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French armed officers spark Italy migrant row. Turin
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French officer who offered himself for a hostage now fights for his life 
Map of Tr%E8bes France The gunman killed three people and wounded 16 others when he stole a car, fired at police officers and took hostages in a supermarket
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France kidnap heist nets thieves 'millions' from cash van
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Deadly storm blasts across Europe, killing three. Basque
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Marseille attack: 2 women stabbed to death
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Body parts found in Alps may be linked to long-ago Air India crashes |
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| May.28 |
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Cannes Film Festival: The Square wins Palme d'Or |
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Far-right's Le Pen rails against globalisation
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Centrist rising star Macron urges unity
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French Alps cable cars rescue due to resume
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France rail crash: Dozens hurt as train hits tree in hailstorm |
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Wildfires in southern France threaten Marseille |
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Tour de France: Chris Froome set to win third title |
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| Jul.21 |
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Nice attack: Prosecutor says suspect had accomplices |
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85 dead as truck hits crowd in Nice 
Map of Promenade des Anglais Nice France 307 more injured when a 19 tonne cargo truck was deliberately driven into crowds celebrating Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais
| The truck driver had been shot dead. Mayor Christian Estrosi said that 'a lorry driver appears to have killed dozens of people', droving two kilometres (1.2 miles) through a large crowd
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Tour de France 2016: Flying Froome takes yellow |
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France stuns Germany to make Euro 2016 final As it did in 1984 and again in 1998, France reached the final of a home football tournament after stunning world champion Germany 2-0
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Ronaldo fires Portugal past Wales and into Euro 2016 final
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Portugal defeats Poland in penalty kicks to reach semifinal |
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Iceland knocked out England England suffered their worst humiliation since they were knocked out of the 1950 World Cup by USA in Brazil. England manager Roy Hodgson res...
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Belgium pulls away from Hungary, reaches Euro 2016 quarterfinals |
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Griezmann leads France back from deficit to beat Ireland |
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| Jun.22 |
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Ronaldo's roller-coaster Euro group stage ends with heroics |
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| Jun.21 |
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Croatia stuns reigning champion Spain to top Group D |
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| Jun.19 |
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Albania beats Romania 1-0 for 1st Euro 2016 win |
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Lukaku, Witsel lead Belgium in Euro 2016 rebound vs. Ireland |
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Italy's defensive message gives Sweden deep burn |
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Spain coasts into Euro 2016 knockout stage with rout of Turkey |
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| Jun.14 |
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Portugal held to shock draw by tiny Iceland |
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Spain's Gerard Pique header sinks Czech Republic |
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| Jun.12 |
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Northern Ireland loses out to Poland |
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Euro 2016: Russia, England threatened with disqualification over violence
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Euro 2016: England stunned by Russia equalizer as violence flares |
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| Jun.11 |
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Gareth Bale stars as Wales defeats Slovakia to make history |
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| Mar.27 |
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Skier falls from lift in French Pyrenees |
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| Feb.1 |
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Rescuers tow capsized cargo ship before it hits French coast
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| Jan.31 |
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Experts in last attempt to salvage drifting ship off France |
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| Jan.18 |
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Avalanche killed five French Foreign Legionnaires |
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| Jan.13 |
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Avalanche swamps students in French Alps; 3 dead |
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| Jan.7 |
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French daredevil plummets to death in stunt gone wrong |
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2 Lithuanian climbers killed in French Alps avalanche |
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Muslim prayer hall attacked in Corsica |
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| Oct.23 |
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France bus crash: 43 Pensioners killed in truck collision
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| Oct.4 |
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France floods: 16 dead on Riviera after storms
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| Aug.4 |
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Picasso 'national treasure' seized by French customs |
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Suspected Flight 370 wing flap arrives at French facility
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| Jul.17 |
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F1 driver Jules Bianchi dies from crash injuries |
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| Jul.16 |
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France terror suspects plotted to behead military staffer |
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| Jun.26 |
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Suspect detained after beheading, explosion in France |
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| Jun.11 |
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Germanwings crash: French prosecutors open new probe
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| May.31 |
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John Kerry breaks leg in bicycle crash in France |
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| May.24 |
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Cannes Palme d'Or awarded to French film Dheepan |
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| Apr.4 |
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Investigators finished at Germanwings Flight 9525 crash site
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| Mar.26 |
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Germanwings co-pilot 'wanted to destroy plane' The co-pilot of the Germanwings flight that crashed in the French Alps, named as Andreas Lubitz, appeared to want to 'destroy the plane'
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Germanwings: Victims' families to visit site |
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Pilot was locked out of cockpit moments before plane crashed
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| Mar.24 |
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Searchers recover ‘black box’ after jet crashes in French Alps
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Germanwings airliner 4U 9525 crashes in French Alps Map of Digne France Airbus A320 airliner has crashed in the French Alps. The flight 4U 9525 had been en route from Barcelona to Duesseldorf with 144 passengers and 6 crew
| No one is expected to have survived. The plane crashed after an 8-minute descent. The passengers included a German school class on its way back from an exchange trip
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Attacker stabs two soldiers in Nice, France |
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| Jan.10 |
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France attacks: Huge marches for victims |
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| Nov.27 |
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Riviera rains leave at least 1 dead in flooding |
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| Jul.17 |
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Two trains collide in French city, leaving 25 injured
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| Jul.4 |
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Teacher stabbed, killed in front of students in France |
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| Jun.16 |
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Michael Schumacher 'out of coma' |
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| May.31 |
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Frenchman 'held over Brussels killings'
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| May.24 |
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Cannes 2014: Winter Sleep wins Palme d'Or |
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| Feb.8 |
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Rock strike kills two on Alps train |
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| Feb.5 |
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Cargo ship splits on French coast |
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| Jan.19 |
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Deaths as floods hit southern France |
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| Dec.31 |
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Michael Schumacher shows slight improvement |
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| Dec.30 |
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Schumacher family in bedside vigil |
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Schumacher 'fighting for his life' |
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| Dec.29 |
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Schumacher critical after ski fall |
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Schumacher injured in skiing accident in France Map of Meribel France Seven-time Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher has suffered a head injury while skiing in Meribel, France
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| Dec.21 |
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French chateau sale ends in tragedy |
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| Oct.15 |
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French bull gores cyclist to death |
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| Oct.13 |
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National Front party wins bellwether by-election |
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| Aug.11 |
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French serviceman 'in mosque plot' |
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| Jul.29 |
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Stolen Cannes jewels worth close to $136M |
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| Jul.28 |
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Cannes thief in jewel heist An armed man has stolen jewels worth about 40m euros at the Carlton Hotel in the French Riviera resort of Cannes, officials say
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| Jun.29 |
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Tour de Farce first stage disrupted by errant team bus |
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| May.29 |
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First gay couple to wed in France
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| May.26 |
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Lesbian drama wins top Cannes prize
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| May.17 |
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Police: $1 million in Chopard jewels stolen from hotel
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'Slaughter at Chevaline' probe expands |
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| Sep.6 |
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Young girl found alive among dead bodies in France |
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French gun victims 'UK tourists' Three of the four victims of a shooting in a quiet area near Lake Annecy in the French Alps appear to have been British tourists
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| Mar.30 |
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19 arrested in French police raids
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| Mar.22 |
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Suspect in French terror attacks dead
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| Mar.21 |
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Blasts at site of Toulouse siege |
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| Mar.20 |
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Raid on Toulouse shooting suspect |
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| Mar.19 |
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Huge manhunt after French attacks |
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4 killed in shooting at French Jewish school Map of Toulouse France| A teacher and three children were gunned down at Ozar Hatorah. It's the third time in the 10 days that a gunman on a motorcycle has fired on minorities. French police are linking the shootings of four people at a Jewish school in Toulouse... | |
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Soldiers shot dead in French town |
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| Jan.26 |
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PIP breast implant boss charged
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Sarkozy warns of disintegration |
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| Sep.12 |
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Explosion reported at French nuclear site
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| Jun.26 |
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6 bodies found in French Alps |
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Grenoble rioters shoot at police |
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| Nov.20 |
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Large Hadron Collider restarts |
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| Jan.24 |
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1.5 million homes suffered power cuts |
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French search for stolen Semtex |
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Riot erupts in Lyon city centre |
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| Jun.4 |
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Rescuers fight Alpine tunnel fire |
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Largest passenger jet unveiled The Airbus A380 has been introduced near the city of Toulouse, in the presence of 4 European leaders
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Valencia win Uefa Cup over Marseille |
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Anger at Toulouse blast location |
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Factory blast kills 17
before year 2000
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| Jul. 2, 1940 |
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Vichy Government set up in France Map of Vichy France| It was the pro-Axis government headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain from 1940 to 1944 during World War II | |
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| Dec. 12, 1917 |
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Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne derailment a railway accident involving a troop train carrying at least 1,000 French soldiers on their way home for leave from the Italian front
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| Feb. 25, 1841 |
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Pierre August Renoir born Map of Limoges France A French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style; celebrator of beauty, and especially feminine sensuality
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| Feb. 20, 1808 |
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Honore Daumier, artist, born Map of Marseille France A French printmaker, caricaturist, painter, and sculptor, whose many works offer commentary on social and political life in France in the 19th century
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| Aug. 2, 1787 |
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Horace Saussure reaches summit of Mt. Blanc Horace-Bénédict de Saussure was a Swiss aristocrat, physicist and Alpine traveller, often considered the founder of alpinism
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| Jun. 5, 1783 |
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First fire balloon ascent by Montgolfier Brothers Map of Annonay France The brothers succeeded in launching the first manned ascent, carrying Étienne into the sky. Their father Pierre was elevated to the nobility
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Napoleon Bonaparte born Map of Ajaccio Corsica France| Born to Carlo Maria di Buonaparte and Maria Letizia Ramolino in his family's ancestral home, in Ajaccio, the capital of the island of Corsica. He was a French military and political leader who rose to pr... | |
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| Jun. 19, 1623 |
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Blaise Pascal born A French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Christian philosopher. He made important contributions to the study of fluids
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| Feb. 28, 1533 |
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Michael Eyquem Montaigne born Michel de Montaigne was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance, known for popularizing the essay as a literary g...
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End of Papal Babylonian Captivity The Avignon Papacy, during which 7 successive Popes resided in Avignon, rather than in Rome
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| Jan. 6, 1367 |
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Richard II, King of England, born Richard II, also known as Richard of Bordeaux, was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed on 30 September 1399
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Pope Urban II preaches First Crusade Map of Clermont France The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a number of crusades that attempted to capture the Holy Lands called by Pope Urban II
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