Today in Francophone History
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Birthdays
1602 - Jules Mazarin (French statesman and cardinal)
1634 - Pasquier Quesnel (French Jansenist theologian)
1671 - Jacques D'Allonville (French astronomer and mathematician)
1675 - Claude Alexandre de Bonneval (French soldier)
1816 - Arthur de Gobineau (French philosopher)
1933 - Robert Bourassa (Québécois politician)
Deaths
1223 - King Philip II of France
1723 - Claude Fleury (French historian)
1780 - Charles Batteux (French philosopher)
1789 - Jacques de Flesselles (French provost)
1789 - Bernard-René de Launay (governor of the Bastille)
1817 - Anne-Louise Germaine Necker, Madame de Staël (Swiss author)
1827 - Augustin-Jean Fresnel (French physicist)
1834 - Edmond Charles Genêt (French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution )
1917 - Octave Lapize (French cyclist)
Holidays/Celebrations
France: Bastille Day - le quatorze juillet
Milestones/Events
1223 - Louis VIII became King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II
1789 - French Revolution: Citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille and freed seven prisoners
1790 - French Revolution: Citizens of Paris celebrated the constitutional monarchy and national reconciliation in the Fête de la Fédération
1827 - The first Roman Catholic Mass was celebrated in the Hawaiian Islands by Fathers Abraham Armand and Alexis Bachelot of France and Patrick Short of the United Kingdom
1981 - Mouvement Centrafricain de Libération Nationale (MCLN) bombed a cinema in Bangui, Central African Republic and issued a declaration demanding withdrawal of French troops from the country
2002 - France: During Bastille Day celebrations, President Jacques Chirac escaped an assassination attempt
Errors and Omissions
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To learn more about important dates in French and francophone history, bookmark Today in Francophone History and visit every day!
Birthdays
1602 - Jules Mazarin (French statesman and cardinal)
1634 - Pasquier Quesnel (French Jansenist theologian)
1671 - Jacques D'Allonville (French astronomer and mathematician)
1675 - Claude Alexandre de Bonneval (French soldier)
1816 - Arthur de Gobineau (French philosopher)
1933 - Robert Bourassa (Québécois politician)
Deaths
1223 - King Philip II of France
1723 - Claude Fleury (French historian)
1780 - Charles Batteux (French philosopher)
1789 - Jacques de Flesselles (French provost)
1789 - Bernard-René de Launay (governor of the Bastille)
1817 - Anne-Louise Germaine Necker, Madame de Staël (Swiss author)
1827 - Augustin-Jean Fresnel (French physicist)
1834 - Edmond Charles Genêt (French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution )
1917 - Octave Lapize (French cyclist)
Holidays/Celebrations
France: Bastille Day - le quatorze juillet
Milestones/Events
1223 - Louis VIII became King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II
1789 - French Revolution: Citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille and freed seven prisoners
1790 - French Revolution: Citizens of Paris celebrated the constitutional monarchy and national reconciliation in the Fête de la Fédération
1827 - The first Roman Catholic Mass was celebrated in the Hawaiian Islands by Fathers Abraham Armand and Alexis Bachelot of France and Patrick Short of the United Kingdom
1981 - Mouvement Centrafricain de Libération Nationale (MCLN) bombed a cinema in Bangui, Central African Republic and issued a declaration demanding withdrawal of French troops from the country
2002 - France: During Bastille Day celebrations, President Jacques Chirac escaped an assassination attempt
Errors and Omissions
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