of Charles VI 1562 Event Edict of St. Germain recognizes Huguenots in France 1561 Event Mary Queen of Scots arrives in Leith Scotland to assume throne after spending 13 years in France 1560 Birthday Maximilien de Bethune, duke of Sully/baron of Rosny/Prime Minister of France 1560 Death Francois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16 1560 Event Failed assault on royal palace in Amboise France 1559 Death Henry II, King of France (1547-59), dies 1559 Event Spain and France signs 2nd Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambresis 1559 Event England/France signs 1st Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambresis 1558 Event Battle at Grevelingen: Gen/earl Lamoraal van Egmont beat France 1558 Event Calais, last English possession in France, retaken by French 1557 Event Battle at St. Quentin: Lamoraal of Egmont and Philibert beat France 1557 Event England declares war on France 1553 Birthday Henri IV the Bourbon, king of Navarra, Henri III, France 1553 Birthday Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France, 1572/89-1610 1552 Event Henri II of France occupies Metz 1552 Event France signs secret treaty with German Protestants 1551 Birthday Henry III, duke of Anjou/king of Poland/France, 1573 - 1589 1550 Birthday Charles IX, King of France, 1560-74 1550 Event France and England sign Peace of Boulogne 1549 Birthday Philippe du Plessis, France, author 1549 Event France declares war on England 1548 Event Mary queen of Scotland (6) arrives in France 1547 Event Henry II succeeds Francois I as king of France 1547 Death Francois I of Valois-Angoulame, King of France (1515-47), dies at 52 1544 Event King Henry VIII draws his armies out of France 1544 Event Charles V of Germany and Francis I of France sign Peace of Crepy 1544 Event Imperial/English armies occupy Saint-Dizier France 1544 Birthday Francis II de Valois-Angoulame, king of France, 1559 - 1560 1536 Event France and Turkey sign milt/trade agreement against King Karel 1534 Event Jacques Cartier, lands in Canada, claims it for France 1533 Birthday Michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher 1529 Event Battle at Landriano: Leyva beats France 1528 Event England and France declare war on Emperor Charles V 1527 Event England and France sign treaty of Westminster 1526 Event Pope Clemens VII, France, Genoa, Venice, Florence and Milan form Anti-French League of Cognac 1526 Event King Francois I returns Spanish captivity to France 1524 Event Spanish troops give Milan to France 1524 Event Giovanni de Varrazano of France sights land around area of Carolinas 1523 Event English troops occupy Montalidier France 1522 Event Battle at La Bicocca: Emperor Karel V beats France 1522 Event Battle at Bicacca: Charles I and Pope Adrianus VI beat France 1521 Event Battle at Milan: Emperor Karel V's/pontifical/Spanish/German troops beat France and occupy Milan 1520 Event France and England sign treaty of Scotland 1519 Birthday De Medicis, queen consort, Henry II of France 1515 Birthday Mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland 1515 Event Battle at Marignano: France beats Habsburgers and Pope Leo X 1515 Event Francois, Duke of Angoulame succeeds Louis XII as Francois I of France 1515 Death Louis XII, "the Justified" king of France (1498-1515), dies at 52 1514 Event King Louis XII of France marries Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII 1513 Event Battle at Eguinegatte/Guinegate: Maximilian and Henry III beat France 1512 Event Battle at Brest: English fleet beats France 1512 Event Battle at Ravenna: France under Gaston de Foix beat Spanish Army 1510 Birthday Rene/Renata de France, duchess of Ferara/daughter of Louis XII 1509 Event France declares war on Venice 1506 Event Pope Julius II and France occupy Bologna 1505 Death Joan of Valois, Queen of France/saint, dies at 40 1504 Event France and Spain signs ceasefire 1503 Event Battle at Carigliano: Spanish army beats France 1503 Event Battle at Garigliano, Spanish army under G Cordoba beats France 1503 Event Battle at Cerignalo: Spanish army under G Cordoba beats France 1500 Event Treaty of Granada: France and Aragon divide Naples 1500 Event France captures duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan 1499 Event France and Venice sign treaty against Milan 1499 Event Louis XII of France after papal divorce marries Anne, Duchess of Brittany to keep duchy for the crown 1498 Death Charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), beheaded at 27 1498 Death Charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), dies at 27 1497 Event Italians troops reconquer Taranto on France 1495 Event Pope gives his son Cesare Borgia as hostage to Charles VIII of France 1494 Birthday Francois I of Valois-Angoulame, king of France, 1515-47 1493 Birthday Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France 1493 Event France cedes Roussillon and Cerdagne to Spain by treaty of Barcelona 1492 Event King Henry VII of England invades France 1491 Event King Charles VIII of France marries Anna of Bretagne 1483 Death Louis XI, King of France (1461-83), dies at 60 1477 Event Burgundy and acquires Burgundian possessions in the Netherlands and France 1471 Death Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies 1470 Birthday Charles VIII, King of France, 1483-98, invaded Italy 1464 Birthday Johanna van Valois, Queen of France 1462 Birthday Louis XII, the Just, King of France, 1498-1515 1461 Death Charles VII, King of France (1422-61), dies at 58 1453 Event 2nd Battle at Castillon: France beats English, end of hundred year war 1435 Death Isabella of Bayern, Queen of France (Treaty of Troyes), dies 1431 Event King Henry VI of England crowned king of France 1429 Event Dauphin crowned king of France 1429 Event Joan of Arc leads Orleans, France, to victory over English 1423 Birthday Louis XI, King of France, 1461-83 1422 Event Charles V's son succeeds him as king Charles VII of France 1422 Death Charles VI, King of France (1380-1422), dies at 54 1422 Death Henry V, King of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19), dies 1420 Event Treaty of Troyes-French King Charles VI gives France to English 1403 Birthday Charles VII, King of France, 1422-61, drove out English 1394 Event Jews are expelled from France by Charles VI 1394 Event Jews are expelled from France by order of King Charles VI 1392 Event Assassination attempt on Pierre de Craon Van Clisson of France, fails 1387 Birthday Henry V, king of England, 1413 - 1422, France, 1416 - 1419 1380 Event King Charles VI of France crowned at age 12 1380 Death Charles V, the Wise, King of France (1364-80), dies 1376 Event Battle of Navarrete (Najera), English beat France 1371 Birthday John, the Fearless, Burgundy France, Duke of Burgundy/warrior 1368 Birthday Charles VI, the Well-Beloved, king of France, 1380-1422 1368 Birthday Charles VI, King of France, 1380-1422 1367 Event Battle at Najera Spain: Castilie and England beat Aragon and France 1367 Birthday Richard II, Bordeaux, France, king of England, 1377-99 1364 Death Jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44 1362 Event Robber bastion Tard-Venus strikes at Brignais France 1360 Event France invasion army lands on English south coast, conquers Winchel 1350 Death Philips VI, of Valois, King of France (1328-50), dies 1350 Death Philip VI, king of France, dies 1346 Event Battle at Crecy-England's longbows defeat France, cannons used for 1st time in battle 1340 Event England and France sign disarmament treaty 1340 Event Battle at Lock: English fleet beats France/Genuezen, 10-30,000 killed 1340 Event English king Edward III proclaimed king of France 1337 Birthday Charles V, the Wise, king of France, 1364-80 1328 Event King Philip VI of France, crowned 1328 Death Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies 1322 Event Jews are expelled from France for 3rd time 1322 Death Philip V, the Tall, King of France (1316-22), dies 1321 Event 160 Jews of Chincon France, burned at stake 1319 Birthday Jean II, the Good, king of France, 1350-64 1317 Event Phillips V, the Tall, crowned king of France 1316 Death Jan I, king of France (Nov 15-19 1316), dies 1316 Event Jan I becomes king of France, dies 4 days later 1316 Birthday Jean I, king of France, Nov 15-19, 1316, he lived only 4 days 1316 Death Louis X, King of France (1314-16), dies at 26 1314 Death Philippe IV, the Handsome, King of France (1285-1314), dies 1306 Event King Phillip the Fair, orders expulsion of Jews out of France 1302 Event Battle of Kortrijk Belgium (France vs Flanders) 1298 Death Petrus Johannis Olivi, South France theologist, dies 1295 Event Scotland and France sign anti-English covenant 1289 Birthday Louis X, the Stubborn, king of France, 1314-16 1288 Event Jews of Yroyes France are accused of ritual murder 1285 Death Philippe III, the Stout, King of France (1270-85), dies 1270 Death Louis IX, the Saint, King of France (1226-70), dies from plague at 56 1253 Event Jews are expelled from Vienne France by order of Pope Innocent III 1245 Birthday Philips III, the Stout, King of France, 1270 - 1285 1226 Death Louis VIII, the Lion, King of France (1223-26), dies at 39 1223 Death Philippe II Augustus, King of France (1180-1223), dies at 57 1217 Event Battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats France 1214 Event English king John begins siege around Lille France 1214 Birthday Louis IX, King of France, 1226 - 1270 1214 Event Earl Ferrand of Flanders drops ties with France 1202 Event King Philip II throws out John without Country, from France 1187 Birthday Louis VIII, Coeur-de-Lion, king of France, 1223-26 1180 Death Louis VII, the Younger, King of France (1137-80), dies at 59 1180 Death Louis VII, King of France, dies 1165 Birthday Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France, 1179-1223 1137 Death Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) 1131 Event Crowning of Louis VII the Young, King of France 1113 Birthday Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy 1108 Event Louis VI, "the Fat One," King of France, crowned 1108 Death Philip I, co-king of France (1059, 1060-1108), dies at 56 1070 Event Roquefort cheese created in a cave near Roquefort, France 1067 Death Boudouin V, earl of Flanders/guardian of king of France, dies 1060 Death Henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52 1059 Event Henri I crowns his son compassionate King Philip I of France 1031 Event Henry I succeeds father Robert II as King of France 1031 Death Robert II de Vrome, King of France (996-1031), dies 1027 Event Robert II, the Vrome, names son Henry I, king of France 996 Death Hugo Capet, king of France (987-96), dies at 58 987 Event Hugo Capet crowned king of France 987 Event Louis IV, crowned king of France 987 Death Louis V le Faineant, the Lazy, king of France (986-87), poisoned at 20 987 Death Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies 986 Death Lotharius, King of France (954-86), dies at 44 979 Event Louis V de Luie, crowned King of France 956 Death Hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies 954 Event Lotharius becomes king of France 954 Death Louis IV, of overseas, King of France, dies 939 Event Battle at Andernach: King Otto and Hermann of Zwaben beat Eberhard of France and Giselbert of Lutherans 929 Death Charles III, the Plain, King of France (893-929), dies 923 Death Robert I, King of France (922-23), dies in battle 922 Event French republic chooses Robert I, King of France 921 Event Treaty of Bonn: East France and West France recognize each other 898 Death Odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39 891 Event Northmen defeated near Louvaine, France 884 Death Carloman, co-king of France (879, 882-884), dies 882 Death Louis III, King of France (879-82), dies at 19 879 Birthday Charles III, The Simple, king of France, 893-923 879 Event Louis III, crowned King of France 879 Death Louis II, the stutterer, King of France (877-79), dies 877 Death Charles II the Kale, King of France/Roman emperor (875-77), dies at 54 876 Death Louis the German, King of East France Empire (833-76), dies 875 Death Louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50 856 Death Hrabanus Maurus, East France, archbishop of Mainz, dies 846 Birthday Louis II, the Stutterer, King of France, 877-79 843 Event Treaty of Verdun: Brothers Lotharius I, Louis the German and Charles the Bare divide France 823 Birthday Charles II, the Bald, King of France, 843-77, emperor, 875-77 823 Event Pope Peschalis I crowns Lotharius I, co-emperor of France 804 Death Alcuin of York, English scholar, dies in Tours France at 69 768 Death Pippin III, the short, King of France, dies at 53 754 Event Pope Stephen II, III, makes Pippin de Korte, King of France 732 Event Battle at Tours: France under Karel Martel beat Moors 714 Death Pippin II, of Heristal, Duke/prince of France, dies 561 Death Chlotarius I, king of the France (558-61), dies at about 61 558 Death Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 524 Death Chlodomer, King of the France to Orleans, dies at about 29 524 Event Battle at Vezerone: Burgundy beats France 524 Death Chlodomir, king of the France to Orleans (511-24), dies at about 28 511 Death Clovis, 1st King of France, dies at about 45 511 Death Clovis, king of Salische France/founder of Merovingische, dies at 45
