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Birthdays
1725 - Comte de Rochambeau (French marshal)
1788 - Jean-Victor Poncelet (French mathematician)
1804 - George Sand (French writer)
1872 - Louis Blériot (French aviator)
1879 - Léon Jouhaux (French labor leader)
1902 - William Wyler (French-born film director)
1906 - Jean Dieudonné (French mathematician)
1921 - Seretse Khama (first President of Botswana)
1931 - Leslie Caron (French actress)
1934 - Claude Berri (French director)
1942 - Geneviève Bujold (Canadian actress)
1952 - Dan Aykroyd (Canadian actor)
1984 - Morgane Dubled (French fashion model)
Deaths
1614 - Isaac Casaubon (French-born classical scholar)
1925 - Erik Satie (French composer)
1961 - Louis-Ferdinand Céline (French writer)
1964 - Pierre Monteux (French conductor)
Holidays/Celebrations
Burundi - Independence Day
Canada - Canada Day
Québec - Moving Day
Rwanda - Independence Day
Milestones/Events
1690 - Williamite War: Battle of the Boyne
1867 - The British North America Act took effect as the Constitution of Canada, creating the Canadian Confederation; John A Macdonald sworn as first Prime Minister
1873 - Prince Edward Island joined the Canadian Confederation
1878 - Canada joined the Universal Postal Union
1887 - Construction of the Eiffel Tower began
1916 - World War I: Battle of the Somme began
1959 - Party of the African Federation (PFA) held its constitutive conference
1962 - Independence of Burundi and Rwanda
1967 - European Community was formally created out of a merger with the Common Market, the European Coal and Steel Community, and the European Atomic Energy Commission
1968 - Geneva, Switzerland: The Nuclear non-proliferation treaty was signed by about sixty countries
1980 - O Canada officially became the national anthem of Canada
Errors and Omissions
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To learn more about important dates in French and francophone history, bookmark Today in Francophone History and visit every day!
Birthdays
1725 - Comte de Rochambeau (French marshal)
1788 - Jean-Victor Poncelet (French mathematician)
1804 - George Sand (French writer)
1872 - Louis Blériot (French aviator)
1879 - Léon Jouhaux (French labor leader)
1902 - William Wyler (French-born film director)
1906 - Jean Dieudonné (French mathematician)
1921 - Seretse Khama (first President of Botswana)
1931 - Leslie Caron (French actress)
1934 - Claude Berri (French director)
1942 - Geneviève Bujold (Canadian actress)
1952 - Dan Aykroyd (Canadian actor)
1984 - Morgane Dubled (French fashion model)
Deaths
1614 - Isaac Casaubon (French-born classical scholar)
1925 - Erik Satie (French composer)
1961 - Louis-Ferdinand Céline (French writer)
1964 - Pierre Monteux (French conductor)
Holidays/Celebrations
Burundi - Independence Day
Canada - Canada Day
Québec - Moving Day
Rwanda - Independence Day
Milestones/Events
1690 - Williamite War: Battle of the Boyne
1867 - The British North America Act took effect as the Constitution of Canada, creating the Canadian Confederation; John A Macdonald sworn as first Prime Minister
1873 - Prince Edward Island joined the Canadian Confederation
1878 - Canada joined the Universal Postal Union
1887 - Construction of the Eiffel Tower began
1916 - World War I: Battle of the Somme began
1959 - Party of the African Federation (PFA) held its constitutive conference
1962 - Independence of Burundi and Rwanda
1967 - European Community was formally created out of a merger with the Common Market, the European Coal and Steel Community, and the European Atomic Energy Commission
1968 - Geneva, Switzerland: The Nuclear non-proliferation treaty was signed by about sixty countries
1980 - O Canada officially became the national anthem of Canada
Errors and Omissions
If you believe anything on this page is wrong or missing, please let me know
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