Today in Francophone History

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Birthdays

1543 - François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières (Constable of France)

1610 - Charles de Saint-Évremond (French soldier)

1697 - Abbé Prévost (French writer)

1755 - Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (French gastronome. lawyer, and politician)

1776 - Sophie Germain (French mathematician)

1868 - Édmond Rostand (French dramatist)

1933 - Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (French physicist)

1936 - Jean-Pascal Delamuraz (Swiss politician)

1947 - Alain Connes (French mathematician)

1949 - Gérard Mestrallet (French businessman)

1952 - Bernard Stiegler (French philosopher)

1983 - Franck Ribery (French soccer player)


Deaths

1132 - St-Hugues, Bishop of Guenette

1204 - Eleanor of Aquitaine (wife of Henry II of England)

1682 - Franz Egon of Fürstenberg, Bishop of Strassburg

1994 - Robert Doisneau (French photographer)


Holidays/Celebrations

Jour de Poissons / Poisson d'avril (April Fool's Day)


Milestones/Events

1924 - Belgium: Sabena Airlines' first revenue flight

2004 - Montréal: The first legal same-sex marriage in Québec


Errors and Omissions

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