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1844 In France
Events from the year 1844 in France. Incumbents * Monarch – Louis Philippe I Events *6 August - First Franco-Moroccan War begins. *14 August – Battle of Isly, French victory over Moroccan forces near Oujda, Morocco, ending the First Franco-Moroccan War. *28 August – Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx meet in Paris. *10 September – Treaty of Tangiers, whereby Morocco officially recognized Algeria as part of the French Empire. *24 October – Treaty of Whampoa, a commercial treaty between France and China, is signed. * French Industrial Exposition of 1844 Births *7 January – St. Bernadette Soubirous, (died 1879) *21 February – Charles-Marie Widor, organist and composer (died 1937) *26 February – Étienne Aymonier, linguist, explorer and archaeologist (died 1929) *30 March – Paul Verlaine, poet (died 1896) *16 April – Anatole France, author, awarded Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921 (died 1924) *3 May – Édouard Drumont, journalist and writer ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlantic, North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and List of islands of France, many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it Exclusive economic zone of France, one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north; Germany to the northeast; Switzerland to the east; Italy and Monaco to the southeast; Andorra and Spain to the south; and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Its Regions of France, eighteen integral regions—five of which are overseas—span a combined area of and hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles-Marie Widor
Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor (21 February 1844 – 12 March 1937) was a French organist, composer and teacher of the late Romantic era. As a composer he is known for his ten organ symphonies, especially the toccata of his fifth organ symphony, which is frequently played as recessional music at weddings and other celebrations. As of 2022, he is the longest-serving organist of Saint-Sulpice in Paris, a role he held for 63 years (January 1870 – 31 December 1933). He also was organ professor at the Paris Conservatory from 1890 to 1896 (following César Franck) and then he became professor of composition at the same institution, following Théodore Dubois. Widor was a prolific composer, writing music for organ, piano, voice and ensembles. Apart from his ten organ symphonies, he also wrote three symphonies for orchestra and organ, several songs for piano and voice, four operas and a ballet. He was one of the first composers to use the term "symphony" for some of his organ com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy
Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy (; 3 August 1844 – 25 February 1920) was a French archaeologist, noted for his excavations at Susa (modern-day Shush, Iran) in 1885 and for his work, ''L'Art antique de la Perse.'' Early life Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy was born in Toulouse into an educated and ennobled family. In 1863, Dieulafoy entered the École Polytechnique where he studied civil engineering. Upon graduating, he joined France's Bureau of roads and bridges, taking up a position in Sour al-Ghozlane (then called Aumale) in Algeria. In 1870, he returned to France, assuming a post in the navigation services on the Garonne. That same year he married Jane Magre (1851-1916), who was also from Toulouse. He was an engineering officer in the French Army during the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71), posted to Nevers. Upon demobilisation, he became first the head of the supply services for the Department of the Haute Garonne and subsequently, in 1874, of municipal services for his native city of To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1910 In France
This is a list of events from the year 1910 in France. Incumbents *President: Armand Fallières *President of the Council of Ministers: Aristide Briand Events *15 January – Constant rain in Paris causes the Seine to overflow its banks, flooding the city. All but one line of the Paris Métro becomes filled with water, effectively draining water from the city. *24 April – French legislative election held. *8 May – French legislative election held. *2 July – Demonstrations against public executions. *Cigarette brands Gauloises and Gitanes launched. * Champagne Riots begin. Sport *3 July – The eighth Tour de France begins. *31 July – Tour de France ends, won by Octave Lapize. Births January to March *10 January – Jean Martinon, conductor and composer (died 1976) *25 January – Henri Louveau, motor racing driver (died 1991) *9 February – Jacques Monod, biologist, awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1965 (died 1976) *14 February – Pierre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Rousseau
Henri Julien Félix Rousseau (; 21 May 1844 – 2 September 1910) at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Guggenheim was a French Post-Impressionism, post-impressionist painter in the Naïve art, Naïve or Primitivism, Primitive manner. He was also known as Le Douanier (the customs officer), a humorous description of his occupation as a Tariff, toll and tax collector. He started painting seriously in his early forties; by age 49, he retired from his job to work on his art full-time. Ridiculed during his lifetime by critics, he came to be recognized as a self-taught genius whose works are of high artistic quality. Rousseau's work exerted an extensive influence on several generations of avant-garde artists.Roberta Smith (14 July 2006 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1917 In France
This is a list of events from 1917 in France. Incumbents *President: Raymond Poincaré *President of the Council of Ministers: ** until 20 March: Aristide Briand ** 20 March-12 September: Alexandre Ribot ** 12 September-16 November: Paul Painlevé ** starting 16 November: Georges Clemenceau Events * 13 February – Dutch dancer Mata Hari is arrested in Paris for spying for Germany. * 9 April – Battle of Arras, a British Empire offensive, begins. * 16 April – Second Battle of the Aisne begins, the main action of the French Nivelle Offensive. * 26 April – The Agreement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, between France, Italy and the United Kingdom, to settle interests in the Middle East, is signed. * 29 April – Architect of the Second Battle of the Aisne and French Commander-in-Chief, General Robert Nivelle, is dismissed and replaced on 15 May by Philippe Pétain. * 3 May – 1917 French Army mutinies begin when the French 2nd Division refuses to follow orders to attack. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Édouard Drumont
Édouard Adolphe Drumont (3 May 1844 – 5 February 1917) was a French journalist, author and politician, most often remembered for his antisemitic ideology and animus. He initiated the Antisemitic League of France in 1889, and was the founder and editor of the political newspaper '' La Libre Parole'' (founded in 1892). After spending years of research, he synthesised three major types of antisemitism. The first type was traditional Catholic attitudes toward the alien " Christ killers" augmented by vehement antipathy toward the French Revolution. The second type was hostility toward capitalism. The third type was so-called scientific racism, based on the argument that races have fixed characteristics, and asserting that Jews have negative characteristics. His work played a key role in catalyzing the Dreyfus Affair. Drumont's biographer, Grégoire Kauffmann, places Drumont within the counter-revolutionary tradition of Louis Veuillot, Antoine Blanc de Saint-Bonnet, and ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1924 In France
Events from the year 1924 in France. Incumbents * President: Alexandre Millerand (until 13 June), Gaston Doumergue (starting 13 June) * President of the Council of Ministers: ** until 8 June: Raymond Poincaré ** 8 June-15 June: Frédéric François-Marsal ** starting 15 June: Édouard Herriot Events * 28 March – Total S.A. established as Compagnie française des pétroles. * 29 March – Third Ministry of Raymond Poincaré starts. * 27 April – Group of Alawites kill some Christian nuns in Syria; French troops march against them. * 11 May – Legislative Election held. * 25 May – Legislative Election held. * 18 August – France begins to withdraw its troops from Germany. Sport * 25 January–4 February – The 1924 Winter Olympics open in Chamonix (in the French Alps), inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games. * 4 May–27 July – The 1924 Summer Olympics are held in Paris. * 22 June – Tour de France begins. * 20 July – Tour de France ends, won by Ottavio Bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobel Prize For Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature, here meaning ''for'' Literature (), is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in the field of literature, produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction" (original ). Though individual works are sometimes cited as being particularly noteworthy, the award is based on an author's body of work as a whole. The Swedish Academy decides who, if anyone, will receive the prize. The academy announces the name of the laureate in early October. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895. Literature is traditionally the final award presented at the Nobel Prize ceremony. On some occasions, the award has been postponed to the following year, most recently in 2018. Background Alfred Nobel stipulated in his last will and testament that his money be used to create a series of p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anatole France
(; born ; 16 April 1844 – 12 October 1924) was a French poet, journalist, and novelist with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters.Anatole France, Great Author, Dies , ''The New York Times'', October 13, 1924, p.1 He was a member of the Académie Française, and won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements, characterized as they are by a nobility of style, a profound human sympathy, grace, and a true French people, Gallic temperament". France is also widely believed to be the model for narrator Marcel's literary idol Bergotte in Marcel Proust's ''In Search of Lost Time''. Early years The son of a bookseller, ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1896 In France
Events from the year 1896 in France. Incumbents *President: Felix Faure *President of the Council of Ministers: Léon Bourgeois (until 29 April), Jules Méline (starting 29 April) Events * 30 September – Italy and France sign a treaty whereby Italy virtually recognizes Tunisia as a French dependency. * France establishes an administrative post at Abengourou, Ivory Coast. Arts and literature * 11 February – English writer Oscar Wilde's play '' Salomé'' (1891) has its stage première (while Wilde is in prison), in its original French, by Lugné-Poe's Théâtre de l'Œuvre company in Paris, perhaps at the Comédie-Parisienne. * 28 September – Pathé Frères, one of the oldest film companies, is founded by the brothers Charles, Théophile, Émile and Jacques Pathé. * 30 September – France and Italy sign a treaty whereby Italy virtually recognizes Tunisia as a French dependency. * 10 December – Alfred Jarry's play ''Ubu Roi'' (first published this Spring in ''Le Livre d' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Verlaine
Paul-Marie Verlaine ( ; ; 30 March 1844 – 8 January 1896) was a French poet associated with the Symbolism (movement), Symbolist movement and the Decadent movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the ''fin de siècle'' in international and French poetry. Biography Early life Born in Metz, Verlaine was educated at the ''Lycée Impérial Bonaparte'' (now the Lycée Condorcet) in Paris and then took up a post in the civil service. He began writing poetry at an early age, and was initially influenced by the Parnassien movement and its leader, Leconte de Lisle. Verlaine's first published poem was published in 1863 in ''La Revue du progrès'', a publication founded by poet Louis-Xavier de Ricard. Verlaine was a frequenter of the salon of the Marquise de Ricard (Louis-Xavier de Ricard's mother) at 10 Boulevard des Batignolles and other social venues, where he rubbed shoulders with prominent artistic figures of the day: Anatole France, Emmanuel Chabrier, inve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
