1861 In France

	1861 In France Events from the year 1861 in France. Incumbents * Monarch – Napoleon III Events News of Henri Mouhot's discovery of Angkor Wat is published. Births 15 February - Charles Édouard Guillaume, physicist, awarded Nobel Prize in Physics in 1920 (died 1938) 21 February - Pierre de Bréville, composer (died 1949) 30 October - Antoine Bourdelle, sculptor (died 1929) 2 November - Maurice Blondel, philosopher (died 1949) 8 December Aristide Maillol, sculptor (died 1944) Georges Méliès, filmmaker (died 1938) 16 December - Antonio de La Gandara, painter and draughtsman (died 1917) Full date unknown Jacques Émile Blanche, painter (died 1942) Deaths 5 February - Pierre Bosquet, Marshal of France (born 1810) 10 April - Édouard Ménétries, entomologist (born 1802) 14 July - Frédéric de Lafresnaye, ornithologist (born 1783) 24 August - Pierre Berthier, geologist and mining engineer (born 1782) 22 September - Rose Chéri, actress (born 1824) 10 November - Henr ... [...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]
	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]
	1824 In France Events from the year 1824 in France. Incumbents * Monarch – Louis XVIII (until 16 September), then Charles X * Prime Minister – Joseph de Villèle Events 25 February - Legislative election held. 6 March - Legislative election held. 16 September - Charles X succeeds Louis XVIII as King of France. Cimetière du Montparnasse is established. Arts and literature The first collection of poetry by Victor Hugo, ''Nouvelles Odes et Poésies Diverses'', is published. Births 11 January - Théophile Nicolas Noblot, politician (died 1891) 15 January - Marie Duplessis, courtesan (died 1847) 11 May - Jean-Léon Gérôme, painter and sculptor (died 1904) 28 June - Paul Broca, physician, anatomist, and anthropologist (died 1880) 12 July - Eugène Boudin, painter (died 1898) 27 July - Alexandre Dumas, fils, writer, author and playwright (died 1895) 6 December - Emmanuel Frémiet, sculptor (died 1910) 14 December - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, painter (died 1898) 25 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rose Chéri Rose-Marie Cizos, stage name Rose Chéri, (27 October 1824 – 22 September 1861) was a French actress. She was the elder sister of the actress Anna Chéri (also called Chéri Lesueur) and of the composer and conductor Victor Chéri. After her marriage to Adolphe Lemoine (stage name Montigny, and director of the Théâtre du Gymnase) on 12 May 1845, she took the name Chéri Montigny. Roles * '' Clarisse Harlowe'', drama in 3 acts mixed with song of Samuel Richardson, adapted by Dumanoir and Clairville, 5 August 1846. * La Niaise de Saint-Flour, comedy-vaudeville in one act, by Jean-François Bayard Jean-François Alfred Bayard (17 March 1796, Charolles, Saône-et-Loire – 20 February 1853, Paris) was a French playwright. He was the nephew of fellow playwright Eugène Scribe. Life As a law student and a lawyer's clerk, Bayard wrote with pa ... and Gustave Lemoine, Théâtre du Gymnase, 19 June 1848. References 1824 births 1861 deaths People from Étampes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1782 In France Events from the year 1782 in France: Incumbents * Monarch – Louis XVI Events 25-26 January – Battle of Saint Kitts (American Revolutionary War): A French fleet under the Comte de Grasse clashes with the British in the West Indies 17 February – Battle of Sadras (Anglo-French War (1778–1783)): A French fleet under the Baillie de Suffren clashes with the British in the Bay of Bengal 22 February – Capture of Montserrat from the British 12 April – Battle of the Saintes: A French fleet under de Grasse is defeated by a British fleet under Admiral Rodney 19 April – Battle of the Mona Passage: Four French ships are captured by the British 6 July – Battle of Negapatam: A French fleet clashes with the British in the Bay of Bengal 14 December – The Montgolfier brothers first test fly a hot air balloon in France; it floats nearly Ironworks at Le Creusot established; first smelting with coke in France Arts and culture Music * 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pierre Berthier Pierre Berthier (; 3 July 1782, Nemours, Seine-et-Marne – 24 August 1861) was a French geologist and mining engineer. Pierre Berthier was born in Nemours. After studying at the École Polytechnique, he went to the École des Mines, where he became chief of the laboratory in 1816. In 1821, while working in the village of Les Baux-de-Provence, in southern France, he discovered the rock bauxite, named for the place of its discovery. He also discovered the mineral Berthierite, which was named after him. In addition to numerous contributions in mineralogy and mining, Berthier is also noted for his research into blast furnaces and for the utilization of phosphates by plants. He was paralyzed by an accident in 1858. The detailed register of homosexuals, then maintained by the Paris police prefecture, mention him as a lover of soldiers. Awards Pierre Berthier was elected a member of the Académie des Sciences in 1825. In 1828, he became a ''chevalier'' of the Legion of Honor The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1783 In France Events from the year 1783 in France Incumbents * Monarch – Louis XVI Events * 3 September Treaty of Paris * 21 November First manned hot air balloon flight Births * 1 February – André Marie Jean Jacques Dupin, lawyer and politician (died 1865) * 5 July – Charles-Louis Havas, writer and founder of Agence France-Presse (died 1858). * 24 July – Frédéric de Lafresnaye, ornithologist (died 1861). * 19 December – Charles Julien Brianchon, mathematician and chemist (died 1864). Deaths * 27 September – Étienne Bézout, mathematician (born 1730) * 5 December – Sophie d'Artois, princess (born 1776) * - Marguerite Gourdan Marguerite Gourdan, née ''Marguerite Alexandrine Ernestine Stock'' (c. 1730 in Béziers – 28 September 1783 in Paris) was a French brothel owner and procurer in 18th-century Paris. Her brothel was the most exclusive in Paris during that age, ..., brothel madam (born year unknown) See also References 1780s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Frédéric De Lafresnaye Baron Nöel Frédéric Armand André de Lafresnaye (24 July 1783 – 14 July 1861) was a French ornithologist and collector. Lafresnaye was born into an aristocratic family at Chateau de La Fresnaye in Falaise, Calvados, Falaise, Normandy. He took an early interest in natural history, particularly entomology. It was only after acquiring a collection of European birds that he turned his attention to ornithology. Lafresnaye described a number of new bird species, some with Alcide d'Orbigny. He accumulated a collection of over 8,000 bird skins at his home. After his death the collection was purchased by the American collector Henry Bryant (naturalist), Henry Bryant and donated to the Boston Society of Natural History, Boston Natural History Society. It was transferred to the Museum of Comparative Zoology in 1914. Lafresnaye's piculet, Lafresnaye's woodcreeper and Lafresnaye's vanga are avian species that bear his name. Selected works * ''Contributions à l'ornithologie'', 183 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1802 In France Events from the year 1802 in France. Incumbents * The French Consulate Events 23 February - Haitian Revolution: Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres, French victory. 4 March-24 March - Haitian Revolution: Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot, French victory, taking a besieged fort from Haitian forces. 25 March - Treaty of Amiens, temporarily ended hostilities between France and the United Kingdom during the French Revolutionary Wars. 8 April - Organic Articles presented by Napoleon. 26 April - General amnesty signed by Napoleon Bonaparte allowed all but about one thousand of the most notorious émigrés of the French Revolution to return to France. 10 May - Constitutional Referendum ratified the new constitution of the Consulate, which made Napoleon Bonaparte First Consul for life. 19 May - Napoleon establishes the ''légion d'honneur'' (Legion of Honour). 20 May - Napoleon Bonaparte reinstates slavery in the French colonies, which had been abolished during the French Revolution. 8 June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Édouard Ménétries Édouard Ménétries (Paris, France, 2 October 1802 – St. Petersburg, Imperial Russia, 10 April 1861) was a French entomologist, zoologist, and herpetologist. He is best known as the founder of the Russian Entomological Society. Ménétries was born in Paris, and became a student of Georges Cuvier and Pierre André Latreille. On their recommendation he was chosen as the zoologist on a Russian expedition to Brazil in 1822, led by Baron von Langsdorff. On his return he was appointed curator of the Zoological Collection at St Petersburg. In 1829 he was sent by the Tsar on an exploratory trip to the Caucasus. Ménétries was an authority on Lepidoptera and Coleoptera but also worked on other orders. Most of his named species are from Russia and Siberia but at the museum he was able to study insects from other parts of the world. Two such collections were those made during the expeditions of Alexander von Middendorf (1842–1845) and Leopold von Schrenck (1853–1857) to Calif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1810 In France Events from the year 1810 in France. Incumbents * Emperor – Napoleon I Events 6 January - Treaty of Paris ends war between France and Sweden. 10 January - Marriage of Napoleon and Joséphine de Beauharnais is annulled. 4 March - French Army retreats from Portugal. 11 March - Napoleon marries Marie-Louise of Austria. 26 April - Peninsular War: Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo begins. Spanish garrison besieged by French forces. 9 July - Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland. 9 July - Peninsular War: Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo ends in French victory. 24 July - Peninsular War: Battle of the Côa. 25 July - Peninsular War: Siege of Almeida begins. French lay siege to British and Portuguese forces. 20 August - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Grand Port, Mauritius. French victory over British fleet. 21 August - One of Napoleon's marshals, Jean Baptiste Bernadotte, was elected crown prince of Sweden. 27 August - Peninsular War: Siege of Almeida ends with French victory. 27 September - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Marshal Of France Marshal of France (french: Maréchal de France, plural ') is a French military distinction, rather than a military rank, that is awarded to generals for exceptional achievements. The title has been awarded since 1185, though briefly abolished (1793–1804) and for a period dormant (1870–1916). It was one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France during the and Bourbon Restoration, and one of the Grand Dignitaries of the Empire during the First French Empire (when the title was Marshal of the Empire, not Marshal of France). A Marshal of France displays seven stars on each shoulder strap. A marshal also receives a baton: a blue cylinder with stars, formerly fleurs-de-lis during the monarchy and eagles during the First French Empire. The baton bears the Latin inscription of ', which means "terror in war, ornament in peace". Between the end of the 16th century and the middle of the 19th century, six Marshals of France were given the even more exalted rank of Marshal General ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]