1892 in France
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1891 in France
1891 in France
See also:1890 in France,other events of 1891,1892 in France.----Events from the year 1891 in France.-Events:*1 May - Nine killed and thirty wounded when troops fire on workers' May Day demonstration in support of eight-hour workday in Fourmies....

,
other events of 1892,
1893 in France
1893 in France
See also:1892 in France,other events of 1893,1894 in France.----Events from the year 1893 in France.-Events:*10 March - Côte d'Ivoire becomes a French colony.*20 August - Legislative election held.*3 September - Legislative election held....

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Events from the year 1892 in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

.

Events

  • 12 July - A hidden lake bursts out of a glacier on the side of Mont Blanc
    Mont Blanc
    Mont Blanc or Monte Bianco , meaning "White Mountain", is the highest mountain in the Alps, Western Europe and the European Union. It rises above sea level and is ranked 11th in the world in topographic prominence...

    , flooding the valley below and killing around 200 villagers and holidaymakers in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains.
  • 8 November - Anarchist bomb kills six in police station in Avenue de l'Opera
    Avenue de l'Opéra
    The Avenue de l'Opéra is a Haussmanian avenue situated in the centre of Paris, France. It runs from the Louvre to the Palais Garnier, which was Paris's main opera until it was replaced by the Opéra Bastillein 1989....

    , Paris
    Paris
    Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

    .
  • 17 November - French troops occupy Abomey
    Abomey
    When UNESCO designated the royal palaces of Abomey as a World Heritage Site in 1985 it statedFrom 1993, 50 of the 56 bas-reliefs that formerly decorated the walls of King Glèlè have been located and replaced on the rebuilt structure...

    , capital of kingdom of Dahomey
    Dahomey
    Dahomey was a country in west Africa in what is now the Republic of Benin. The Kingdom of Dahomey was a powerful west African state that was founded in the seventeenth century and survived until 1894. From 1894 until 1960 Dahomey was a part of French West Africa. The independent Republic of Dahomey...

    .
  • Venus of Brassempouy
    Venus of Brassempouy
    The Venus of Brassempouy is a fragmentary ivory figurine from the Upper Palaeolithic. It was discovered in a cave at Brassempouy, France in 1892...

     discovered

Sport

  • 20 March - The first ever French rugby championship final takes place in Paris
    Paris
    Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

    . Pierre de Coubertin
    Pierre de Coubertin
    Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin was a French educationalist and historian, founder of the International Olympic Committee, and is considered the father of the modern Olympic Games...

     referees the match, which Racing Club de France
    Racing Metro 92 Paris
    Racing Métro 92 is a French rugby union club based in suburban Paris that was formed in 2001 with the collaboration of the Racing Club de France and US Métro. "92" is the number of Hauts-de-Seine, the département of Île-de-France, bordering Paris to the west, where they play, and whose council...

     wins 4-3 over Stade Français
    Stade Français Paris
    Stade Français CASG is a French professional rugby union club based in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The club plays in the Top 14 domestic league in France and is one of the most successful French clubs of the modern era....

    .

January to March

  • 22 January - Marcel Dassault
    Marcel Dassault
    Marcel Dassault, born Marcel Bloch was a French aircraft industrialist.-Biography:Dassault was born in Paris. After graduating from the lycée Condorcet, Breguet School and Supaero, he invented a type of aircraft propeller used by the French army during World War I and founded the Société des...

    , aircraft
    Aircraft
    An aircraft is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air, or, in general, the atmosphere of a planet. An aircraft counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or by using the dynamic lift of an airfoil, or in a few cases the downward thrust from jet engines.Although...

     industrialist (d.1986
    1986 in France
    See also:1985 in France,other events of 1986,1987 in France.----Events from the year 1986 in France.-Events:*20 January - The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel....

    ).
  • 24 February - Maurice Bouton
    Maurice Bouton
    Maurice Bouton was a French rower who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics.In 1920 he won the silver medal as member of the French boat in the coxed pairs event....

    , rower
    Rowing (sport)
    Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...

     and Olympic medallist (d.1965
    1965 in France
    See also:1964 in France,other events of 1965,1966 in France.----Events from the year 1965 in France.-Events:*5 January - Launch of the Renault 16, the world's first production hatchback car.*14 March - Municipal elections held....

    ).
  • 10 March - Arthur Honegger
    Arthur Honegger
    Arthur Honegger was a Swiss composer, who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. He was a member of Les six. His most frequently performed work is probably the orchestral work Pacific 231, which is interpreted as imitating the sound of a steam locomotive.-Biography:Born...

    , composer (d.1955
    1955 in France
    See also:1954 in France,other events of 1955,1956 in France.----Events from the year 1955 in France.-Events:*5 May – Bonn–Paris conventions come into force, putting an end to the Allied occupation of West Germany.*11 June – 1955 Le Mans disaster...

    ).
  • 22 March - Géo-Charles
    Géo-Charles
    Géo-Charles real name Charles Louis Proper Guyot was a French poet.In 1924 he won a gold medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Jeux Olympiques" .-External links:*...

    , poet (d.1963
    1963 in France
    See also:1962 in France,other events of 1963,1964 in France.----Events from the year 1963 in France.-Events:*22 January - Élysée Treaty signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer....

    ).

April to June

  • 15 April - Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre
    Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre
    Joseph-Charles Lefèbvre was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Bourges from 1943 to 1969, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1960....

    , Cardinal
    Cardinal (Catholicism)
    A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...

     (d.1973
    1973 in France
    See also:1972 in France,other events of 1973,1974 in France.----Events from the year 1973 in France.-Events:*4 March - Legislative Election held.*11 March - Legislative Election held....

    ).
  • 18 April - Eugene Houdry
    Eugene Houdry
    Eugene Houdry was a French mechanical engineer who invented catalytic cracking of petroleum feed stocks. He originally focused on using lignite as a feedstock, but switched to using heavy liquid tars after moving to the United States in 1930...

    , mechanical engineer (d.1962
    1962 in France
    See also:1961 in France,other events of 1962,1963 in France.----Events from the year 1962 in France.-Events:*5 February – President Charles de Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence....

    ).
  • 19 April - Germaine Tailleferre
    Germaine Tailleferre
    Germaine Tailleferre was a French composer and the only female member of the famous composers' group Les Six.-Biography:...

    , composer (d.1983
    1983 in France
    See also:1982 in France,other events of 1983,1984 in France.----Events from the year 1983 in France.-Events:*19 January - Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia....

    ).
  • 26 April - Adrienne Monnier
    Adrienne Monnier
    Adrienne Monnier was a French poet, bookseller and publisher and an important figure in the modernist writing scene in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s.-"La Maison des Amis des Livres":...

    , poet and publisher (d.1955
    1955 in France
    See also:1954 in France,other events of 1955,1956 in France.----Events from the year 1955 in France.-Events:*5 May – Bonn–Paris conventions come into force, putting an end to the Allied occupation of West Germany.*11 June – 1955 Le Mans disaster...

    ).
  • 29 April - Henri Bard
    Henri Bard
    Henri Bard was a professional French footballer.Bard, born in Lyon, started his career in Switzerland, when his parents lived there. His first club was Servette Genève. From 1911 he played as forward for Racing Club de France...

    , international soccer player (d.1951
    1951 in France
    See also:1950 in France,other events of 1951,1952 in France.----Events from the year 1951 in France.-Events:*13 January - Battle of Vinh Yen begins in Vietnam.*17 January - Battle of Vinh Yen ends in decisive defeat for the Viet Minh forces....

    ).
  • 8 May - André Obey
    André Obey
    André Obey was a prominent French playwright during the inter-war years, and into the 1950s....

    , playwright (d.1975
    1975 in France
    See also:1974 in France,other events of 1975,1976 in France.----Events from the year 1975 in France.-Events:*1 January - Work is abandoned on the British end of the Channel Tunnel....

    ).
  • 10 June - Armand Lunel
    Armand Lunel
    Armand Lunel was a French writer and the last known speaker of Shuadit , a now-extinct Occitan language...

    , writer (d.1977
    1977 in France
    See also:1976 in France,other events of 1977,1978 in France.----Events from the year 1977 in France.-Events:*13 March - Municipal Elections held.*20 March - Municipal Elections held....

    ).
  • 18 June - Victor Fontan
    Victor Fontan
    Victor Fontan was a French cyclist who led the 1929 Tour de France but dropped out after knocking at doors at night to ask for another bicycle. His plight led to a change of rules to prevent its happening again...

    , cyclist (d.1982
    1982 in France
    See also:1981 in France,other events of 1982,1983 in France.----Events from the year 1982 in France.-Events:*14 March – Cantonales Elections held.*21 March – Cantonales Elections held.*4 July – 8th G7 summit begins in Versailles....

    ).

July to September

  • 1 July - Jean Lurçat
    Jean Lurçat
    Jean Lurçat was a French artist noted for his role in the revival of contemporary tapestry.-Biography:He was born in Bruyères, Vosges, the son of Lucien Jean Baptiste Lurçat and Marie Emilie Marguerite L'Hote. He was the brother of André Lurçat, who became an architect...

    , painter
    Painting
    Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...

     and tapestry
    Tapestry
    Tapestry is a form of textile art, traditionally woven on a vertical loom, however it can also be woven on a floor loom as well. It is composed of two sets of interlaced threads, those running parallel to the length and those parallel to the width ; the warp threads are set up under tension on a...

     designer (d.1966
    1966 in France
    See also:1965 in France,other events of 1966,1967 in France.----Events from the year 1966 in France.-Events:*4 January - A gas leak fire at the Feyzin oil refinery near Lyon, kills 18 and injures 84....

    ).
  • 19 July - Suzanne Malherbe
    Suzanne Malherbe
    Suzanne Malherbe , also known by the alias Marcel Moore, was a French illustrator and designer. She was the partner of Claude Cahun, surrealist writer and photographer....

    , illustrator and designer (d.1972
    1972 in France
    See also:1971 in France,other events of 1972,1973 in France.----Events from the year 1972 in France.-Events:*January - Launch of the Renault 5, one of the world's first small hatchbacks....

    ).
  • 26 July - Philipp Jarnach
    Philipp Jarnach
    Philipp Jarnach was considered in the 1920s to be one of the most important composers of modern music....

    , composer (d.1982
    1982 in France
    See also:1981 in France,other events of 1982,1983 in France.----Events from the year 1982 in France.-Events:*14 March – Cantonales Elections held.*21 March – Cantonales Elections held.*4 July – 8th G7 summit begins in Versailles....

    ).
  • 28 July - Philippe Cattiau
    Philippe Cattiau
    Philippe Cattiau was a French fencer who won a total of eight Olympic medals between 1920 and 1936.He was born in Saint-Malo in Brittany....

    , fencer and Olympic gold medallist (d.1964
    1964 in France
    See also:1963 in France,other events of 1964,1965 in France.----Events from the year 1964 in France.-Events:*27 January - France and the People's Republic of China announce their decision to establish diplomatic relations....

    ).
  • 15 August - Louis de Broglie, physicist
    Physicist
    A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...

     and a Nobel laureate (d.1987
    1987 in France
    See also:1986 in France,other events of 1987,1988 in France.----Events from the year 1987 in France.-Events:*24 March - The Euro Disneyland Project agreement is signed by The Walt Disney Company and the French government, enabling a theme park to be built to the east of Paris...

    ).
  • 21 August - Charles Vanel
    Charles Vanel
    Charles-Marie Vanel, known as Charles Vanel was a French director and actor. He made his screen debut in 1912, in Robert Péguy's Jim Crow...

    , film director and actor (d.1989
    1989 in France
    See also:1988 in France,other events of 1989,1990 in France.----Events from the year 1989 in France.-Events:*January - Two women, Nathalie Menigon and Joelle Aubron , are found guilty of murdering Renault owner Georges Besse, who was shot dead in Paris November 1986...

    ).
  • 4 September - Darius Milhaud
    Darius Milhaud
    Darius Milhaud was a French composer and teacher. He was a member of Les Six—also known as The Group of Six—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. His compositions are influenced by jazz and make use of polytonality...

    , composer (d.1974
    1974 in France
    See also:1973 in France,other events of 1974,1975 in France.----Events from the year 1974 in France.-Events:*1 March - Pierre Messmer finishes his first term as Prime Minister of France....

    ).
  • 26 September - Émile Dewoitine
    Émile Dewoitine
    Émile Dewoitine was a French aviation industrialist.- Prewar industrial activities :Born in Crépy-en-Laonnois, Émile Dewoitine entered the aviation industry by working at Latécoère during Word War I...

    , aviation engineer and industrialist (d.1979
    1979 in France
    See also:1978 in France,other events of 1979,1980 in France.----Events from the year 1979 in France.-Events:*8 January - French tanker Betelgeuse explodes at the Gulf Oil terminal at Bantry in Ireland; 50 are killed....

    ).

October to December

  • 26 October - André Chapelon
    André Chapelon
    André Chapelon was a noted French mechanical engineer and designer of advanced steam locomotives. Engineer of Ecole Centrale Paris, he was one of very few locomotive designers who brought a rigorous scientific method to their design, and he sought to apply up-to-date knowledge and theories in...

    , mechanical engineer and designer of steam locomotive
    Steam locomotive
    A steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning some combustible material, usually coal, wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler, which drives the steam engine...

    s (d.1978
    1978 in France
    See also:1977 in France,other events of 1978,1979 in France.----Events from the year 1978 in France.-Events:*1 February - Hollywood film director Roman Polanski skips bail and flees to France, after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl.*12 March - Legislative...

    ).
  • 11 November - Gaston Heuet
    Gaston Heuet
    Gaston Heuet was a French athlete who competed mainly in the Cross Country Team.He competed for France in the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France where he won the bronze medal in the Cross Country Team with his team mates Henri Lauvaux and Maurice Norland.-References:*...

    , athlete and Olympic medallist (d.1979
    1979 in France
    See also:1978 in France,other events of 1979,1980 in France.----Events from the year 1979 in France.-Events:*8 January - French tanker Betelgeuse explodes at the Gulf Oil terminal at Bantry in Ireland; 50 are killed....

    ).
  • 14 November - Dieudonne Costes
    Dieudonne Costes
    Dieudonné Costes was a French aviator, well-known for long distance and record breaking flights, as well as being a fighter ace during World War I.-Life:...

    , aviator (d.1973
    1973 in France
    See also:1972 in France,other events of 1973,1974 in France.----Events from the year 1973 in France.-Events:*4 March - Legislative Election held.*11 March - Legislative Election held....

    ).
  • 20 November - Charlotte de La Trémoille
    Charlotte de La Trémoille
    Charlotte Marie Clotilde de La Trémoille was a French noblewoman and the daughter of Louis Charles Marie de La Trémoille and his wife, Hélène Marie Léonie Pillet-Will. On 13 April 1910, she married Henri Florent Lamoral, prince de Ligne. they had one son, Jean Charles...

    , noblewoman (d.1971
    1971 in France
    See also:1970 in France,other events of 1971,1972 in France.----Events from the year 1971 in France.-Events:*14 March - Municipal elections held.*21 March - Municipal elections held....

    ).
  • 23 November - Romain de Tirtoff
    Romain de Tirtoff
    Romain de Tirtoff was a Russian-born French artist and designer known by the pseudonym Erté, the French pronunciation of his initials, R.T. He was a diversely-talented 20th century artist and designer who flourished in an array of fields, including fashion, jewellery, graphic arts, costume and...

    , artist and designer (d.1990
    1990 in France
    See also:1989 in France,other events of 1990,1991 in France.----Events from the year 1990 in France.-Events:*15 May - Launch of the Renault Clio supermini, which will eventually replace the Renault 5....

    ).

Full date unknown

  • Marcel Gromaire
    Marcel Gromaire
    Marcel Gromaire was a French painter. He painted many works on social subjects, and is often associated with Social Realism.-Early life:...

    , painter (d.1971
    1971 in France
    See also:1970 in France,other events of 1971,1972 in France.----Events from the year 1971 in France.-Events:*14 March - Municipal elections held.*21 March - Municipal elections held....

    ).
  • Maurice d'Hartoy
    Maurice d'Hartoy
    Maurice d'Hartoy , whose real name was Mauritius-Lucien Hanot, also known as Lieutenant d’Hartoy, was a soldier, politician and French writer....

    , soldier
    Soldier
    A soldier is a member of the land component of national armed forces; whereas a soldier hired for service in a foreign army would be termed a mercenary...

    , politician
    Politician
    A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

     and writer
    Writer
    A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

     (d.1981
    1981 in France
    See also:1980 in France,other events of 1981,1982 in France.----Events from the year 1981 in France.-Events:*24 April - French presidential election: A first-round runoff results between Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and François Mitterrand....

    ).
  • Robert Lingat
    Robert Lingat
    Robert Lingat , was a French professor and academic scholar most known for writing a very important book on the history of Indian Law.- Life :...

    , academic scholar (d.1972
    1972 in France
    See also:1971 in France,other events of 1972,1973 in France.----Events from the year 1972 in France.-Events:*January - Launch of the Renault 5, one of the world's first small hatchbacks....

    ).

Deaths

  • 22 April - Édouard Lalo
    Édouard Lalo
    Édouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo was a French composer.-Biography:Lalo was born in Lille , in northernmost France. He attended that city's music conservatory in his youth. Then, beginning at age 16, Lalo studied at the Paris Conservatoire under Berlioz's old enemy François Antoine Habeneck...

    , composer (b.1823
    1823 in France
    See also:1822 in France,other events of 1823,1824 in France.----Events from the year 1823 in France.-Events:*17 April - French forces, authorised by the Congress of Verona, enter Spain following the capture of Ferdinand VII of Spain by armed revolutionary liberals.*23 May - Rebel government...

    ).
  • 1 June - Louis Janmot
    Louis Janmot
    Anne-François-Louis Janmot was a French painter and poet.-Early years:Janmot was born in Lyon of Catholic parents who were deeply religious. He was extremely moved by the death of his brother in 1823 and his sister's in 1829...

    , painter and poet (b.1814
    1814 in France
    See also:1813 in France,other events of 1814,1815 in France.----Events from the year 1814 in France.-Events:*26 January - First Battle of St-Dizier, French victory over Russian forces....

    ).
  • 22 June - Pierre Ossian Bonnet
    Pierre Ossian Bonnet
    Pierre Ossian Bonnet was a French mathematician. He made some important contributions to the differential geometry of surfaces, including the Gauss-Bonnet theorem.-Early years:...

    , mathematician
    Mathematician
    A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....

     (b.1819
    1819 in France
    See also:1818 in France,other events of 1819,1820 in France.----Events from the year 1819 in France.-January to June:*1 March - François-Marie-Benjamin Richard, Archbishop of Paris ....

    ).
  • 29 July - Pierre Edmond Teisserenc de Bort
    Pierre Edmond Teisserenc de Bort
    Pierre Edmond Teisserenc de Bort , was a French writer and politician.He entered the civil service after the completion of his education at the École Polytechnique...

    , writer and politician (b.1814
    1814 in France
    See also:1813 in France,other events of 1814,1815 in France.----Events from the year 1814 in France.-Events:*26 January - First Battle of St-Dizier, French victory over Russian forces....

    ).
  • 30 September - Hector-Jonathan Crémieux
    Hector-Jonathan Crémieux
    Hector-Jonathan Crémieux was a French librettist and playwright. His best-known work is his collaboration with Ludovic Halévy for Jacques Offenbach's Orphée aux Enfers, known in English as Orpheus in the Underworld....

    , librettist and playwright
    Playwright
    A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...

     (b.1828
    1828 in France
    See also:1827 in France,other events of 1828,1829 in France.----Events from the year 1828 in France.-Events:*4 January - Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac succeeds Jean-Baptiste Guillaume Joseph, comte de Villèle as Prime Minister of France....

    ).
  • 12 October - Ernest Renan
    Ernest Renan
    Ernest Renan was a French expert of Middle East ancient languages and civilizations, philosopher and writer, devoted to his native province of Brittany...

    , philosopher and writer (b.1823
    1823 in France
    See also:1822 in France,other events of 1823,1824 in France.----Events from the year 1823 in France.-Events:*17 April - French forces, authorised by the Congress of Verona, enter Spain following the capture of Ferdinand VII of Spain by armed revolutionary liberals.*23 May - Rebel government...

    ).
  • 4 November - Hervé
    Hervé (composer)
    Hervé , real name Louis Auguste Florimond Ronger, was a French singer, composer, librettist, conductor and scene painter, whom Ernest Newman, following Reynaldo Hahn, credited with inventing the genre of operetta in Paris.-Life:Hervé was born in Houdain near Arras...

    , composer
    Composer
    A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

    , librettist and conductor (b.1825
    1825 in France
    See also:1824 in France,other events of 1825,1826 in France.----Events from the year 1825 in France.-Events:*January - Anti-Sacrilege Act, law against blasphemy and sacrilege passed under King Charles X...

    ).
  • 26 November - Charles Lavigerie
    Charles Lavigerie
    Charles Martial Allemand Lavigerie was a French cardinal, archbishop of Carthage and Algiers and primate of Africa.Born at Bayonne, he was educated at St Sulpice, Paris...

    , Cardinal
    Cardinal (Catholicism)
    A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...

    , Primate of Africa (b.1825
    1825 in France
    See also:1824 in France,other events of 1825,1826 in France.----Events from the year 1825 in France.-Events:*January - Anti-Sacrilege Act, law against blasphemy and sacrilege passed under King Charles X...

    ).

Full date unknown

  • Pierre Louis Charles de Failly
    Pierre Louis Charles de Failly
    Pierre-Louis Charles de Failly was a French general.The son of Count Charles-Louis de Failly , and of Sophie Desmons de Maigneux, he was educated at the Saint-Cyr and entered the army in 1828.In 1851 he had risen to the rank of colonel, and Napoleon...

    , General (b.1810
    1810 in France
    See also:1809 in France,other events of 1810,1811 in France.----Events from the year 1810 in France.-Events:*6 January - Treaty of Paris ends war between France and Sweden....

    ).
  • Alphonse Sagebien
    Alphonse Sagebien
    Alphonse Eléonor Sagebien was a French hydrological engineer born in Amiens and the inventor of the Sagebien wheel - a device that made hydraulically powered systems much more efficient in extracting energy from moving water....

    , hydrological
    Hydrology
    Hydrology is the study of the movement, distribution, and quality of water on Earth and other planets, including the hydrologic cycle, water resources and environmental watershed sustainability...

     engineer (b.1807
    1807 in France
    See also:1806 in France,other events of 1807,1808 in France.----Events from the year 1807 in France.-Events:*February - Napoleon attacks Russia.*7 February-8 February - Battle of Eylau, indecisive result, but Russian retreat....

    ).
  • Jean Antoine Villemin
    Jean Antoine Villemin
    Jean-Antoine Villemin was a French physician born in Prey, Vosges. In 1865 he demonstrated that tuberculosis was an infectious disease.-Biography:...

    , physician
    Physician
    A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...

     (b.1827
    1827 in France
    See also:1826 in France,other events of 1827,1828 in France.----Events from the year 1827 in France.-Events:*April - Ottoman Algeria: Husain Dei slaps the French consul, Decalina, on the face, eventually leading to war and French rule in Algeria....

    ).
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