Today in Francophone History

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Birthdays

1681 - Pierre François le Courayer (French theologian)

1685 - Pierre Gaultier (French-Canadian trader and explorer)

1717 - Jean le Rond d'Alembert (French mathematician)

1755 - Louis XVIII

1765 - Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre MacDonald (French marshal)

1857 - Joseph Babiński (Polish-French neurologist)

1905 - Astrid, Queen of the Belgians

1911 - Christian Fouchet (French diplomat)

1920 - Camillo Felgen (Luxembourgish singer)

1966 - Sophie Marceau (French actress)

1969 - Jean-Michel Saive (Belgian ping pong player)


Deaths

1562 - Antoine de Bourbon (father of Henry IV)

1643 - Jean-Baptiste Budes, Comte de Guébriant (French marshal)

1690 - Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier (French soldier)

1747 - Alain-René Lesage (French writer)

1794 - Jacques François Dugommier (French general)

1835 - Antoine Charles Horace Vernet (French painter)

1905 - Adolphe of Luxembourg

1917 - Auguste Rodin (French sculptor)

1922 - Robert Comtesse (Swiss Federal Councillor)

2000 - Louis Eugène Félix Néel (French physicist)


Milestones/Events

1796 - French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Arcole - French forces defeated Austrians in Italy

1869 - Egypt: Inauguration of the Suez Canal


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