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1882 In France
Events from the year 1882 in France. Incumbents *President: Jules Grévy *President of the Council of Ministers: ** until 30 January: Léon Gambetta ** 30 January-7 August: Charles de Freycinet ** starting 7 August: Charles Duclerc Events * 28 March – Republican Jules Ferry makes primary education in France free, non-clerical (laique) and obligatory. * 6 May – North Sea Fisheries Convention is signed by United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium and France to regulate the policy of the fisheries in the North Sea. Births January to March * 13 January – Darius Paul Dassault, General (died 1969) * 18 January – Lazare Lévy, pianist, composer and teacher (died 1964) * 19 January – Pierre Allemane, international soccer player (died 1956) * 5 February – Louis Wagner, motor racing driver (died 1960) * 21 February – Jean Dupas, painter, designer, poster artist and decorator (died 1964) * 26 February – Pierre Mac Orlan, novelist and songwriter (died ... [...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] |
Lazare Lévy
Lazare Lévy Lazare Lévy, also hyphenated as Lazare-Lévy, (18 January 188220 September 1964) was an influential French pianist, organist, composer and pedagogue. As a virtuoso pianist he toured throughout Europe, in North Africa, Israel, the Soviet Union and Japan. He taught for many years at the Paris Conservatoire. Biography Lazare Lévy was born of French parents in Brussels, Belgium. After early lessons with an English piano teacher there, he entered the Paris Conservatoire at age 12 in 1894. He studied under Louis Diémer, André Gedalge, and Albert Lavignac. His fellow musicians and friends included Jacques Thibaud, Alfredo Casella, Maurice Ravel, Alfred Cortot, George Enescu, and Pierre Monteux. In 1898, he was awarded a Premier Prix. He was conducted by Édouard Colonne at his début récital at the age twenty. He played Schumann's A minor Piano Concerto at the Concerts Colonne. Camille Saint-Saëns, who saw him at one of his early recitals, considered him to possess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Émile Muselier
Émile Henry Muselier (; 17 April 1882 – 2 September 1965) was a French admiral who led the Free French Naval Forces ('' Forces navales françaises libres'', or FNFL) during World War II. He was responsible for the idea of distinguishing his fleet from that of Vichy France by adopting the Cross of Lorraine, which later became the emblem of all of the Free French. After entering the French Naval Academy (''École Navale'') in 1899, he embarked on a brilliant and eventful military career. He ran unsuccessfully in the legislative elections of 1946 as vice-president of the Rally of Republican Lefts (''Rassemblement des gauches républicaines'') and then entered private life as a consulting engineer before his retirement in 1960. He is buried in the cemetery of St. Pierre, at Marseilles. Early career Muselier's career started with a campaign in the Far East, several others in the Adriatic, one in Albania, which overlapped with a stay in Toulon. During World War I he also fought at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 In France
Events from the year 1974 in France. Incumbents * President: ** until 2 April: Georges Pompidou ** 2 April-27 May: Alain Poher ** starting 27 May: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing * Prime Minister: Pierre Messmer (until 27 May), Jacques Chirac (starting 27 May) Events *1 March – Pierre Messmer finishes his first term as Prime Minister of France. *3 March – Turkish Airlines Flight 981 a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes into the Ermenville Forest just outside Senlis killing all 346 on board. *8 March – Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris. *2 April – President Georges Pompidou dies in office. Senate President Alain Poher becomes Acting President for the second time. *7 August – French acrobat Philippe Petit walks across a high wire slung between the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. *28 August – The Citroen CX, top model in the Citroen range, is launched – succeeding the 19-year-old DS. It is voted European Car of the Year. *12 September – T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Edouard Marty
André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries, as well in Portugal, Brazil and other Portuguese-speaking countries. It is a variation of the Greek name ''Andreas'', a short form of any of various compound names derived from ''andr-'' 'man, warrior'. The name is popular in Norway and Sweden. Cognate names Cognate names are: * Bulgarian: Andrei, |
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] |
René Coty
Gustave Jules René Coty (; 20 March 188222 November 1962) was President of France from 1954 to 1959. He was the second and last president of the Fourth French Republic. Early life and politics René Coty was born in Le Havre and studied at the Université de Caen, University of Caen, where he graduated in 1902 with degrees in law and philosophy. He worked as a lawyer in his hometown of Le Havre, specialising in maritime and commercial law. He also became involved in politics, as a member of the Radical Party (France), Radical Party, and in 1907 was elected as a district councillor. The following year, he was elected to the communal council of Le Havre as a member of the Republican Left group. He retained both of these positions until 1919. Coty also served as a member of the Conseil Général of Seine-Inférieure from 1913 to 1942, holding the post of vice president from 1932. When the First World War broke out, Coty volunteered for the army, joining the 129th Infantry Regim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 In France
Events from the year 1970 in France. Incumbents * President: Georges Pompidou * Prime Minister: Jacques Chaban-Delmas Events *10 February – An avalanche at Val d'Isère kills 39 tourists. *8 March – Cantonales Elections held. *15 March – Cantonales Elections held. *25 March – Concorde makes its first supersonic flight (700 mph/1127 km/h). *11 April – 74 people, mostly young boys, die as an avalanche buries a tuberculosis sanatorium in the French Alps. *19 May – ''Barbapapa'' was created by Annette Tison and Talus Taylor. *6 October – President Georges Pompidou visits the Soviet Union. *11 October – Eleven French soldiers are killed in a shootout with rebels in Chad. *1 November – Club Cinq-Sept fire in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, Isère, kills 146. *Undated ** Citroen launches two new models: the GS family saloon and estate, and the SM sporting coupe. The Citroen GS is voted European Car of the Year. **Establishment of Parc naturel régional de Camarg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Mac Orlan
Pierre Mac Orlan, sometimes written MacOrlan (born Pierre Dumarchey; February 26, 1882 – June 27, 1970), was a French novelist and songwriter. His novel ''Quai des Brumes'' was the source for Marcel Carné's 1938 film of the same name, starring Jean Gabin. He was also a prolific writer of ''chansons'', many of which were recorded and popularized by French singers such as Juliette Gréco, Monique Morelli, Catherine Sauvage, Francesca Solleville, and Germaine Montero. Life Born in Péronne, Somme, in northern France, Mac Orlan lived in Rouen and Paris as a young man, working at a variety of jobs and learning to play the accordion. In his twenties, he travelled widely in Europe, before returning to Paris and becoming a noted figure in bohemian art circles. In particular, his song performances were a regular feature at the Lapin Agile cabaret. During this period, he was part of a broad circle of writers and painters including Max Jacob, Guillaume Apollinaire, Maurice Utrillo an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Dupas
Jean Théodore Dupas (21 February 1882 – 6 September 1964) was a French painter, artist, designer, poster artist, and decorator in the Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles. Life Dupas was born in Bordeaux. During his lifetime he would work as a designer, poster artist, and decorator, and in 1910 he won the Prix de Rome. Afterward, he would continue to paint in the Italian city for two years, completing “Le Danse”, the predecessor for his painting “Les Pigeons Blanc” (The White Pigeons) which was awarded the gold medal when it was presented at the Salon des Artistes Français. In 1925, Dupas' work would come to define the Art Deco movement and the school of Bourdeaux. That year he participated at the Grand Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris where he exhibited “Les Perruches” (also known as The Parrots or The Parakeets), which has become one of the most recognizable painting of the Art Deco movement which flourished between t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960 In France
Events from the year 1960 in France. Incumbents *President: Charles de Gaulle *Prime Minister: Michel Debré Events *6 January – Manifesto of the 121 is published. *22 January – President Charles de Gaulle fires General Jacques Massu from Algeria following an interview in a German newspaper where he stated that the army may have made a mistake in returning him to power. *24 January – A major insurrection occurs in Algiers against French colonial policy. *13 February – France tests its first atomic bomb in the Sahara. *23 March – Nikita Khrushchev meets Charles De Gaulle in Paris. *12 April – Eric Peugeot, youngest son of the founder of Peugeot, is kidnapped in Paris. Kidnappers release him 15 April in exchange for $300,000 ransom. *27 April – Togo gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship. *11 May – The SS ''France'' is launched for the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique at the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire by Yvonne de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Wagner (driver)
Louis Auguste Wagner (5 February 1882 – 13 March 1960) was a French racing driver who won the American Grand Prize and the inaugural British Grand Prix. Wagner was also a pioneer aviator. Early life Wagner was born in Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, located in what is now the Seine-Saint-Denis department. Motor racing Wagner began racing cars while in his teens and claimed victory in 1903 driving a Darracq in a ''voiturette'' class race at the Circuit des Ardennes at Bastogne, Belgium. Wagner was one of the drivers for the Darracq team in the 1904 Gordon Bennett Cup in Germany that finished 8th and in 1905 at the Circuit d'Auvergne in Clermont-Ferrand, he was eliminated in the first round. Competing in the United States, Wagner won the Vanderbilt Cup of 1906 driving a Darracq model 120 over a Long Island racecourse. He finished fifth in the 1907 Kaiserpreis in Germany but the following year in Savannah won the first ever United States Grand Prix driving a Fiat. Driving a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
