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French statesman Félix Faure

François Félix Faure ( January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 335 days remaining, (336 in leap years). Events 1649 - King Charles I of England is beheaded. 1790 - The first boat specialized as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne. 1820 - Edward Bransfield lands on... 30 January 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). Events January 26 - The Hong Kong. Later during the year, the first census of the island recorded a population of about 7,500. February 18 - The first ongoing filibuster in the United States Senate begins and... 1841– February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 318 days remaining (319 in leap years). Events 1742 - Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister. 1804 - First Barbary War: Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate Philadelphia. 1838... 16 February 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). Events January January 1 - End of Spanish rule in Cuba. January 1 - Queens and Staten Island merge with New York City. January 3 - The first known use of the word automobile, in an editorial in the New York... 1899) was The President of France, known officially as the President of the Republic (Président de la République in French), is Frances elected Head of State. Four of Frances five republics have had presidents as their heads of state, making the French presidency the oldest presidency... President of France from 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). Events January January 5 - Dreyfus Affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devils Island. February February 14 - First showing of Oscar Wildes last play The Importance of... 1895 to his death in 1899.

He was born in The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. Paris is the capital city of France, as well as the capital of the Île-de-France région, whose territory encompasses Paris and its suburbs. The city of Paris proper is also a dé... Paris, being the son of a small furniture maker. Having started as a Tanner might refer to Väinö Tanner, renowned Finnish politician the profession of tanning This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. If an article link referred you here, you might want to go back and fix it... tanner and merchant at Location within France Le Havre is a city in Normandy, northern France, on the English Channel, at the mouth of the Seine. Population of the city ( commune) at the 1999 census was 190,905 inhabitants (186,700 inhabitants as of February 2004 estimates). Population of the whole metropolitan area ( aire... Le Havre, he acquired considerable wealth, was elected to the The National Assembly is the name of either a legislature, or the lower house of a bicameral legislature in some countries. The best known, if not first, National Assembly, was that established following the French Revolution in 1789, known as the Assemblée Nationale. Consequently, the name is particularly common... National Assembly on the 21st of August Events January - April January 16-24 ? Siege of Geok Tepe ? Russian troops under general Skobeleff defeat Turkomans January 25 - Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company February 5 - Phoenix, Arizona is incorporated. February 13 - First issue of the feminist newspaper La Citoyenne is published... 1881, and took his seat as a member of the Left, interesting himself chiefly in matters concerning economics, railways and the navy. In November 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). Events February 2 - The Knights of Columbus are formed in New Haven, Connecticut February 7 - In Mississippi City the last heavyweight boxing championship bareknuckle fight takes place. February 14 - Llanelli Conservative Association founded. March 2 – Robert Maclean... 1882 he became under-secretary for the colonies in Jules Ferry, French statesman Jules François Camille Ferry (April 5, 1832 - March 17, 1893) was a French statesman. Born in Saint-Dié, in the Vosges département, France, he studied law, and was called to the bar at Paris, but soon went into politics, contributing to various newspapers, particularly... Ferry's ministry, and retained the post till 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events January January 4 - The first successful appendectomy is performed by Dr. William W. Grant on Mary Gartside. January 20 - L.A. Thompson patents the roller coaster. January 26 - Troops loyal to the Mahdi conquer Khartoum February February 5 - King Leopold II... 1885. He held the same post in French statesman Pierre Tirard Pierre Emmanuel Tirard (September 27, 1827 - November 4, 1893) was a French politician. He was born to French parents in Geneva, Switzerland. After studying in his native town, Tirard became a civil engineer. After five years of government service he resigned to become a jewel merchant... Tirard's ministry in 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). In Germany, 1888 is known as the 1888 Year of Three Emperors. Events January 3 - 91cm telescope first used at Lick Observatory January 12 ? Blizzards in Dakota and Montana, Minnesota, Nebraska and Texas - 235 dead, many... 1888, and in Events January 1 - Japan accepts the Gregorian calendar January 2 - Introduction by Webb C. Ball of the General Railroad Timepiece Standards in North America: Railroad chronometers January 13 - The UK has its first meeting. January 17 - American sugar planters overthrow the government of Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii February 1 - Thomas... 1893 was made vice-president of the chamber.

In 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). Events January 7 - W.K. Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film. January 8 - A fire at the Worlds Columbian Exposition in Chicago causes a good deal of damage. January 9 - New England Telephone and Telegraph... 1894 he obtained cabinet rank as One of ancien régime Frances Secretaries of State was entrusted with control of the French Navy. In 1791, this title was changed to Minister of Marine. Before the 1890s, this position also usually had responsibility for Frances colonies, and was usually known as Minister of Marine and... minister of marine in the administration of French politician Charles Dupuy Charles Alexandre Dupuy (November 5, 1851 _ 1923) was a French statesman, three times prime minister. He was born at Le Puy, where his father was a minor official. After a period as a professor of philosophy in the provinces, he was appointed a school inspector... Charles Dupuy. In the January following he was unexpectedly elected President of the Republic upon the resignation of President Casimir-Périer. The principal cause of his elevation was the determination of the various sections of the moderate republican party to exclude Eugène Henri Brisson (July 31, 1835 - April 14, 1912) was a French statesman, prime minister of France for a period in 1885-1886 and again in 1898. He was born at Bourges, and followed his father’s profession of advocate. Having made his mark in opposition during the... Henri Brisson, who had had a majority of votes on the first ballot, but had failed to obtain an absolute majority. To accomplish this end it was necessary to unite among themselves, and union could only be secured by the nomination of some one who offended nobody. Faure answered perfectly to this description.

His fine presence and his tact on ceremonial occasions rendered the state some service when in 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). Events January - April January 4 - Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. January 5 - An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays. January 12 - H... 1896 he received the Tsar Nicholas II ( 18 May 1868 – 17 July 1918)1 was the last crowned Emperor of Russia. He ruled from 1894 until his abdication in 1917. Nicholas proved unequal to the combined tasks of managing a country in political turmoil and commanding its army in the largest international war... Tsar of Russia at Paris, and in Events January 1 - Brooklyn, New York merges with New York City. January 4 - A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosheri, son-in-law of the Oba of Benin. This leads to a Punitive Expedition against Benin. February 2 - Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania state capitol, is destroyed by fire. February 18... 1897 returned his visit, after which meeting the momentous The Franco-Russian Alliance, originally a secret agreement, was signed in January 1894 between France and Russia. It resulted from discussions that had first began in 1891, after Germany decided in 1890 not to renew the 1887 Reinsurance Treaty with Russia, despite Russian requests to renew it. Russia was feeling... Franco-Russian Alliance was publicly announced.

The latter days of Faure's presidency were embittered by the Alfred Dreyfus in an army uniform, wearing a mustache. The Dreyfus Affair was a political scandal which divided France for many years during the late 19th century. It centered on the 1894 treason conviction of Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish artillery officer in the French army. Dreyfus was, in fact, innocent... Dreyfus affair, which he was determined to regard as chose jugée. But at a critical moment in the proceedings his death occurred suddenly, from Apoplexy is an old-fashioned medical term, generally used interchangeably with cerebrovascular accident (CVA or stroke) but having other meanings as well. Stroke The use of apoplexy for the term stroke is derived from the fact that many patients lose consciousness during the acute stage of the vascular compromise (either... apoplexy, on the 16th of February 1899. With all his faults, and in spite of no slight amount of personal vanity, President Faure was a shrewd political observer and a good man of business. After his death, some alleged extracts from his private journals, dealing with French policy, were published in the Paris press.

Today, he is mostly remembered for dying while having sex with Marguerite Jeanne Meg Steinheil, née Japy (April 16, 1869 - July 17, 1954) was a French woman famous in connection with the deaths of President Félix Faure and her own husband and stepmother. Born in Beaucourt, in the Territoire de Belfort, in a rich industrial family, she married the... Marguerite Steinheil.

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