François Vatel ( Events February 5 - Roger Williams emigrates to Boston. May 10 - During the Thirty Years War imperial troops storm the German city of Magdeburg and commit a massacre. About 20,000 inhabitants are killed. May 18 - In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor... 1631–April Events May 9 - Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. He is immediately caught because he is too drunk to run with the loot. He would later be condemned to death and then mysteriously pardoned and exiled by King Charles... 1671) is famous for supposedly having invented This article is about cream, the food item. There are articles on the colour cream, the 1960s rock band Cream and the nightclub Cream. Cream is a dairy product that is composed of the higher-fat layer skimmed from the top of raw milk before homogenization. In the raw milk... whipped cream for an extravagant banquet for 2,000 people in honor of Louis XIV King of France and Navarre By Hyacinthe Rigaud (1701) Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné) (September 5, 1638–September 1, 1715) reigned as King of France and King of Navarre from May 14, 1643 until his death. He was a minor when he inherited the Crown; he did not... Louis XIV. At this same banquet, in April 1671, the consumate perfectionist Vatel was so distrought about the lateness of the fish meal (and other mishaps) that he committed suicide. According to some versions of the story, his body was discovered by an aide who came to tell him of the fish meal's arrival.

It is likely that he did not actually invent whipped cream for this occasion, and that whipped cream had been known long before that. The drama and subsequent description of the meal by guests helped to popularize whipped cream for use in desserts.

The 2000 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE55Fixes.css; @import /skins/monobook/IE60Fixes.css; /**/ 2000 From Wikipedia 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. Popular culture also holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd... 2000 film Vatel by Roland Joffé popularized the event. Gérard Depardieu (born December 27, 1948;  pronunciation?) is a French actor. He was born in Chateauroux, Centre, France, the son of a sheet metal worker. His acting career started in the 1970s and by the early 1980s, he was one of the leading French actors gaining much... Gérard Depardieu played Vatel.