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1769 In France
Events from the year 1769 in France. Incumbents *Monarch: Louis XV Events *16 March – Louis Antoine de Bougainville returns to Saint-Malo, following a three-year circumnavigation of the world with the ships '' La Boudeuse'' and '' Étoile'', with the loss of only seven out of 330 men; among the members of the expedition is Jeanne Baré, the first woman known to have circumnavigated the globe (she returns to France some time after Bougainville and his ships). *8 May – Battle of Ponte Novu begins between royal French forces and the native Corsicans. *9 May – Battle of Ponte Novu ends, marking the end of the Corsican War and paving the way for French dominance over the island. *23 October – Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot demonstrates a steam-powered artillery tractor (or 'automobile'). Births January to June *1 January – Marie-Louise Lachapelle, midwife (died 1821) *10 January – Michel Ney, Marshal of France (died 1815) *31 January – André-Jacques Garnerin, inventor of the ... [...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 France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, 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 Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1815 In France
Events from the year 1815 in France. Incumbents *Monarch – ** Abdicated 20 March: Louis XVIII ** 20 March – 22 June: Napoleon I ** 22 June – 7 July: Napoleon II ** Starting 8 July: Louis XVIII *Prime Minister – ** 9 July – 26 September: Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord ** Starting 26 September: Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu Events *3 January - Austria, Britain, and Bourbon-restored France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussia and Russia. *26 February - Napoleon escaped from Elba. *1 March - Napoleon lands at Antibes. *20 March - Napoleon arrives back in Paris, ending the First Restoration of Louis XVIII of France. *22 April - Constitutional Referendum held. *22 April - Charter of 1815 signed bringing in a new French constitution. *1 May - Explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville marries Adèle Dumont D'Urville (née Pepin) in Toulon. *16 June - Battle of Quatre Bras, inconclusive result. *16 June - Battle of Ligny, Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Lannes
Jean Lannes, 1st Duke of Montebello, Prince of Siewierz (10 April 1769 – 31 May 1809), was a French military commander and a Marshal of the Empire who served during both the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He was one of Napoleon's most daring and talented generals, and is regarded by many as one of history's greatest military commanders. Napoleon once commented on Lannes: ''"I found him a pygmy and left him a giant"''. A personal friend of the emperor, he was allowed to address him with the familiar '' tu'', as opposed to the formal '' vous''. Early life Lannes was born in the small town of Lectoure,Dunn-Pattison. p. 117. in the province of Gascony in Southern France. He was the son of a small landowner and merchant, Jeannet Lannes (1733–1812), son of Jean Lannes (d. 1746), a farmer, and his wife, Jeanne Pomiès (d. 1770), and paternal grandson of Pierre Lane and wife Bernarde Escossio (both died in 1721), and wife Cécile Fouraignan (1741–1799), daughter of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1851 In France
Events from the year 1851 in France. Events *1 July - Serial poisoner Hélène Jégado is arrested in Rennes. *17 July- Victor Hugo uses the phrase United States of Europe in a speech to the National Assembly. *2 December - French coup d'état of 1851 is staged by President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, dissolving the National Assembly. *6 December - Trial of Hélène Jégado begins; she is eventually sentenced to death and executed by guillotine. *21 December - Constitutional referendum held, approving President Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, who had been limited to a single four-year term, serving for ten additional years. *Messageries Maritimes merchant shipping company founded as ''Messageries nationales'', initially for service to the Middle East. *The Charles Heidsieck champagne house is established. Births *27 March - Vincent d'Indy, composer (died 1931) *6 April - Guillaume Bigourdan, astronomer (died 1932) *15 April - Anne Boutiaut Poulard, cook (died 1931) *21 April - Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of France
The prime minister of France (french: link=no, Premier ministre français), officially the prime minister of the French Republic, is the head of government of the French Republic and the leader of the Council of Ministers. The prime minister is the holder of the second-highest office in France, after the president of France. The president, who appoints but cannot dismiss the prime minister, can ask for their resignation. The Government of France, including the prime minister, can be dismissed by the National Assembly. Upon appointment, the prime minister proposes a list of ministers to the president. Decrees and decisions signed by the prime minister, like almost all executive decisions, are subject to the oversight of the administrative court system. Some decrees are taken after advice from the Council of State (french: link=no, Conseil d'État), over which the prime minister is entitled to preside. Ministers defend the programmes of their ministries to the prime minister, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marshal General Of France
Marshal General of France, originally "Marshal General of the King's camps and armies" (french: maréchal général des camps et armées du roi), was a title given to signify that the recipient had authority over all of the French armies, in the days when a Marshal of France usually governed only one army. This dignity was bestowed only on Marshals of France, usually when the dignity of Constable of France was unavailable or, after 1626, suppressed. List of titleholders There have only been six holders of this title in the history of France: Five in the Ancien Régime, pre-revolutionary kingdom of France: * Charles de Gontaut, duc de Biron (1562–1602): ** Admiral of France, 1592 ** Admiral and Marshal, 26 January 1594 ** unclear when promoted to Marshal General ** executed in 1602 * François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières (1543–1626): ** Marshal, 27 September 1609 ** Marshal General, 30 March 1621 ** Constable of France, 6 July 1622 * Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-de-Dieu Soult
Marshal General Jean-de-Dieu Soult, 1st Duke of Dalmatia, (; 29 March 1769 – 26 November 1851) was a French general and statesman, named Marshal of the Empire in 1804 and often called Marshal Soult. Soult was one of only six officers in French history to receive the distinction of Marshal General of France. The Duke also served three times as President of the Council of Ministers, or Prime Minister of France. Soult played a key role as a corps commander in many of Napoleon's campaigns, most notably at Austerlitz, where his corps delivered the decisive attack that won the battle. Later, Soult's intrigues in the Peninsular War while occupying Portugal earned him the nickname, "King Nicolas", and while he was Napoleon's military governor of Andalusia, Soult looted 1.5 million francs worth of art. One historian called him "a plunderer in the world class." He was defeated in his last offensives in Spain in the Battle of the Pyrenees (Sorauren) and by Freire's Spaniards at San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1832 In France
Events from the year 1832 in France. Incumbents * Monarch – Louis Philippe I Events *5 June - Anti-monarchist June Rebellion briefly breaks out in Paris. *4–23 December - Siege of Antwerp: the last remaining Dutch defensive point, the citadel, falls to French attack. Arts and literature *26 February - Chopin gives his debut Paris concert at the Salle Pleyel. *September - The Opéra-Comique moves from Salle Ventadour to Salle de la Bourse in Paris. *Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques opens on the site of the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique on the Boulevard du Temple in Paris under Frédérick Lemaître. *Honoré de Balzac publishes the novels ''La Bourse'', '' Le Curé de Tours'', '' Le Colonel Chabert'' and ''Louis Lambert''. Births *6 January - Gustave Doré, artist, engraver, illustrator and sculptor (died 1883) *23 January - Édouard Manet, painter (died 1883) *16 February - Camille Armand Jules Marie, Prince de Polignac, nobleman, scholar and major general in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adélaïde Binart
Adélaïde Binart (9 March 1769 – September 1832) was a French neoclassical painter-artist. Adélaïde Binart was born 9 March 1769, in Paris. She exhibited her works, mostly portraits, at the Salon of 1795–1817. In 1794, she married Alexandre Lenoir, with whom she has three children: Zelia (1795–1813), Albert (1801–1891) and Clodomir (1804–1887). Her studio was located in the former convent of the Petits-Augustins. There are three known portraits of her: at age 27 by Marie Bouliard (1796, Paris, Musée Carnavalet), at age 30 by the artist Pierre-Maximilien Delafontaine, where she is in the company of her husband and daughter, and at age 40 (1809) by Jacques-Louis David. She died in Paris in September, 1832. Selected works * 1795, ''Tête d'étude'' * 1799, ''Portrait du citoyen Gauthier de Claubri'' * 1799, ''Portrait d'une jeune personne'' * 1799, ''Portrait du citoyen Sage'' * 1800, ''Portrait du citoyen P. Claude Binart'' * 1801, ''Une dame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1796 In France
Events from the year 1796 in France. Incumbents * The French Directory Events *9 March - Widow Joséphine de Beauharnais marries General Napoléon Bonaparte. *12 April - Battle of Montenotte, French victory over Austria and Sardinian forces. Napoleon Bonaparte's first victory as an army commander. *13 April - Battle of Millesimo, French victory against Austrian and Sardinian forces. *14 April-15 April - Second Battle of Dego, French victory over Austro-Sardinian forces. *21 April - Battle of Mondovì, French victory over the Kingdom of Sardinia. *10 May - Battle of Lodi, French victory over Austria. *15 May - French troops take Milan. *5 July - Battle of Rastatt, French victory against Austria. *5 August - Battle of Castiglione, French victory over Austria. *11 August - Battle of Neresheim, French victory over Austria. *19 August - Second Treaty of San Ildefonso, signed by France and Spain, to ally against Great Britain. *24 August - Battle of Amberg, Austrian victory over Frenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General
A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of highest military ranks, high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED Online. March 2021. Oxford University Press. https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/77489?rskey=dCKrg4&result=1 (accessed May 11, 2021) The term ''general'' is used in two ways: as the generic title for all grades of general officer and as a specific rank. It originates in the Tudor period, 16th century, as a shortening of ''captain general'', which rank was taken from Middle French ''capitaine général''. The adjective ''general'' had been affixed to officer designations since the late Middle Ages, late medieval period to indicate relative superiority or an extended jurisdiction. Today, the title of ''general'' is known in some countries as a four-star rank. However, different countries use di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers
François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters" * Francis II of France, King of France and King consort of Scots (), known as the husband of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots * François Amoudruz (1926–2020), French resistance fighter * François-Marie Arouet (better known as Voltaire; 1694–1778), French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher *François Aubry (other), several people * François Baby (other), several people * François Beauchemin (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player for the Anaheim Duck *François Blanc (1806–1877), French entrepreneur and operator of casinos *François Boucher (other), several people *François Caron (other), several people * François Cevert (1944–1973), French racing driver * François Chau (born 1959), Cambodian American actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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