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1875 In France
Events from the year 1875 in France. Incumbents * President: Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta *President of the Council of Ministers: Ernest Courtot de Cissey (until 10 March), Louis Buffet (starting 10 March) Events *20 May – Convention du Mètre signed in Paris. * Cize–Bolozon viaduct opens to rail traffic across the Ain. *Gallium is discovered by Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran. Arts and literature *5 January – The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated as the home of the Paris Opera. *3 March – The first performance of Bizet's ''Carmen'' at the Opéra Comique, Paris, 3 months before the composer's death. *The Flammarion publishing firm is founded in Paris. Births *17 February – Fanny Clar, journalist and writer (died 1944) *21 February – Jeanne Calment, supercentenarian and the oldest living person ever documented in history (died 1997) *7 March – Maurice Ravel, composer and pianist (died 1937) *27 March ... [...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] |
Opéra Comique
''Opéra comique'' (; plural: ''opéras comiques'') is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. It emerged from the popular ''opéras comiques en vaudevilles'' of the Théâtre de la foire, Fair Theatres of St Germain and St Laurent (and to a lesser extent the Comédie-Italienne),M. Elizabeth C. Bartlet and Richard Langham Smith"Opéra comique" ''Grove Music Online''. Oxford Music Online. 19 November 2009 which combined existing popular tunes with spoken sections. Associated with the Paris theatre Opéra-Comique, of the same name, ''opéra comique'' is not necessarily comical or shallow; ''Carmen'', perhaps the most famous ''opéra comique'', is a tragedy. Use of the term The term ''opéra comique'' is complex in meaning and cannot simply be translated as "comic opera". The genre originated in the early 18th century with humorous and satirical plays performed at the theatres of the Paris fairs which contained songs (''Vaudeville (song), vaudevilles''), with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 In France
Events from the year 1956 in France. Incumbents *President: René Coty *President of the Council of Ministers: Edgar Faure (until 1 February), Guy Mollet (starting 1 February) Events *2 January – Legislative Election held. *1 February – Socialist leader Guy Mollet becomes prime minister *2 March – Morocco declares its independence from France. *20 March – Tunisia gains independence from France. *23 May – Minister Pierre Mendès-France resigns due to his government's policy on Algeria. *23 June – Loi Cadre passed by the French National Assembly, first step in the creation of the French Union. *10 September – Guy Mollet visits London and proposes a merger of France and the United Kingdom. However the idea is rejected by British Prime Minister Anthony Eden. *28 September – Eden considers allowing France to join the Commonwealth of Nations, but this idea is also rejected. *31 October – Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mistinguett
Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois (5 April 1873 – 5 January 1956), known professionally as Mistinguett (), was a French actress and singer. She was at one time the highest-paid female entertainer in the world. Early life The daughter of Antoine Bourgeois, a 31-year-old day-labourer, and Jeannette Debrée, a 21-year-old seamstress, Jeanne Bourgeois was born at 5 Rue du Chemin-de-Fer (today Rue Gaston-Israël), in Enghien-les-Bains, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France. The family moved to Soisy-sous-Montmorency where she spent her childhood; her parents later worked as mattress-makers.Flanner, Janet, ''Paris Journal, Volume Two, 1956—1964'' (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1965), page 6 At an early age Bourgeois aspired to be an entertainer. She began as a flower seller in a restaurant in her hometown, singing popular ballads as she sold blossoms. Entertainer After taking classes in theatre and singing, she began her career as an entertainer in 1885. One day on the train to Paris f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 In France
Events from the year 1964 in France. Incumbents *President: Charles de Gaulle *Prime Minister: Georges Pompidou Events *27 January – France and the People's Republic of China announce their decision to establish diplomatic relations. *11 February – The Republic of China (Taiwan) drops diplomatic relations with France because of French recognition of the People's Republic of China. *8-15 March – Cantonal elections held. *23 May – Mrs. Madeleine Dassault, 63, wife of French plane manufacturer and politician Marcel Dassault, is kidnapped while leaving her car in front of her Paris home; she is found unharmed the next day in a farmhouse 27 miles from Paris. The arts *19 February – Jacques Demy's musical film ''The Umbrellas of Cherbourg'' (''Les Parapluies de Cherbourg'') is released. Sport *22 June – Tour de France begins. *14 July – Tour de France ends, won by Jacques Anquetil. Births January to March *6 January – Loïc Courteau, tennis player *7 January � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Monteux
Pierre Benjamin Monteux (; 4 April 18751 July 1964) was a French (later American) conductor. After violin and viola studies, and a decade as an orchestral player and occasional conductor, he began to receive regular conducting engagements in 1907. He came to prominence when, for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company between 1911 and 1914, he conducted the world premieres of Igor Stravinsky, Stravinsky's ''The Rite of Spring'' and other prominent works including ''Petrushka (ballet), Petrushka'', ''Le Rossignol, The Nightingale'', Maurice Ravel, Ravel's ''Daphnis et Chloé'', and Claude Debussy, Debussy's ''Jeux''. Thereafter he directed orchestras around the world for more than half a century. From 1917 to 1919 Monteux was the principal conductor of the French repertoire at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. He conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra (1919–24), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra (1924–34), Orchestre Symphonique de Paris ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 In France
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the Jian'an Era, during the reign of the Xian Emperor of the Han. * The Xian Emperor returns to war- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cécile Vogt-Mugnier
Cécile Vogt-Mugnier (27 March 1875 – 4 May 1962) was a French neurologist from Haute-Savoie. She and her husband Oskar Vogt are known for their extensive cytoarchetecture studies on the brain. Professional life Education and career Vogt-Mugnier obtained her medical doctorate in Paris in 1900 and studied under Pierre Marie at the Bicêtre Hospital. At the time, women only made up 6% of those receiving medical doctorates, even though it had been thirty years since women were first admitted to medical studies.Helga Satzinger �Femininity and Science: The Brain Researcher Cécile Vogt (1875-1962). Translation of: Weiblichkeit und Wissenschaft. In: Bleker, Johanna (ed.): Der Eintritt der Frauen in die Gelehrtenrepublik. Husum, 1998, 75-93. Vogt-Mugnier and her husband's findings on myelinogenesis led to her dissertation work on the fiber systems in the cat cerebral cortex (''Étude sur la myelination of hémishères cérébraux'') and the beginning of their research in archite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 In France
Events from the year 1937 in France. Incumbents *President of France, President: Albert Lebrun *Prime Minister of France, President of the Council of Ministers: Léon Blum (until 22 June), Camille Chautemps (starting 22 June) Events *April – The arrival of a young male Kouprey and other animals from Indochina in the Paris Zoological Park, Vincennes Zoo. *1 May – General strike in Paris. *21 June – Coalition government of Léon Blum resigns. Sport *30 June – 1937 Tour de France, Tour de France begins. *25 July – Tour de France ends, won by Roger Lapébie. Births *21 January – François Boutin, Thoroughbred horse trainer (died 1995) *8 February – Françoise Claustre, Archaeology, archaeologist (died 2006) *13 February – Andrée Brunin, poet (died 1993) *4 March – Barney Wilen, saxophonist and jazz composer (died 1996) *8 March – André Aschieri, politician (died 2021) *21 March – François Bonlieu, Alpine skiing, Alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Ravel
Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism in music, Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In the 1920s and 1930s Ravel was internationally regarded as France's greatest living composer. Born to a music-loving family, Ravel attended France's premier music college, the Paris Conservatoire; he was not well regarded by its conservative establishment, whose biased treatment of him caused a scandal. After leaving the conservatoire, Ravel found his own way as a composer, developing a style of great clarity and incorporating elements of modernism (music), modernism, baroque music, baroque, Neoclassicism (music), neoclassicism and, in his later works, jazz. He liked to experiment with musical form, as in his best-known work, ''Boléro'' (1928), in which repetition takes the place of development. Renowned for his abi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 In France
Events from the year 1997 in France. Incumbents * President: Jacques Chirac * Prime Minister: Alain Juppé (until 3 June), Lionel Jospin (starting 3 June) Events *27 January – It is revealed that French museums had nearly 2,000 pieces of art that had been stolen by Nazis. *25 May – Legislative Election held. *1 June – Legislative Election held. *31 August – Diana, Princess of Wales is killed in a car crash in Paris. *3 November – In France, striking truck drivers blockade ports during a pay dispute. Arts and literature *6 September – A Jean Michel Jarre Oxygene in Moscow concert, celebrating the city's 850th anniversary, draws 3.5 million people. Sport *17 April – Paris–Roubaix cycling race won by Frédéric Guesdon. *29 June – French Grand Prix is won by Michael Schumacher of Germany. *5 July – Tour de France begins. *27 July – Tour de France ends, won by Jan Ullrich of Germany. Births * 3 January – Jérémie Boga, footballer * 9 January – I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanne Calment
Jeanne Louise Calment (; 21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997) was a French supercentenarian. With a documented lifespan of 122 years and 164 days, she was the oldest people, oldest person in history whose age has been verified. Her longevity attracted media attention and medical studies of her health and lifestyle. Calment is the only person in history who has been verified to have reached the age of 120. According to census records, Calment outlived both her daughter and her grandson. In January 1988, she was widely reported to be the oldest living person in the world. In 1995, at age 120, she was declared to be the oldest person in history with a verified date of birth. Early life Calment was born on 21 February 1875 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence. Some of her close family members also had above-average lifespans. Her older brother, François (1865–1962), lived to the age of 97; her father, Nicolas (1837–1931), who was a shipbuilding, shipbuilder, lived to be 93 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
