* November 13 – Luc-Olivier Merson, French painter and illustrator ( b. 1846 )

* May 21 – Luc-Olivier Merson, French painter ( d. 1920 )

* November 13-Luc-Olivier Merson, French painter ( b. 1846 )

Luc-Olivier Merson ( 21 May 1846 – 13 November 1920 ) was a French academic painter and illustrator also known for his postage stamp and currency designs.

The " Type Merson " design of 1900 was still being used in 1927 for the French post offices in Egypt ; Merson's name is barely visible in the lower left of the frame.

By 1900 Merson was designing postage stamps for the French post and the Monaco post.

In recognition of his contribution to French culture, Luc-Olivier Merson was awarded the Legion of Honor.

Also during this period, it is reported that Merson held under his tutelage French painter Henri Alphonse Barnoin.

The most popular type of pastry is said to be that of medialunas, based upon French croissants.

The whiteface clown, or clown blanc from the original French, is seemingly dignified and serious, is the most ancient type of clown.

The name is possibly derived from a type of firearm ( called a dragon ) carried by dragoons of the French Army.

The anti-torpedo boat origin of this type of ship is retained in its name in other languages, including French ( contre-torpilleur ), Italian ( cacciatorpediniere ), Portuguese ( contratorpedeiro ), Polish ( kontrtorpedowiec ), Czech ( torpédoborec ), Greek ( antitorpiliko, αντιτορπιλικό ), and Dutch ( torpedobootjager ).

The older mixed Vulgate / Diatessaron text type also appears to have continued as a distinct tradition, as such texts appear to underlie surviving 13th-14th century Gospel harmonies in Middle Dutch, Middle High German, Middle French, Middle English, Tuscan and Venetian ; although no example of this hypothetical Latin sub-text has ever been identified.

However, in 1900 the French scientist Paul Villard discovered a third neutrally charged and especially penetrating type of radiation from radium, and after he described it, Rutherford realized it must be yet a third type of radiation, which in 1903 Rutherford named gamma rays.

An emperor ( through Old French empereor from Latin imperator ) is a ( male ) monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm.

French regional cuisines use locally grown vegetables, such as pomme de terre ( potato ), blé ( wheat ), haricots verts ( a type of French green bean ), carotte ( carrot ), poireau ( leek ), navet ( turnip ), aubergine ( eggplant ), courgette ( zucchini ), and échalotte ( shallot ).

In the late 19th century ( beginning about 1858 with the construction of prototypes by the British and French navies ), the armoured frigate was a type of ironclad warship and for a time was the most powerful type of vessel afloat.

The term " frigate " ( Italian: fregata ; Spanish / Catalan / Portuguese / Sicilian: fragata ; Dutch: fregat ; French: fregate ) originated in the Mediterranean in the late 15th century, referring to a lighter galleass type ship with oars, sails and a light armament, built for speed and maneuverability.

On 22 September 1804, Dessalines, preferring Napoleon's style rather than the more liberal yet vulnerable type of political government of the French Republican Radicals ( see liberalism and radicalism in France ), proclaimed himself Emperor Jacques I.

* Mitrailleuse-The French word for machine gun, but also a type of manual volley gun.

In July 1520, when scarcely four and a half years old, she entertained a visiting French delegation with a performance on the virginals ( a type of harpsichord ).

The main type was the German lied, Italian frottola, the French chanson, the Italian madrigal, and the Spanish villancico.

In 1900 the French scientist Paul Villard discovered a third neutrally charged and especially penetrating type of radiation from radium, and after he described it, Rutherford realized it must be yet a third type of radiation, which in 1903 Rutherford named gamma rays.

* Nouveau roman, a type of French novel

French Georges Leygues frigate | F70 type frigates ( here, FS La Motte-Picquet | La Motte-Picquet ) are fitted with VDS ( Variable Depth Sonar ) type DUBV43 or DUBV43C towed sonars

* Société par actions simplifiée, a type of French limited company

Political scientists such as French sociologist Maurice Duverger as well as American professor William H. Riker of the University of Rochester and others speculate that there are correlations between voting rules and type of party system.

Pliotrons were closely followed by the French ' R ' type which was in widespread use by the allied military by 1916.

The stamp collection assembled by French / Austrian aristocrat Philipp von Ferrary ( 1850 – 1917 ) at the beginning of the 20th century is widely considered the most complete stamp collection ever formed ( or likely to be formed ).

The French postal service issued a stamp in 2002 in his honour ; it was designed by Marc Taraskoff and engraved by Pierre Albuisson.

Numeral 70 identifying Boyle, County Roscommon | Boyle, diamond bars for IrelandA cancellation ( or cancel for short ; French: " oblitération ") is a postal marking applied on a postage stamp or postal stationery to deface the stamp and prevent its re-use.

Seven other designs created for the postal administrations of Morocco and French Polynesia, were not realized as a postage stamp.

In 2000, Dalida's longtime friend Charles Aznavour recorded the hit " De la scène à la Seine ", a joyful song of her life in France, and in 2002, the French government honoured her memory with a postage stamp done in commemoration of the 15th anniversary of her death.

* The French post office commemorated Fabre in 1956 with a stamp depicting a portrait of him.

These engravings spread their style beyond the Empire ; they helped put a French stamp on the English Regency style and influenced the connoisseur-designer, Henry Hope.

Schinkel was in a position to stamp his mark on Berlin after the catastrophe of the French occupation ended in 1813 ; his work on what is now the Altes Museum, Schauspielhaus, and the Neue Wache transformed that city.

The purpose of this academy was to professionalize the artists working for the French court and give them a stamp of approval that artists of the St. Luke's guild did not have.

The wreckage of World War II included the postage stamp production system, and the Allied occupation forces handled the situation in different ways ; the Soviets overprinted German stamps before issuing locally-printed stamps, while the American / British / French zone used stamps printed in the United States.

Tampon originated from the medieval French word tampion, meaning a piece of cloth to stop a hole, a stamp, plug, or stopper.

In 1943, French Indochina issued a postage stamp commemorating Garnier.

The 1889 unification of colonial administration first resulted in surcharges in January 1889, on the 35c French Colonies stamp, reading ( 8 January ) and ( 10 January ), where the " R " referred to the colonial governor P. Richaud, and the " D " to the postmaster at Saigon, General P. Demars.

A French postage stamp is issued representing works by Metzinger ( L ' Oiseau Bleu, 1913 ) and Gleizes ( Le Chant de Guerre, 1915 ).

Marianne made her first appearance on a French postage stamp in 1849 .< ref name = Sohn > Anne-Marie Sohn.

A French stamp overprinted for use in Pak-Hoi.

Some earlier 20th century stamps were issued only with face values expressed in French francs, but all later issues were overprinted with the equivalent of the stamp ’ s Chinese currency face value expressed in both French and Chinese.

In 1999, in honour of his work, the French government issued a 3. 00-franc postage stamp in Figeac.

* Marsupilami appears on a stamp created by the French Poste in 2003 ( n ° 3569 ).

French Colonies stamp 1859

Louis de Funès is portrayed on a postage stamp issued on 3 October 1998 by the French Post Office.