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1890 In France
Events from the year 1890 in France. Incumbents *President: Marie François Sadi Carnot *President of the Council of Ministers: Pierre Tirard (until 17 March), Charles de Freycinet (starting 17 March) Events * 2 January – Steamship ''Persia'' wrecked off Corsica: 130 lives lost. * 21 February – First Franco-Dahomean War begins. * 1 March – Léon Bourgeois succeeds Ernest Constans as Minister of the Interior. * 4 March – Battle of Cotonou, attack on French positions repulsed. * 4 October – First Franco-Dahomean War ends in French victory. * 9 October – The first brief flight of Clément Ader's steam-powered fixed-wing aircraft '' Ader Éole'' takes place in Satory. It flies uncontrolled approximately at a height of , the first take-off of a powered airplane solely under its own power. Arts and literature * 27 July – Death of Vincent van Gogh: van Gogh perhaps paints ''Tree Roots'' at Auvers-sur-Oise, then apparently shoots himself, dying two days later. * Socià ... [...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] |
Death Of Vincent Van Gogh
The death of Vincent van Gogh, the Dutch post-Impressionist painter, occurred in the early morning of 29 July 1890, in his room at the Auberge Ravoux in the village of Auvers-sur-Oise in northern France. Two days earlier, Van Gogh shot himself or was intentionally or accidentally shot by someone else. While his death certificate states that he died as a result of suicide, at least two biographers have challenged that, saying he may have been intentionally or accidentally shot by someone else. Background Early presentiments of a premature death As early as 1883, Vincent van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo: "... as to the time I still have ahead of me for work, I think I may safely presume that my body will hold up for a certain number of years... between 7-10, say", "... I should plan for a period of between 5 and 10 years..." Van Gogh authority Ronald de Leeuw interprets this as van Gogh "voic ngthe presentiment that he himself had at most another ten years of life in whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 In France
Events from the year 1992 in France. Incumbents * President: François Mitterrand * Prime Minister: Édith Cresson (until 2 April) Pierre Bérégovoy (starting 2 April) Events *22 March – Regional Elections held. *22 March – Cantonales Elections held. *29 March – Cantonales Elections held. *12 April – Euro Disney resort and theme park opens to the east of Paris. *17 June – The France's pursuit of the Euro 92 are ended by a 2–1 defeat to Denmark in the final group game in Sweden. *20 September – Maastricht Treaty referendum held, with a small majority in favour of ratification of the Maastricht Treaty. *8 October – Launch of the Renault Twingo, an entry level car which takes on a ground-breaking one-box design and will compete with the likes of the new Fiat Cinquecento. *17 November – Start of the " couscous connection" trial in which Habib Ben Ali, the younger brother of the President of Tunisia is accused of laundering drug money. Arts and literature *9 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation. It became an Kingdom of Brittany, independent kingdom and then a Duchy of Brittany, duchy before being Union of Brittany and France, united with the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a provinces of France, province governed as a separate nation under the crown. Brittany has also been referred to as Little Britain (as opposed to Great Britain, with which it shares an etymology). It is bordered by the English Channel to the north, Normandy to the northeast, eastern Pays de la Loire to the southeast, the Bay of Biscay to the south, and the Celtic Sea and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Its land area is 34,023 km2 . Brittany is the site of some of the world's oldest standing architecture, ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Gros
Jules Marcel Gros (2 February 1890 – 25 December 1992) was a Breton linguist specializing in the Breton language. He was born in Paris. Gros' studies began very early in the twentieth century, from his grandmother and other people in his village who were still unilingual Breton speakers. Gros authored ''Stylistique Trégorroise'' and various dictionaries of Breton. His books were used by a generation of students, and continue to be important as reference works cataloguing the speech patterns of the Breton language. Gros died on 25 December 1992 in Trédrez-Locquémeau. See also * Celtic languages * Brittonic languages The Brittonic languages (also Brythonic or British Celtic; cy, ieithoedd Brythonaidd/Prydeinig; kw, yethow brythonek/predennek; br, yezhoù predenek) form one of the two branches of the Insular Celtic language family; the other is Goidelic. ... References External links * Linguists from France 1890 births 1992 deaths Linguists of Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 In France
Events from the year 1979 in France. Incumbents * President: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing * Prime Minister: Raymond Barre Events * 1 January - Peugeot completes its takeover of Chrysler Europe, which includes the Simca factories in France and the former Rootes Group factories in Britain. The deal was agreed eight months ago. It is unclear whether the Chrysler brand on British market models will be replaced by Simca branding, or whether a new or different brand within the combine will replace it. *8 January - French tanker ''Betelgeuse'' explodes at the Gulf Oil terminal at Bantry in Ireland; 50 are killed. *February - Peugeot becomes the first carmaker to offer a turbo-diesel engine, fitting the engine to their range-topping 604 saloon. The Simca Horizon is European Car of the Year for 1979. *18 March - Cantonales elections held. *25 March - Cantonales elections held. *6 – 8 April - Metz Congress of the French Socialist Party. *May - Launch of the Peugeot 505, a large rear-wheel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soprano
A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880 Hz in choral music, or to "soprano C" (C6, two octaves above middle C) = 1046 Hz or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which often encompasses the melody. The soprano voice type is generally divided into the coloratura, soubrette, lyric, spinto, and dramatic soprano. Etymology The word "soprano" comes from the Italian word '' sopra'' (above, over, on top of),"Soprano" '' |
Germaine Lubin
Germaine (Léontine Angélique) Lubin (1 February 1890 – 27 October 1979) was a French dramatic soprano, best known for her association with the music of Richard Wagner. She possessed a brilliant voice but her later career was tainted with accusations of Nazi sympathies. Biography Training Born in Paris, Germaine Lubin was soon taken to Cayenne in French Guiana where her father was a doctor, and from him she received her first piano lessons. She returned to live in Paris at the age of eight, and attended the Collège Sévigné with the intent of studying to become a doctor. Instead, in 1908 she entered the Paris Conservatory, where Gabriel Fauré was then the director. Fauré formed a high opinion of her voice —and her statuesque beauty— and would accompany her personally in performances of his songs. She left the Conservatory in 1912 after winning three first prizes for her singing, and she was immediately in demand for performances. Throughout most of her career however sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 In France
Events from the year 1945 in France. Incumbents *President of France, Chairman of the Provisional Government (also Prime Minister): Charles de Gaulle Events *1 January? – Jean-Paul Sartre refuses the Legion of Honour. *6 February – Writer Robert Brasillach executed for collaborationism, collaboration with the Germans. *9 March – Japanese Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina, overthrow the Vichy French Jean Decoux, Decoux Government in Vietnam. *2 May – Colette is the first woman to be admitted to the Académie Goncourt. *7 May – General Alfred Jodl signs unconditional surrender terms at Rheims, ending Germany's participation in the war. The document will take effect the next day. *8 May – World War II ends in Europe. *8–29 May – In Algeria, French troops kill an estimated 6,000 Algerian citizens in the Sétif massacre. *23 July – Marshal Philippe Pétain, who headed the Vichy government during World War II, goes on trial, charged with treason. *31 July – P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Élise Rivet
Élise Rivet, also known as Mère Marie Élisabeth de l'Eucharistie (January 19, 1890, Draria, Algeria – March 30, 1945, Ravensbrück concentration camp, Germany) was a Roman Catholic nun and World War II heroine. Rivet volunteered to go to the gas chamber, in place of a mother, in the German concentration camp of Ravensbrück. Early life Rivet was born to an Alsatian mother and French naval officer father. After the death of her father in 1910, she moved with her mother to Lyon. She worked for a time in a hair salon before joining the convent of the medical sisters of ''Notre Dame de Compassion'' in Lyon in 1912. In 1933 she became Mère Marie Élisabeth de l'Eucharistie, the convent's Mother Superior. World War II After the fall of the French Third Republic to Nazi Germany in World War II, she began hiding refugees from the Gestapo and eventually used her convent to store weapons and ammunition for the Mouvements Unis de la Résistance (MUR) at the request of Albert Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Puvis De Chavannes
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (14 December 1824 – 24 October 1898) was a French people, French Painting, painter known for his mural painting, who came to be known as "the painter for France". He became the co-founder and president of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, and his work influenced many other artists, notably Robert Genin, and he aided Medalist, medallists by designs and suggestions for their works. Puvis de Chavannes was a prominent painter in the early French Third Republic, Third Republic. Émile Zola described his work as "an art made of reason, passion, and will". Early life and education Puvis de Chavannes was born Pierre-Cécile Puvis in a suburb of Lyon, France, on December 14, 1824. He was the son of a mining engineer and descended from an old noble family of Burgundy (region), Burgundy. He later added the ancestral "de Chavannes" to his name. Throughout his life, he spurned his Lyon origins, preferring to identify himself with the 'strong' blood of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
