* 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Ayyubids of Egypt capture King Louis IX of France in the Battle of Fariskur.

* 1580 – One of the largest earthquakes recorded in the history of England, Flanders, or Northern France, takes place.

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

* 1450 – Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years ' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English forces, ending English domination in Northern France.

* 1803 – Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $ 15 million, more than doubling the size of the young nation.

* 1245 – Philip III of France ( d. 1285 )

* 1172 – Henry the Young King and Margaret of France are crowned as junior king and queen of England.

* 1593 – Pierre Barrière fails in his attempt to assassinate King Henry IV of France.

* 1810 – Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy defeats the British Royal Navy, preventing them from taking the harbour of Grand Port on Île de France.

* 1644 – Louise de La Vallière, French mistress of Louis XIV of France ( d. 1710 )

* 1516 – The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed.

* 1792 – King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.

* 1960 – The Central African Republic declares independence from France.

* 1962 – Representatives from the Russian Orthodox Church and Vatican City meet in Metz, France, and come to an agreement wherein the Russian church would send observers to the Second Vatican Council and in exchange, the Roman Catholic Church would refuse to condemn Communism.

* 1830 – Charles X of France abdicates the throne in favor of his grandson Henri.

* 2005 – Air France Flight 358, lands at Toronto Pearson International Airport, and runs off the runway causing the plane to burst into flames leaving 12 injuries and no fatalities.

* 1960 – Dahomey ( later renamed Benin ) declares independence from France.

* 881 – Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu: Louis III of France defeats the Vikings, an event celebrated in the poem Ludwigslied.

* 1914 – World War I: Germany declares war against France.

* 1960 – Niger gains independence from France.

* 1802 – Napoleon Bonaparte signs a general amnesty to allow all but about one thousand of the most notorious émigrés of the French Revolution to return to France, as part of a reconciliary gesture with the factions of the Ancien Regime and to eventually consolidate his own rule.

* 1803 – Thousands of meteor fragments fall from the skies of L ' Aigle, France ; the event convinces European science that meteors exist.

" Everyday Life and the Challenge to History in Postwar France: Braudel, Lefebvre, Certeau ," Diacritics, Volume 33, Number 1, Spring 2003, pp. 23 – 40 in Project Muse

* 1908 – Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France.

* 1319 – John II of France ( d. 1364 )

Launched in early 2011, this show is broadcast weekly into the Gascony region of the south west of France, as well as to the rest of France via Internet streaming.

Launched in France on 3 April 2006, Virgin Mobile is the fourth mobile operator on the French market with over 2 million customers.

Launched in France in 1969, it is marketed against scouring powders such as Vim, as a creamy and hence protective but powerful domestic cleaner.

Launched as Festival, the channel took its current name in 2005, to match that of the other France Télévisions channels.

Launched by United States President George W. Bush in May 2003 at a meeting in Kraków, Poland, the PSI has now grown to include the endorsement of 98 nations around the world, including Russia, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, New Zealand, Republic of Korea and Norway.

In France, an " Antibiotics are not automatic " government campaign started in 2002 and led to a marked reduction of unnecessary antibacterial prescriptions, especially in children.

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Clinical trials were halted temporarily in 2002, but resumed after regulatory review of the protocol in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Germany.

* Holt, Mack P. Renaissance and Reformation France: 1500 – 1648 ( 2002 ) excerpt and text search

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His predecessors were Antonio Cassese of Italy ( 1993 – 1997 ), Gabrielle Kirk McDonald of the United States ( 1997 – 1999 ), Claude Jorda of France ( 1999 – 2002 ), Theodor Meron of the United States ( 2002 – 2005 ), Fausto Pocar of Italy ( 2005 – 2008 ) and Patrick Robinson of Jamaica ( 2008-2011 ).

In 2002, a new treaty between France and Monaco clarifies that if there are no heirs to carry on the dynasty, the Principality will remain an independent nation, rather than be annexed by France.

An international agreement was signed in 2002 in Ghent, Belgium about the management of the river amongst France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Belgium.

* Fathi Ben Mrad: Sociologie des pratiques de médiation: Entre principes et compétences, Paris, France, édition L ' Harmattan, 2002.

In an October 2002 visit to France, he slipped in a bathroom, bruising his ribs, and on 21 June 2003, while in France for a medical check-up, he broke his femur.

In 2002, United States Military Academy ( West Point ) cadets opened the Bastille Day Military Parade, Paris, France, as guest troops.

In the 2002 French presidential election, the two contenders described by the media as having the possibility to win were Jacques Chirac and Lionel Jospin, who represented the largest two political parties in France at the time.

* Partners: United States 30 %, Zambia 30 %, Ecuador 20 %, France 10 % ( 2002 )

* Partners: Zambia 62. 3 %, France 21. 7 %, Canada 13. 2 % ( 2002 )

It was acquired by France Telecom ( through Atlas Services Belgium, 100 % shares ) and rebranded to Orange Slovakia on March 27, 2002.

( 2002 ) Power and Border Lordship in Medieval France: the County of the Perche, 1000 – 1226.

While not being present in the national parliaments of France and the United Kingdom, Jean-Marie Le Pen of the National Front came second in the first round of the 2002 French presidential elections, and in the 2009 European Parliament election, the UK Independence Party came second, beating even the Labour Party, while the British National Party managed to win two seats for the first time.

* Paul Gauthier, France ( 1914 – 2002 )

In 2002, as part of the reshuffling of the ecclesiastic provinces of France, the Archdiocese of Avignon ceased to be a metropolitan and became, instead a suffragan diocese of the new province of Marseilles, while keeping its rank of archdiocese.

He has not neglected to work in French productions either — e. g., Les Visiteurs ( 1993 ) ( which was later remade in English as Just Visiting in 2001 ), The Crimson Rivers ( 2000 ) and Jet Lag ( Décalage horaire ) by Danièle Thompson ( 2002 ), which was also a box-office success in France.