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1838 In France
Events from the year 1838 in France. Incumbents * Monarch – Louis Philippe I Events *27 November - Pastry War begins when the French fleet begins a blockade and attack on Mexico in support of a claim for supposed damages owing to a French pastry cook from earlier unrest in the country. *Badoit mineral water from Saint-Galmier is first bottled. Births *4 March - Paul Lacôme, composer (died 1920) *2 April - Léon Gambetta, statesman (died 1882) *20 May - Jules Méline, statesman, Prime Minister (died 1925) *25 October - Georges Bizet, composer and pianist (died 1875) *7 November - Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, writer (died 1889) *31 December - Émile Loubet, politician and 7th President of France (died 1929) Deaths *21 February - Silvestre de Sacy, linguist and orientalist (born 1758) *28 February - Charles Thévenin, painter (born 1764) *17 May - Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, politician and diplomat (born 1754) *29 September - Pierre-Dominique Bazaine, scient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of French Monarchs
France was ruled by monarchs from the establishment of the Kingdom of West Francia in 843 until the end of the Second French Empire in 1870, with several interruptions. Classical French historiography usually regards Clovis I () as the first king of France, however historians today consider that such a kingdom did not begin until the establishment of West Francia. Titles The kings used the title "King of the Franks" ( la, Rex Francorum) until the late twelfth century; the first to adopt the title of "King of France" (Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...: ''Rex Franciae''; French language, French: ''roi de France'') was Philip II of France, Philip II in 1190 (r. 1180–1223), after which the title "King of the Franks" gradually lost ground. However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of France
The president of France, officially the president of the French Republic (french: Président de la République française), is the executive head of state of France, and the commander-in-chief of the French Armed Forces. As the presidency is the supreme magistracy of the country, the position is the highest office in France. The powers, functions and duties of prior presidential offices, in addition to their relation with the Prime Minister of France, prime minister and Government of France, have over time differed with the various constitutional documents since the French Second Republic, Second Republic. The president of the French Republic is the ''Ex officio member, ex officio'' Co-Princes of Andorra, co-prince of Andorra, grand master of the Legion of Honour and of the Ordre national du Mérite, National Order of Merit. The officeholder is also honorary proto-canon of the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome, although some have rejected the title in the past. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1794 In France
The following lists events that happened during 1794 in the French Republic. Incumbents *The Committee of Public Safety (de facto) *The National Convention Events January to March *4 February – The French Republic abolishes slavery. *15 February – Modern arrangement of Flag of France adopted. *26 February – Ventôse Decrees, proposed to confiscate the property of exiles and opponents of the Revolution, and redistribute it to the needy. *3 March – Ventôse Decrees. *23 March – British troops capture Martinique from the French. April to June *5 April – Execution of Georges Danton. *19 April – Britain signs a treaty of alliance with Prussia and the Netherlands against France. *21 April – British troops seize Guadeloupe but the French regain control on 7 June. *30 April – 1 May – War of the Pyrenees: Second Battle of Boulou, French victory against Spain and Portugal. *7 May – French Revolution: Robespierre establishes the Cult of the Supreme Being as the new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surgery
Surgery ''cheirourgikē'' (composed of χείρ, "hand", and ἔργον, "work"), via la, chirurgiae, meaning "hand work". is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a person to investigate or treat a pathological condition such as a disease or injury, to help improve bodily function, appearance, or to repair unwanted ruptured areas. The act of performing surgery may be called a surgical procedure, operation, or simply "surgery". In this context, the verb "operate" means to perform surgery. The adjective surgical means pertaining to surgery; e.g. surgical instruments or surgical nurse. The person or subject on which the surgery is performed can be a person or an animal. A surgeon is a person who practices surgery and a surgeon's assistant is a person who practices surgical assistance. A surgical team is made up of the surgeon, the surgeon's assistant, an anaesthetist, a circulating nurse and a surgical technologist. Surgery usually spa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prosper Garnot
Prosper Garnot (13 January 1794 – 8 October 1838) was a French surgeon and naturalist. Garnot was born at Brest. He was an assistant surgeon under Louis Isidore Duperrey on ''La Coquille'' during its circumnavigation of the globe (1822–1825). Along with René Primevère Lesson he collected numerous natural history specimens in South America and the Pacific. Garnot had a severe attack of dysentery and was sent back with some of the collection on the ''Castle Forbes''. The specimens were lost when the ship was wrecked off the Cape of Good Hope in July 1824. With Lesson he wrote the zoological section of the voyage's report, ''Voyage autour du monde exécuté par order du roi sur la corvette La Coquille'' (1828–1832). He died, aged 44, in Paris. The widely distributed parthenogenetic Indo-Pacific house gecko ''Hemidactylus garnotii The Indo-Pacific gecko (''Hemidactylus garnotii'') also known as Garnot's house gecko, the fox gecko, or the Assam greyish brown gecko, is a sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1786 In France
Events from the year 1786 in France. Incumbents *Monarch: Louis XVI Events September *26 September - The Eden Agreement, a trade treaty with Great Britain, is signed. *5 October - Death of Jean-Baptiste Marie de Piquet, Marquess of Méjanes; his book collection is bequeathed to form the basis of the Bibliothèque Méjanes at Aix-en-Provence. Births *11 January - Louis Tromelin *13 January - Pierre-Dominique Bazaine *23 January - Auguste de Montferrand *2 February - Jacques Philippe Marie Binet *4 March - Amédée Despans-Cubières *31 March - Louis Vicat *20 April - Marc Seguin *9 July - Princess Sophie Hélène Béatrice of France *10 July - John Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières *31 August - Michel Eugène Chevreul *29 September - Auguste-François Michaut *10 October - François-Édouard Picot *21 October **Henry Lemoine **Louis Isidore Duperrey *30 December - André Étienne d'Audebert de Férussac Deaths *7 January - Jean-Étienne Guettard *14 January - Catherine-Nico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre-Dominique Bazaine
Pierre-Dominique Bazaine (Пётр Петрович Базен) (1786–1838) was a French scientist and engineer. Early life He was born 13 January 1786, in the town of Scy-sur-Moselle, son of Pierre Bazaine (1760-1832) and Francoise Gilbert. Educated in Paris, graduate of the Paris engineering schools, Paris' Polytechnic University (" Ecole polytechnique") and Paris' University of Bridges (" Ecole des ponts"). Initially he practised as an Engineer in Italy and Southern France. Military career His outstanding abilities drew the attention of Napoleon I who subsequently recommended him to the Russian Emperor Czar Alexander I, along with engineers Fabrom, Destremom and Potier, to take up senior posts in the Russia corps of Civil Engineers. Bazaine arrived in St.Petersburg, Russia in 1810 with Lieutenant Fabrom but due war with France, did not immediately take up his post. Instead he was sent to Odessa under the Governor-General of the Duke de Richelieu, where his first w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1754 In France
Events from the year 1754 in France. Incumbents *Monarch: Louis XV Events * * * * * 28 May – The Battle of Jumonville Glen begins the French and Indian War in North America: 22-year-old George Washington leads a company of Militia (United States), militia from the Colony of Virginia in an ambush on a force of 35 French Canadians. * 3 July – French and Indian War: Battle of Fort Necessity – George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Fort Necessity to French Capt. Louis Coulon de Villiers. Births * 2 February – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French politician (d. 1838) * 15 January Jacques Pierre Brissot, French politician (d. 1795) * 17 February – Nicolas Baudin, France, French explorer (d. 1803) * 17 March – Madame Roland (Jeanne Marie Manon Philipon), French politician (d. 1793) * 9 August – Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French architect (d. 1825) * 18 August – François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Maurice De Talleyrand-Périgord
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (, ; 2 February 1754 – 17 May 1838), 1st Prince of Benevento, then Prince of Talleyrand, was a French clergyman, politician and leading diplomat. After studying theology, he became Agent-General of the Clergy in 1780. In 1789, just before the French Revolution, he became Bishop of Autun. He worked at the highest levels of successive French governments, most commonly as foreign minister or in some other diplomatic capacity. His career spanned the regimes of Louis XVI, the years of the French Revolution, Napoleon, Louis XVIII, and Louis-Philippe. Those Talleyrand served often distrusted him but, like Napoleon, found him extremely useful. The name "Talleyrand" has become a byword for crafty, cynical diplomacy. He was Napoleon's chief diplomat during the years when French military victories brought one European state after another under French hegemony. However, most of the time, Talleyrand worked for peace so as to consolidate France's g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1764 In France
Events from the year 1764 in France. Incumbents *Monarch: Louis XV Events * The government withdraws wartime taxes. * Beast of Gévaudan first appears. Births * 11 February – Joseph Chénier, poet (d. 1811) * 13 April – Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, marshal (d. 1830) * 26 April – Claude-Laurent Bourgeois de Jessaint, aristocrat and civic administrator (d. 1853) * 3 May – Princess Élisabeth of France, sister of Louis XVI (executed 1794) * 13 August – Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, general (d. 1813) * 7 December ** Pierre Prévost, panorama painter (d. 1823) ** Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, Marshal of France (d. 1841) * Undated – Sophie de Condorcet, political hostess and feminist (d. 1822) Deaths * 15 April – Madame de Pompadour, mistress of Louis XV (b. 1721) * 11 September – Countess Dash, writer (born 1704) * 12 September – Jean-Philippe Rameau, composer (b. 1683) * 22 October – Jean-Marie Leclair, composer a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Thévenin
Charles Thévenin (12 July 1764 – 28 February 1838) was a neoclassical French painter, known for heroic scenes from the time of the French Revolution and First French Empire. Biography Born in Paris, the son of a court architect, Charles studied painting at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture under François-André Vincent. Winning second prize in the prix de Rome for ''Joseph recognised by his brothers'' in 1789, he won first prize in 1791 for ''Regulus returns to Carthage''. Thus he received his first commissions and in 1790 produced the first version of ''The Taking of the Bastille'', which produced a number of commentaries. He received a second prize at the Concours of Year II for ''The 12 July 1789''. After giving up history painting for decorative subjects for a time, in 1798 he produced '' Augereau on the bridge at Arcole'', the first in a series of paintings glorifying the Empire. He left for Italy, staying at the French Academy in Rome, meeting Dominiqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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