Charles Pathé, born December 26, 1863 - died December 26, 1957, was a major French pioneer of the film and recording industries. December 26 is the 360th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, 361st in leap years. ... 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... December 26 is the 360th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, 361st in leap years. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The son of a butcher shop owner, Charles Pathé was born at Chevry-Cossigny, in the Seine-et-Marne départment of France. In 1894, together with his brother Émile, he formed Pathé Records. Two years later they created the Société Pathé Frères to enter the motion picture production and distribution business. Both companies would become a dominant international force in their respective industries. Seine-et-Marne is a French département, named after the Seine and the Marne rivers, and located in the Île-de-France région. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties and are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas régions. ... The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ... 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of...

In 1929, Charles Pathé sold out his interest in the businesses and retired to Monaco where he died in 1957. 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Principality of Monaco or Monaco (French: Principauté de Monaco or Monaco; Monegasque: Munegu or Principatu de Munegu) is a city state and the second-smallest country in the world, wedged in between the Mediterranean Sea and France along the French Riviera or Côte dAzur (The Blue Coast). ...