Major academic sculptors of France are represented in the sculpture of the Arc de Triomphe: Jean-Pierre Cortot ; François Rude ; Antoine Étex ; James Pradier and Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire.

Napoleon's son Napoleon François Charles Joseph ( 1811 – 1832 ) was created king of Rome ( 1811 – 1814 ) and was later styled Napoleon II by loyalists of the dynasty, though he only ruled for two weeks after his father's abdication.

#* Napoléon ( II ) François Joseph Charles Bonaparte ( 1811 – 1832 ) Napoléon II, son of Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria of the Habsburg dynasty

The best known composers from this period are Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven ; other notable names include Luigi Boccherini, Muzio Clementi, Antonio Soler, Antonio Salieri, François Joseph Gossec, Johann Stamitz, Carl Friedrich Abel, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and Christoph Willibald Gluck.

The day after that ( Tuesday ), Verdi's father took his newborn the three miles to Busseto, where the baby was recorded as Joseph Fortunin François ; the clerk wrote in French.

* 1822 – Joseph Louis François Bertrand, French mathematician ( d. 1900 )

* 1733 – François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, Austrian field marshal ( d. 1798 )

* January 14 – François Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasetilly, comte de Grasse, French admiral ( b. 1722 )

** Joseph Louis François Bertrand, French mathematician ( b. 1822 )

** François Joseph Westermann, French Revolutionary leader and general ( executed )

* December 26 – François Joseph Lagrange-Chancel, French dramatist and satirist ( b. 1677 )

* July 21 – François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, Austrian field marshal ( b. 1733 )

* October 14 – François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, Austrian field marshal ( d. 1798 )

The Battle of the Chesapeake, also known as the Battle of the Virginia Capes or simply the Battle of the Capes, was a crucial naval battle in the American War of Independence that took place near the mouth of Chesapeake Bay on 5 September 1781, between a British fleet led by Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Graves and a French fleet led by Rear Admiral François Joseph Paul, comte de Grasse.

Since either of these options would require the assistance of the French fleet then in the West Indies, a ship was dispatched to meet with French Rear Admiral François Joseph Paul, comte de Grasse who was expected at Cap-Français ( now known as Cap-Haïtien, Haiti ), outlining the possibilities and requesting his assistance.

François Joseph Paul de Grasse | François Joseph Paul, comte de Grasse, coloured engraving by Antoine Maurin

Oscar I ( born Joseph François Oscar Bernadotte ; 4 July 1799 – 8 July 1859 ) was King of Sweden and Norway from 1844 to his death.

In 1840, François Arago, the director of the Paris Observatory, suggested to the French mathematician Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier that he work on the topic of the planet Mercury's orbital motion around the Sun.

On 22 October 1781, the queen gave birth to Louis Joseph Xavier François, who bore the title Dauphin of France, as was customary for the eldest son of the King of France.

In the 19th century, Joseph Charles François de Rey-Pailhade proposed using the centiday, abbreviated cé, divided into 10 decicés, 100 centicés, 1000 millicés.

Joseph Pujol was born in Marseille and was one of five children of François ( a stonemason and sculptor ) and Rose Pujol.

Lekain also protested against the method of sing-song declamation which was prevalent, and endeavoured to correct the costuming of the plays, although unable to obtain the historic accuracy at which François Joseph Talma aimed.

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In this period famous actors like François Joseph Talma and singers like Maria Malibran performed at la Monnaie.

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She was " discovered " by François Joseph Talma at Brussels in 1820, when she played Joas with him in Athalie.

On 15 March 2003 rebels who controlled part of the country moved into Bangui and installed their commander, General François Bozizé, as president, while President Patassé was out of the country.

The government was deposed in 15 March 2003 by forces under the rebel leader François Bozizé, who promised elections in 18 to 30 months.

The current President of the Republic is François Hollande, who took office on 15 May 2012.

René François Ghislain Magritte ( 21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967 ) was a Belgian surrealist artist.

* November 15 – François Ozon, French writer and director

* August 15 – Sante Geronimo Caserio is executed for the assassination of Marie François Sadi Carnot.

* September 15 – François Devienne, French composer ( b. 1759 )

* September 15 – François de La Rochefoucauld, French writer ( d. 1680 )

* February 15 – François Charpentier, French archaeologist ( d. 1702 )

In many circumstances Leopold's son, Leopold II of Belgium, publicly expressed opinion against that of the Government ( on 15 August 1887, against Prime Minister Auguste Marie François Beernaert ), or some MP's ( again against Beernaert in 1905 ).

File: François Hollande ( Journées de Nantes 2012 ). jpg | François Hollandecurrent French co-prince of Andorra since 15 May 2012.

Francis II ( French: François II ) ( 19 January 1544 – 5 December 1560 ) was aged 15 when he succeeded to the throne of France after the accidental death of his father, King Henry II, in 1559.

In François Truffaut's book-length interview, Hitchcock / Truffaut ( 1967 ), Hitchcock said that MGM wanted North by Northwest cut by 15 minutes so the film's length would run under two hours.

The retirement of < span lang =" fr "> François de Neufchâteau </ span > and the choice of < span lang =" fr "> Treilhard </ span > as his successor ( 15 May 1798 ) made no difference in the position of the Directory.

François Paul Jules Grévy (; 15 August 1807 – 9 September 1891 ) was a President of the French Third Republic and one of the leaders of the Opportunist Republicans faction.

New France, in present Canada, after a single Governor ( 24 July 1534 – 15 January 1541 Jacques Cartier ) had Lieutenants-general and Viceroys 15 January 1541 – September 1543 Jean François de la Rocquet, sieur de Robervalle ( b. c. 1500 – d.

His own Armée du Nord contained 32, 000 infantry, 3, 800 cavalry and 100 guns and was assisted in Jemappes a further 4, 000 men and 15 guns under General François Harville.

Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy ( June 15, 1755 – December 16, 1809 ) was a French chemist and a contemporary of Antoine Lavoisier.

François Tombalbaye, also called Ngarta Tombalbaye ( June 15, 1918 – April 13, 1975 ), was a teacher and a trade union activist who served as the first president of Chad.

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On 15 September 1763, Bougainville set out from the port of Saint Malo with the frigate " L ' Aigle " ( Eagle ) ( captain: Nicolas Pierre Duclos-Guyot ) and the sloop " Le Sphinz " ( Sphinx ) ( captain: François Chenard de la Giraudais ) with a crew of a hundred and fifty people.

Bougainville left Nantes on 15 November 1766 with two ships: La Boudeuse ( captain: Nicolas Pierre Duclos-Guyot ) and the Étoile ( commanded by François Chenard de la Giraudais ).

Hermann von François ( January 31, 1856 – May 15, 1933 ) was a German General der Infanterie during World War I, and is best known for his key role in several German victories on the Eastern Front in 1914.