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Information about France
- With its Country Official Name, the French Republic.France's capital city is Paris which can be found in Europe.France is an independent county.The dailing code for the country is (+33)
Holidays in France
Today in History for April 26
On this day in 2019
- ALBUMS
- Peter Doherty & the Puta Madres was released by Peter Doherty & the Puta Madres. The debut full-length release for Doherty's latest band was recorded live near a fishing village in France over four days and was produced by Jai Stanley.
- Seeing Other People was released by Foxygen. The fifth full-length release for Jonathan Rado and Sam France was self-produced and mixed by Shawn Everett.
On this day in 2002
- BIRTHS
- Boubacar Diakhaby, Soccer Player, born in France.
On this day in 2001
- BIRTHS
- Mohamed Cissé, Soccer Player, born in France.
On this day in 1999
- BIRTHS
- Sundy Jules, YouTube Star, born in France.
On this day in 1997
- BIRTHS
- Guillaume Beghin, Soccer Player, born in France.
On this day in 1996
- BIRTHS
- Laurine Lecavelier, French figure skater, Enghien-les-Bains, born in France.
- Theoson Siebatcheu, French association football player, Washington, D.C., born in France.
On this day in 1995
- BIRTHS
- Rémi Walter, Soccer Player, born in France.
- Rodrigue Neti, French rugby player, Nouméa, born in France.
- Dylan Saint-Louis, French association football player, France, born in France.
- Christian M'billi, French boxer, Yaoundé, born in France.
- Adam Moundir,, Saint-Louis, born in France.
On this day in 1994
- BIRTHS
- Chilla, Rapper, born in France.
- Ibou Cissé, French association football player, Massy, born in France.
- Melanie Trindade, Reality Star, born in France.
- Redouane Kerrouche, French association football player, Noisy-le-Sec, born in France.
On this day in 1993
- BIRTHS
- Ruben Aguilar, French association football player, Grenoble, born in France.
- Franck Héry, Soccer Player, born in France.
On this day in 1992
- BIRTHS
- Hatik, Rapper, born in France.
- Wilfried Ebane, French association football player, Libreville, born in France.
On this day in 1991
- BIRTHS
- Benjamin Lecomte, Soccer Player, born in France.
On this day in 1990
- BIRTHS
- Amine Lecomte, Footballer, Reims, born in France.
- Hicham Benkaid, Soccer Player, born in France.
On this day in 1988
- BIRTHS
- Hamid Oualich, French athlete, Ouarzazate, born in France.
- Nobel Boungou Colo, French basketball player, Brazzaville, born in France.
- Bakary Sako, association football player, Ivry-sur-Seine, born in France.
- Romain Girouille, French archer, Saint-Doulchard, born in France.
On this day in 1987
- BIRTHS
- Antonin Manavian, French ice hockey player, Paris, born in France.
On this day in 1986
- EVENTS
- France performs nuclear test.
On this day in 1985
- BIRTHS
- Francesco Battaglia, Soccer Player, born in Italy.
On this day in 1984
- BIRTHS
- Perrig Quéméneur, French road bicycle racer, Landerneau, born in France.
On this day in 1983
- BIRTHS
- Marco Ramos, Portuguese professional footballer, Levallois-Perret, born in France.
- Bruno GROUGI, Soccer Player, born in France .
- Valentine Vanesse, Blogger, born in France.
On this day in 1982
- BIRTHS
- Rémi Di Girolamo, French rower, Argenteuil, born in France.
- Donatien Mortelette, French rower, Armentières, born in France.
- Lloyd Mondory, Road bicycle racer, Cognac, born in France.
On this day in 1981
- BIRTHS
- Kévin Bouly, French weightlifter, Langres, born in France.
- Mathieu DELPIERRE, Soccer Player, born in France .
- SPORTS
- Matthieu Delpierre, French footballer, born in Nancy, France.
On this day in 1980
- BIRTHS
- Laurent Ournac, French actor, Versailles, born in France.
On this day in 1979
- BIRTHS
- Ariane Brodier, TV Show Host, born in France.
On this day in 1978
- EVENTS
- France sends troops to Chad.
- BIRTHS
- Anna Mouglalis, French actress, Fréjus, born in France.
On this day in 1977
- BIRTHS
- Casey Legler, Olympic swimmer, Fréjus, born in France.
- Dumè, French singer and comedian, Marseille, born in France.
On this day in 1976
- BIRTHS
- Cécile Cukierman, French politician, Bagneux, born in France.
- Stéphane Odet, French football, Marseille, born in France.
On this day in 1975
- BIRTHS
- Rachid Djebaili, Algerian footballer, Besançon, born in France.
- Sandrine Delerce, French handball player, Besançon, born in France.
- Hervé Milazzo, Footballer, Mulhouse, born in France.
On this day in 1973
- BIRTHS
- Francesca Bradamante,, Palermo, born in Italy.
On this day in 1972
- BIRTHS
- Stéphane Cali, French sprinter, Paris, born in France.
- Sylvain Tesson, French writer, Paris, born in France.
On this day in 1970
- BIRTHS
- Jean-Christophe Jeauffre, French film director, France, born in France.
On this day in 1969
- BIRTHS
- Daniel Courcol, tennis player, Boulogne-sur-Mer, born in France.
On this day in 1968
- BIRTHS
- Charles Paliard, French ice dancer, Bayonne, born in France.
- Emmanuelle Mignon, French politician, Paris, born in France.
On this day in 1964
- BIRTHS
- Didier Robert, French politician, Saint-Pierre, born in France.
- Arnaud De Puyfontaine, French journalist and businessman, Paris, born in France.
On this day in 1961
- BIRTHS
- Philippe Chevallier, road bicycle racer, Annemasse, born in France.
On this day in 1960
- BIRTHS
- Mohamed Ezzher, athletics competitor, Khouribga, born in France.
On this day in 1957
- BIRTHS
- Diane Hébert, Canadian heart-lung transplant recipient, Fort Frances, born in Canada.
- François Ravard, French film and record producer, Paris, born in France.
On this day in 1956
- BIRTHS
- Mansour Bahrami, Iranian tennis player, Arak, born in France.
- Patrick Chêne, French journalist, Lyon, born in France.
On this day in 1953
- BIRTHS
- Jean-Marc Janaillac,, Saint-Sulpice-de-Roumagnac, born in France.
- Doug France, American football player, Dayton, born in United States.
On this day in 1949
- BIRTHS
- Carlos Bianchi, Argentine footballer and manager, Buenos Aires, born in France.
- Simon Claude Mimouni, French historian scholar, Bône Department, born in France.
- Renee Poznanski, French writer, Paris, born in France.
On this day in 1948
- BIRTHS
- François Laroque, French Shakespearean scholar, Neuilly-sur-Seine, born in France.
- Georges Goven, French tennis player, Lyon, born in France.
On this day in 1947
- BIRTHS
- Francesc Gaset Fris, Andorran sport shooter, Andorra, born in Andorra.
On this day in 1945
- EVENTS
- Marshal Philippe Pétain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during World War II, arrested for treason.
- BIRTHS
- Ernest Chénière, French politician, Rivière-Salée, born in France.
On this day in 1944
- BIRTHS
- Jose Dolhem, Race Car Driver, born in Paris, France.
- José Dolhem, racecar driver, Paris, born in France.
On this day in 1943
- BIRTHS
- Nicole Loraux, French historian, Paris, born in France.
- Yann Le Bohec, French historian and epigrapher, Carthage, born in France.
On this day in 1942
- SPORTS
- Claudine Auger, French actress (Thunderball) and Miss France (1958), born in Paris, France.
On this day in 1940
- BIRTHS
- Patrick Bricard, French actor, Caen, born in France.
On this day in 1938
- BIRTHS
- Leonid Plyushch, Soviet mathematician and dissident, Naryn, born in France.
On this day in 1937
- BIRTHS
- Jean Mailland, French poet, Aix-les-Bains, born in France.
- Jean-Pierre Beltoise, French motorcycle racer and racing driver, Paris, born in France.
- Ivan Renar, French politician, Mulhouse, born in France.
On this day in 1936
- BIRTHS
- Bernard Deconinck, cyclist, Lille, born in France.
On this day in 1935
- BIRTHS
- Michel Scob, cyclist, Inchy, born in France.
On this day in 1932
- BIRTHS
- Francis Lai, French composer, film score composer, Nice, born in France.
On this day in 1930
- BIRTHS
- Bernard Gérard, French composer and conductor, Mouvaux, born in France.
On this day in 1927
- BIRTHS
- Michel Kervaire, mathematician (1927-2007), Czestochowa, born in France.
On this day in 1924
- BIRTHS
- Guy Môquet, French resistance member,18th arrondissement of Paris, born in France.
On this day in 1922
- BIRTHS
- Roger Grava, Footballer, Claut, born in France.
On this day in 1921
- BIRTHS
- Francois Picard, Race Car Driver, born in Villefranche-sur-Saone, France.
- François Picard, French racing driver, Villefranche-sur-Saône, born in France.
- Pierre Pierlot, French musician, Paris, born in France.
On this day in 1919
- BIRTHS
- Georges De Caunes, French broadcaster, Toulouse, born in France.
On this day in 1916
- BIRTHS
- Frances Robinson, American actress, Staten Island, born in United States.
On this day in 1915
- EVENTS
- Italy secretly signes Pact of London with Britain, France & Russia.
- BIRTHS
- Jean Laviron, French film director and screenwriter, Paris, born in France.
- Joseph Zobel, Martiniquais writer, Rivière-Salée, born in France.
On this day in 1914
- BIRTHS
- Lilian Rolfe, Allied secret agent in World War II, Paris, born in France.
- René Debenne, French bicycle racer, Colombes, born in France.
On this day in 1911
- BIRTHS
- Andrée Tainsy, Belgian actress, Etterbeek, born in France.
On this day in 1909
- BIRTHS
- Gerty Archimède, French politician, Morne-à-l'Eau, born in France.
- Jean Trogneux, french businessman, Amiens, born in France.
- René Lécuron,, Paris, born in France.
On this day in 1905
- BIRTHS
- Jean Vigo, French actor and director (Zero For Conduct, L'Atlante), born in Paris, France (d. 1934).
- Marie Bizet, French actress,6th arrondissement of Paris, born in France.
On this day in 1904
- BIRTHS
- Edgar Petersen, German bomber pilot and Knight's Cross recipient, Strasbourg, born in France.
On this day in 1903
- BIRTHS
- Marie-Hélène Lefaucheux, French Resistance member, UN delegate, Paris, born in France.
- Paul Wartel, Footballer, Puteaux, born in France.
- René Charlet, French bobsledder, Orry-la-Ville, born in France.
On this day in 1900
- BIRTHS
- Marcel Capron, wrestler, Paris, born in France.
On this day in 1898
- BIRTHS
- Little Sister Magdeleine Of Jesus, Foundress of the Little Sisters of Jesus, Paris, born in France.
On this day in 1897
- BIRTHS
- Alphonse Higelin, Olympic gymnast, Mulhouse, born in France.
On this day in 1896
- BIRTHS
- Robert Pizani, French film and theater actor,3rd arrondissement of Paris, born in France.
- Sébastienne Guyot, French engineer and athletics competitor, Pont-l'Abbé, born in France.
On this day in 1895
- BIRTHS
- Carl De La Sablière, sailor, Quimper, born in France.
- Henry De Montherlant, French writer, Paris, born in France.
On this day in 1892
- BIRTHS
- Adrienne Monnier, French writer and business woman, Paris, born in France.
- Étienne Souriau, French philosopher, Lille, born in France.
On this day in 1882
- BIRTHS
- Édouard Cortès, French painter, Lagny-sur-Marne, born in France.
On this day in 1874
- BIRTHS
- Inessa Armand, French communist politician, Paris, born in France.
- Jean Hennessy, French politician, Cherves-Richemont, born in France.
On this day in 1871
- BIRTHS
- Lev Conus, Russian musician, Moscow, born in France.
On this day in 1870
- BIRTHS
- Charles Guernier, French politician, Saint-Malo, born in France.
On this day in 1867
- BIRTHS
- Lucien Saint, French politician, Évreux, born in France.
On this day in 1866
- BIRTHS
- Henry Krauss, French actor,9th arrondissement of Paris, born in France.
On this day in 1863
- BIRTHS
- Émile Scaremberg, French singer, Besançon, born in France.
- George Auriol, French musician, writer and artist, Beauvais, born in France.
On this day in 1857
- BIRTHS
- Émile Molinier, French art historian, Nantes, born in France.
On this day in 1856
- BIRTHS
- Ferdinand-Jean Darier, Dermatologist, pathologist, Budapest, born in France.
On this day in 1855
- EVENTS
- Composer Gioachino Rossini leaves Italy for the final time, returning to Paris, France.
On this day in 1846
- BIRTHS
- Auguste Edgard Dietrich, French linguist and translator, Nancy, born in France.
On this day in 1822
- BIRTHS
- Princess Maria Carolina Of Bourbon-Two Sicilies,, Vienna, born in France.
On this day in 1821
- BIRTHS
- Aimée Julie Cheron, French miniature painter, Paris, born in France.
On this day in 1819
- BIRTHS
- Jean-Joseph Perraud, French sculptor, Monay, born in France.
On this day in 1818
- BIRTHS
- Gaston-Robert, Marquis De Banneville, French diplomat, Brest, born in France.
On this day in 1810
- BIRTHS
- Prosper Hochet, French politician, Paris, born in France.
On this day in 1807
- BIRTHS
- Charles Auguste Frossard, French general, Versailles, born in France.
On this day in 1805
- BIRTHS
- Antony Rénal,, Lyon, born in France.
On this day in 1803
- EVENTS
- Meteorites fall in L'Aigle, France.
On this day in 1802
- BIRTHS
- Hyacinthe Marie De Lalande De Calan, French colonial administrator and governor of French India, Quimper, born in France.
On this day in 1798
- BIRTHS
- Eugene Delacroix, Painter, born in France.
- Eugène Delacroix, French painter and etcher (Journal), born in Charenton-Saint-Maurice, Île-de-France, France (d. 1863).
On this day in 1795
- BIRTHS
- Frances Manwaring Caulkins, American historian, Minden, born in United States.
- Auguste Mathieu Panseron, French composer, Paris, born in France.
On this day in 1793
- BIRTHS
- Nicolas Anne Théodule Changarnier, French general, Autun, born in France.
On this day in 1785
- BIRTHS
- John James Audubon, American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter, Les Cayes, born in France.
On this day in 1782
- BIRTHS
- Maria Amalia Of Naples And Sicily, Noblewoman, Caserta, born in France.
On this day in 1780
- BIRTHS
- Philibert Joseph Roux, French surgeon, Auxerre, born in France.
- Édouard De Villiers Du Terrage, French egyptologist, Versailles, born in France.
On this day in 1774
- BIRTHS
- Anne Jean Marie René Savary, French general, Marcq, born in France.
On this day in 1764
- BIRTHS
- Joseph-Jacques Ramée, French architect, Fortress of Charlemont, born in France.
On this day in 1763
- BIRTHS
- Antoine Ignace Melling, French painter, Karlsruhe, born in France.
On this day in 1762
- BIRTHS
- Pierre-Jean Garat, French singer, Bordeaux, born in France.
On this day in 1753
- BIRTHS
- Pierre César Charles De Sercey, French admiral, most notable for commanding French naval forces in the Indian Ocean from 1796 to 1800, Pont-Audemer, born in France.
On this day in 1740
- BIRTHS
- Jean-Jacques Paulet, French mycologist, Anduze, born in France.
On this day in 1729
- BIRTHS
- Antoine Rater, architect from France, Lyon, born in France.
On this day in 1726
- BIRTHS
- Pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter, born in Stretta di Morosaglia, France (d. 1807).
On this day in 1711
- BIRTHS
- Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, French writer (Beauty and the Beast), born in Rouen, France (d. 1780).
On this day in 1662
- BIRTHS
- Marie Louise D'Orleans, Queen consort of Spain as the first wife of King Charles II of Spain, born in Palais-Royal, Paris, Kingdom of France (d. 1689).
On this day in 1661
- BIRTHS
- René-Joseph De Tournemine, French theologian, Rennes, born in France.
On this day in 1648
- BIRTHS
- Nicolas De Lamoignon, French official, Montargis, born in France.
On this day in 1640
- BIRTHS
- Frederick, Count Of Nassau-Weilburg, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (1655-1675), Metz, born in France.
On this day in 1575
- BIRTHS
- Marie De' Medici, Queen of France, second wife of King Henry IV of France, Florence, born in France.
On this day in 1573
- BIRTHS
- Marie de'Medici, Queen of France, born in Palazzo Pitti, Florence (d. 1642).
On this day in 1567
- BIRTHS
- Nicolas Formé, French composer, Paris, born in France.
On this day in 1336
- EVENTS
- Italian Renaissance poet Francesco Petrarch famously climbs Mont Ventoux.