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Birthdays

1803 - Peter Chanel (French priest and saint)

1813 - Claude Bernard (French physiologist)

1824 - Eugène Boudin (French painter)

1863 - Albert Calmette (French physician)

1870 - Louis II of Monaco

1876 - Max Jacob (French poet)

1937 - Lionel Jospin (Prime Minister of France)

1968 - Catherine Plewinski (French swimmer)

Deaths

1682 - Jean Picard (French astronomer)

1749 - Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois (Governor of New France)

1935 - Alfred Dreyfus (French military officer)

Milestones/Events

1191 - Third Crusade: Siege of Acre ended

1759 - Seven Years' War - French and Indian War: British cannons started firing on French at Québec City, from Lévis, Québec

1892 - Saint Gervais: A hidden lake burst out of a glacier on the side of Mont Blanc, flooding the valley below and killing about 200 people

1950 - René Pleven became Prime Minister of France

1998 - France won the World Cup

2005 - Prince Albert II was enthroned as ruler of the Principality of Monaco

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