Paris in History (Part 3)

Historical Events

Events 201 - 300 of 556

• 1881-02-13 The feminist newspaper La Citoyenne is first published in Paris by activist Hubertine Auclert
• 1882-06-02 Pierre de Brazza festival welcomed in Paris
• 1882-12-11 Victorien Sardous "Fedora" with Sarah Bernhardt, premieres in Paris
• 1883-03-20 Unity treaty of Paris signed: protects industrial property
• 1883-04-14 Leo Delibes' opera "Lakmé" premieres in Paris
• 1883-10-04 The Orient Express departs on its first official journey from Paris to Instanbul
• 1884-01-19 Jules Massenet's opera "Manon" premieres in Paris
• 1884-07-04 Statue of Liberty presented to US in Paris

• 1884-12-01 Society of Independent Artists hold 1st exhibition in Polychrome Pavilion, Paris, includes Georges Seurat's "Bathers at Asnières"
• 1885-06-06 Opera "Lakmé" is produced (Paris)
• 1885-11-30 Opera "El Cid" premieres (Paris)
• 1886-08-20 Second Salon exhibition by Society of Independent Artists held in Paris; includes Georges Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte"

• 1887-05-18 Emmanuel Chabrier's opera "Le Roi Malgré Luis" premieres in Paris
• 1887-05-25 Gas lamp at Paris Opera catches fire; 200 die
• 1887-11-24 Victorien Sardou's "La Tosca" premieres in Paris
• 1887-12-17 Georges Feydeau's "Tailleur Pour Dames" premieres in Paris
• 1888-05-07 Edouard Lalo's opera "Le roi d'Ys" premieres in Paris

• 1889-05-06 Exposition Universelle (World's Fair) in Paris opens with the recently completed Eiffel Tower serving as the entrance arch
• 1889-05-18 Jules Massenet's opera "Esclarmonde" premieres in Paris
• 1889-10-06 Moulin Rogue opens in Paris
• 1889-10-31 Exposition Universelle (World's Fair) in Paris closes after 32 million visitors
• 1891-04-01 London-Paris telephone connection opens
• 1891-05-15 Jules Massenet's opera "Griselde" premieres in Paris
• 1894-01-09 Georges Feydeau's "Un à la Patte" premieres in Paris
• 1894-02-12 Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into Paris's Cafe Terminus, killing one and wounding 20.
• 1894-03-16 Jules Massenet's opera "Thaïs" premieres in Paris
• 1894-06-23 The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne, Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin
• 1894-11-01 Vaccine for diphtheria announced by Dr Roux of Paris
• 1894-12-05 Georges Feydeaus' "L'hôtel du libre échange" premieres in Paris

• 1895-06-13 Emile Levassor wins 1st Paris-Bordeaux-Paris auto race (24 kph)
• 1895-07-11 First ever automobile race: Paris to Bordeaux 1,178 km in 48 hours, 48 minutes
• 1895-10-22 In Paris an express train overruns a buffer stop, crosses more than 30 meters of concourse before plummeting through a window at Gare Montparnasse
• 1895-12-28 Filmmakers the Lumiere brothers, hold the first commercial film screening at Salon Indien du Grand Café, Paris
• 1896-02-08 Georges Feydeau's "Le Dindon" premieres in Paris

• 1896-05-20 The six ton chandelier of the Palais Garnier opera house in Paris falls on the crowd resulting in the death of one and the injury of many others
• 1897-12-09 Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper, La Fronde in Paris.
• 1897-12-28 Edmond Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac" premieres in Paris
• 1898-02-10 Treaty of Paris which ended the Spanish-American War is signed by President McKinley; US acquires Philippines, Puerto Rico & Guam
• 1898-09-13 20,000 Paris construction workers go on strike
• 1898-12-10 Spanish-American War formally ended by the Treaty of Paris; US acquires Philippines, Puerto Rico & Guam
• 1899-04-11 Treaty of Paris ratifies ends war; Spain cedes Puerto Rico to US
• 1900-01-06 Maurice Ravel's "Albaradode Gracioso" premieres in Paris
• 1900-02-02 Gustave Charpentiers opera "Louise" premieres in Paris
• 1900-04-15 Exposition Universelle (World's Fair) in Paris opens (till 12th Nov)
• 1900-05-20 2nd modern Olympic games opens in Paris (lasted 5 months)
• 1900-08-19 Start of the one and only Olympic cricket match, in Paris


• 1900-10-19 Painter Henry O Tanner wins Medal of Honor at Paris Exposition
• 1900-10-28 After over 5 months second Olympic games in Paris, France, close
• 1900-11-12 Exposition Universelle (World's Fair) in Paris closes after 50 million visitors - Art Nouveau style dominates

• 1901-10-26 First recorded use of "getaway car" occurs after holding up a shop in Paris
• 1901-11-20 Opera "Grisélidis" is produced (Paris)
• 1902-04-05 Maurice Ravel's "Pavane pour une infante defunte" premieres in Paris
• 1902-04-30 Debussy's opera "Pelléas et Mélissande" premieres in Paris
• 1903-05-01 King Edward VII of Great Britain visits Paris, where he is feted in a first step toward improving Anglo-French relations, culminating in the sighing of the Entente Cordiale on 8 April, 1904
• 1904-05-17 Maurice Ravel's "Shéhérazade" premieres in Paris
• 1904-05-21 Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) forms in Paris
• 1906-01-06 Maurice Ravel's "Miroirs" premieres in Paris
• 1906-02-18 Vincent d'Indy's "Jour D'été à La Montagne" premieres in Paris
• 1906-06-06 Paris Métro Line 5 is inaugurated with a first section from Place d'Italie to the Gare d'Orléans (today known as Gare d'Austerlitz)
• 1906-12-01 Cinema Omnia Pathe, world's 1st cinema, opens (Paris)
• 1907-03-02 Georges Feydeaus' "La Puce à l'Oreille" premieres in Paris
• 1907-05-10 Paul Dukas' opera "Ariane et Barbe Bleue" premieres in Paris
• 1907-08-10 Prince Scipone Borchesi wins Beijing to Paris, 7,500 mile auto rally
• 1908-02-12 NY to Paris auto race (via Alaska & Siberia) begins in NYC George Schuster wins after 88 days behind the wheel
• 1908-05-30 Paris advocate E Archdeacon is 1st passenger in a airplane
• 1908-07-30 Around the World Automobile Race ends in Paris
• 1908-08-17 Projection in Paris of the very first animated cartoon, Fantasmagorie realized by Émile Cohl
• 1909-02-02 Italian writer Marinetti publishes Futurist Manifest in Paris
• 1910-01-26 Heavy rains cause floods in Paris
• 1910-02-07 Edmond Rostand's "Chantecler" premieres in Paris
• 1910-03-08 Baroness Raymonde de Laroche of Paris becomes the 1st ever licensed female pilot
• 1910-12-03 Neon lights first publicly displayed (Paris Auto Show)
• 1911-04-12 1st non-stop London-Paris flight (Pierre Prier in 3h56m)
• 1911-05-19 Maurice Ravel's opera "L'Heure Espagnole" premieres in Paris

• 1912-05-29 Ballets Russes premieres their ballet L'après-midi d'un faune (The Afternoon of a Faun) in Paris, choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky
• 1912-12-20 Paul Claudels "L'Annonce Faite à Marie" premieres in Paris

• 1913-11-28 Heavyweight Jack Johnson KOs Andre Spaul in Paris
• 1913-12-09 Heavyweight Jack Johnson-Jim Johnson fight to no decision in Paris
• 1914-01-22 Paul Claudel's play "L'échange" premieres in Paris
• 1914-05-15 Henri Rabaud's opera "Marouf, Savetier de Caire" premieres in Paris
• 1914-08-30 1st German plane bombs Paris, 2 killed
• 1914-08-31 General von Kluck decides not to attack Paris

• 1914-09-05 World War I: Battle of Marne begins, French and British forces prevent German advance on Paris (till the 12th Sept)
• 1914-12-10 French government returns to Paris
• 1915-10-21 1st transatlantic radiotelephone message, Arlington, Va to Paris
• 1916-01-29 1st bombing of Paris by German Zeppelins takes place
• 1916-06-14 Representatives of eight Allied nations hold an economic conference in Paris at which they discuss ways to cripple their enemies economic power during and after the war
• 1916-08-12 Picasso, Max Jacob, Kisling, Ortiz & Paquerette photographed in Paris
• 1917-05-18 Satie, Massine and Picasso's ballet "Parade" premieres in Paris
• 1917-06-14 General Pershing and his HQ staff arrived in Paris during WW I

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 201 - 300 of 323

• 1920-05-16 Dave Philley, Texas, Major League Baseball switch-hitter (record 9 straight pinch hits), born in Paris, France (d. 2012)
• 1920-09-30 Aldo Parisot, Brazilian-American musician and cellist
• 1921-06-26 Violette Szabo, French WWII secret agent, born in Paris, France (d. 1945)
• 1922-04-13 Jean Topart, French voice and film actor regarded as "one of the inimitable voices of French cinema" (Fantastic Planet), born in Paris, France (d. 2012)
• 1922-07-02 Pierre Cardin, Italian-born French fashion designer, born in Paris, France
• 1922-08-22 Micheline Presle [Chassagne], French actress (Nea, Donkey Skin), born in Paris, France
• 1922-09-16 Guy Hamilton, British director (Goldfinger), born in Paris (d. 2016)
• 1923-09-18 Queen Anne of Romania [Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma], born in Paris (d. 2016)
• 1924-04-20 Nina Foch, Dutch-American actress (The Ten Commandments, Spartacus, An American in Paris), born in Leiden, Netherlands (d. 2008)
• 1924-04-29 Renée Jeanmaire, dancer (Hans Christian Anderson), born in Paris, France
• 1924-06-06 Serge Nigg, French composer, born in Paris (d. 2008)
• 1924-08-01 Georges Charpak, Polish-French Physicist who invented and developed subatomic particle detectors (Nobel Prize for Physics in 1992), born in Paris, France
• 1924-10-27 Alain Bombard, French Biologist, Physician, and Politician who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in a small boat to test his theory that a shipwrecked person could survive without provisions, born in Paris, France
• 1924-11-12 Audouin Dollfus, French Astronomer (discovered Janus, a moon of Saturn), born in Paris, France
• 1924-12-19 Michel Tournier, French writer ( Friday, or, The Other Island), born in Paris (d. 2016)
• 1925-04-30 Corinne Calvet, French actress (Phantom of Hollywood, Apache Uprising), born in Paris, France (d. 2001)
• 1925-07-25 Jerry Paris, director/actor (Jerry-Dick Van Dyke Show), born in San Francisco, California
• 1925-09-08 Denise Darcel, French actress (Dangerous When Wet), born in Paris (d. 2011)
• 1925-12-27 Michel Piccoli, actor (Topaz, Peril, May Fools), born in Paris, France
• 1926-01-24 Robert Delpire, French publisher, editor and photographer, born in Paris, France (d. 2017)
• 1926-03-01 Robert Clary [Widerman], French-American actor, published author, artist and lecturer (LeBeau-Hogan's Heroes), born in Paris, France
• 1926-08-05 Betsy Jolas, French composer, born in Paris

• 1926-08-22 Marc Bohan, French fashion designer, born in Paris
• 1926-10-09 Danièle Delorme [Gabrielle Girard], French actress (Pardon My Affair), born in Paris (d. 2015)
• 1927-09-07 François Billetdoux, French author (Word Awake), born in Paris (d. 1991)
• 1927-11-24 Agustín Edwards, Chilean media tycoon (El Mercurio), born in Paris (d. 2017)
• 1928-01-23 Jeanne Moreau, French actress (Going Places, Jules & Jim), born in Paris, France (d. 2017)
• 1928-04-19 Alexis Korner, musician (Blues Inc-Bootleg Him), born in Paris, France
• 1929-05-02 Luc Ferrari, French composer, born in Paris (d. 2005)
• 1929-12-09 Michel Fano, French composer, born in Paris
• 1929-12-21 Jack Philip Cannon, British composer, born in Paris (d. 2017)
• 1930-04-17 Genevieve, singer (Jack Paar Show, Scruples), born in Paris, France
• 1930-05-22 Marisol (Maria Sol) Escobar, Venezuelan sculptor, born in Paris, France (d. 2016)
• 1930-05-25 Sonia Rykiel, French fashion designer, born in Paris (d. 2016)
• 1930-08-23 Michel Rocard, French politician, Prime Minister of France (1988-91), born in Courbevoie, Paris (d. 2016)
• 1930-10-15 Phillipe Leroy, actor (Night Porter, Leonardo da Vinci), born in Paris, France
• 1930-10-23 Gerard Blain, actor (Hatari), born in Paris, France
• 1931-01-14 Caterina Valente, Italian singer, dancer, and actress (Bon soir, Kathrin!, The Entertainers), born in Paris, France
• 1931-10-25 Annie Giradot, actress (Gypsy, Jacko & Lise), born in Paris, France
• 1932-02-06 Francois Truffaut, director (Jules & Jim, Fahrenheit 451), born in Paris, France
• 1932-02-19 Jean-Pierre Ponnele, opera director (Carmina Burana), born in Paris, France
• 1932-07-11 Alex Hassilev, actor and musician (Limeliters), born in Paris, France
• 1932-10-27 Jean-Pierre Cassel, actor (Trout), born in Paris, France
• 1932-11-28 Gato Barbieri, Latin jazz musician (Last Tango in Paris), born in Rosario, Argentina (d. 2016)
• 1933-02-26 James Goldsmith, corporate raider (Referendum Party), born in Paris, France

• 1933-04-09 Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor (Casino Royale, Magnifique), born in Paris, France
• 1933-08-18 Roman Polanski, Polish-French film director (Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, Pirates), born in Paris, France
• 1934-04-01 Vladimir Posner, Russian-French-American journalist who represented and explained the views of the Soviet Union during the Cold War, born in Paris
• 1934-09-28 Brigitte Bardot, French actress, model, animal activist and sex kitten (And God Created Women), born in Paris, France
• 1935-06-27 Laurent Terzieff, actor (Head Over Heels, Milky Way), born in Paris, France
• 1936-05-16 Philippe de Montebello, art exhibitionist (Treasures of Tut), born in Paris, France
• 1936-06-15 Claude Brasseur, actor (Josepha, Pardon Mon Affair), born in Paris, France
• 1937-01-12 Marie Dubois, actress (Wise Guys, Jules & Jim), born in Paris, France
• 1938-02-27 Pascale Petit, French actress (Code Name: Jaguar, End of Desire), born in Paris, France
• 1939-03-14 Bertrand Blier, novelist/director (Going Places), born in Paris, France
• 1939-12-06 Tomés Svoboda, Czech composer (Etude), born in Paris, France
• 1940-06-11 Joey Dee, American singer (Hey Let's Twist, 2 Tickets to Paris), born in Passaic, New Jersey
• 1940-10-19 Michael Gambon, English actor (Singing Detective, Paris at Night)
• 1941-01-16 Richard Bohringer, actor (Diva, I Married a Shadow), born in Paris, France
• 1941-03-16 Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian director (Last Tango in Paris, The Last Emperor), born in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
• 1941-07-13 Jacques Perrin, actress (Cinema Paradiso, 317th Platoon), born in Paris, France
• 1942-04-26 Claudine Auger, Miss France (1958)/actress (Thunderball), born in Paris, France
• 1943-04-27 Eugene Polyakov, Russian balletmaster (Paris Opera Ballet), born in Moscow (d. 1996)
• 1943-08-30 Jean Claude Killy, alpine skier (Olympic-3 golds-1968), born in Paris, France
• 1943-10-22 Catherine Deneuve, [Dorleac], actress (Repulsion, Hunger), born in Paris, France
• 1944-03-21 Marie-Christine Barrault, actress (Stardust Memories), born in Paris, France
• 1944-05-05 Jean-Pierre Leaud, actor (Detective), born in Paris, France
• 1944-10-06 Merzak Allouache, director (Salut Cousin, Amour a Paris)
• 1945-06-27 Catherine Lacoste, golfer (US Women's Open 1967), born in Paris, France
• 1945-10-12 Aurore Clément, French actress (Paris, Texas), born in Soissons, Aisne
• 1947-11-25 Jonathan Kaplan, director (Heart Like a Wheel), born in Paris, France
• 1948-03-11 Dominique Sanda [Varaigne], French actress (The Conformist, 1900, First Love), born in Paris, France
• 1948-04-21 Claire Denis, actress (Boom Boom, Chocolat), born in Paris, France
• 1948-10-08 Stephanie Marrian [Stefanie Khan], French model, actress and comedienne (Benny Hill Show), born in Paris, France
• 1949-04-19 Paloma Picasso, [Gilot], actress (Immoral Tales), born in Paris, France
• 1950-02-22 Miou-Miou [Sylvette Herry], actress (Dog Day, My Other Husband), born in Paris, France
• 1950-03-23 Corrine Clery, actress (Moonraker, Yor), born in Paris, France
• 1950-04-19 Marc Demeyer, Belgian cyclist (Paris-Brussel '74)
• 1952-03-27 Maria Schneider, French actress (Last Tango in Paris, Crime of Honor), born in Paris, France (d. 2011)
• 1952-12-26 Andre-Michel Schub, French pianist (Van Cliburn-1981), born in Paris, France
• 1953-01-03 Angelo Parisi, French heavyweight judo (Olympic gold 1980)
• 1953-03-16 Isabelle Huppert, French actress (The Piano Teacher), born in Paris
• 1953-08-16 Kathie Lee Gifford, Paris Fla, hostess (Live with Regis & Kathie Lee)
• 1954-01-01 Fr David, rocker, born in Paris, France
• 1954-01-28 Anicee Alvina, actress (Friends), born in Paris, France

• 1955-06-27 Isabelle Adjani, actress (Story of Adele H, Driver, Ishtar), born in Paris, France
• 1955-10-07 Yo-Yo Ma, world famous cellist (2001 National Medal of Arts, 2011 Presidential Medal of Freedom), born in Paris, France

• 1957-06-15 Clio Goldsmith, actress (Gift, Heat of Desire), born in Paris, France
• 1957-08-18 Carole Bouquest, actress (On Her Majesty's Secret Service), born in Paris, France

• 1959-03-13 Kathy Hilton, American socialite-Hilton Hotels, mother of Nikki Hilton and Paris Hilton, born in NYC, New York
• 1959-03-14 Patrick Dupond, dancer (La Bayadere), born in Paris, France
• 1960-05-16 Anne Parillaud, actress (Subway, Nikita, Innocent Blood), born in Paris, France
• 1960-08-12 Laurent Fignon, French cyclist (1983 & 1984 Tour de France), born in Paris (d. 2010)
• 1960-12-14 Bob Paris, American bodybuilder and gay rights advocate
• 1962-05-22 Andrew Donald Magee, PGA golfer (1988 Pensacola Open), born in Paris, France

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