1875 In France

	1875 In France Events from the year 1875 in France. Incumbents President: Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta President of the Council of Ministers: Ernest Courtot de Cissey (until 10 March), Louis Buffet (starting 10 March) Events 20 May – Convention du Mètre signed in Paris. Cize–Bolozon viaduct opens to rail traffic across the Ain. Gallium is discovered by Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran. Arts and literature 5 January – The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated as the home of the Paris Opera. 3 March – The first performance of Bizet's ''Carmen'' at the Opéra Comique, Paris, 3 months before the composer's death. The Flammarion publishing firm is founded in Paris. Births 17 February – Fanny Clar, journalist and writer (died 1944) 21 February – Jeanne Calment, supercentenarian and the oldest living person ever documented in history (died 1997) 7 March – Maurice Ravel, composer and pianist (died 1937) 27 March – Cécile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	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]
picture info	Opéra Comique ''Opéra comique'' (; plural: ''opéras comiques'') is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. It emerged from the popular '' opéras comiques en vaudevilles'' of the Fair Theatres of St Germain and St Laurent (and to a lesser extent the Comédie-Italienne),M. Elizabeth C. Bartlet and Richard Langham Smith"Opéra comique" '' Grove Music Online''. Oxford Music Online. 19 November 2009 which combined existing popular tunes with spoken sections. Associated with the Paris theatre of the same name, ''opéra comique'' is not necessarily comical or shallow in nature; '' Carmen'', perhaps the most famous ''opéra comique'', is a tragedy. Use of the term The term ''opéra comique'' is complex in meaning and cannot simply be translated as "comic opera". The genre originated in the early 18th century with humorous and satirical plays performed at the theatres of the Paris fairs which contained songs ('' vaudevilles''), with new words set to already existing music. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1956 In France Events from the year 1956 in France. Incumbents President: René Coty President of the Council of Ministers: Edgar Faure (until 1 February), Guy Mollet (starting 1 February) Events 2 January – Legislative Election held. 1 February – Socialist leader Guy Mollet becomes prime minister 2 March – Morocco declares its independence from France. 20 March – Tunisia gains independence from France. 23 May – Minister Pierre Mendès-France resigns due to his government's policy on Algeria. 23 June – Loi Cadre passed by the French National Assembly, first step in the creation of the French Union. 10 September – Guy Mollet visits London and proposes a merger of France and the United Kingdom. However the idea is rejected by British Prime Minister Anthony Eden. 28 September – Eden considers allowing France to join the Commonwealth of Nations, but this idea is also rejected. 31 October – Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Mistinguett Mistinguett (, born Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois; 5 April 1873 – 5 January 1956) was a French actress and singer. She was at one time the highest-paid female entertainer in the world. Early life The daughter of Antoine Bourgeois, a 31-year-old day-labourer, and Jeannette Debrée, a 21-year-old seamstress, Jeanne Bourgeois was born at 5 Rue du Chemin-de-Fer (today Rue Gaston-Israël), in Enghien-les-Bains, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France. The family moved to Soisy-sous-Montmorency where she spent her childhood; her parents later worked as mattress-makers.Flanner, Janet, ''Paris Journal, Volume Two, 1956—1964'' (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1965), page 6 At an early age Bourgeois aspired to be an entertainer. She began as a flower seller in a restaurant in her hometown, singing popular ballads as she sold blossoms. Entertainer After taking classes in theatre and singing, she began her career as an entertainer in 1885. One day on the train to Paris for a violin lesson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1964 In France Events from the year 1964 in France. Incumbents * President: Charles de Gaulle * Prime Minister: Georges Pompidou Events 27 January – France and the People's Republic of China announce their decision to establish diplomatic relations. 11 February – The Republic of China (Taiwan) drops diplomatic relations with France because of French recognition of the People's Republic of China. 8-15 March – Cantonal elections held. 23 May – Mrs. Madeleine Dassault, 63, wife of French plane manufacturer and politician Marcel Dassault, is kidnapped while leaving her car in front of her Paris home; she is found unharmed the next day in a farmhouse 27 miles from Paris. Sport 22 June – Tour de France begins. 14 July – Tour de France ends, won by Jacques Anquetil. Births January to March 6 January – Loïc Courteau, tennis player 7 January – Hervé Balland, cross-country skier 10 January – Claude Morinière, long jumper 11 January – Albert Dupontel, actor and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Pierre Monteux Pierre Benjamin Monteux (; 4 April 18751 July 1964) was a French (later American) conductor. After violin and viola studies, and a decade as an orchestral player and occasional conductor, he began to receive regular conducting engagements in 1907. He came to prominence when, for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company between 1911 and 1914, he conducted the world premieres of Stravinsky's ''The Rite of Spring'' and other prominent works including ''Petrushka'', '' The Nightingale'', Ravel's ''Daphnis et Chloé'', and Debussy's '' Jeux''. Thereafter he directed orchestras around the world for more than half a century. From 1917 to 1919 Monteux was the principal conductor of the French repertoire at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. He conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra (1919–24), Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra (1924–34), Orchestre Symphonique de Paris (1929–38) and San Francisco Symphony (1936–52). In 1961, aged eighty-six, he accepted the chief cond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1962 In France Events from the year 1962 in France. Incumbents President: Charles de Gaulle Prime Minister: Michel Debré (until 14 April), Georges Pompidou (starting 14 April) Events 3 February – Liner SS ''France'' begins her maiden voyage with the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique to New York. 5 February – President Charles de Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence. 8 February – Charonne (Paris Métro) Massacre. 18 March – Evian agreements are signed by France and the F.L.N. ending the Algerian War. 19 March – Formal cease-fire comes into operation following Evian Accords, however, the OAS continues its terrorist attacks against Algerians. 24 March – OAS leader Edmond Jouahud is arrested in Oran. 26 March – France shortens the term for military service from 26 months to 18. 8 April – Évian Accords referendum held and adopted with a majority of 90%. 13 April – OAS leader Edmond Jouhaud is sentenced to death. 20 April – OAS leader Raoul Sala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Cécile Vogt-Mugnier Cécile Vogt-Mugnier (27 March 1875 – 4 May 1962) was a French neurologist from Haute-Savoie. She and her husband Oskar Vogt are known for their extensive cytology, cytoarchetectonic studies on the brain. Professional life Education and career Vogt-Mugnier obtained her medical Doctorate degree, doctorate in Paris in 1900 and studied under Pierre Marie at the Bicêtre Hospital. At the time, women only made up 6% of those receiving medical doctorates, even though it had been thirty years since women were first admitted to medical studies.Helga Satzinger �Femininity and Science: The Brain Researcher Cécile Vogt (1875-1962). Translation of: Weiblichkeit und Wissenschaft. In: Bleker, Johanna (ed.): Der Eintritt der Frauen in die Gelehrtenrepublik. Husum, 1998, 75-93. Vogt-Mugnier and her husband's findings on myelinogenesis led to her dissertation work on the fiber systems in the cat cerebral cortex (''Étude sur la myelination of hémishères cérébraux'') and the beginning of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1937 In France Events from the year 1937 in France. Incumbents President: Albert Lebrun President of the Council of Ministers: Léon Blum (until 22 June), Camille Chautemps (starting 22 June) Events 1 May – General strike in Paris. 21 June – Coalition government of Léon Blum resigns. Sport 30 June – Tour de France begins. 25 July – Tour de France ends, won by Roger Lapébie. Births 21 January – François Boutin, Thoroughbred horse trainer (died 1995) 8 February – Françoise Claustre, archaeologist (died 2006) 13 February – Andrée Brunin, poet (died 1993) 4 March – Barney Wilen, saxophonist and jazz composer (died 1996) 21 March – François Bonlieu, Alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist (died 1973) 12 May – Dominique Chaboche, politician and MEP (died 2005) 24 May – Maryvonne Dupureur, Olympic athlete (died 2008) 12 July – Lionel Jospin, Prime Minister of France 22 July * Jean-Claude Lebaube, road racing cyclist (died 1977) Gilberte Marin-Mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Maurice Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In the 1920s and 1930s Ravel was internationally regarded as France's greatest living composer. Born to a music-loving family, Ravel attended France's premier music college, the Paris Conservatoire; he was not well regarded by its conservative establishment, whose biased treatment of him caused a scandal. After leaving the conservatoire, Ravel found his own way as a composer, developing a style of great clarity and incorporating elements of modernism, baroque, neoclassicism and, in his later works, jazz. He liked to experiment with musical form, as in his best-known work, ''Boléro'' (1928), in which repetition takes the place of development. Renowned for his abilities in orchestration, Ravel made some orchestral arrangements of other compose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1997 In France Events from the year 1997 in France. Incumbents * President of France, President: Jacques Chirac * Prime Minister of France, Prime Minister: Alain Juppé (until 3 June), Lionel Jospin (starting 3 June) Events 27 January – It is revealed that French museums had nearly 2,000 pieces of art that had been stolen by Nazis. 25 May – 1997 French legislative election, Legislative Election held. 1 June – 1997 French legislative election, Legislative Election held. 31 August – Diana, Princess of Wales is Death of Diana, Princess of Wales, killed in a car crash in Paris. 3 November – In France, striking truck drivers blockade ports during a pay dispute. Arts and literature 6 September – A Jean Michel Jarre List of Jean-Michel Jarre concerts#Oxygene in Moscow, Oxygene in Moscow concert, celebrating the city's 850th anniversary, draws 3.5 million people. Sport 17 April – 1997 Paris–Roubaix, Paris–Roubaix cycling race won by Frédéric Guesdon. 29 June – 1997 French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Jeanne Calment Jeanne Louise Calment (; 21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997) was a French supercentenarian and the oldest human whose age is documented, with a lifespan of 122 years and 164 days. Her longevity attracted media attention and medical studies of her health and lifestyle. She is the only person verified to have lived to the age of 120 and beyond. According to census records, Calment outlived both her daughter and grandson. In January 1988, she was widely reported to have been the oldest living person, and in 1995, at age 120, was declared the oldest person to have lived. Early life Calment was born on 21 February 1875 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence. Some of her close family members also had an above-average lifespan as her older brother, François (1865–1962), lived to the age of 97, her father, Nicolas (1837–1931), who was a shipbuilder, 93, and her mother, Marguerite Gilles (1838–1924), who was from a family of millers, 86. From the age of seven until her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]