* P. Remacle's collection – Greek with French translation

Most commentators consider Marcel Mauss ( 1872 – 1950 ), nephew of the influential sociologist Émile Durkheim, to be the founder of the French anthropological tradition.

It is named after André-Marie Ampère ( 1775 – 1836 ), French mathematician and physicist, considered the father of electrodynamics.

Mont Blanc spans the French – Italian border, and at is the highest mountain in the Alps.

* 1793 – During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.

* 1651 – André Dacier, French scholar ( d. 1722 )

* 1671 – Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet ( d. 1741 )

* 1672 – André Cardinal Destouches, French composer ( d. 1749 )

* 1706 – Louis de Cahusac, French playwright and librettist, and Freemason ( d. 1759 )

* 1741 – Nicolas Chamfort, French writer ( d. 1794 )

* 1820 – Nadar, French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist and balloonist ( d. 1910 )

* 1826 – Gustave Moreau, French painter ( d. 1898 )

* 1851 – Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer ( d. 1932 )

* 1861 – Stanislas de Guaita, French occultist ( d. 1897 )

* 1898 – Jeanne Hébuterne, French artist, the wife of Amedeo Modigliani ( d. 1920 )

* 1902 – Julien Torma, French writer, playwright and poet ( d. 1933 )

* 1947 – André Weinfeld, French and American Film Director / Producer

* 1949 – Patrick Hernandez, French singer and songwriter

* 1960 – Batem, French comic book artist

* 1984 – Michaël Ciani, French footballer

* 1526 – Muretus, French humanist ( d. 1585 )

* 1713 – Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French writer ( d. 1796 )

* 1748 – Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist ( d. 1836 )

* 1869 – Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer ( d. 1922 )

* 1924 – Raymond Barre, French politician, Prime Minister of France ( d. 2007 )

* 1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins – in Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.

* 1865 – American Civil War: The Battle of Sayler's Creek – Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia.

* 1892 – The General Electric Company is formed.

* 1776 – The Battle of Long Island: in what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.

* 1985 – The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida.

* 70 – Jewish revolts against the Romans caused the Roman General Titus, later who became Caesar, to besiege the city.

* 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain – At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.

* 1942 – Major General Eugene Reybold of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the " Development of Substitute Materials " project, better known as the Manhattan Project.

* 1933 – Joycelyn Elders, American physician, 15th Surgeon General of the United States

* 1703 – Lorenzo Ricci, Italian religious leader, 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus ( d. 1775 )

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* 1865 – American Civil War: Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrenders his army to General William Tecumseh Sherman at the Bennett Place near Durham, North Carolina.

* 1945 – World War II: Filipino troops of the 66th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL and the American troops of the 33rd and 37th Infantry Division, United States Army was liberated in Baguio City and they fought against the Japanese forces under by General Tomoyuki Yamashita.

In the Battle of Abensberg on 19 – 20 April 1809, Napoleon gained a significant victory over the Austrians under Archduke Louis of Austria and General Johann von Hiller.

The Synod of Dort ( 1618 – 19 ) was called by the States General to consider the Five Articles of Remonstrance.

The first Baptists – called " General Baptists " because of their confession of a " general " or unlimited atonement, were Arminians.