Today in Francophone History

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Birthdays

1165 - King Philip II Auguste of France

1567 - Francis de Sales (Bishop of Geneva and saint)

1660 - Hubert Gautier (French scientist and civil engineer)

1665 - Giacomo F. Maraldi (French-Italian astronomer)

1670 - James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick (French military leader)

1725 - Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French painter)

1789 - Augustin Louis Cauchy (French mathematician)

1798 - Jules Michelet (French historian)

1813 - Jean Stas (Belgian chemist)

1816 - Charles Frédéric Gerhardt (French chemist)

1925 - Maurice Pialat (French actor and director)

1950 - Patrick Juvet (Swiss singer)

1963 - King Mohammed VI of Morocco

1984 - Alizée (French singer)


Deaths

1153 - Bernard of Clairvaux (French theologian)

1271 - Alphonse of Toulouse (son of Louis VIII)

1627 - Jacques Mauduit (French composer)

1836 - Claude-Louis Navier (French physicist)

1940 - Hermann Obrecht (member of Swiss Federal Council)


Milestones/Events

1810 - Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte (French marshall) elected Crown Prince of Sweden

1911 - Mona Lisa stolen by a Louvre Museum employee

2002 - Jean Chrétien (Prime Minister of Canada) announced resignation


Errors and Omissions

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