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1880 In France
Events from the year 1880 in France. Incumbents *President: Jules Grévy *President of the Council of Ministers: Charles de Freycinet (until 23 September), Jules Ferry (starting 23 September) Events * 29 June – France annexes Tahiti. * Musée Carnavalet is opened to the public as a museum of Paris history. * Discovery of piezoelectricity by Pierre Curie and Jacques Curie. Births * 14 January – Pierre-Marie Gerlier, Cardinal (died 1965) * 5 February – Gabriel Voisin, aviation pioneer (died 1973) * 20 February – Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, aristocrat, novelist and poet (died 1923) * 21 February – Pierre Chaumié, politician (died 1966) * 17 April – Jacques Suzanne, painter, artist and explorer (died 1967) * 25 May – Jean Alexandre Barré, neurologist (died 1967) * 26 August – Guillaume Apollinaire, poet, writer and art critic (died 1918) * 12 October – Marcel-Bruno Gensoul, admiral (d. 1973) * 8 December – Clément-Emile Roques, Cardinal (died 1964) ... [...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] |
1923 In France
Events from the year 1923 in France. Incumbents *President: Alexandre Millerand *President of the Council of Ministers: Raymond Poincare Events *11 January – Occupation of the Ruhr begins by French and Belgian troops to force Germany to pay its reparation payments. *September – Resultant strikes called off by German government and followed by a state of emergency. *October – Rhenish Republic is proclaimed at Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle). Arts and literature *March – ''Antigone'' by Jean Cocteau appears on a Paris stage. Settings by Pablo Picasso, music by Arthur Honegger, and costumes by Gabrielle Chanel. Antonin Artaud played the part of Tiresias. Sport *26 May – The inaugural 24 hours of Le Mans race is won by André Lagache and René Léonard. *24 June – Tour de France begins. *22 July – Tour de France ends, won by Henri Pélissier. Births January to June *7 January – Jean Lucienbonnet, motor racing driver (died 1962) *13 February – Philippe de Chéri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel-Bruno Gensoul
Marcel-Bruno Gensoul (12 October 1880 – 30 December 1973) was a French admiral who commanded the Force de Raid, based at Brest until the Armistice of 22 June 1940. Then, the force was transferred to Mers El Kébir in French North Africa. Gensoul was subsequently involved in abortive negotiations with British Admiral James Somerville Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Fownes Somerville, (17 July 1882 – 19 March 1949) was a Royal Navy officer. He served in the First World War as fleet wireless officer for the Mediterranean Fleet where he was involved in providing naval suppo ... that culminated in the bombardment and Attack on Mers-el-Kébir the 3 July 1940. Gensoul never commented on these events. References 1973 deaths French military personnel of World War II French Navy admirals 1880 births {{France-mil-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 In France
Events from the year 1918 in France. Incumbents *President: Raymond Poincaré * President of the Council of Ministers: Georges Clemenceau Events *21 March – Operation Michael begins in the vicinity of Saint-Quentin, launching Germany's Spring Offensive. *23 March – The giant German cannon, called the Paris Gun, begins to shell Paris from away. *27 May – The Third Battle of the Aisne begins, an attempt by the Germans to capture the Chemin des Dames Ridge before the arrival of the American Expeditionary Force to support France. *1 June – The Battle of Belleau Wood begins, near the Marne River. *6 June – Third Battle of the Aisne ends with the German advance halted after initial gains. *26 June – Battle of Belleau Wood ends in Allied victory. *15 July – The Second Battle of the Marne begins, the last major German offensive on the Western Front. *18 July-22 July – The Battle of Soissons is fought between the French (with American assistance) and German armies. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume Apollinaire
Guillaume Apollinaire) of the Wąż coat of arms. (; 26 August 1880 – 9 November 1918) was a French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, and art critic of Polish descent. Apollinaire is considered one of the foremost poets of the early 20th century, as well as one of the most impassioned defenders of Cubism and a forefather of Surrealism. He is credited with coining the term "Cubism" in 1911 to describe the emerging art movement, the term Orphism in 1912, and the term "Surrealism" in 1917 to describe the works of Erik Satie. He wrote poems without punctuation attempting to be resolutely modern in both form and subject. Apollinaire wrote one of the earliest Surrealist literary works, the play '' The Breasts of Tiresias'' (1917), which became the basis for Francis Poulenc's 1947 opera ''Les mamelles de Tirésias''. Influenced by Symbolist poetry in his youth, he was admired during his lifetime by the young poets who later formed the nucleus of the Surrealist group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neurologist
Neurology (from el, νεῦρον (neûron), "string, nerve" and the suffix -logia, "study of") is the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the brain, the spinal cord and the peripheral nerves. Neurological practice relies heavily on the field of neuroscience, the scientific study of the nervous system. A neurologist is a physician specializing in neurology and trained to investigate, diagnose and treat neurological disorders. Neurologists treat a myriad of neurologic conditions, including stroke, seizures, movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, autoimmune neurologic disorders such as multiple sclerosis, headache disorders like migraine and dementias such as Alzheimer's disease. Neurologists may also be involved in clinical research, clinical trials, and basic or translational research. While neurology is a nonsurgical specialty, its corresponding surgical specialty is neurosurgery. Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Alexandre Barré
Jean Alexandre Barré (25 May 1880, Nantes – 26 April 1967, Strasbourg) was a French neurologist who in 1916 worked on the identification of Guillain-Barré-Strohl syndrome, as well as Barré–Liéou syndrome. Biography First studies He studied medicine in Nantes, afterwards serving his internship in Paris, where he was influenced by Joseph Babinski (1857–1932). In 1912 he obtained his medical doctorate with a thesis on osteoarthropathy associated with tabes dorsalis. Guillain-Barré-Strohl syndrome ''See also André Strohl.'' During World War I, he worked in a neurological unit of the 6th army, directed by Georges Guillain (1876-1961), with whom he began a longtime collaboration. In 1919 he was appointed professor of neurology in Strasbourg. He was especially interested in vestibular function and disorders associated with the vestibular system. He was founder of the journal ''Revue d’oto-neuro-ophtalmologie''. Barré test Barré is also credited with the "Barré Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 In France
Events from the year 1967 in France. Incumbents * President: Charles de Gaulle * Prime Minister: Georges Pompidou Events *5 March – Legislative Election held. *12 March – Legislative Election held. *19 March – A referendum in French Somaliland favors the connection to France. *6 April – Georges Pompidou begins to form the next French government. *28 April – Elf Aquitaine petroleum brand launched. *24 July – During an official state visit to Canada, President Charles de Gaulle declares to a crowd of over 100,000 in Montreal: '' Vive le Québec libre!'' (Long live free Quebec!). *29 July – Georges Bidault moves to Belgium where he receives political asylum. *24 September – Cantonales Elections held. *1 October – Cantonales Elections held. *17 November – Author Régis Debray is sentenced to 30 years imprisonment in Bolivia. *27 November – Charles De Gaulle vetoes British entry into the European Economic Community again. *11 December – The Concorde aircraft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Explorer
Exploration refers to the historical practice of discovering remote lands. It is studied by geographers and historians. Two major eras of exploration occurred in human history: one of convergence, and one of divergence. The first, covering most of ''Homo sapiens'' history, saw humans moving out of Africa, settling in new lands, and developing distinct cultures in relative isolation. Early explorers settled in Europe and Asia; 14,000 years ago, some crossed the Ice Age land bridge from Siberia to Alaska, and moved southbound to settle in the Americas. For the most part, these cultures were ignorant of each other's existence. The second period of exploration, occurring over the last 10,000 years, saw increased cross-cultural exchange through trade and exploration, and marked a new era of cultural intermingling, and more recently, convergence. Early writings about exploration date back to the 4th millennium B.C. in ancient Egypt. One of the earliest and most impactful thinkers of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse refers to a practitioner in the visual arts only. However, the term is also often used in the entertainment business, especially in a business context, for musicians and other performers (although less often for actors). "Artiste" (French for artist) is a variant used in English in this context, but this use has become rare. Use of the term "artist" to describe writers is valid, but less common, and mostly restricted to contexts like used in criticism. Dictionary definitions The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' defines the older broad meanings of the term "artist": * A learned person or Master of Arts. * One who pursues a practical science, traditionally medicine, astrology, alchemy, chemistry. * A follower of a pursuit in which skill comes by study or practice. * A follower of a manual art, such a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and airbrushes, can be used. In art, the term ''painting ''describes both the act and the result of the action (the final work is called "a painting"). The support for paintings includes such surfaces as walls, paper, canvas, wood, glass, lacquer, pottery, leaf, copper and concrete, and the painting may incorporate multiple other materials, including sand, clay, paper, plaster, gold leaf, and even whole objects. Painting is an important form in the visual arts, bringing in elements such as drawing, composition, gesture (as in gestural painting), narration (as in narrative art), and abstraction (as in abstract art). Paintings can be naturalistic and representational (as in still life and landscape painting), photographic, abstract, nar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
