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1866 In France
Events from the year 1866 in France. Events *31 May - Napoleon III announces the withdrawal of French forces in the French intervention in Mexico. *26 July - French evacuate Monterrey. *5 August - French evacuate Saltillo. *14 October - French troops land at Ganghwa Island, Korea as part of French Campaign against Korea for the execution of French Jesuit priests. It is the first military contact between Korea and a Western force. Arts and literature *31 October - Jacques Offenbach's opéra bouffe '' La Vie parisienne'' is premiered at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris. Births *29 January - Romain Rolland, writer, Nobel Prize in Literature (died 1944) *19 February – Louis-Henri Foreau, painter (died 1938) *17 May - Erik Satie, composer and pianist (died 1925) *23 May – Ellen Richards Ridgway, American golfer (died 1934) *6 July - Charles Mangin, general during World War I (died 1925) *13 July - La Goulue, dancer (died 1929) *4 August - Maurice Schutz, actor (d ... [...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] |
Erik Satie
Eric Alfred Leslie Satie (, ; ; 17 May 18661 July 1925), who signed his name Erik Satie after 1884, was a French composer and pianist. He was the son of a French father and a British mother. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, but was an undistinguished student and obtained no diploma. In the 1880s he worked as a pianist in café-cabaret in Montmartre, Paris, and began composing works, mostly for solo piano, such as his ''Gymnopédies'' and '' Gnossiennes''. He also wrote music for a Rosicrucian sect to which he was briefly attached. After a spell in which he composed little, Satie entered Paris's second music academy, the Schola Cantorum, as a mature student. His studies there were more successful than those at the Conservatoire. From about 1910 he became the focus of successive groups of young composers attracted by his unconventionality and originality. Among them were the group known as Les Six. A meeting with Jean Cocteau in 1915 led to the creation of the ballet '' Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bacteriologist
A bacteriologist is a microbiologist, or similarly trained professional, in bacteriology -- a subdivision of microbiology that studies bacteria, typically Pathogenic bacteria, pathogenic ones. Bacteriologists are interested in studying and learning about bacteria, as well as using their skills in clinical settings. This includes investigating properties of bacteria such as Morphology (biology), morphology, ecology, genetics and biochemistry, phylogenetics, genomics and many other areas related to bacteria like Medical diagnosis, disease diagnostic testing. Alongside human and animal health care, healthcare providers, they may carry out various functions as Biomedical scientist, medical scientists, veterinary scientists, or Medical laboratory scientist, diagnostic technicians in locations like clinics, Blood bank, blood banks, hospitals, laboratories and Veterinary medicine, animal hospitals. Bacteriologists working in public health or biomedical research help develop vaccines for pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Nicolle
Charles Jules Henri Nicolle (21 September 1866 – 28 February 1936) was a French bacteriologist who received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his identification of lice as the transmitter of epidemic typhus. Family Nicolle was born to Aline Louvrier and Eugène Nicolle in Rouen, France and was raised as part of a middle class family that valued education. He had two other siblings – his older brother, Maurice Nicolle (a medical microbiologist, professor at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, and Director of the Bacteriological Institute of Constantinople), and his younger brother, Marcel Nicolle (an art critic). Nicole later married Alice Avice in 1895, and had two children, Marcelle (b. 1896) and Pierre (b. 1898), both of whom also went on to enter the medical field. Studies and career The earliest educational influences on Nicolle were from his father, a doctor at a Rouen hospital. Nicolle later received his education from the '' Lycée Pierre Corneille'' in Rouen, followe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947 In France
Events from the year 1947 in France. Incumbents *President: Léon Blum (until 16 January), Vincent Auriol (starting 16 January) *President of the Council of Ministers: ** until 22 January: Léon Blum ** 22 January – 24 November: Paul Ramadier ** starting 24 November: Robert Schuman Events *16 January – Vincent Auriol is inaugurated as President of France. *10 February – Paris peace treaties are signed between the World War II Allies and Italy, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Finland. *12 February – Christian Dior introduces The "New Look" in women's fashion, in Paris. *28 February – United States gives France a military base in Casablanca. *29 March – Malagasy Uprising: Nationalist "tribesmen" began a revolt in the eastern part of Madagascar against French rule. *6 May – Malagasy Uprising: In Moramanga, the French military machine-gun ''Mouvement démocratique de la rénovation malgache'' (MDRM) officials detained in wagons, killing 124 to 160 mostly unarmed acti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tristan Bernard
Tristan Bernard (7 September 1866 – 7 December 1947) was a French playwright, novelist, journalist and lawyer. Life He studied law, and after his military service, he started his career as the manager of an aluminium smelter. In the 1890s, he managed the ''Vélodrome de la Seine'' at Levallois-Perret and the Vélodrome Buffalo, events that were an integral part of Parisian life, being regularly attended by personalities such as Toulouse-Lautrec. He reputedly introduced the bell to signify the last lap of a race. He identified as an anarchist. Works Plays *''Les Pieds nickelés'' (1895) *' (''French Without a Master'') (1899) *''Triplepatte'' (with André Godfernaux, 1905) *''The Brighton Twins'' (''Les Jumeaux de Brighton'') (1908) *''Le Danseur inconnu'' (1909) *''Le Costaud des épinettes'' (with Alfred Athis, 1910) *'' The Little Cafe'' (''Le petit café'') (1911) *''Les Deux Canards'' (with Alfred Athis, 1913) *''Jeanne Doré'' (1913) *''Coeur de lilas'' (with , 192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 In France
Events from the year 1955 in France. Incumbents *President: Rene Coty *President of the Council of Ministers: ** until 17 February: Pierre Mendès France ** 17 February-23 February: Christian Pineau ** starting 23 February: Edgar Faure Events *28 March – SNCF sets a new world rail speed record of 331 km/h using electric traction. *5 May – Bonn–Paris conventions come into force, putting an end to the Allied occupation of West Germany. *11 June – 1955 Le Mans disaster. Driver Pierre Levegh and 82 spectators killed in a crash during the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans race. *28 July – The first Interlingua congress in Tours, France, leads to the founding of the Union Mundial pro Interlingua. *6 October – The Citroen DS, a large saloon car, is launched at the Paris Motor Show. Arts and literature *25 June – Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, designed by Le Corbusier, is dedicated. *15 September – Vladimir Nabokov's ''Lolita'' is published in Paris by Olympia Press. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Schutz
Maurice Schutz (4 August 1866 – 22 March 1955) was a French film actor. He starred in some 91 films between 1918 and 1952. Selected filmography * ''Quatre-vingt-treize'' (1920) * '' Au-delà des lois humaines'' (1920) * ''The Three Masks'' (1921) * '' Tillers of the Soil'' (1923) * '' Little Jacques'' (1923) * ''The Phantom of the Moulin Rouge'' (1925) * ''Montmartre'' (1925) * ''Jean Chouan'' (1926) * ''The Imaginary Voyage'' (1926) * ''Napoléon'' (1927) * ''The Passion of Joan of Arc'' (1928) * '' Verdun: Visions of History'' (1928) * ''Venus'' (1929) * ''A Foolish Maiden'' (1929) * ''The Devil's Holiday'' (1931) * ''Vampyr'' (1932) * ''Fantômas'' (1932) * ''Pasteur'' (1935) * ''The Call of Silence'' (1936) * ''The Assault'' (1936) * ''Three Waltzes'' (1938) * ''Gargousse'' (1938) * ''The Novel of Werther'' (1938) * ''La Symphonie fantastique'' (1942) * '' Jeannou'' (1943) * '' The Captain'' (1946) * '' The Murderer is Not Guilty'' (1946) * ''The Village of Wrath'' (1947) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1929 In France
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album ''Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipknot. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Goulue
La Goulue (, meaning ''The Gourmand''), was the stage name of Louise Weber (12 July 1866 – 29 January 1929), a French can-can dancer who was a star of the Moulin Rouge, a popular cabaret in the Pigalle district of Paris, near Montmartre. Weber became known as ''La Goulue'' because as an adolescent, she was known for guzzling cabaret patrons' drinks while dancing. She also was referred to as the Queen of Montmartre. Childhood Very little is known about her early childhood, but it is believed that Louise Weber was born into a Jewish family from Alsace that eventually moved to Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, near Paris. Her mother worked in a laundry. As an impoverished young girl who loved to dance, Weber is said to have enjoyed dressing up in laundry customers' expensive clothing and pretending to be a glamorous star on a great stage. At age 16, she was working with her mother in the laundry, but behind her mother's back began sneaking off to a dance hall dressed in a customer's "bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting occurring throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia. An estimated 9 million soldiers were killed in combat, plus another 23 million wounded, while 5 million civilians died as a result of military action, hunger, and disease. Millions more died in genocides within the Ottoman Empire and in the 1918 influenza pandemic, which was exacerbated by the movement of combatants during the war. Prior to 1914, the European great powers were divided between the Triple Entente (comprising France, Russia, and Britain) and the Triple Alliance (containing Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy). Tensions in the Balkans came to a head on 28 June 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Mangin
Charles Emmanuel Marie Mangin (6 July 1866 – 12 May 1925) was a French general during World War I. Early career Charles Mangin was born on 6 July 1866 in Sarrebourg. After initially failing to gain entrance to Saint-Cyr, he joined the 77th Infantry Regiment in 1885. He reapplied and was accepted in Saint-Cyr in 1886 attaining the rank of Sub-Lieutenant in 1888. He joined the 1st Marine Infantry Regiment based in Cherbourg. He was sent to Sudan, serving under Jean-Baptiste Marchand and gained further experience in Mali, French North Africa. During this period he learnt Bambara, the lingua-franca of Mali. He was wounded three times and returned to France in 1892. In 1893 he was made a Knight of the Legion d'honneur. In 1898, Mangin joined Marchand on his expedition to Fashoda with children in tow. In 1900 he attained the rank of Officer of the Legion d'honneur. He was given the command of a battalion in Tonkin from 1901 to 1904. He was then promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
