Today in Francophone History

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Birthdays

879 - King Charles III (France) 1743 - Marquis de Condorcet (French philosopher and mathematician)

1820 - Émile Augier (French dramatist)

1954 - Joël-François Durand (French composer)

1979 - Chuck Comeau (Canadian musician)

1981 - Bakari Koné (Ivoirien soccer player)

Deaths

1836 - Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (French botanist)

1863 - Alfred de Vigny (French author)

1879 - Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (French architect)

1991 - Zino Francescatti (French violinist)

Milestones/Events

1394 - King Charles VI ordered that all Jews be expelled from France

1577 - Peace of Bergerac signed between Henry III of France and the Huguenots

1916 - World War I: Manfred von Richthofen, "The Red Baron," won his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France

1984 - Brian Mulroney sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada

Errors and Omissions

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