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1837 In France
Events from the year 1837 in France. Incumbents * Monarch – Louis Philippe I Events *30 May - Treaty of Tafna signed by France and Emir Abdelkader after French forces sustained heavy losses and military reversals in Algeria. *24 August - Queen Marie Amélie and King Louis Philippe officially open the first section of the Paris–Saint-Germain-en-Laye railway, the first steam-worked passenger line in France. *4 November - Legislative election held for the fourth legislature of the July Monarchy. *At Le Mans, Father Basil Moreau founds the Congregation of Holy Cross by joining the Brothers of St. Joseph and the Auxiliary Priests of Le Mans. *Louis Daguerre develops the daguerreotype. * Sylvain Charles Valée captures and conquers Skikda, Algeria. *Luxury goods manufacturer Hermès is established in Paris by Thierry Hermès. Births *15 April - Javier Kamistra, French soldier who became, according to him, emperor of Egypt from 1871 to 1895 (Kamistra's death year and mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of French Monarchs
France was ruled by monarchs from the establishment of the Kingdom of West Francia in 843 until the end of the Second French Empire in 1870, with several interruptions. Classical French historiography usually regards Clovis I () as the first king of France, however historians today consider that such a kingdom did not begin until the establishment of West Francia. Titles The kings used the title "King of the Franks" ( la, Rex Francorum) until the late twelfth century; the first to adopt the title of "King of France" (Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...: ''Rex Franciae''; French language, French: ''roi de France'') was Philip II of France, Philip II in 1190 (r. 1180–1223), after which the title "King of the Franks" gradually lost ground. However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thierry Hermès
Thierry Hermès (10 January 1801 – 10 January 1878) was a French businessman who founded Hermès International and acquired the title as a fashion house designer. He was born in 1801 in Krefeld, Germany. Hermès originally established his business as a saddle company in 1837. His first workshop showcased jewelry, home decor items, and silk scarves. His father Thierry Hermès originated from France and his mother, Agnese Kuhnen originated from Germany. He lost his family due to disease and moved to Paris in 1821. After his death in 1878, his son and grandsons Charles-Emile Hermès, Adolphe Hermès and Emile-Maurice, continued to run the family business. Early life Thierry Hermès was born in 1801 in the city of Krefeld, which at the time was part of Napoleon's empire, earning Hermès French citizenship. He was the sixth child of his parents who were innkeepers. After he lost his entire family to disease and war, he moved to France in 1821 as an orphan. Using his gift in leatherwor ... [...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 Poincare ** 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 – The 1924 Winter Olympics open in Chamonix (in the French Alps), inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games. *4 May – The 1924 Summer Olympics opening ceremonies held in Paris. *22 June – Tour de France begins. *20 July – Tour de France ends, won by Ottavio Bottecchia of Italy. Births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Théodore Dubois
Clément François Théodore Dubois (24 August 1837 – 11 June 1924) was a French Romantic composer, organist, and music teacher. After study at the Paris Conservatoire, Dubois won France's premier musical prize, the Prix de Rome in 1861. He became an organist and choirmaster at several well-known churches in Paris, and at the same time was a professor in the Conservatoire, teaching harmony from 1871 to 1891 and composition from 1891 to 1896, when he succeeded Ambroise Thomas as the Conservatoire's director. He continued his predecessor's strictly conservative curriculum and was forced to retire early after a scandal erupted over the faculty's attempt to rig the Prix de Rome competition to prevent the modernist Maurice Ravel from winning. As a composer, Dubois was seen as capable and tasteful, but not strikingly original or inspired. He hoped for a career as an opera composer, but became better known for his church compositions. His books on music theory were influential, and rem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1894 In France
Events from the year 1894 in France. Incumbents *President: Marie François Sadi Carnot (until 26 June), Jean Casimir-Perier (starting 26 June) *President of the Council of Ministers: Jean Casimir-Perier (until 30 May), Charles Dupuy (starting 30 May) Events * 4 January – Franco-Russian Alliance: A military alliance is established between France and the Russian Empire, pledged to remain so as long as the Triple Alliance (1882) exists. * 12 February – Anarchist Émile Henry sets off a bomb in a Paris café, killing one person and wounding twenty. * 15 February (04:51 GMT) – French anarchist Martial Bourdin attempts to destroy the Royal Greenwich Observatory, London, England with a bomb. * 22 June – Dahomey becomes a French colony. * 23 June – International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne, Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin. * 24 June – Assassination of Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France. * 15 August – Sante Geronimo C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of France
The president of France, officially the president of the French Republic (french: Président de la République française), is the executive head of state of France, and the commander-in-chief of the French Armed Forces. As the presidency is the supreme magistracy of the country, the position is the highest office in France. The powers, functions and duties of prior presidential offices, in addition to their relation with the Prime Minister of France, prime minister and Government of France, have over time differed with the various constitutional documents since the French Second Republic, Second Republic. The president of the French Republic is the ''Ex officio member, ex officio'' Co-Princes of Andorra, co-prince of Andorra, grand master of the Legion of Honour and of the Ordre national du Mérite, National Order of Merit. The officeholder is also honorary proto-canon of the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome, although some have rejected the title in the past. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie François Sadi Carnot
Marie François Sadi Carnot (; 11 August 1837 – 25 June 1894) was a French statesman, who served as the President of France from 1887 until his assassination in 1894. Early life Marie François Sadi Carnot was the son of the statesman Hippolyte Carnot and was born in Limoges, Haute-Vienne. His third given name Sadi was in honour of his uncle Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, the engineer who formulated the second law of thermodynamics and is generally regarded as the founder of the subject, named after the famed Persian poet Sadi of Shiraz. Like his uncle, Marie François too came to be known as Sadi Carnot. In his scientific-mindedness and Republican leanings, he resembled his grandfather, Lazare Carnot, the military modernizer and member of the Directory of the French Revolution. He was educated as a civil engineer and was a highly distinguished student at both the École Polytechnique and the École des Ponts et Chaussées. After his academic course, he obtained an appointment ... [...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. * 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolus-Duran
Charles Auguste Émile Durand, known as Carolus-Duran (Lille 4 July 1837 – 17 February 1917 Paris), was a French painter and art instructor. He is noted for his stylish depictions of members of high society in Third Republic France. Biography He was the son of a hotel owner. His first drawing lessons were with a local sculptor named Augustin-Phidias Cadet de Beaupré (1800–?) at the Académie de Lille; then took up painting with François Souchon, a student of Jacques Louis David. He went to Paris in 1853, where he adopted the name "Carolus-Duran". In 1859, he had his first exhibition at the Salon. That same year, he began attending the Académie Suisse, where he studied until 1861. One of his early influences was the Realism of Gustave Courbet. From 1862 to 1866, he travelled to Rome and Spain, thanks to a scholarship granted by his hometown. During that time, he moved away from Courbet's style and became more interested in Diego Velázquez. Upon returning to France, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1908 In France
Events from the year 1908 in France. Incumbents *President: Armand Fallières *President of the Council of Ministers: Georges Clemenceau Events *12 January – A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time. *21 March – Henri Farman pilots the first passenger flight. Sport *13 July – Tour de France begins. *9 August – Tour de France ends, won by Lucien Petit-Breton. Births January to March *9 January – Simone de Beauvoir, author and philosopher (died 1986) *12 January – Jean Delannoy, actor, screenwriter and film director (died 2008) *26 January – Stéphane Grappelli, jazz violinist (died 1997) *31 January – Simonne Mathieu, tennis player (died 1980) *12 February – Jean Effel, painter, illustrator and journalist (died 1982) *26 February – Jean-Pierre Wimille, motor racing driver and resistance member (died 1949) *27 February – Pierre Brunet, rowing coxswain and Olympic medallist (died 1979) *29 February – Balthus, art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor André Cornil
Victor André Cornil, also André-Victor Cornil (17 June 1837 – 13 April 1908) was a French pathologist, histologist and politician born in Cusset, Allier. Biography He studied medicine in Paris, earning his doctorate in 1864. In 1869 he became '' professeur agrègé'' to the Paris faculty, and in 1884 a member of the Académie Nationale de Médecine. Cornil was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1902. Cornil specialized in pathological anatomy, and made important contributions in the fields of bacteriology, histology and microscopic anatomy. In 1863 Cornil demonstrated histological evidence that supported Guillaume Duchenne's hypothesis regarding the cause of paralysis in poliomyelitis. With Austrian anatomist Richard Heschl (1824-1881) and Rudolph Jürgens of Berlin, he was among the first to use methyl violet as an histological stain for detection of amyloid. In 1864 he was the first physician to describe chronic childhood arthritis, a d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1911 In France
Events from the year 1911 in France. Incumbents *President of France, President: Armand Fallières *Prime Minister of France, President of the Council of Ministers: ** until 2 March: Aristide Briand ** 2 March-27 June: Ernest Monis ** starting 27 June: Joseph Caillaux Events *1 July – Agadir Crisis. *22 August – Theft of ''Mona Lisa'' discovered in The Louvre. (Vincenzo Peruggia is arrested and the painting returned 1913.) *25 September – French battleship French battleship Liberté, ''Liberté'' explodes at anchor in Toulon. *20 December – First robbery of the Bonnot gang. *Champagne Riots. Births January to June *5 January – Jean-Pierre Aumont, actor (died 2001) *15 January – Jean Talairach, neurosurgery, neurosurgeon (died 2007) *16 January – Roger Lapébie, cyclist, won the 1937 Tour de France (died 1996) *17 January – André-Georges Haudricourt, anthropologist and linguistics, linguist (died 1996) *18 January – Charles Delaunay, author, jazz expert, co- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
