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1857 In France
Events from the year 1857 in France. Incumbents * Monarch – Napoleon III Events *3 March - France and the United Kingdom formally declare war on China in the Second Opium War. *21 June - Legislative election held. *5 July - Legislative election held for the second legislature of the French Second Empire. Arts and literature *18 April - The Spirits' Book (Le Livre des Esprits in original French), one of The Five Fundamental Works of Spiritism, is published by the French educator Allan Kardec. * The Flowers of Evil (Les Fleurs du mal in original French), an immensely influential collection of Charles Baudelaire's first poems, is published. Births *4 January - Émile Cohl, caricaturist, cartoonist and animator (died 1938) *18 January - Eugène Gley, physiologist and endocrinologist (died 1930) *12 February - Eugène Atget, photographer (died 1927) *26 February - Émile Coué, psychologist and pharmacist (died 1926) *3 March - Alfred Bruneau, composer (died 1934) *22 March ... [...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] |
Eugène Atget
Eugène Atget (; 12 February 1857 – 4 August 1927) was a French ''flâneur'' and a pioneer of documentary photography, noted for his determination to document all of the architecture and street scenes of Paris before their disappearance to modernization. Most of his photographs were first published by Berenice Abbott after his death. Though he sold his work to artists and craftspeople, and became an inspiration for the surrealists, he did not live to see the wide acclaim his work would eventually receive. Biography Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget was born 12 February 1857 in Libourne. His father, carriage builder Jean-Eugène Atget, died in 1862, and his mother, Clara-Adeline Atget née Hourlier died shortly after; he was an orphan at age seven. He was brought up by his maternal grandparents in Bordeaux and after finishing secondary education joined the merchant navy.Paris: pp. 240–246 Photographers A–Z: p. 17 Atget moved to Paris in 1878. He failed the entrance exam for act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-François Klobb
Jean-François Arsène Klobb (1857–1899) was a French colonial officer. He was assassinated by order of Captain Paul Voulet. Background and early career Born on June 29, 1857 in Ribeauvillé in the department of Haut-Rhin in Alsace, he was sent as an officer to French Sudan (today Mali). He participated to the long war against the local ruler Samory Touré, and was in 1892 the Chief of Staff of Colonel Louis Archinard, governor of French Sudan. He returned to French Sudan with the rank of Major in July 1895, distinguishing himself against the Tuaregs, that he defeated in a series of battles fought in 1897–98, that helped to secure French control on Timbuktu, endangered by the massacre near the city of a platoon of Sipahis in June 1897. Voulet-Chanoine Mission Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, he was made chief administrator of Timbuktu; he held this position when he met there in 1898 Captain Paul Voulet, commander of the Voulet-Chanoine Mission marching to Lake Chad, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 In France
Events from the year 1945 in France. Incumbents *President of France, Chairman of the Provisional Government (also Prime Minister): Charles de Gaulle Events *1 January? – Jean-Paul Sartre refuses the Legion of Honour. *6 February – Writer Robert Brasillach executed for collaborationism, collaboration with the Germans. *9 March – Japanese Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina, overthrow the Vichy French Jean Decoux, Decoux Government in Vietnam. *2 May – Colette is the first woman to be admitted to the Académie Goncourt. *7 May – General Alfred Jodl signs unconditional surrender terms at Rheims, ending Germany's participation in the war. The document will take effect the next day. *8 May – World War II ends in Europe. *8–29 May – In Algeria, French troops kill an estimated 6,000 Algerian citizens in the Sétif massacre. *23 July – Marshal Philippe Pétain, who headed the Vichy government during World War II, goes on trial, charged with treason. *31 July – P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flatulist
A flatulist, fartist, or professional farter is an entertainer often associated with a specific type of humor, whose routine consists solely or primarily of passing gas in a creative, musical, or amusing manner. History There are a number of scattered references to ancient and medieval flatulists, who could produce various rhythms and pitches with their intestinal wind. Saint Augustine in ''City of God (De Civitate Dei)'' (14.24) mentions some performers who did have "such command of their bowels, that they can break wind continuously at will, so as to produce the effect of singing." Juan Luis Vives, in his 1522 commentary to Augustine's work, testifies to having himself witnessed such a feat, a remark referenced by Michel de Montaigne in an essay. The professional farters of medieval Ireland were called braigetoÃr. They are listed together with other performers and musicians in the 12th century ''Tech Midchúarda'', a diagram of the banqueting hall of Tara. As entertainers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Pétomane
Joseph Pujol (June 1, 1857 – August 8, 1945), better known by his stage name Le Pétomane (, ), was a French flatulist (professional farter) and entertainer. He was famous for his remarkable control of the abdominal muscles, which enabled him to seemingly fart at will. His stage name combines the French verb ''péter'', "to fart" with the -''mane'', "-maniac" suffix, which translates to "fartomaniac". The profession is referred to as "flatulist", "farteur", or "fartiste". It was a common misconception that Pujol passed intestinal gas as part of his stage performance. Rather, he was allegedly able to "inhale" or move air into his rectum and then control the release of that air with his anal sphincter muscles. Evidence of his ability to control those muscles was seen in the early accounts of demonstrations of his abilities to fellow soldiers. Life and career Joseph Pujol was born in Marseille, one of five children of stonemason and sculptor François Pujol and his wife Rose, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Charles Thévenin
Léon Charles Thévenin (; 30 March 1857, Meaux, Seine-et-Marne – 21 September 1926, Paris) was a French telegraph engineer who extended Ohm's law to the analysis of complex electrical network, electrical circuits. Biography Born in Meaux, France, Thévenin entered the École polytechnique in Paris in 1876. Upon graduation, in 1878, he joined the Corps of telegraph Engineers (which subsequently became the Postes, télégraphes et téléphones (France), French PTT). There, he initially worked on the development of long distance underground telegraph lines. Appointed as a teaching inspector at the École supérieure de télégraphie in 1882, he became increasingly interested in the problems of measurement in electrical circuits. As a result of studying Kirchhoff's circuit laws and Ohm's law, he developed his famous theorem, Thévenin's theorem, which made it possible to calculate currents in more complex electrical circuits and allowing people to reduce complex circuits into si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 In France
Events from the year 1932 in France. Incumbents *President: Paul Doumer (until 7 May), Albert Lebrun (starting 10 May) *President of the Council of Ministers: ** until 20 February: Pierre Laval ** 20 February-3 June: Édouard Daladier ** 3 June-26 November: Édouard Herriot ** starting 26 November: Joseph Paul-Boncour Events * 1 May - Legislative Election held. * 6 May - Paul Gorguloff assassinates President Paul Doumer in Paris. Doumer dies the next day. * 8 May - Legislative Election held. * 10 May - Albert Lebrun becomes the new President of France. * 7 July - French submarine ''Prométhée'' sinks off Cherbourg - 66 dead. * Aperitif Ricard first produced by Paul Ricard in Marseille. Arts and literature * 14 January - Maurice Ravel's '' Concerto in G'' debuts with piano soloist Marguerite Long and Ravel conducting the Lamoureux Orchestra. Sport * 6 July - Tour de France begins. * 31 July - Tour de France ends, won by André Leducq. Births January to June * 31 January â ... [...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] |
Paul Doumer
Joseph Athanase Doumer, commonly known as Paul Doumer (; 22 March 18577 May 1932), was the President of France from 13 June 1931 until his assassination on 7 May 1932. Biography Joseph Athanase Doumer was born in Aurillac, in the Cantal ''département'', in France on 22 March 1857, into a family of modest means. Alumnus of the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, he became a professor of mathematics at Mende in 1877. In 1878 Doumer married Blanche Richel, whom he had met at college. They had eight children, four of whom were killed in the First World War (including the French air ace René Doumer). From 1879 until 1883 Doumer was professor at Remiremont, before leaving on health grounds. He then became chief editor of ''Courrier de l'Aisne'', a French regional newspaper. Initiated into Freemasonry in 1879, at "L'Union Fraternelle" lodge, he became Grand Secretary of Grand Orient de France in 1892. He made his debut in politics in 1885 as ''chef de cabinet'' to Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 In France
Events from the year 1934 in France. Incumbents *President: Albert Lebrun *President of the Council of Ministers: ** until 30 January: Camille Chautemps ** 30 January-9 February: Édouard Daladier ** 9 February-8 November: Gaston Doumergue ** starting 8 November: Pierre-Étienne Flandin Events *6 February – an anti-parliamentarist demonstration organised in Paris by far-right leagues, finished in a riot and led to a political crisis. *9 February – Gaston Doumergue forms a new government. *9 October – King Alexander of Yugoslavia and French foreign minister, Louis Barthou, are assassinated during the king's state visit in Marseilles. *2 December – first public performance by the Quintette du Hot Club de France at the Ecole Normale de Musique, 78 rue Cardinet in Paris, as "Un orchestre d'un genre nouveau de Jazz Hot", led by Django Reinhardt. Sport *6 April – The French Rugby League was formed. *3 July – Tour de France begins. *29 July – Tour de France ends, won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Bruneau
Louis Charles Bonaventure Alfred Bruneau (3 March 1857 – 15 June 1934) was a French composer who played a key role in the introduction of realism in French opera. Life Born in Paris, Bruneau studied the cello as a youth at the Paris Conservatory and played in the Pasdeloup orchestra. He soon began to compose, writing a cantata, ''Geneviève de Paris'', while still a young man. In 1884, his ''Ouverture héroïque'' was performed, followed by the choral symphonies '' Léda'' (1884) and '' La Belle au bois dormant'' (1886). In 1887, he produced his first opera, ''Kérim''. The following year, Bruneau met Émile Zola, launching a collaboration between the two men that would last for two decades. Bruneau's 1891 opera '' Le Rêve'' was based on the Zola story of the same name, and in the coming years Zola would provide the subject matter for many of Bruneau's works, including ''L'attaque du moulin'' (1893). Zola himself wrote the libretti for the operas ''Messidor'' (1897) and '' L'Ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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