After the murder in that year of Henry III of France, Pope Sixtus V sent Enrico Caetani as legate to Paris to negotiate with the Catholic League of France, and chose Bellarmine to accompany him as theologian.

In France, Claude François who re-invented himself as the king of French disco, released " La plus belle chose du monde ", a French version of the Bee Gees hit record, " Massachusetts ", which became a big hit in Canada and Europe and " Alexandrie Alexandra " was posthumously released on the day of his burial and became a worldwide hit.

When the French public were asked to select which film they wanted to see most, having been told by the Vichy government that soon no more American films would be allowed in France, the overwhelming majority chose it over all others.

According to Memi: It is a song against racism, so I wanted to sing it with a North African who was born in France [...] Because of that and because of his talent, I chose K-Mel.

French explorer Samuel de Champlain chose this name in 1608 for the colonial outpost he would use as the administrative seat for the French colony of Canada and New France.

A handful of mayors in France chose to experiment this form of support to living art ( one of the best known is La Belle-de-Mai in Marseille ), and Paris is coming to it, cautiously.

He chose the name Charles at his confirmation in honor of his uncle, King Charles IV of France, at whose court he was resident for seven years.

While the wars of religion did not re-ignite, as many as 400, 000 Protestants chose to leave France, most moving to Great Britain, Prussia, the Dutch Republic, Switzerland, South Africa and the new French colonies in North America.

Now Binoche chose to pursue an international career outside France.

Thus, the French chose Philip of Valois, who became Philip VI of France.

After returning to France he traveled throughout Europe and chose to live in the Côte d ' Azur which by that time had become somewhat of an " artistic centre ".

The Algerians chose independence, and France engaged in negotiations with the FLN, leading to the March 1962 Evian Accords, which resulted in the independence of Algeria.

Edward's campaign had also a dynastic rationale, as, following the death of his uncle, Charles IV of France in 1328, Edward saw himself as the Capetian heir to the Kingdom of France, but the French chose to follow an all-male line of descent from his great grandfather and the House of Valois.

It began to unravel when Great Britain chose to continue the war after the fall of France, obliging Germany to attempt to subdue Britain by force in the Battle of Britain and Battle of the Atlantic.

In 1576 and 1588 Henri III, king of France, chose Blois as the meeting-place of the States-General, and in 1588 he brought about the murders of Henry, duke of Guise, and his brother, Louis, archbishop of Reims and cardinal, in the Château, where their deaths were shortly followed by that of the queen-mother, Catherine de ' Medici.

While it did not prompt renewed religious warfare, many Protestants chose to leave France rather than convert, with most moving to Great Britain, Prussia, the Dutch Republic and Switzerland.

This time the WBC chose a neutral place for the fight, but Laciar won the fight by a knockout in 11 at Reims, France, becoming a world champion for the third time.

Out of about 60, 000 troops evacuated from France in July 1940, only about 3, 000 chose to continue the struggle, joining de Gaulle's army in London.

In all, the total number of people in the region, in France, and worldwide who chose to remain French came to more than half a million.

Protestants were required to renounce their faith to establish themselves in New France ; many therefore chose instead to move to the English colonies.

Along with Bing Crosby, separately and jointly, The Andrews Sisters were among the performers who incorporated ethnic music styles into America's Hit Parade, popularizing or enhancing the popularity of songs with melodies originating in Brazil, Czechoslovakia, France, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and Trinidad, many of which their manager chose for them.

Most of the prisoners at the time returned to metropolitan France, although some chose to remain in French Guiana.

France was forced to pay indemnities of 5 billion francs and cede Alsace-Lorraine.

Fearing that Britain's victory over France in the Seven Years War ( 1756 – 1763 ) threatened the European balance of power, Spain allied themselves to France but suffered a series of military defeats and ended up having to cede Florida to the British at the Treaty of Paris ( 1763 ), which ended the Seven Years ' War.

Germany attempted to ' persuade ' France to cede territory in the Middle Congo in return for giving France a free hand in Morocco.

Also, Spain's refusal to cede Florida to France meant that Louisiana would be indefensible.

Between 1878 and 1919 Britain, France and Germany, busy extending their own colonial territories in the region, threatened Liberia militarily, and France and Britain forced Liberia to cede parts of its territory to them ( 1883, 1885, 1892, 1903, 1919 ).

* April 13 – Government of Vietnam is forced to cede the territories of Biên Hòa, Gia Định and Dinh Tuong to France.

On 13 April 1862, the Vietnamese government was forced to cede the territories of Biên Hòa, Gia Định and Dinh Tuong to France.

In exchange, Siam had to give up its claim to the Thai-speaking Shan region of north-eastern Burma to the British, and cede Laos to France.

The terms of the treaty required him to cede the fortresses of Cuneo, Ceva, Alessandria and Tortona to France, and allow free passage of the latter's armies towards Italy.

In addition, France had to cede to Austria the area of Rehlingen ( now in Saarland ) as well as the strategic fort-town of Saarlouis and the territory around it, all territories and towns which had been French since the 17th century, and which were part of the Moselle department since 1790.

After the Seven Years War, France was forced to cede its New France territory to the victorious English, who increased fur trade at Sault Ste.

In 1763, following Great Britain's victory in the Seven Years War, France had to cede French Louisiana east of the Mississippi River, except for New Orleans, to Great Britain, as part of the Treaty of Paris.

The Treaty of Paris in 1763, brought an end to the war but France was forced to cede significant territory to the British easing some of the strains on Vergennes.

In 1796 the margrave was compelled to pay an indemnity, and to cede his territories on the left bank of the Rhine to France.

The preliminary conditions already agreed on in Paris were moderate for France to not disturb the re-enthronement of the returned Bourbon king: France ' borders of 1 June 1792 were confirmed, and in addition, she was allowed to retain Saarbrücken, Saarlouis, Landau, the County of Montbéliard, part of Savoy with Annecy and Chambéry, also Avignon and the Comtat Venaissin as well as artifacts acquired during the war, while on the other hand she had to cede several colonies.

Stresemann said that Germany alone should not make sacrifices for peace ; European countries should cede colonies to Germany ; the disarmament control commission should leave Germany ; the Anglo-French occupation of the Rhineland should be ended ; and Britain and France should disarm as Germany had done.

On 18 February 1859, they conquered Saigon and three southern Vietnamese provinces: Biên Hòa, Gia Định and Dinh Tuong ; the Vietnamese government was forced to cede those territories to France in June 1862.

The German terms, as presented on July 15, while containing an offer to cede the northern part of Kamerun and Togoland, demanded from France the whole of the French Congo from the Sangha River to the sea, to which was later added the transfer of France's right to the preemption of the Belgian Congo.

In the Treaty of Frankfurt, Prussia forced France to cede Alsace-Lorraine to the new German Empire.