** Georges Clemenceau becomes prime minister of France.

** Georges Bernanos, French writer ( b. 1888 )

** In Paris, French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet, in response to rumours ( which are true ) that he is seeking to end the French alliance system in Eastern Europe, gives a speech highlighting his government's commitment to the cordon sanitaire.

** In a response to Georges Bonnet's speech of January 26, German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, referring to Bonnet's alleged statement of December 6, 1938 accepting Eastern Europe as being in Germany's exclusive sphere of influence, protests that all French security commitments in that region are " now off limits ".

** At a meeting in Paris, French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet meets with Soviet Ambassador Jakob Suritz, and suggests that a " peace front " comprising France, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, Poland and Romania would deter Germany from war.

** Georges Ricard-Cordingley, French painter ( b. 1873 )

** Georges Bégué and others escape from the Mauzac prison camp.

** Georges Clemenceau, Premier of France ( b. 1841 )

** The French paper L ' Express publishes a story of Georges Figon, who took part in the kidnapping of Mehdi Ben Barka.

** French police announce that Georges Figon has committed suicide, prior to his arrest for the kidnapping of Mehdi Ben Barka.

** Georges Duhamel, French author ( b. 1884 )

** The French National Assembly censures the proposed referendum to sanction presidential elections by popular mandate ; Prime Minister Georges Pompidou resigns, but President de Gaulle asks him to stay in office.

** French President Georges Pompidou visits the Soviet Union.

** Georges Bidault moves to Belgium where he receives political asylum.

** Georges Franju, French filmmaker ( b. 1912 )

** Georges Bizet's comic opera Djamileh premieres at the Opera-Comique in Paris, France.

** Georges Simenon, Belgian writer ( b. 1903 )

** Georges Danton, French Revolutionary leader ( executed ) ( b. 1759 )

** Georges Chastellain, Burgundian chronicler and poet

** Dumas fils ' La Princesse Georges

** AMP Building, Perth, Australia, see 140 St Georges Terrace

** Sport spearfishing became common in the Mediterranean, and spearfishers gradually developed the common sport diving mask and fins and snorkel, with Georges Beuchat in Marseille, France, which created the speargun and Italian sport spearfishers started using oxygen rebreathers.

** Georges Beuchat in France creates the first surface buoy.

** The first camera housing called Tarzan is released by Georges Beuchat,

** Claude ( 1514 – 1524 )

** Claude de la Colombière

** Claude the Thaumaturge

** The application of Boolean Algebra to relay circuit design was formalized by Claude Shannon in A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits

** Claude Debussy, French composer ( b. 1862 )

** Claude Simon, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 2005 )

** Claude Lelièvre, Belgian Commissioner for Children Rights

** Claude Vorilhon, French-born ' messenger ' of Raelism

** Claude Grahame-White, British aviation pioneer ( b. 1879 )

** Claude Julien, Canadian ice hockey coach

** Claude Elwood Shannon, American information theorist ( d. 2001 )

** Claude Gallimard, French editor

** Claude Gauvreau, Canadian writer ( b. 1925 )

** Claude Cahun, French photographer and writer ( d. 1954 )

** Claude Chabrol, French film director ( d. 2010 )

** La Marseillaise, the French national anthem, is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.

** Claude Garamond, French publisher ( b. 1480 )

** Claude Fauchet, French revolutionary leader ( executed ) ( b. 1754 )

** Claude Garamond, French publisher ( d. 1561 )

** Claude Humbert Piarron de Chamousset, French philanthropist ( d. 1773 )

** Claude Le Jeune, French composer ( d. 1600 )

** The Concert-Julian Chagrin and Claude Chagrin

** The Morning Spider-Julian Chagrin and Claude Chagrin

** Pelléas, Pelléas et Mélisande ( Claude Debussy )