2004 Death Henri Cartier-Bresson, Photographer, dies at 95 1996 Death Henri Nannen, journalist, dies at 82 1996 Death Henri Nouwen, Dutch Clergyman 1994 Death Henri Rousselot, admiral, dies at 82 1994 Death Henri Calef, Bulgarian/French director (Jericho), dies 1993 Event Henri Konan Bedie names himself President of Ivory coast 1993 Death Henri van Soede, sub commandant (WW II), dies at about 83 1993 Death Hans [Henri EA] Tuynman, provo (Full-time Provo), dies at 50 1992 Death Henri J de Koster, Dutch Minister of Defense (1971-73), dies at 78 1992 Death Henri Guillemin, French historian, dies at 89 1991 Death Henri de Lubac, French theologist/antifascist, dies 1991 Death Henri Marius Rellys, dies at 86 1988 Death Henri van Praag, Dutch para-psychologist, dies 1988 Event Military coup in Haiti: Lieutenant General Avril takes control, Henri Namphy flees 1988 Event 58th French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Henri Leconte (75 62 61) 1986 Death Henri Knap, Dutch journalist/writer, dies at 75 1986 Event Haiti's President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier flees to France Henri Namphy becomes leader of Haiti 1984 Death Henri Michaux, writer, dies 1980 Death Henri Martelli, composer, dies at 85 1979 Event Henri La Mothe dives 28' into 12 3/8" of water 1977 Death Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist/composer, dies at 91 1974 Birthday Henri Crockett, NFL linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons 1974 Death Henri Smajda, Tunis/French publisher (Combat), commits suicide at 77 1973 Event Montreal Canadien Henri Richard scores his 1,000th NHL point 1972 Death Henri Coanda, Romanian Inventor 1972 Death Henri Potiron, composer, dies at 89 1971 Death Henri Puvrez, Belgian sculptor (Serenity), dies at 78 1971 Death Henri Tomasi, French composer (Don Juan de Manara), dies at 69 1969 Death Henri EJA de Page, Belgian lawyer, dies 1967 Death Henri Mulet, composer, dies at 88 1963 Birthday Henri Leconte, born in France, tennis player, French finalist 1988 1961 Event NY Museum of Modern Art hangs Henri Matisse's "Le Bateau" upside-down It wasn't corrected until December 3rd 1961 Death Henri Gagnon, composer, dies at 74 1959 Death Henri Vidal, French actor (Fabiola), dies of a heart attack at 40 1959 Death Henri Pourrat, French writer (Le chasseur de la nuit), dies 1955 Death Henri Liebrecht, Belgian stagewriter/journalist, dies at 71 1955 Birthday Henri, Heir Apparent Prince of Luxembourg 1954 Death F Henri Berr, French occurence philosopher (L'hymne la vie), dies 1954 Death Henri E B Matisse, French painter/sculptor (Dance II), dies at 84 1954 Death Henri Matisse, French Artist 1954 Death Henri Zagwijn, composer, dies at 76 1952 Death Henri G Winkelman, Dutch supreme commander army/navy 1940, dies at 76 1952 Death Henri Vandeputte, Belgian writer (L'Autre Vie), dies at 75 1951 Death Henri Philippe Petain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime), dies 1951 Birthday Philippe Henri Edmonds, cricketer, in Zambia England slow left-arm 1951 Death Henri Velge, 1st chairman (Belgian Council of State), dies at 65 1949 Death Hendrik A de Fish, Henri Pauwels, Flemish philological, dies at 64 1949 Event Amsterdam Telegraph-director/SS'er Henri Holdert sentenced to 12 years 1949 Death Henri Rabaud, French composer and conductor (L'ete), dies at 75 1949 Death Henri de Vries, Hendricus Walterop, actor (Cleopatra), dies at 84 1947 Death Henri G Casadesus, French altviolist/composer (viola d'amour), dies at 66 1946 Death Johanna HC Albregt, actress/wife of Henri Dons (Paradise), dies at 71 1945 Event Marshal Henri Petain, leader Vichy-regime, goes on trial 1945 Event Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WW II, arrested for treason 1944 Death Henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder 1943 Birthday Henri Szeps, born in Lausanne, Switzerland, actor, Mother and Son 1943 Death Henri H Geul, resistance fighter, executed at 27 1943 Death Henri Halberstadt, Dutch resistance fighter (census dir), executed 1943 Death Henri La Fontaine, Belgian Lawyer 1943 Death Henri Polak, Dutch union leader/politician (soc-dem), dies at 74 1943 Birthday Henri J "Adriaan" Adriaansen, mime/director, Stinging Nettle King 1941 Death Henri Louis, French officer/resistance fighter, executed at 40 1941 Event French Marshal Henri Petain gave full support to Nazi Germany 1941 Death Henri Bergson, French philosopher (Le Rire, Nobel 1928), dies at 81 1940 Death Henri Desgrange, French cyclist/founder (Tour de France), dies at 75 1939 Death Henri Jaspar, premier of Belgium (1926-31), dies at 68 1939 Death Henri W A Deterding, Dutch oil magnate (Royal Oil, Shell), dies at 72 1937 Death Henri [Lucien] Capitant, French lawyer, dies at 72 1936 Birthday Henri "Rocket" Richard, NHL center, Montreal Canadiens 1935 Death Henri Pirenne, historian (Lesson villes ouch moyen-age), dies at 73 1935 Death Henri Barbusse, French writer (Le feu), dies at 62 1933 Death Henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch composer (Handbook of Music), dies at 84 1933 Death Henri Duparc, French composer, dies at 85 1933 Birthday Akira Miyoshi, born in Suginami, Tokyo, composer, influenced by Henri Dutilleux, professor, Toho Gakuen School of Music, Japan 1932 Birthday Henri Namphy, Cap Hatien Haiti, President of Haiti, 1986-88 1932 Event 52nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Henry E Vines beats Henri Cochet (64 64 64) 1932 Event Ellsworth Vines beats Henri Cochet for U.S. Tennis title 1932 Birthday Henri Lazarof, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, composer, studied with Paul Ben-Haim, teacher, UCLA, known for Tableaux, written for piano and orchestra 1932 Birthday Adrian Henri, poet and president, Liverpool Academy of Arts 1932 Birthday Henri Nouwen, Dutch Clergyman 1932 Death Henri Stroethoff, Dutch actor (Bright Paradise), dies at 60 1930 Event 6th French Mens Tennis: Henri Cochet beats Bill Tilden (36 86 63 61) 1929 Death Robert Henri, U.S. painter (The Eight), dies at 63 1929 Birthday Henri Pousseur, born in Malmedy, Belgium, composer, Homo Habitis 1928 Event 48th U.S. Mens Tennis: Henri Cochet beats F T Hunter (46 64 36 75 63) 1928 Event Henri Cochet wins U.S. Tennis Open 1924 Death Charles Henri Marechal, composer, dies at 82 1916 Birthday Henri Dutilleux, Angers France, composer 1915 Birthday Hans [Henri A] Gomperts, Dutch literature, Duck on Attic 1915 Birthday Harry van Doorn, Henri W, CRM minister/Dutch politician, KVP/PPR 1914 Birthday Henri J de Koster, Dutch Minister of Defense, 1971-73 1914 Event Henri Rabauds opera "Marouf, Savetier de Caire," premieres in Paris 1913 Birthday Henri Nannen, journalist 1912 Birthday Henri Rousselot, admiral 1911 Birthday Henri Knap, Dutch resistance fighter/journalist/writer 1911 Event Frenchman Henri Rougier wins 1st Rally of Monte Carlo 1910 Death J Henri Dunant, Swiss writer/founder (Red Cross, YMCA), dies 1910 Birthday Henri A Cornelis, Governor-General Belgian Congo/Rwanda-Urundi 1910 Death Henri "le Douanier" Rousseau, French ambassador/painter, dies 1910 Death Henri Rousseau, French Artist 1910 Death Henri E Cross [Delacroix], French painter, dies at 53 1910 Event 1st seaplane, takes off from water at Martinques France (Henri Fabre) 1910 Birthday Henri Queffelec, French writer, Au bout du monde 1909 Event 13th Boston Marathon won by Henri Renaud of New Hampshire in 2:53:36.8 1908 Birthday Henri Cartier-Bresson, born in Chanteloup, France, photographer 1907 Birthday Henri Storck, Flemish poet, Cantico do Lomem, Olympics Bichos 1907 Death [Ferdinand-Frederic-]Henri Moissan, chemist (Nobel 1906), dies at 54 1907 Birthday Henri van Albada, Belgian sculptor, Charles V 1906 Birthday Henri Temianka, composer 1906 Birthday Harry van Kruiningen, Henri A Janssen, painter/graphic artist 1904 Death Gaston Henri Charles Antoine Serpette, composer, dies at 57 1902 Event Geo Lefevre and Henri Desgrange create Tour de France bicycle race 1902 Birthday Henri Garat, born in Paris, France, actor, Congress Dances 1901 Birthday Henri Cochet, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1928 1901 Event 1st Nobel Peace Prizes (to Jean Henri Dunant, Frederic Passy) 1901 Death Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter, dies at 36 1901 Birthday Henri Tomasi, Marseilles France, composer, Don Juan de Manara 1901 Birthday George Keyt, born in Sri Lanka, artist, modern painter, cubist style, influenced by Henri Matisse, celebrated for line drawing translation of Gita Govinda into English and Sinhalese 1900 Birthday Henri Bruning, Dutch literary 1896 Birthday Henri de Lubac sj, French theologist/anti-fascist 1895 Birthday Henri Martelli, composer 1894 Event French Captain Henri Decoeurs troops reach Nikki West Africa 1894 Birthday Henri E J A de Page, Belgian private law scholar 1894 Event French cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in world record 2:39:18 1893 Event Henri Desgrange establishes 1st bicycle-world record (35.325 km) 1893 Birthday Henri Puvrez, Belgian sculptor, Sereniteit 1890 Birthday Floyd Henri Allport, U.S. psychologist/sociologist 1888 Birthday Henri [Ferdinand M J] Bosco, French author and poet, Gogol 1888 Death Henri Braekeleer, Flemish painter, dies 1888 Death Henri Herz, composer, dies at a day before 85th birthday 1887 Birthday Henri Pourrat, French writer, Gaspard of the Montagnes 1887 Birthday Henri Gagnon, composer 1886 Birthday Henri Alain-Fournier, French novelist, Great Adventure 1886 Birthday Henri Coanda, Romanian Inventor 1886 Birthday Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist 1885 Birthday Henri Velge, 1st chairman, Belgian Council of State 1885 Birthday Hendrik A de Fish, Henri Pauwels, Flemish philological/sociologist 1884 Birthday Henri Liebrecht, Belgian playwright/journalist 1882 Birthday Henri Potiron, composer 1880 Birthday Henri G Casadesus, French altviolist/composer, Viola d'amour 1878 Birthday Henri Mulet, composer 1878 Birthday Henri Zagwijn, composer 1878 Death Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67 1877 Birthday Henri Vandeputte, Belgian author and poet, L'homme Jeune 1876 Birthday Henri G Winkelman, Dutch general/supreme commander/navy 1940 1876 Death Henri A Esquiros, French poet (Evangile du peuple), dies at 63 1874 Birthday Johanna HC Albregt, Dutch actress, Dumb August, wife of Henri Dons 1873 Birthday Henri Rabnaud, Paris, France, composer, Le Premer Glaire 1873 Birthday Henri Barbusse, Asnieres, France, novelist, Le Feu 1871 Birthday Henri Stroethoff, Dutch actor, A Chique Little Boy 1870 Birthday Henri Jaspar, premier of Belgium, 1927-31 1869 Birthday Henri Matisse, France, impressionist painter, Odalisque 1869 Death Henri Leys, Flemish painter, dies at 54 1868 Birthday Henri Polak, union leader/politician, soc-dem 1866 Birthday Charles Jean Henri Nicolle France, bacteriologist, Nobel-1928 1866 Birthday Henri WA Deterding, Dutch oil magnate, Royal Oil, Shell 1866 Birthday Henri [Hendrik J] Hall, Dutch MP/comic, Put a Lid on it 1865 Birthday Henri [Lucien] Capitant, French lawyer, Loi Falcidie 1865 Birthday Robert Henri, U.S. painter, leader of Ashcan school 1864 Birthday Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, France, painter, At the Moulin Rouge 1864 Birthday Henri de Vries, Van Walterop, Dutch actor, Cleopatra, White Cargo 1863 Birthday F Henri Berz, French existensialist philosopher, Revue the Synthesis 1862 Birthday Henri Pirenne, Belgian historian, History of Belgium 1859 Birthday Henri Bergson, France, philosopher, Creative Evolution-Nobel 1927 1857 Death Francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer, dies at 73 1856 Birthday Louis Henri Sullivan, born in Boston, Massachusetts, father of modern U.S. architecture 1856 Birthday Henri E Cross, Delacroix, French painter 1856 Birthday Henri POBJ Petain, French marshal, Verdun/Vichy regime 1854 Birthday Henri Poincare, France, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher 1854 Birthday Henri La Fontaine, Belgian Lawyer 1852 Birthday Antoine Henri Becquerel, discovered radioactivity, Nobel 1903 1852 Birthday [Ferdinand-Frederic-]Henri Moissan, Paris, France, chemist, Nobel 1906 1852 Event Henri Giffard, a French engineer, makes 1st dirigible flight 1848 Birthday Henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch conductor and composer, Lexicon of Music 1848 Birthday Henri Duparc, French composer 1847 Death Henri MG earl the Merode, Belgian revolutionary (Souvenirs), dies at 65) 1846 Birthday Gaston Henri Charles Antoine Serpette, composer 1844 Birthday Henri Rousseau, French Artist 1844 Birthday Henri Julien Felix Rousseau, French ambassador/painter, Dream 1843 Birthday A G Henri Regnault, French water colors painter 1842 Birthday Charles Henri Marechal, composer 1840 Birthday Henri Braekeleer, Flemish painter/etser 1837 Death Henri Klimrath, French lawyer (Etude sur lesson costumes), dies at 30 1828 Birthday Jean Henri Dunant, born in Switzerland, writer and founder, Red Cross, YMCA, Nobel 1901 1828 Death Jean Henri Appelius, Dutch lawyer/minister of Finance, dies at 60 1823 Birthday Jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist, insects and spiders 1821 Birthday Henri Frederic Amiel, Swiss Philosopher 1820 Death Henri Hamal, composer, dies at 76 1820 Birthday Henri Vieuxtemps, Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher, Brussels Cons 1815 Birthday Henri Leys, Flemish painter 1812 Birthday Henri A. Esquiros, French poet and writer, Les Vierges Folles 1810 Birthday Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist 1808 Death Henri Hardouin, composer, dies at 81 1807 Birthday Henri Klimrath, French lawyer, Memoire sur lesson Olim 1803 Death Henri Moreau, composer, dies at 75 1803 Birthday Henri Herz, composer 1798 Birthday Henri Scheffer, painter 1794 Death Henri D count de Larochejacquelin, French Royalist Army leader, dies at 21 1784 Birthday Francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer 1783 Birthday Stendahl, Marie Henri Beyle, France, writer, Le Rouge et de Noir 1782 Birthday Henri MG earl the Merode, Belgian revolutionary, Souvenirs 1776 Birthday Henri Dutrochet, discovered and named process of osmosis 1772 Birthday Henri D Count de Larochejacquelin, French royalist leader 1767 Birthday Jean Henri Appelius, lawyer/minister of Finance 1763 Birthday Etienne-Nicolas Mehul, French organist/opera composer, Le Jeune Henri 1751 Death Henri F D'Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (1717..50), dies at 82 1748 Death Henri Madin, composer, dies at 49 1744 Birthday Henri Hamal, composer 1728 Birthday Henri Moreau, composer 1727 Birthday Henri Hardouin, composer 1717 Event Henri d'Aguesseau's 1st appointment as chancellor of France 1698 Birthday Henri Madin, composer 1685 Death Henri Otto, Spanish marquis of Caretto/Savona/Grana, dies 1684 Death Henri Dumont, composer, dies 1675 Death Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne Vicomte de Turenne, General (France), dies 1668 Birthday Henri F d'Aguesseau, chancellor of France, 1717..50 1650 Event French rebel Henri de la Tour Turenne signs treaty with Spain 1644 Death Isabella van Bourbon, French princess of Henri IV, dies 1638 Death Henri II, duke of Rohan-Gie, French hugenot leader, dies at 58 1638 Death Henri duc de Rohan, French soldier/Huguenot leader, dies 1632 Death Henri de Montmorency, French duke/plotter, beheaded 1632 Event Battle at Castelnaudary: Duke Henri de Montmorency's rebel army loses 1632 Event Battle at Castelnaudary: Henri de Montmorency's rebellion army loses 1598 Event French king Henri IV and duke van Mercour sign treaty 1597 Event Amiens surrenders to French King Henri IV 1595 Event Pope Clemens VIII recognizes Henri IV as king of France 1595 Event Willem I's daughter of Elisabeth of Nassau marries duke Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne of Broth 1595 Event French king Henri IV declares war on Spain 1594 Event French King Henri IV festival in Paris 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 French king Henri IV occupies Rouen 1591 Event Chartres surrenders to king Henri IV in France 1591 Event Pope Gregory XIV threatens to excommunicate French king Henri IV 1591 Death Edmond Auger, French jesuit (under Henri III), dies at about 60 1590 Event Battle at Ivry: French king Henri IV beats Catholic League 1590 Event Battle at Ivry: French King Henri IV beats Catholic League 1589 Event Battle at Arques: French king Henri IV beats Catholic League 1589 Death Jacques Clement, French monk (Henri III), dies 1588 Event French king Henri III accept demands of Catholic League 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 1587 Event Battle at Auneau: Henri de Guise wins 1587 Event Battle at Coultras: Henri van Navarra beats Catholic League 1585 Event Pope Sixtus excommunicates Hendrik van Navarra (Henri IV) 1585 Event King Henri III and Duke De Guise signs Treaty of Nemours: French Huguenots loose all freedoms 1579 Birthday Henri II, Duke de Rohan-Gie, French Huguenot leader 1577 Event King Henri de Bourbon of Navarra becomes leader of Huguenots 1572 Event King Navarra Henri de Bourbon marries Margaretha van Valois 1559 Event Duke of Montgomery wounds king Henri II during tournament 1558 Event French king Henri II occupies Calais 1556 Event Kings Henri I and Philip II sign Treaty of Vaucelles 1553 Birthday Henri IV the Bourbon, king of Navarra, Henri III, France 1552 Event Henri II of France occupies Metz 1550 Birthday Henri Guise [le Balafre], French duke/leader, Catholic League 1545 Birthday Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain/daughter of Henri II 1059 Event Henri I crowns his son compassionate King Philip I of France
