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) 2014 Event African leaders meet in Paris to discuss ways to fight Boko Haram, the Islamist group that kidnapped over 200 schoolgirls over a month ago in Nigeria; the country's president, Goodluck Jonathan, has been seen as slow to respond to the situation 2013 Event The biggest version of Boeing's Dreamliner plane, the 787-10, debuts at the Paris Air show; over 100 orders, worth over $30 billion, are placed 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 2012 Event Palestinian officials plan to exhume the body of former leader Yasser Arafat to determine whether his death in Paris, 2004, was caused by poisoning 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 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 Former French President Jacques Chirac begins stands trial in Paris for embezzlement charges 2011 Event The 2011 Paris Air Show features the international debut of the new Boeing 747-8 2010 Event Paris closes the Eiffel Tower due to snow 2010 Event Many nations urge lower fishing rates on the Atlantic bluefin tuna; quota limits on the critically endangered fish are discussed by major fishing nations in Paris 2010 Event The Paris Masters final is won by Sweden's Robin Soderling, a first major win for the player, now ranked fourth in the world of tennis 2010 Event Rallies to release Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman facing execution for adultery, occur in Paris, New York City, Ottowa and elsewhere 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 Abbe Pierre, dies in Paris, France, following a lung infection, at 94 2003 Death George Plimpton, writer/adventurer/actor, The Paris Review, dies at 76 2000 Event A Concorde jet crashes outside of Paris after takeoff killing 113 passengers 1997 Event Carlos the Jackal, "professional revolutionary" goes on trial in Paris 1997 Death Diana, Princess of Wales, first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, mother of Princes William and Harry, noted for philanthropy, dies in Paris, at age 36, killed in a car crash 1997 Event Fire breaks out at Palais de Chaillot in Paris 1996 Death Gene Kelly, actor and dancer, 'An American in Paris', 'Singin' in the Rain', dies at 83 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 Death Guy Debord, born in Paris, France, filmmaker, hypergraphist, theorist, founding member of Lettrist International, Situationist International, dies at 63 1993 Death Dorian Corey, actor (Paris is Burning), dies of AIDs at 56 1993 Death Ken England, U.S. screenwriter (Good Girls Go to Paris), dies at 82 1992 Event Round World Air Race begins in Paris 1992 Death Marlene Dietrich, Maria Losch, actress (Angel), dies in Paris at 90 1992 Event Euro-Disney opens near Paris 1991 Event "Les Miserables," opens at Mogador Theatre, Paris 1991 Death Shapour Bakhtiar, premier Iran (1979), dies in Paris 1991 Death Freddie Paris, dies 1990 Death Le Duc Tho, North Vietnamese negotiator in Paris (1975), dies at 78 1990 Death Georges Flamant, actor (La Chienne), dies in Paris at 86 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 1989 Event I. M. Pei's pyramidal entrance to the Louvre opens in Paris 1989 Event Ice Dance Championship at Paris won by M Klimova and S Ponomarenko (USR) 1989 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by E Gordeeva and S Grinkov (U.S.S.R.) 1989 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Kurt Browning (CAN) 1989 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Paris won by Midori Ito (Japan) 1989 Event 29 year old French woman gives birth to sextuplets in Paris 1989 Event International Conference on Limitation of Chemical Weapons opens in Paris 1988 Death David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris), dies at 73 1988 Death Philippe de Rothschild, Bordeaux Vineyard manager, dies in Paris at 86 1986 Event Musee d'orsay opens in Paris 1986 Event Bomb attack in Paris, 6 killed 1986 Event Bomb attack in Paris, 1 dead 1986 Event Bomb attack in Paris, 2 killed 1986 Death Jerry Paris, director/actor (Jerry-Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 60 1985 Event Russian party leader Gorbatsjov visits Paris 1985 Event "Black and Blue," premieres in Paris 1981 Birthday Nicole Richie, actress, socialite, known for television series, 'The Simple Life' with Paris Hilton, author of 'The Truth About Diamonds' 1981 Event Iran ex-president Bani Sadr flees to Paris 1981 Event Liverpool wins 26th Europe Cup 1 at Paris 1981 Birthday Paris Hilton, born in New York City, New York, model, actress, socialite, heiress, fashion designer, appeared in 'The Simple Life' television series 1980 Event 4 dies in attack on synagogue in Paris 1980 Event "Les Miserables," opens at Palais des Sports, Paris 1980 Death Jean-Paul Sartre, existentialist (Nobel 1964), dies in Paris at 74 1979 Death Prince Chahryar Shafik, Shah of Iran's nephew, murdered in Paris 1979 Event Chinese premier Hwa Kwofeng visits Paris 1979 Death Mary Marquet, actress (Landru, Paris Canaille), dies at 84 1978 Death Claude Dauphin, actor (Paris Precinct), dies at 75 1978 Death Ezzedin Kalak, Palestinian PLO representative in Paris, murdered 1978 Event Commandos occupy Iraqi embassy in Paris, 1 dead 1978 Event Gunman shoots his way into Iraqi Embassy in Paris 1978 Event 3 PFLP members kill a cop near El Al airlines in Orly Airport, Paris 1978 Event Belgian industrial Haron Empain kidnapped in Paris 1977 Death Maria Callas, American-born prima donna, dies in Paris at 53 1977 Death Octavus L "Octave" van Aerschot, actor (Scandal in Paris), dies at 87 1977 Death Norman Paris, orchestra leader (For Your Pleasure), dies at 41 1977 Death Claire Goll, journalist, writer, poet, wrote 'Poemes d'amour', 'Poemes de la jalousie', dies at 86 in Paris, France 1977 Event Alain Prieur jumps his motorcycle 65 m over 16 buses, near Paris 1977 Event $1.5-million Serge Lepage dress exhibited, Paris 1977 Death Yvonne Printemps, actress (Paris Waltz, Voyage to America), dies at 81 1977 Event Anti-French demonstrations takes place in Israel after Paris released Abu Daoud, responsible 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli athletes 1975 Event Turkish diplomat shot dead in Paris 1975 Death Ismail Erez, Turkish ambassador, killed by car bomb in Paris 1975 Event Bayern Munchen wins 20th Europe Cup 1 in Paris 1975 Event 4 mail truck assault on El Al B-747 in Paris, escape to Iraq 1974 Death Raymond Largay, actor (April in Paris, Variety Girl), dies at 88 1974 Death Marcel Achard, French dramatist (La forges the Paris), dies at 75 1974 Event Gold hits record $197 an ounce in Paris 1974 Death Georges Pompidou, French president, dies in Paris at 62 1974 Event Charles de Gaulle Airport opens near Paris 1974 Event Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris 1974 Event World's worst air disaster, Turkish DC-10 crashes in Paris (346 die) 1974 Event Gold hits record $188 an ounce in Paris 1973 Birthday Kristie Boogert, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, tennis star, 1996 Paris 1973 Event Concorde flies from Washington D.C. to Paris in 3h 33m 1973 Event Brazilian Boeing 707 crashes near Paris, 122 killed 1973 Event At Paris air show, Tupolev 144, a Soviet supersonic airliner, crashes 1973 Event Tupolev 144 crashes at Paris, 15 killed 1973 Birthday Deon Minor, Paris Texas, 400m runner 1973 Event Secret peace talks between U.S. and North Vietnam resumed near Paris 1972 Birthday Chris Imes, South Paris Maine, U.S. hockey defenseman 1994 Olympics 1972 Death Oscar Levant, actor (American in Paris, Dance of Life), dies at 65 1971 Birthday Jade Jagger, Paris, France, daughter of Mick and Bianca Jagger 1971 Death Charles Vildrac, Paris France, poet/playwright, dies at 88 1969 Birthday Mica Paris, born in South London, England, born Michelle Wallen, rocker, singer, actress, radio and television presenter, known for 1988 debut platinum-selling album 'So Good' 1969 Event Gold reaches then record high ($47 per ounce) in Paris 1969 Event US-North Vietnamese peace talks begin in Paris 1969 Event Expanded 4 party Vietnam peace talks began in Paris 1969 Death Vernon Duke, songwriter, composer, memorable songs 'Take a Chance on Love', 'April in Paris', dies at 65 1968 Birthday Vanessa Vadim, Paris, daughter of Jane Fonda/actress, Last Party 1968 Event President De Gaulle proposes referendum and students set fire to Paris bourse 1968 Event Students and police battle in Paris, 100s injured 1968 Event Vietnam peace talks began in Paris between the U.S. and North Vietnam 1968 Event Battle between students and troops in Paris, 1000 injured 1968 Event "Ben Franklin in Paris" closes at Lunt Fontanne New York City after 215 performances 1968 Event Student riot in Nanterre near Paris 1967 Birthday Alex Rousseau, Paris, France, U.S. water polo 2m Offense, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1966 Birthday Sophie Marceau, Paris, France, actress, Braveheart, L'Amour Braque 1966 Event Sophia Loren marries married Carlo Ponti in Paris 1965 Death Mehdi Am Barka, Moroccan socialist leader, murdered in Paris 1965 Death Ben Barka, Moroccan opposition leader, kidnapped and murdered in Paris 1965 Birthday Emmanuelle Seigner, born in Paris, France, actress, The Smile 1965 Birthday Tom Stankowski, born in Paris, France, Nike golfer 1965 Birthday Mathilda May, Paris, France, actress, Lifeforce 1964 Event "Ben Franklin in Paris" opens at Lunt Fontanne New York City for 215 performances 1964 Event Riot at Rolling Stones show in Paris (150 arrested) 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 Juliette Binoche, born in Paris, France, actress, Unbearable Lightness 1963 Death George F Broque, cubist painter, dies at 81 in Paris 1962 Birthday Valerie Kaprisky, born in Paris, France, actress, Breathless, Public Woman 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 1961 Event Battle of Paris - police kill 210 Algerians 1961 Death Louis-Ferdinand Celine, born in Courbevoie, France, novelist, 'Journey to End of Night', dies in Paris, France, at age 67 1961 Event Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West in Paris 1961 Event John F. Kennedy visits Charles de Gaulle in Paris 1961 Event Last trip (Paris to Bucharest) on Orient Express (after 78 years) 1960 Death Richard N Wright, U.S. author (Native son), dies at 52 in Paris France 1960 Event Jean Genets "Le Balcon," premieres in Paris 1960 Event Big 4 summit in Paris collapses as U.S.S.R. levels spy charges against US 1960 Birthday Anne Parillaud, Paris, France, actress, Subway, Nikita, Innocent Blood 1960 Death John Miljan, actor (Charlie Chan in Paris, Yankee Clipper), dies at 66 1959 Event Jean Genet's "Les Nigres," premieres in Paris 1959 Event U.S. President Eisenhower arrives in Paris 1959 Event "Today" show goes abroard 1st time (Paris France) 1959 Birthday Patrick Dupond, born in Paris, dancer, La Bayadere 1958 Event PanAm flies 1st transatlantic jet trip - New York to Paris 1958 Birthday Keith Haring, Kutztown, Pennsylvania, graffiti artist, Vanity Fair, Paris Review 1958 Event Ice Dance Championship at Paris won by June Markham/Courtney Jones GRB 1958 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Barbara Wagner/Rob Paul of CAN 1958 Event Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Carol Heiss of USA 1958 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by David Jenkins USA 1957 Birthday Carole Bouquest, Paris, actress, On Her Majesty's Secret Service 1957 Birthday Clio Goldsmith, born in Paris, France, actress, Gift, Heat of Desire 1957 Event Gabriel Paris forms government of Colombia 1957 Event Heitor Villa-Lobos' 10th Symphony, premieres in Paris 1955 Event 1st edition of L'express publishes in Paris 1955 Birthday Yo-Yo, Massachusetts, Paris, France, world famous Chinese cellist 1955 Birthday Isabelle Adjani, born in Paris, actress, Story of Adele H, Driver, Ishtar 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 Isabelle Huppert, born in Paris, France, actress, Cactus, Heaven's Gate 1954 Death Colette, writer, best-known for novel 'Gigi', which became a stage musical, dies at 81 in Paris, France 1954 Event Bolshoi-ballet does not appear in Paris 1954 Birthday Anicee Alvina, Paris, France, actress, Friends 1953 Birthday Kathie Lee Gifford, Paris, Florida, hostess, Live with Regis and Kathie Lee 1953 Event Samuel Beckett's "En Attendant Godot," premieres in Paris 1952 Birthday Andre-Michel Schub, Paris, France, pianist, Van Cliburn-1981 1952 Birthday Maria Schneider, born in Paris, actress, Last Tango in Paris, Crime of Honor 1952 Event 24th Academy Awards - "American in Paris," H Bogart and Vivian Leigh win 1952 Event Ice Dance Championship at Paris France won by Westwood and Demmy GRB 1952 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Ria Falk and Paul Falk of GER 1952 Event Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Paris won by Jacqueline du Bief of FRA 1952 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Richard Button USA 1952 Event Jean Anouilh's "La valse des toreadors," premieres in Paris 1951 Event Professor Youngblood demonstrates artificial heart in Paris 1951 Event Jongbloed in Paris demonstrates artificial heart 1950 Event Jean Anouilh's "La Repetition, ou L'Amour Pani," premieres in Paris 1950 Event 1st congress of International Astronautical Federation opens in Paris 1950 Event European Payment Union forms in Paris 1950 Event Darius Milhauds opera "Bolivar," premieres in Paris 1950 Event Eugene Ionesco's "La Cantatrice Chauve," premieres in Paris 1950 Birthday Corrine Clery, born in Paris, France, actress, Moonraker, Yor 1950 Birthday Miou-Miou, Paris, France, actress, Dog Day, My Other Husband 1950 Birthday Sylvette Miou-Miou, Paris, France, actress, Bottom Line, Menage 1949 Event Albert Camus' "Les Justes" premieres in Paris 1949 Birthday Paloma Picasso, born in Paris, France, actress, Immoral Tales 1949 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Andrea Kekesy/Ede Kiraly of HUN 1949 Event Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Paris won by Alena Vrzanova of CZE 1949 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Richard Button USA 1949 Event Richard Button retains world figure skating championship in Paris 1948 Event Albert Camus' "L'etat de Siege," premieres in Paris 1948 Birthday Stefanie Marrian, Paris, France, comedienne, Benny Hill Show 1948 Birthday Claire Denis, born in Paris, France, actress, Boom Boom, Chocolat 1948 Event Organization for European Economic Cooperation (EEC) forms in Paris 1947 Death Jacques-Philippe Leclerc, WW II hero (liberator of Paris), dies at 44 1947 Birthday Jonathan Kaplan, Paris, France, director, Heart Like a Wheel 1947 Event Darius Milhauds 3rd Symphony "Hymnus Ambrosianus," premieres in Paris 1947 Birthday Dominique Sanda, born in Paris, France, actress, 1900, First Love 1946 Event Jean-Paul Sartre's "La Putain Respecteuse," premieres in Paris 1946 Event 1st bikini is shown at a Paris fashion show 1946 Event Louis Reard's bikini swimsuit design debuts at Paris fashion show 1946 Event 1st bikini bathing suit displayed, Paris 1945 Event Jean Giraudoux' "La Folle de Chaillot," premieres in Paris 1945 Birthday Catherine Lacoste, born in Paris, France, golfer, U.S. Women's Open 1967 1944 Birthday Merzak Allouache, director, Salut Cousin, Amour a Paris 1944 Event French provisional government moves from Algiers to Paris 1944 Event 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees 1944 Event U.S. 12nd Army Corps crosses river Seine East of Paris 1944 Event General De Gaulle returns to Paris/walks Champs Elysees Paris 1944 Event Paris liberated from Nazi occupation, Freedom Tuesday 1944 Event General LeClercs troops open assault on Paris 1944 Event General George Leclercs troops advance towards Paris 1944 Event Nazi's give parts of Paris to Resistance 1944 Event Paris police strike against nazi occupiers 1944 Event U.S. 15th Army corp occupies Mantes-Gassicourt at Paris 1944 Event Paris railroad workers strike against nazi occupiers 1944 Event U.S. 15th Army corp reaches Mantes-Gassicourt near Paris 1944 Event Allies air raid railways at Vaires Paris 1944 Event Farewell concert of Willem Mengelberg in Paris 1944 Event Jean-Paul Sartres "Huis Clos," premieres in Paris 1944 Birthday Jean-Pierre Leaud, Paris, France, actor, Detective 1944 Birthday Marie-Christine Barrault, born in Paris, France, actress, Stardust Memories 1944 Event Jean Anouilh's "Antigone," premieres in Paris 1943 Birthday Catherine Deneuve, born in Paris, actress, Repulsion, Hunger 1943 Event French defiance under Jean Moulin meets secretly in Paris 1942 Event Nazi raid on Greek Jews in Paris 1942 Event 116 hostages executed by Nazis in Paris 1942 Event French police arrest 13,152 Jews in Paris 1942 Birthday Claudine Auger, Paris, France, Miss France, 1958, actress, Thunderball 1942 Birthday Francoise Dorleac, born in Paris, France, actress, That Man From Rio 1942 Event 1st deportation train leaves Paris for Auschewitz Concentration Camp 1941 Event German occupying army do a house search in Paris looking for Jews 1941 Event Nazi's blow up 6 synagoges in Paris 1941 Event 6 Paris synagogues are bombed by Gestapo 1941 Event Police raid 11th district of Paris, takes 4,000+ Jewish males 1941 Birthday Jacques Perrin, Paris, France, actress, Cinema Paradiso, 317th Platoon 1941 Event 1st massive German raid in Paris, 3,600 Jews rounded up 1941 Birthday Richard Bohringer, Paris, France, actor, Diva, I Married a Shadow 1940 Event 1,000s Paris students lay reath at Grave of Unknown Soldier 1940 Birthday Michael Gambon, English actor, Singing Detective, Paris at Night 1940 Event France surrenders to Hitler, German troops occupy Paris 1940 Event German forces occupied Paris during WW II 1940 Event Paris evacuates before German advance 1940 Birthday Joey Dee, born in Passaic, New Jersey, singer, Hey Let's Twist, 2 Tickets to Paris 1940 Event German forces enter Paris 1940 Event Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris 1940 Event Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris 1940 Event Premier Winston Churchill returns to London from Paris 1940 Event Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris 1940 Birthday Bernardo Bertolucci, born in Parma, Italy, director, Last Tango in Paris 1939 Birthday Tomas Svoboda, born in Paris, France, Czechoslovakian composer, Etude 1939 Event Jean Genets "Ondine," premieres in Paris 1939 Birthday Bertrand Blier, born in Paris, France, novelist and director, Going Places 1938 Birthday Richard Stoker, born in Britain, composer, writer, guitarist, fellow, Royal Academy of Music, studied under Nadia Boulanger in Paris 1938 Event Italy beats Hungary 4-1 in soccer's 3rd World Cup at Paris 1938 Birthday Pascale Petit, PAris, actor, Code Name: Jaguar, End of Desire 1938 Event Jean Anouilh's "La Sauvage," premieres in Paris 1937 Death Maurice J Ravel, Swiss/French composer (Bolero), dies in Paris at 62 1937 Event World's fair of Paris closes (31.2 million visitors) 1937 Death George Gershwin, composer (American in Paris), dies at 38 1937 Event Jean Anouilh's "Le Voyageur Sans Baggage," premieres in Paris 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 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 Birthday Philippe de Montebello, Paris, art exhibitionist, Treasures of Tut 1936 Birthday Fred Paris, rocker, Five Satins 1935 Event Jean Giraudoux' "La Guerre de Troie n'Aura," premieres in Paris 1935 Event Jean Anouilh's "Y avait un presonnier," premieres in Paris 1934 Birthday Brigitte Bardot, born in Paris, France, sex kitten, And God Created Women 1934 Birthday Claude Berri, born in Paris, France, director, Le Sex Shop, L'Homme Blesse 1933 Event Paris express train derails and kills 160, injures 300 (France) 1933 Event Train crash in Eastern Paris; 230 die 1933 Event JDJ Boularan's "Tovarich," premieres in Paris 1933 Birthday Roman Polanski, born in Paris, France, director, Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown 1933 Event 28th Davis Cup: Great Britain beats France in Paris (3-2) 1933 Event Balanchine/Weills "7 Deadly Sins," premiers in Paris 1933 Birthday Jean-Paul Belmondo, born in Paris, France, actor, Casino Royale, Magnifique 1933 Event Jean Genet's "Intermezzo," premieres in Paris 1933 Birthday James Goldsmith, Paris, France, corporate raider, Referendum Party 1932 Birthday Jean-Pierre Cassel, Paris, France, actor, Trout 1932 Event 27th Davis Cup: France beats USA in Paris (3-2) 1932 Birthday Anouk Aimee, Paris, actress, 8, La Dolce Vita 1932 Event Jean Anouilh's "L'Ermine," premieres in Paris 1932 Birthday Jean-Pierre Ponnele, Paris, France, opera director, Carmina Burana 1932 Birthday Francois Truffaut, Paris, director, Jules and Jim, Fahrenheit 451 1932 Birthday Caterina Valente, Paris, France, singer, Entertainers 1931 Birthday Guy Debord, born in Paris, France, filmmaker, hypergraphist, theorist, founding member of Lettrist International, Situationist International 1931 Event Jean Genet's "Judith," premieres in Paris 1931 Birthday Annie Giradot, Paris, France, actress, Gypsy, Jacko and Lise 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 1930 Birthday Toma Prosev, born in Macedonia, composer, professor, studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris, and professor L.M. Skerjanc at Ljubljana Music Academy 1930 Birthday Gerard Blain, Paris, France, actor, Hatari 1930 Birthday Phillipe Leroy, Paris, France, actor, Night Porter, Leonardo da Vinci 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' 1929 Event Jean Giraudoux' "Amphitryon '38," premieres in Paris 1929 Event Sergei Prokoviev's ballet "Prodigal Son," premieres in Paris 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 Event Marcel Pagnol's "Marius," premieres in Paris 1928 Event George Gershwin's "An American In Paris" premieres (New York City) 1928 Event "Bolero" by Maurice Ravel, 1st performed publicly (Paris) 1928 Event Marcel Pagnol's "Topaz," premieres in Paris 1928 Event Cole Porter and E Ray Goetz' musical "Paris," premieres in New York City 1928 Birthday Alexis Korner, born in Paris, musician, Blues Inc-Bootleg Him 1928 Birthday Jeanne Moreau, born in Paris, France, actress, Going Places, Jules and Jim 1927 Event Philip Barry's "Paris Bound," premieres in New York City 1927 Death Johanna C P Barbiers, actress (Voddenraper of Paris), dies at 79 1927 Event Lindburgh lands in Paris, after 1st solo air crossing of Atlantic 1927 Event At 7:40 AM, Lindbergh takes off from New York to cross Atlantic for Paris 1926 Event Darius Milhauds opera "Le Pauvre Matelot," premieres in Paris 1926 Birthday Daniele Delorme, Gabrielle Girard, Paris, actress, Pardon My Affair 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 Death Symon Petljoera, President Ukraine (pogroms), murdered in Paris 1926 Birthday [Martin] Ross Hunter, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor, Ever Since Paris 1926 Birthday Robert Clary, born in Paris, France, actor, LeBeau-Hogan's Heroes 1925 Birthday Michel Piccoli, Paris, France, actor, Topaz, Peril, May Fools 1925 Birthday Denise Darcel, Paris, France, actress, Dangerous When Wet 1925 Birthday Jerry Paris, born in San Francisco, California, director/actor, Jerry-Dick Van Dyke Show 1925 Birthday Corinne Calvet, born in Paris, France, actress, Phantom of Hollywood 1924 Event Respighi's symphony "Pini di Roma," premieres in Paris 1924 Event 8th Olympic games closes in Paris 1924 Event Federation Internationale des Echecs (FIDE) forms in Paris 1924 Event 8th Olympic games open at Paris, France 1924 Birthday Renee Jeanmaire, Paris, France, dancer, Hans Christian Anderson 1924 Birthday Nina Foch, born in Leiden, Netherlands, actress, American in Paris 1922 Birthday Micheline Presle, Paris, actress, Nea, Donkey Skin 1922 Event 1st world championship athletics for women, held in Paris 1922 Birthday Pierre Cardin, Paris, France, fashion designer, Unisex 1922 Event James Joyce's "Ulysses" published in Paris (1,000 copies) 1922 Event Arthur Honegger's ballet "Skating Rink" premieres, Paris 1921 Birthday Joan Dickson, born in England, cellist, professor at Royal College of Music in London, studied with Enrico Mainardi in Paris, performed with Joyce Rathbone 1921 Event 2nd Pan-African Congress meets (London, Brussels and Paris) 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 Maurice Ravels ballet "La Valse," premieres in Paris 1920 Birthday Eric Rohmer, born in Nancy, France, actor, 6 in Paris, Collector, Perceval 1920 Event Darius Milhaud and Jean Cocteau's ballet, premieres in Paris 1920 Birthday George Breakston, Paris, France, actor and director, Jungle Stampede 1920 Event 1st assembly of League of Nations in Paris 1919 Birthday Jacques Marin, Paris, actor, Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo 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 Paul Claudel's "Tate d'Or," premieres in Paris 1919 Event American Legion forms (Paris) 1919 Event League of Nations set up by Paris Treaty 1919 Event Pan-African Congress, organized by W. E. B. Du Bois (Paris) 1919 Event American Legion organizes in Paris 1919 Event League of Nations 1st meeting (Paris) 1918 Death Claude A Debussy, French composer (Iberia/La mer), dies in Paris at 55 1918 Event Crepy-en-Laonnoise: German artillery shells Paris, 256 killed 1918 Event Paris bombs "Thick Bertha's Dike" (nickname for the widow Krupp) 1918 Event Sacha Guitry's "Deburan," premieres in Paris 1918 Birthday Suzanne Flon, Paris, France, actress, One Deadly Summer, Moulin Rouge 1917 Birthday Jean-Pierre Melville, Paris, France, director, A Cop 1917 Death Mata Hari, Dutch dancer/German spy, executed by firing squad in Paris 1917 Death Edgar Degas, painter, Paris 1917 Event General Pershing and his HQ staff arrived in Paris during WW I 1917 Event Satie/Massine/Picasso's ballet "Parade," premieres in Paris 1916 Birthday Suzy Delair, Paris, France, actress, Utopia, White Paws 1916 Event Picasso, Max Jacob, Kisling, Ortiz and Paquerette photographed in Paris 1916 Death Joseph S Gallieni, General/military governor of Paris, dies 1916 Event 1st bombings of Paris by German Zeppelins takes place 1915 Birthday Edith Piaf, E Giovanna Gassion, Paris, chanteuse, Little Sparrow 1915 Event 1st transatlantic radiotelephone message, Arlington, Virginia to Paris 1915 Birthday Brenda Marshall, Philippines, actress, Sea Hawk, Paris After Dark 1915 Birthday David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head, Washington, Paris 1914 Event French government returns to Paris 1914 Event Battle of Marne (German advance stalls, Paris saved) 1914 Event Battle of Marne; Germans prevented from occupying Paris 1914 Event Lord Kitchener arrives in Paris 1914 Event General von Kluck decides not to attack Paris 1914 Event 1st German plane bombs above Paris, 2 killed 1914 Death Jean Jaures, leading socialist, assassinated in Paris 1914 Event Henri Rabauds opera "Marouf, Savetier de Caire," premieres in Paris 1914 Event Paul Claudel's "L'echange," premieres in Paris 1913 Event Heavyweight Jack Johnson-Jim Johnson fight to no decision in Paris 1913 Event Heavyweight Jack Johnson KOs Andre Spaul in Paris 1913 Birthday Oleg Cassini, Paris, France, fashion designer, Jackie Kennedy 1913 Birthday Rene Clement, born in Bordeaux, France, director and writer, Is Paris Burning 1912 Event Paul Claudels "L'Annonce Faote Maroe," premieres in Paris 1912 Birthday Reta Shaw, South Paris Maine, actress, Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1912 Birthday Gene Kelly, born in Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania, dancer and actor, 'An American in Paris', 'Singin' in the Rain' 1911 Birthday Le Duc Tho, North Vietnamese representive at Paris peace talk 1911 Event Vincenzo Perugia steals Mona Lisa from Louvre, Paris 1911 Event Maurice Ravels opera "L'Heure Espagnole," premieres in Paris 1910 Birthday Jean Genet, born in Paris, France, criminal/novelist/dramatist, The Blacks 1910 Event Neon lights, 1st publically seen (Paris Auto Show) 1910 Event Baroness Raymonde de Laroche of Paris is 1st licensed female pilot 1910 Birthday Vincente Minnelli, born in Chicago, Illinois, director, American in Paris, Gigi 1910 Event Edmond Rostand's "Chantecler," premieres in Paris 1910 Event Heavy rains cause floods in Paris 1909 Birthday Jean Berger, born in Hamm, Germany, composer, pianist, professor, studied at Heidelberg, Vienna universities, studied with Paris' Louis Aubert, taught at Middlebury College, University of Colorado at Boulder, among others 1909 Birthday Suzanne G Charpentier, born in Paris, actress, Dinner at Ritz 1909 Birthday Simone Weil, born in Paris, social philosopher/Resistance fighter, WW II 1909 Event Italian writer Marinetti publishes Futurist Manifest in Paris 1909 Birthday Jean-Pierre Aumont, Paris, France, actor, Cat and Mouse, Happy Hooker 1908 Birthday Gene Raymond, New York City, actor, Paris 7000, Fireside Theater 1908 Event Around the World Automobile Race ends in Paris 1908 Event Paris advocate E Archdeacon is 1st passenger in a airplane 1908 Event New York to Paris auto race (via Alaska and Siberia) begins in New York City George Schuster wins after 88 days behind the wheel 1907 Event Prince Scipone Borchesi wins Beijing to Paris, 7,500 mile auto rally 1907 Event Paul Dukas' opera "Ariane et Barbe Bleue," premieres in Paris 1907 Event Georges Feydeaus' "La Puce l'Oreille," premieres in Paris 1906 Birthday Oscar Levant, Pittsburgh, actor, American in Paris, Dance of Life 1906 Event Cinema Omnia Pathe, world's 1st cinema, opens (Paris) 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 Maurice Ravel's "Miroirs," premieres in Paris 1905 Birthday Andre Jolivet, Paris, France, composer, L'Eunuque 1905 Birthday George Baxter, born in Paris, France, actor, Flying Saucer, Lili, Caged 1905 Birthday Serge Lifar, born in Kiev, dancer, choreographer, Paris Opera Ballet 1904 Birthday Paul Arma, born in Budapest, born Weisshaus Imre, pianist, composer, ethnomusicologist, studied under Bela Bartok, piano soloist with Radio Paris 1904 Birthday Manuel Rosenthal, born in Paris, France, composer, Bootleggers 1904 Event Federation Internationale de Football Association (Soccer) forms in Paris 1904 Event Maurice Ravel's "Sheherazade," premieres in Paris 1904 Birthday Lily Pons, opera singer and actress, That Girl From Paris 1903 Birthday Vernon Duke, born in Parafianovka, Belarus, Vladimir Dokelsky, songwriter, composer, memorable songs 'Take a Chance on Love', 'April in Paris', music was performed by Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra 1903 Birthday Claudette Colbert, Lily Chauchoin, Paris, actress, Texas Lady 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 Birthday Fernandel, Fernand JD Contandin, French actor, Paris Holiday 1903 Birthday Anais Nin, born in Paris, novelist, Winter of Artifice, House of Incense 1903 Birthday Madeleine Renaud, Paris, France, actress, Helene, Longest Day 1902 Birthday Jacques-Philippe Leclerc, France, WW II hero, liberator of Paris 1902 Event Debussy's opera "Pelleas et Melissande," premieres in Paris 1902 Birthday Philippe de Rothschild, Paris, manager, Bordeaux Vineyard 1902 Event Maurice Ravel's "Pavane pour une infante defunte," premieres in Paris 1902 Birthday Henri Garat, born in Paris, France, actor, Congress Dances 1901 Event Opera "Griselidis" is produced (Paris) 1901 Event 1st use of "getaway car" occurs after holding up a shop in Paris 1901 Event 1st exhibition by Pablo Picasso, 19, opens in Paris 1901 Birthday Jo Mielziner, born in Paris, set designer, Carousel, Death of a Salesman 1900 Death Oscar Wilde, Irish author, dies in Paris at 46 1900 Birthday Arthur Schwartz, composer, Girl from Paris, Excuse my Dust 1900 Birthday Marcel Dalio, Paris, actor, Casablanca 1900 Event World's Fair in Paris opens, 50 million visitors 1900 Event After over 5 months 2nd Olympic games in Paris France, close 1900 Event Henry O. Tanner, painter, wins Medal of Honor at Paris Exposition 1900 Event Start of the one and only olympic cricket match, in Paris 1900 Event 2nd modern Olympic games opens in Paris (lasted 5 months) 1900 Event International Exposition opens in Paris 1900 Event President Loubet opens International Fairs in Paris 1900 Event Gustave Charpentiers opera "Louise" premieres in Paris 1900 Event Maurice Ravel's "Albaradode Gracioso," premieres in Paris 1900 Event Gustave Charpentiers opera "Louise," premieres in Paris 1899 Birthday Gaston Glass, Paris, France, film executive 1899 Birthday Mary Margaret McBride, Paris, Missouri, radio personality, WOR-AM, New York City 1899 Birthday Marcel Dalio, Israel Blauschild, Paris, France, actor, China Gate 1899 Event Treaty of Paris ratifies ends war; Spain cedes Puerto Rico to US 1899 Birthday Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, Paris, composer/pianist, Les Biches 1898 Event 20,000 Paris construction workers go on strike 1897 Event Edmond Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac," premieres in Paris 1897 Birthday Julien Carette, Paris, France, actor, Sylvia and the Phantom 1897 Event Fire in Paris bazaar at Rue Jean Goujon kills 200 1897 Birthday Pierre Fresnay, born in Paris, France, actor, Grand Illusion 1896 Event Alfred Jarry's "Ubu Roi," premieres in Paris 1896 Event Oscar Wildes "Salom" premieres in Paris 1896 Event Georges Feydeaus' "Le Dindon," premieres in Paris 1895 Event World's 1st movie theater opens in Paris 1895 Birthday David Butler, born in San Francisco, California, director, April in Paris, Calamity Jane 1894 Event Debussy's ballet "L'apres-midi d'un faune," premieres in Paris 1894 Event Vaccine for diphtheria announced by Dr. Roux of Paris 1894 Birthday George Renevant, born in Paris, actor, Moulin Rouge, Scotland Yard, Comrade X 1894 Event Jules Massenet's opera "Thais," premieres in Paris 1894 Event Georges Feydeau's "Un la Patte," premieres in Paris 1893 Birthday Vladimir Golschmann, Paris, France, conductor with Immortal Downbeat 1891 Event Jules Massenets opera "Griselde," premieres in Paris 1891 Birthday Francoise Rosay, Paris, actress, Interlude, Women in Prison, Saraband 1891 Birthday Ilya G Ehrenburg, born in Kiev, Ukraine, writer, Fall of Paris, The Thaw 1890 Birthday Jacques Ibert, born in Paris, France, composer, Escales 1889 Event Moulin Rogue opens in Paris 1889 Event Jules Massenets opera "Esclarmonde," premieres in Paris 1889 Event Universal Exposition opens in Paris, Eiffel Tower completed 1888 Birthday Maurice Chevalier, Paris, thanked heaven for little girls, Gigi 1888 Event Edouard Lalo's opera "Le roi d'Ys," premieres in Paris 1887 Event Georges Feydeaus' "Tailleur Pour Dames" premieres in Paris 1887 Event Victorien Sardou's "La Tosca," premieres in Paris 1887 Birthday Nadia Boulanger, Paris, composer/music teacher, Lasirene Ideology 1887 Event Gas lamp at Paris Opera catches fire; 200 die 1887 Event Emmanuel Chabriers opera "Le Roi Malgre Luis," premieres in Paris 1886 Birthday Raymond Largay, born in Wisconsin, actor, April in Paris, Variety Girl 1885 Event Opera "El Cid" premieres (Paris) 1885 Event Opera "Lakme" is produced, Paris 1884 Death Paul Abadie, French master builder (Sacre-Coeur, Paris), dies at 71 1884 Event Statue of Liberty presented to U.S. in Paris 1884 Birthday Nicholas Joy, Paris, France, actor, Boss Lady 1884 Event Jules Massenet's opera "Manon," premieres in Paris 1883 Birthday Edgard Victor Achille C Varese, Paris, France, composer, Innisation 1883 Event Leo Delibes' opera "Lakme," premieres in Paris 1883 Event Unity treaty of Paris signed: protects industrial property 1882 Birthday Charles Vildrac, Paris, France, poet/playwright 1882 Event Victorien Sardous "Fedora," with Sarah Bernhardt, premieres in Paris 1882 Event Pierre de Brazza festival welcomed in Paris 1881 Event Jacques Offenbach's opera "Les Contes d'Hoffman," premieres in Paris 1877 Event Opera "Le Roi de Lahore" is produced (Paris) 1877 Event Opera "Les Cloches de Cornerville" is produced (Paris) 1876 Birthday Maurice de Vlaminck, born in Paris, Fauvist painter, Village in the Snow 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 Event Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen" premieres (Paris) 1875 Event Charles Garnier's new Opera opens in Paris 1874 Birthday [William] Somerset Maugham, Paris, novelist/poet, Of Human Bondage 1873 Birthday Henri Rabnaud, Paris, France, composer, Le Premer Glaire 1873 Event Leo Delibes' opera "Le Roi l'a Dit," premieres in Paris 1871 Event Paris communards revolt put down 1871 Event Paris Commune founded 1871 Event Communards revolt in Paris 1871 Event Paris surrenders to Prussians 1870 Event Leon Gambetta flees Paris in balloon 1870 Event Siege of Paris begins 1869 Event Folies Bergere opens in Paris 1868 Event Dr. James Moore (UK) wins 1st recorded bicycle race, (2k) velocipede race at Parc fde St. Cloud, Paris 1868 Event The opera "Hamlet" premieres in Paris 1867 Event Opera "Romeo et Juliette" is produced (Paris) 1867 Event International Exhibition opens in Paris 1867 Event Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Don Carlos," premieres in Paris 1866 Event Opera "Mignon" is produced (Paris) 1865 Birthday Paul Abraham Dukas, Paris, France, composer, Velleda 1865 Event Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "L'Africaine," premieres in Paris 1865 Event Opera "L'Africaine" is produced (Paris) 1864 Event Opera "Mireille" premieres in Paris 1864 Event Rossini's "Petite Messe Solennelle," premieres in Paris 1863 Event Opera "Pescatori di Perle" is produced (Paris) 1863 Event George Bizets opera "Les Pacheurs de Perles," premieres in Paris 1862 Event Opera "La Reine de Saba," premieres in Paris 1861 Birthday Georges Melies, Paris, magician; 1st to film a fictional story 1859 Event Jules Leotard performs 1st Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris) He also designed garment that bears his name 1859 Event Opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris) 1859 Event Opera "Faust" by Charles Gounod premieres in Paris 1858 Event Passy, at Paris: 1st "Samedi soir" i/d villa of lovers Rossini 1858 Event In Paris, the Can-Can is 1st performed 1858 Event Jacques Offenbach's opera "Orphee aux Enfers," premieres in Paris 1856 Event Russia signs Peace of Paris, ending the Crimean War 1856 Death Heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris 1855 Event Opera "Les Vapres Sicilenne" is produced (Paris) 1852 Birthday [Ferdinand-Frederic-]Henri Moissan, Paris, France, chemist, Nobel 1906 1852 Birthday Edouard baron Empain, Belgian railway builder, Paris Metro 1852 Event Alexandre Dumas Jr's "Le Dame aux Camelias," premieres in Paris 1851 Event Opera "La Perle Du Bresil" is produced (Paris) 1851 Event Alfred de Mussets "Bettine," premieres in Paris 1851 Birthday Paul-Marie-Theodore-Vincent d'Indy, born in Paris, comp, Symphonie Cevenole 1849 Birthday Joseph S. Gallieni, general, Battle of Marne, military governor, Paris 1849 Event Opera "Il Profeta," premieres in Paris 1849 Event Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "Le Prophete," premieres in Paris 1848 Event Alfred de Musset's "Andre del Sarto," premieres in Paris 1848 Birthday Gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding design/painter, Rue de Paris 1848 Death Denis-Auguste Affre, archbsp of Paris (1840-48), shot to death at 54 1848 Event Bloody insurrection of workers in Paris 1848 Birthday Johanna C P Barbiers, actress, Voddenraper of Paris 1847 Event Alfred de Mussets "Un Caprice," premieres in Paris 1846 Event Opera "La Damnation de Faust" is produced (Paris) 1846 Event Gioacchino Rossini marries Olympe Pelissier in Paris 1844 Birthday Charles-Marie Widor, Lyons France, composer and professor, Paris Conservatory 1844 Event Hector Berlioz' "Carnaval Romain," premieres in Paris 1843 Event Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Don Pasquale," premieres in Paris 1842 Event Versailles to Paris train catches fire; 50 die 1842 Event Gioacchino Rossini's opera "Stabat Mater" premieres in Paris 1840 Event Gaetano Donizetti's opera "La Favorita," premieres in Paris 1840 Event Opera "Die Favoritin" is produced (Paris) 1840 Event Gaetano Donizetti's Opera "La Fille du Regiment," premieres in Paris 1839 Event Details of Louis Daguerre's 1st practical photographic process are released in Paris 1838 Event Victor Hugo's "Ruy Blas," premieres in Paris 1838 Event Hector Berlioz' opera "Benvenuto Cellini," premieres in Paris 1836 Event Giacomo Meyerbeers opera "Les Huguenots," premieres in Paris 1835 Death Louis Angely, German comedic poet (Paris in Pommern), dies at 48 1835 Birthday Camille Saint-Saens, Paris, France, composer, Ode a Sainte Cecile 1835 Event Frederic Chopins "Grand Polonaise Brillante," premieres in Paris 1835 Event Opera "I Puritani," premieres in Paris 1835 Event Vincenzo Bellini's opera "I Puritani," premieres in Paris 1831 Event Opera "Robert Le Diable" is produced (Paris) 1830 Event Hector Berlioz' "Symphonique fantastique," premieres in Paris 1830 Event Revolution breaks out in Paris, opposing laws of Charles X 1830 Event Victor Hugo's "Hernani" premieres in Paris 1830 Event Opera "Fra Diavolo," premieres in Paris 1829 Event Opera "Guillaume Tell" is produced (Paris) 1829 Event Gioacchino Rossini's "William Tell," premieres in Paris 1828 Event Gioacchino Rossini's opera "Le Comte Ory," premieres in Paris 1825 Event 1st French Liszts operette Don Sanche premieres in Paris 1824 Event Gioacchino Rossini becomes manager of Theatre Italian, Paris 1823 Event Eugene Scribes "Le Menteur Veridique," premieres in Paris 1823 Death Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, painter, studied in Italy and painted for wealthy Parisians in Paris, influenced by Romanticism and Neoclassicism dies 1818 Birthday Charles Francois Gounod, born in Paris, France, opera composer, Faust 1815 Death Saartjie Baartman, Hottentot Venus, dies in Paris 1815 Event 2nd Peace of Paris: France and allies 1815 Event Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule 1814 Event 1st Treaty of Paris, after Napoleon's 1st abdication 1814 Event Forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris 1814 Event Britain and allies march into Paris after defeating Napoleon 1810 Birthday Alfred de Musset, Paris, writer, Un Caprice, Bettine 1809 Birthday Georges Eugene Haussmann, born in Paris, France, architect 1807 Birthday Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin, born in Paris, France, French politician and revolutionary 1807 Event Napoleon convenes great Sanhedrin, Paris 1804 Event Napoleon Bonaparte crowned emperor of France in Paris by Pope Pius VII 1803 Birthday Prosper Merimee, Paris, France, playwright, Carmen 1803 Event Monroe and Livingston sail for Paris to buy New Orleans; they buy La 1801 Death Jacques-Denis Antoine, French builder (La Monnaie Paris), dies at 68 1800 Birthday Paulin Paris, French historian 1797 Event 1st sky diver (Andre-Jacques Trim, above Paris) 1797 Event Andre-Jacques Garnerin makes 1st parachute jump from balloon (Paris) 1797 Event Cherubini's opera "Medee," premieres in Paris 1796 Event France and Sardinia sign Peace treaty of Paris 1795 Event Conseil of the Cinq-Cents (Council of 500), forms in Paris 1794 Event Jakobonen Club forms in Paris 1794 Event Coup of thermidor/fall of Robespierre in Paris 1793 Event Louvre officially opens in Paris 1793 Event Louvre in Paris, opens 1793 Event Execution of Girondins at Paris, during Reign of Terror 1793 Birthday Denis A Affre, archbishop of Paris, 1840-48 1793 Event 1st public zoo opens in Paris 1792 Event Paris masses remove nobles/clergymen out of jails and slaughter them 1792 Event Mobs in Paris attack palace of Louis XVI 1787 Event Parliament of Paris banished to Troyes 1785 Event Napoleon Bonaparte (16) graduates from the military academy in Paris (42nd in a class of 51) 1784 Event England and Netherlands signs peace treaty (Peace of Paris) 1784 Event Revolutionary War ends; Congress ratifies Treaty of Paris 1783 Event Treaty of Paris signed (ending U.S. Revolutionary War) 1780 Birthday Pierr-Jean Beranger, born in Paris, France, songwriter, writer, book of memoirs, 'Ma biographie', published in 1858 1779 Birthday Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, Paris, France, engraver 1779 Birthday Jean Coralli, Paris, ballet producer/choreographer 1778 Event France recognizes U.S., signs treaty of aid in Paris; 1st U.S. treaty 1778 Event Piccinni's opera "Roland" premieres, Paris 1774 Event CW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis," premieres in Paris 1771 Event Carlo Goldoni's "Le Bourru Bienfaisant," premieres in Paris 1771 Event Denis Diderot's "Le Fils Naturel," premieres in Paris 1770 Birthday Alexandre Brongniart, Paris, mineralogist/geologist, Tertiary 1770 Event De Beaumarchais' "Les Deux Amis," premieres in Paris 1766 Birthday Rodolphe Kreitzer, France, composer/virtuoso violinist, Paris Conserv 1763 Event Treaty of Paris ends French-Indian War, surrendering Canada to England 1762 Event British parliament accept Treaty of Paris 1762 Event England and Spain signs Treaty of Paris 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 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 1743 Birthday Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, Paris, father of mod chemistry, Oxygen 1733 Birthday Jacques-Denis Antoine, French master builder, Hotel Maillebois Paris 1732 Event Voltaire's "Zaire," premieres in Paris 1732 Event Paris churchyard Saint-Medard closed after Jansenistic ritual 1730 Event Voltaire's "Brutus," premieres in Paris 1728 Event Pierre de Marivaux' "Le Triomphe de Plutus," premieres in Paris 1727 Event Spain underwrites Preliminairy of Paris 1727 Event France, England and Netherlands sign accord of Paris 1726 Event Marie de Camargo (16) premieres at Opera of Paris 1725 Birthday Armand-Louis Couperin, Paris, France, organist/composer, Notre Dame 1722 Event Pierre de Marivaux' "La Double Inconstance," premieres in Paris 1720 Event Pierre de Marivaux' "Arlequin Poli Par l'Amour," premieres in Paris 1718 Event Voltaires "Oedipe," premieres in Paris 1715 Event French manufacturer debuts 1st folding umbrella (Paris) 1715 Birthday Claude Helvetius, Paris, France, philosopher 1714 Event Parliament of Paris accepts Pope Clemens XI's "Unigenitus" degree 1708 Event Prosper Jolyot's "Electre," premieres in Paris 1707 Birthday Claude Prosper, Paris, France, novelist 1705 Event Prosper Jolyot's "Idomenee," premieres in Paris 1703 Death Man in the Iron Mask, prisoner in Bastille prison in Paris, dies 1696 Event Jean-Francois Regnard's "Le Joueur," premieres in Paris 1688 Birthday Pierre De Marivaux, Paris, France, writer, Marianne 1687 Death Jean-Baptiste Lully, Paris, composer 1686 Event Jean Baptiste Lully's opera "Armide," premieres in Paris 1682 Event Louis XIV and his court inaugurates Paris Observatory 1679 Event Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera "Bellerophon," premieres in Paris 1676 Birthday Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris, France, composer/organist 1675 Birthday Guillaume Delisle, Paris, France, geographer, Atlas Geographique 1674 Event Pierre Corneille's "Surena," premieres in Paris 1673 Event Jean Racine's "Mithridate," premieres in Paris 1672 Event Jean Racine's "Bajazet," premieres in Paris 1670 Event Pierre Corneille's "Tite et Berenice," premieres in Paris 1668 Event Jean Racines "Britannicus," premieres in Paris 1668 Birthday Francois Couperin, Paris, France, composer/organist, Concerts Royaux 1667 Event Jean Racine's "Andromaque," premieres in Paris 1667 Event 1st public art exhibition (Palais-Royale, Paris) 1665 Event Jean Racine's "Alexandre le Grand," premieres in Paris 1665 Event Molieres "L'amour Medecin," premieres in Paris 1664 Event Pierre Corneille's "Othon," premieres in Paris 1659 Event Pierre Corneille's "Oedipe," premieres in Paris 1656 Event Artificial pearls 1st manufactured by M Jacquin in Paris made of gypsum pellets covered with fish scales 1655 Death Cyrano de Bergerac, French dramatist/novelist, dies at 36 in Paris 1653 Event Cardinal Mazarin returns to Paris from exile 1652 Event King Louis XIV returns to Paris 1652 Event Prince of Conde flees Paris 1652 Event Prince of Conde starts blood bath in Paris 1651 Event Cardinal Mazarin flees Paris 1640 Event Pierre Corneilles "Horace," premieres in Paris 1635 Event Academie Franeaise forms in Paris (by Cardinal Richelieu) 1626 Birthday Marie de Sevigne, Paris, letter-writer, Portrait in Letters 1619 Birthday Charles Le Brun, Paris, painter, designer, Chancellor Seguier 1613 Birthday Francoise duc de la Rochefoucald, Paris, France, writer, Memoires 1610 Event Parliament of Paris appoints Louis XIII (8) as French king 1603 Death Franciscus Vieta, mathematician, dies in Paris at 63 1596 Event Ferryboat Meuniers crashes in Paris, 150 die 1594 Event French King Henri IV festival in Paris 1588 Event King Henri III flees Paris 1588 Event Catholic League under duke Henri de Guise occupies Paris 1588 Event Duke Henri de Guises troops occupy Paris 1581 Event Commissioned by Catherine De Medici, the 1st ballet "Ballet Comique de la Reine," is staged in Paris 1576 Event Henry of Navarre (future Henry IV) escapes from Paris 1562 Event General Francois de Guise enters Paris 1550 Event 1st sitting of "Vurige Chamber" in Paris 1525 Event Paris' parliament begins pursuit of Protestants 1463 Event French poet Francois Villon banished from Paris 1416 Death John, Duke of Berry, captain of Paris, dies 1393 Event Fire during Royal Ball at Paris, 4 die (Ball of the Ardents) 1370 Event Bastille begins being built in Paris 1349 Event Paris' theologist Jean de Fayt warns for flagellanten at Avignon 1340 Birthday John duke of Berry, captain of Paris/art collector 1323 Event Treaty of Paris 1303 Event Treaty of Paris restores Gascony to British in Hundred Years War 1259 Event Treaty of Paris: English king Henry III and French king Louis IX 1242 Event 24 wagonloads of Talmudic books burned in Paris 1201 Birthday Robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris 1160 Death Peterus Lombardus, Italian theologist/bishop of Paris, dies 956 Death Hugo the Great, earl of Paris/duke of Francia, dies at about 55 951 Event Paris is founded 898 Death Odo, earl of Paris/king of France (888-98), dies at about 39
