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1996 Francois Chaumette, actor (They Never Slept, Christine), dies at 72

1996 Francois Mitterrand, President of France (1981-95), dies of cancer at 79

1994 Francois de Grossouvre, President Mitterrand advisor, suicide at 76

1993 Francois Reichenbach, Fren director (L'Amerique Insolite), dies at 70

1992 Olivier Messiaen, French composer (St. Francois d'Assise), dies at 83

1991 Francois Billetdoux, French author (Word Awake), dies in Phila

1988 Francois Mitterrand elected president of France

1984 Francois Truffaut, dir (Fahrenheit 451), dies of brain cancer at 52

1981 Francois Mitterrand becomes president of France

1981 Francois Mitterrand defeats Valery Giscard d'Estang for President of France

1977 Frenchman Francois Claustre freed, after 33 months as hostage in Chad

1975 Francois Rozenthal, hockey forward, Team France 1998

1973 Jean Francois Bergeron, born in St. Jerome, Quebec, boxer 1996 Olympics

1972 Francois Gesthuizen, soccer player, PSV, NAC

1972 Jean Francois Labbe, Sherbrooke, NHL goalie for the Colorado Avalanche

1971 Francois "Doc" Duvalier, dictator of Haiti, dies at 64

1971 Francois Duvalier, Haitian Statesman

1970 Francois Mauriac, writer, dies

1970 Francois Leroux, Ste-adele, NHL defenseman for the Pittsburgh Penguins

1969 Francois Letourneau, St. Jerome Quebec, canoeist 1996 Olympics

1968 Francois Gravel, hockey goaltender, Team France 1998

1965 Francois Mitterrand nominated for French presidency

1963 Francois Poulenc, Fren composer (Litanies Vierge noire), dies at 74

1958 Francois de Vries, economist, dies at 74

1955 Francois Rasse, composer, dies at 81

1954 Francois "Doc" Duvalier wins Haitian presidential election

1953 French minister Francois Mitterrand, resigns due to colonial policy

1946 Francois Bozize, Gabonese Statesman

1944 Francois Ambrosiny, French dancer and choreographer (Fˆtes d'Hebe), dies at 66

1940 Jose Van Dam, Brussels Belgium, bass-baritone, Francois d'Assisif

1935 Frans, [MJ Francois] Erens, literary (Years Gone By), dies at 78

1932 Francois Glorieux, composer

1932 Francois Bayle, composer

1932 Francois Truffaut, Paris, director, Jules and Jim, Fahrenheit 451

1927 Francois Leydet, sierra club, Last Redwoods

1927 Francois Nourissier, French writer, Un petit bourgeois

1926 Francois d'Assise Morel, composer

1925 Francois J [Frank] le Roux, chief whip, South Afr Conserv Party

1924 Claude Andre Francois Ballif, composer

1924 Jean Francois Revel, French journalist/author, Ni Marx ni Jesus

1923 Francois Chaumette, actor, They Never Slept, Christine

1922 Francois H L Henrichs, sportscaster/actor, Spider

1922 Francois Reichenbach, French director, La douceur du Village

1920 Francois Jacob, born in France, biologist/bacteriologist, Nobel 1965

1916 Francois Mitterand, Jarnac France, President of France, 1981-95

1915 Francois Bondy, writer

1908 Francois A Gevaert, Belg/Dutch composer (Diable au Moulin), dies at 68

1908 Francois Coppee, French poet, dies

1907 Francois "Doc" Duvalier, dictator of Haiti

1907 Francois Duvalier, Haitian Statesman

1906 Francis Walder, [Francois Waldburger], Belgian author

1903 Francois Crepin, Belgian botany, dies at 72

1901 Francois M Raoult, Fren physicist/chemist (Law of Raoult), dies at 70

1900 Julien Green, US/French writer, Frere Francois

1899 Francois Felix Faure, president of France (1895-99), dies at 57

1897 Cyril "Froggy" Francois, cricketer, South Africa all-rounder vs. Eng 1922-23

1895 Francois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85

1894 Francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, dies at 58

1888 Francois Pauwels, Dutch writer/attorney

1887 Jules Francois Blasini, Curaeaos pianist/composer, dies at 40

1885 Francois Mauriac, France, novelist/poet/playwright, Nobel 1952

1884 Francois de Vries, Dutch economist

1878 Francois C Schlumberger, French physicist

1878 Francois Ambrosiny, French dancer/choreograph, L'oiseau enchante

1874 Francois Coty, Corsica, Corsican senator/perfume maker

1873 Francois Hainl, composer, dies at 65

1873 Francois Rasse, composer

1871 Sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, composer, dies at 59

1868 Leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer, dies at 51

1866 Adrien Francois Servais, composer, dies at 59

1864 Jacques Francois Gallay, composer, dies at 68

1861 Josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67

1858 Alexandre Pierre Francois Boely, composer, dies at 73

1857 Francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer, dies at 73

1857 French [M J Francois] Erens, lawyer/literary, Pursue Years

1857 E Francois Vidocq, French criminalogist/police officer, dies at 81

1853 D Francois J Arago, French astronomer/physicist (chromosome), dies

1852 Francois MP Liberman, French founder (Congr of H Heart), dies at 49

1849 Francois de Paule Jacques Raymond de Fossa, composer, dies at 73

1848 Francois Rene de Chateaubriand, French novelist (Atala)/diplomat, dies

1848 Francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabaneonne), dies at 69

1847 Jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer

1842 Francois Coppee, French poet

1837 Marie Francois Carnot, engineer/French President, 1887-94, ; assassinated

1837 Francois Gerard, French baron/painter, dies at 66

1835 Francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, Snikken en grimlachjes

1833 Francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician, dies at 74

1830 Francois Crepin, Belgian botany

1830 Francois M Raoult, French physicist/chemist, law of Raoult

1828 Francois Auguste Gevaert, Belgian composer, Le diable au moulin

1827 Francois Leonard Rouwyzer, composer, dies at 90

1818 Charles Francois Gounod, born in Paris, France, opera composer, Faust

1817 Leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer

1816 Francois Alexander Sallantin, composer, dies at 60

1812 Sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, composer

1809 Francois de Canrobert, French marshal/parliament member

1807 Francois Hainl, composer

1807 Adrien Francois Servais, composer

1807 Louis Francois Chambray, composer, dies at 69

1807 Francois Guichard, composer, dies at 61

1803 Francois Devienne, composer, dies at 44

1803 [Francois D] Toussaint L'Ouverture/Haitian revolutionary, dies

1802 Francois MP Liberman, French relig leader, Congregation of Heart

1799 Francois Giroust, composer, dies at 62

1795 Jacques Francois Gallay, composer

1793 Josepf Francois Snel, composer

1788 Francois Bainville, composer, dies at 63

1787 Francois P G Guizot, French historian/politician

1786 D Francois J Arago, French astronomer/physicist/politician

1785 Alexandre Pierre Francois Boely, composer

1784 Francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer

1775 Francois de Paule Jacques Raymond de Fossa, composer

1774 Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80

1770 Francois Hanot, composer, dies at 72

1768 Francois Rene de Chateaubriand, France, poet and novelist, Atala

1768 Francois de Cuvillies, Belgian architect of Bayern, dies

1760 Francois Collin de Blamont, composer, dies at 69

1759 Francois GJS Andrieux, French writer/politician

1759 Francois de La Croix, composer, dies at 76

1759 Francois Devienne, composer

1755 Francois Alexander Sallantin, composer

1746 Francois Fagel, lawyer/statesman, dies at 86

1745 Francois Guichard, composer

1743 [Francois D] Toussaint L'Ouverture, Breda, leader, Haiti

1740 Francois van Aerssen, Dutch vice-admiral (Suriname), dies at 71

1737 Francois Leonard Rouwyzer, composer

1737 Louis Francois Chambray, composer

1737 Francois Giroust, composer

1736 Maria Theresa Habsburg marries French Stefanus (emperor Francois I)

1733 Francois Krafft, composer

1733 Francois Couperin "Le Grand", French composer, dies at 64

1733 Francois Couperin, French composer (Le Grand), dies at 64

1727 Francois Valentijn, vicar/writer, dies at 61

1725 Francois Bainville, composer

1718 Francois Fagel, Dutch field marshal/mayor of Nimegen, dies at 63

1697 Francois Hanot, composer

1695 Francois the Cuvillies, Belgian court architect of Bayern

1694 Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV

1690 Francois Collin de Blamont, composer

1686 Francois Tak, Dutch diplomat on Java, murdered

1683 Francois de La Croix, composer

1680 Francois Roberday, composer, dies at 56

1680 Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld, writer, dies

1680 Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

1673 Francois Caron, admiral/governor (Formosa), drowns at about 72

1669 Francois van Aerssen, Dutch vice-admiral, Suriname/Algeria

1668 Francois Couperin, Paris, France, composer/organist, Concerts Royaux

1668 Francois Anguier, French sculptor, dies at about 64

1666 Francois Valentijn, Dutch vicar/writer

1659 Francois Fagel, Dutch lawyer/statesman

1655 Francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized

1654 Francois van Kinschot, treasurer-gen/chancellor of Brabant, dies at 77

1651 Francois Fenelon, France, writer, Playing for Time

1646 Francois De Bassompierre, marshal of France, dies

1641 Francois van d'Aerssen, ruler of Sommelsdijk/diplomat, dies at 69

1641 Francois van d'aerssen, mister of Sommelsdijk/diplomat, dies at 69

1641 Francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman, Marquis de Louvois

1641 Franciscus Gomarus, [Francois Gomaer], French theologist, dies

1628 Francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier

1624 Francois Roberday, composer

1622 Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55

1620 Francois Charpentier, French scholar/archaeologist

1613 Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

1590 Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65

1581 Queen Elizabeth I and Francois of Anjou wed

1579 Francois van Anjou visits English queen Elizabeth I

1579 Francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France

1577 Francois van Kinschot, Dutch treasurer

1569 Francois de Coligny, French general (Jarnac), dies

1567 Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint

1563 Francois Guise, French general/duke, assassinated at 44

1563 Huguenot Jean Poltrot de Mere shoots gen Francois De Guise

1563 Franciscus Gomarus, [Francois Gomaer], Dutch theologist/opera singer

1562 General Francois de Guise enters Paris

1560 Francois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16

1558 Jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies

1558 Queen Mary Stuart of Scotland marries French crown prince Francois

1553 Francois Rabelais, French author (Gargantua/Pantagruel), dies at 49

1547 Henry II succeeds Francois I as king of France

1547 Francois I of Valois-Angoulˆme, King of France (1515-47), dies at 52

1545 Franciscus Junius, [Francois du Jon], French/Neth calvinist theologist

1545 French king Francois I orders protestants of Vaudois to be killed

1544 Peace of Crepy: German emperor Charles V and French king Francois I

1544 Charles and Francois I sign Peace of Crepy

1539 Emperor Karel and King Francois I sign anti-English treaty

1538 King Francois I orders renewed pursuit of Protestants

1538 Peace talks between Karel and King Francois I

1536 Francois Rabelais absolved of apostasy by Pope Paul III

1534 Francois I signs classified treaty with evangelical German monarchy

1532 Henry VIII and Francois I signs secret treaty against emperor Karel V

1531 Louise Van Savoye, French regent of king Francois I, dies at 55

1531 Pope Clemens VII and Francois I sign secret treaty against Karel V

1530 Francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43

1526 King Francois I returns Spanish captivity to France

1526 French king Francois I freed from Spain

1525 Swiss and German mercenaries desert Francois I's army

1524 Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, Anti-Tribonien

1521 French king Francois I declares war on Spain

1521 Francois de Coligny, ruler of van Andelot, French general, Jarnac

1520 Franciscus Balduinus, [Francois Baudouin], lawyer

1519 Francois de Guise, [Balafre], French general strategist, Calais

1516 Kings Charles I and Francois I signs Treaty of Noyons

1515 Francois, Duke of Angoulˆme succeeds Louis XII as Francois I of France

1494 Francois I of Valois-Angoulˆme, king of France, 1515-47

1488 Francois II of Bretagne, dies

1476 Louise of Savoye, French mother/regentes of king Francois I

1463 French poet Francois Villon banished from Paris



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