Le Petit Journal was a daily Parisian newspaper that appeared between 1863 and 1944. It was founded by Moïse Polydore Millaud. 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar). ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

In its columns were published several serial novels of Émile Gaboriau and of Ponson du Terrail. Émile Gaboriau (November 9, 1832 - September 28, 1873), was a French writer, novelist, and journalist, and a pioneer of modern detective fiction. ...

At its apogee, about 1890, its circulation attained millions of copies.

As early as 1884, it included a weekly illustrated supplement (circulation about 1 million copies in 1895).

Athletic competitions

Le Petit Journal organized the first automobile race in history: the 1894 Paris-Rouen Horseless Carriage Competition (Concours des Voitures sans Chevaux). The race was won by Count Jules de Dion on a De Dion-Bouton. City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... Rouen Cathedral The entrance to Rouen Cathedral Abbey church of Saint-Ouen, (chevet) in Rouen Rouen, medieval house Rouen (pronounced in French, sometimes also ) is the historical capital city of Normandy, in northwestern France on the River Seine, and presently the capital of the Haute-Normandie (Upper Normandy) région. ... A De Dion-Bouton from 1899, from a French museum in Paris [1] De Dion-Bouton was a French automobile manufacturer operating from 1883 to 1932. ...

Le Petit Journal also created in 1891 the Paris-Brest-Paris road cycling race. Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... Paris-Brest-Paris (PBP) is an approximately 1200km randonnée bicycle ride held on an out-and-back course between Paris and Brest, France, every four years. ... Road bicycle racing is a popular bicycle racing sport held on the road (following the geography of the area), using racing bicycles. ...