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1775 In France
Events from the year 1775 in France. Incumbents *Monarch: Louis XVI Events *April–May – Flour War: riots against bread prices. * 11 June – Coronation of Louis XVI in Reims Cathedral, the last to take place during the Ancien Regime *Probable date – Jeanne Baret returns to France, becoming the first woman to complete a circumnavigation of the globe. Births January to June *20 January – André-Marie Ampère, physicist (died 1836) *1 February – Philippe de Girard, engineer and inventor of the first flax spinning frame (died 1845) *3 February ** Maximilien Sebastien Foy, military leader, statesman and writer (died 1825). ** Louis-François, Baron Lejeune, general, painter and lithographer (died 1848). *30 April – Guillaume Dode de la Brunerie, Marshal of France (died 1851). *10 May – Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, cavalry general (killed in battle) (died 1809). July to December *3 July – Antoine Philippe, Duke of Montpensier, younger brother of Louis-Philippe of Fr ... [...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] |
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] |
François Péron
François Auguste Péron (22 August 1775 – 14 December 1810) was a French naturalist and explorer. Life Péron was born in Cérilly, Allier, in 1775, the son of a tailor (not a harness maker as is frequently asserted). Although intended for the priesthood, due to the Revolution, Péron reluctantly joined the 2nd Allier Volunteer Battalion in 1792 and helped defend besieged Landau. In the following year he was wounded and taken prisoner by Prussian forces near Hochspeyer in the Pfalzwald. Imprisoned in the fortress of Magdeburg he was not repatriated to France until 1794. Having lost the sight of an eye, Péron was invalided out of the army. For two years he was Town Clerk in Cérilly before gaining a scholarship to study medicine in Paris. While in Paris, Péron changed interests towards zoology, spending time at the Muséum d'histoire naturelle. In 1800, after an unhappy love affair, he sought to join Nicolas Baudin's expedition to Australian waters as an anthropological o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1844 In France
Events from the year 1844 in France. Incumbents * List of French monarchs, Monarch – Louis Philippe I Events *6 August - First Franco-Moroccan War begins. *14 August - Battle of Isly, French victory over Moroccan forces near Oujda, Morocco, ending the First Franco-Moroccan War. *28 August - Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx meet in Paris. *10 September - Treaty of Tangiers, whereby Morocco officially recognized Algeria as part of the French colonial empire, French Empire. *24 October - Treaty of Whampoa, a commercial treaty between France and Qing Dynasty, China, is signed. *French Industrial Exposition of 1844 Births *7 January - St. Bernadette Soubirous, (died 1879 in France, 1879) *21 February - Charles-Marie Widor, organist and composer (died 1937 in France, 1937) *26 February - Étienne Aymonier, linguist, explorer and archaeologist (died 1929 in France, 1929) *30 March - Paul Verlaine, poet (died 1896 in France, 1896) *16 April - Anatole France, author, awarded Nobel Priz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dauphin Of France
Dauphin of France (, also ; french: Dauphin de France ), originally Dauphin of Viennois (''Dauphin de Viennois''), was the title given to the heir apparent to the throne of France from 1350 to 1791, and from 1824 to 1830. The word ''dauphin'' is French for dolphin. At first, the heirs were granted the County of Viennois (Dauphiné) to rule, but eventually only the title was granted. History Guigues IV, Count of Vienne, had a dolphin on his coat of arms and was nicknamed ''le Dauphin''. The title of Dauphin de Viennois descended in his family until 1349, when Humbert II sold his seigneury, called the Dauphiné, to King Philippe VI on condition that the heir of France assume the title of ''le Dauphin''. The wife of the Dauphin was known as ''la Dauphine''. The first French prince called ''le Dauphin'' was Charles the Wise, later ascending to the throne as Charles V of France. The title was roughly equivalent to the English (thence British) ''Prince of Wales'', the Scottish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Sûreté
(; , but usually translated as afety" or "security)"Security" in French is ''sécurité''. The ''sûreté'' was originally called ''Brigade de Sûreté'' ("Surety Brigade"). is, in many French-speaking countries or regions, the organizational title of a civil police force, especially the detective branch thereof. Belgium * civil intelligence service France The French National Police was formerly called Sûreté nationale. History The Sûreté nationale, or Sûreté, began as the criminal investigative bureau of the Préfecture de police de Paris (Paris Police Prefecture) and did not function as the national command and control organization until much later, by which time it no longer had any detectives on its staff. Both the Paris Police Prefecture's Brigade Criminelle and the Direction centrale de la Police judiciaire trace their history directly to the Sûreté. The French Sûreté is considered a pioneer of all crime-fighting organizations in the world, although L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugène François Vidocq
Eugène-François Vidocq (; 24 July 1775 – 11 May 1857) was a French criminal turned criminalist, whose life story inspired several writers, including Victor Hugo, Edgar Allan Poe and Honoré de Balzac. The former criminal became the founder and first director of the crime-detection Sûreté nationale as well as the head of the first known private detective agency. Vidocq is considered to be the father of modern criminologySiegel, Jay A.: ''Forensic Science: The Basics''. CRC Press, 2006, , S. 12.Conser, James Andrew and Russell, Gregory D.: ''Law Enforcement in the United States.'' Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2005, , S. 39. and of the French police department. He is also regarded as the first private detective. Biography Eugène François Vidocq was born in Arras, northern France, during the night of 23/24 July 1775, in the Rue du Miroir-de-Venise, nowadays the Rue Eugène-François Vidocq. He was the third child of Henriette Françoise Vidocq (maiden name Dion, 1744–182 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1807 In France
Events from the year 1807 in France. Incumbents * First Consul / Emperor – Napoléon Bonaparte / Napoleon I Events *7 January - The United Kingdom issues an Order in Council prohibiting British ships from trading with France or its allies. *7–8 February - Battle of Eylau, indecisive result, but Russian retreat. *19 March - Siege of Danzig begins as French lay siege to Prussian and Russian forces. *4 May - Treaty of Finckenstein signed between France and Qajar dynasty Persia, guaranteeing the latter's integrity. *24 May - Siege of Danzig ends with Prussian and Russian capitulation. *10 June - Battle of Heilsberg, inconclusive. *14 June - Battle of Friedland: decisive French victory over Russian forces. *7–9 July - Treaties of Tilsit end the war with Russia and Prussia. *20 July - Nicéphore Niépce is awarded a patent by Napoleon for the Pyréolophore, the world's first internal combustion engine, after it successfully powers a boat upstream on the river Saône. *27 Octo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis-Philippe Of France
Louis Philippe (6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850) was King of the French from 1830 to 1848, and the penultimate monarch of France. As Louis Philippe, Duke of Chartres, he distinguished himself commanding troops during the Revolutionary Wars and was promoted to lieutenant general by the age of nineteen, but he broke with the Republic over its decision to execute King Louis XVI. He fled to Switzerland in 1793 after being connected with a plot to restore France's monarchy. His father Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (Philippe Égalité) fell under suspicion and was executed during the Reign of Terror. Louis Philippe remained in exile for 21 years until the Bourbon Restoration. He was proclaimed king in 1830 after his cousin Charles X was forced to abdicate by the July Revolution (and because of the Spanish renounciation). The reign of Louis Philippe is known as the July Monarchy and was dominated by wealthy industrialists and bankers. He followed conservative policies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Philippe, Duke Of Montpensier
Louis Antoine Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Montpensier (3 July 1775, Palais-Royal, Paris - 18 May 1807, Salthill, England)The story of his death at the Windmill Inn at Salthill is in doubt. See was a son of Louis Philippe, Duke of Orléans ('' nom de rėvolution'': "Philippe Égalité") (1747–1793), and his duchess Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans. He was the younger brother of Louis Philippe, later King of the French. Antoine had a deep affection for him, and they were only ever separated during the Reign of Terror and the events that followed between 1793 and 1797. Life In 1791, Antoine Philippe was appointed as an aide-de-camp, with the rank of sous-lieutenant in his brother's regiment (his brother, then duc de Chartres, was known as "Général Égalité.") He was made adjutant-general before the battle of Jemmapes, in which both he and his brother fought. In Paris at the time of the trial of Louis XVI, Antoine Philippe attempted unsuccessfully to pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
