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Versailles


1986 1st Francophone Summit convenes at Versailles

1978 Brittany separatists bomb Palace of Versailles in France

1970 Julie Halard, born in Versailles, France, tennis star, 1995 Prague

1958 Bill Roy, Versailles, Illinois, skeet 1996 Olympics

1946 John Conlee, Versailles, Kentucky, country singer, Common Man

1944 Gen Eisenhowers train returns to Versailles

1939 Versailles Peace Treaty forgot to include Andorra, so Andorra and Germany finally sign an official treaty ending WW I

1938 John Corigliano, born in New York City, composer, Fern Hill, Ghosts of Versailles

1936 Hitler breaks Treaty of Versailles, sends troops to Rhineland

1935 Hitler orders German rearmament, violating Versailles Treaty

1934 Adolph Hitler expands German army and Navy and creates an air force, violating Treaty of Versailles

1932 Stephane Audran, Versailles France, actress, Just Before Nightfall

1920 U.S. Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for 2nd time refusing to ratify League of Nations' covenant (maintaining isolation policy)

1919 U.S. Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations

1919 Senate 1st invokes cloture to end a filibuster (Versailles Treaty)

1919 President Wilson personally delivers Treaty of Versailles to Senate

1919 President Wilson returns to New York City from Versailles Peace Conference

1919 Treaty of Versailles ending WW I signed in France

1919 Treaty of Versailles: Germany ends incorporation of Austria

1919 WW I Peace Congress opens in Versailles, France

1918 President Wilson sails for Versailles Peace Conference in France, 1st chief executive to travel outside U.S. while in office

1842 Versailles to Paris train catches fire; 50 die

1757 Charles X, Versailles France, Duke of Prussia

1756 Russia joins the Alliance of Versailles

1754 Louis XVI, Versailles, king of France, 1774-93, eventually guillotined

1710 Louis XV the Well-Beloved, Versailles, King of France, 1715-74

1683 Philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain, 1700-24, 24-46

1674 Jean Racine's "Iphigenie," premieres in Versailles



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