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1834 In France
Events from the year 1834 in France. Incumbents * Monarch – Louis Philippe I Events *26 February - Treaty of Desmichels signed between Abd-el-Kader and France, recognising him as the independent sovereign ruler of the province of Oran in Algeria. *21 June - Legislative election held for the third legislature of the July Monarchy. Births *1 January - Ludovic Halévy, author and playwright (died 1908). *9 April - Edmond Laguerre, mathematician (died 1886). *18 May - Auguste-Théodore-Paul de Broglie, professor of apologetics (died 1895). *19 July - Edgar Degas, artist (died 1917). *2 August - Frédéric Bartholdi, sculptor, designer of the Statue of Liberty (died 1904). *30 September - Louis Pierre Mouillard, engineer (died 1897). *16 December - Léon Walras, economist (died 1910). *28 December - Pierre Jean Marie Delavay, missionary, explorer and botanist (died 1895). Deaths *20 May - Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette, military officer and former arist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin. Its eighteen integral regions (five of which are overseas) span a combined area of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
