* 1796 – The Armistice of Cherasco is signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and Vittorio Amedeo III, the King of Sardinia, expanding French territory along the Mediterranean coast.

In 1863, King Norodom signed an agreement with the French to establish a protectorate over his kingdom.

The Vichy government signed an agreement with Japan to allow the Japanese military transit through French Indochina.

In January, 1997, however, the Bangui Agreements were signed and the French EFAO troop was replaced by the 1, 350 soldiers of the Mission interafricaine de surveillance des Accords de Bangui ( MISAB ).

For this purpose, an agreement was signed with the French government, represented by the High Commissioner for French Polynesia, whereby Clipperton became French state property.

A mutual defense accord signed with France in April 1961 provides for the stationing of French Armed Forces troops in Côte d ' Ivoire.

In 1886 Said Ali bin Said Omar, Sultan of Bambao, signed an agreement with the French government that allowed France to establish a protectorate over the entire island of Ngazidja ( Grande Comore ; protectorates were also established over Ndzwani ( Anjouan ), and Mwali ( Mohéli island in French ) the same year.

France and Comoros signed a mutual security treaty in 1978 ; following the mercenary coup against Abdallah in 1989, French troops restored order and took responsibility for reorganizing and training the Comorian army.

In 1990 the Cook Islands signed a treaty with France which delimited the maritime boundary between the Cook Islands and French Polynesia.

French technical advisers work in the finance and planning ministries, and agreements have been signed for infrastructure development projects.

Louis XIV had hoped that a show of force would lead to a quick resolution to his dynastic and territorial disputes with the princes of the Empire along his eastern border, but his intimidatory moves only strengthened German resolve, and in May 1689 Leopold I and the Dutch signed an offensive compact aimed at repelling French aggression.

Éric Alfred Leslie Satie () ( 17 May 1866 – Paris, 1 July 1925 ; signed his name Erik Satie after 1884 ) was a French composer and pianist.

* 1560 – The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland.

In 1684 the French and Spanish signed the Treaty of Ratisbon that included provisions to suppress the actions of the Caribbean privateers, which effectively ended the era of the buccaneers on Tortuga, many being employed by the French Crown to hunt down any of their former comrades who preferred to turn outright pirate.

* 1305 – A peace treaty between the Flemish and the French is signed at Athis-sur-Orge.

The German occupation of the Czech area of Czecho-Slovakia on the Ides of March, in total contravention of the Munich Agreement that had been signed less than six months before, infuriated British and French public opinion and lost Germany all sympathy.

A peace agreement was signed in which John returned Anjou to Philip and paid the French king compensation ; the truce was intended to last for six years.

The French government then proposed that France, West Germany and Italy jointly develop and produce nuclear weapons and delivery systems, and an agreement was signed in April 1958.

After negotiations, the pact was signed in Paris at the French Foreign Ministry by the representatives from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, British India, the Irish Free State, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States.

A 30-year agreement, signed by French Culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres and Sheik Sultan bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan, will establish the museum in downtown Abu Dhabi in exchange for € 832, 000, 000 ( US $ 1. 3 billion ).

To fix the problem, former Minister of Telecommunications Charbel Nahas signed an 18 month contract with Consolidated Engineering & Trading and French / American Company Alcatel-Lucent to install a Fiber Optics grid.

* Commissioners: Tonya Burchfield, Tab Burkhalter, Rick Carver, Mike Caylor, Gary Farmer, Jim Folts, Ronald French, Roy Gamble, Tom Greene, Brad Harrison, Mark Hasty, Scott Helton, Gerald Kirby, Holden Lail, Peggy Lambert, Mike Lewis, Kenneth Melton, Jerome Moon, Monika Murrell, Steve Samples, and Gordon Wright

In the state legislature French Gulch is located in the 4th Senate District, represented by Republican Doug LaMalfa, and in the 2nd Assembly District, represented by Republican Jim Nielsen.

In the early 19th century, the nomadic French Canadian fur trapper, François Payette, roamed the area alongside other mountain men like Jim Bridger, Peter Skene Ogden, and Jedediah Smith.

On May 23, 1953, Henderson, with its population of 7, 410, elected Dr. Jim French as the town's first Mayor.

On April 1, the Regulators Jim French, Frank McNab, John Middleton, Fred Waite, Henry Brown and McCarty / Bonney ambushed Sheriff Brady and his deputy, George W. Hindman, killing them both in Lincoln's main street.

While the Regulators at various times consisted of dozens of American and Mexican cowboys, the main dozen or so members were known as the " iron clad ", including McCarty, Richard " Dick " Brewer, Frank McNab, Doc Scurlock, Jim French, John Middleton, George Coe, Frank Coe, Jose Chavez y Chavez, Charlie Bowdre, Tom O ' Folliard, Fred Waite ( a Chickasaw ), and Henry Newton Brown.

In the McSween house were Alex McSween and his wife Susan, Billy the Kid, Henry Brown, Jim French, Tom O ' Folliard, Jose Chavez y Chavez, George Coe, and a dozen Mexican vaqueros.

Jim French went out first, followed by Billy the Kid, O ' Folliard, and Jose Chavez y Chavez.

The following year, he reached the semifinals at the French Open, where he lost in four sets to the defending champion Jim Courier.

While the Smothers themselves were at the forefront of these efforts, credit also goes to the roster of writers and regular performers they brought to the show, including Jim Stafford ( who served as their head writer and producer ), Steve Martin, Don Novello (" Father Guido Sarducci "), Rob Reiner (" Mike Stivic "), Presidential candidate Pat Paulsen, Bob Einstein (" Super Dave Osborne ", " Marty Funkhouser ", and " Officer Judy "), Einstein's brother, Albert ( who works professionally as Albert Brooks ), and resident hippie Leigh French (" Share a Little Tea with Goldie ").

Thus, in an introduction writtern by Gifford to the Black Lizard editions of Jim Thompson's novels in 1984, Gifford writes: " The French seem to appreciate best Thompson's brand of terror.

** French Open – Jim Courier

* Jim Pla, French racing driver

Twelve British drivers have won the British Grand Prix, with Englishman Stirling Moss being the first and Scotsman Jim Clark winning 5 times, the most of any driver other than French driver Alain Prost, who also won the British Grand Prix 5 times ( all of them at Silverstone ).

He notably bred Santa Anita Derby winner, Jim French as well as two-year-old European susperstar Arazi, winner of the 1991 Breeders ' Cup Juvenile and European Horse of the Year.

In 2001, he won his third French Open crown, joining former greats Björn Borg ( 6 ), Ivan Lendl ( 3 ) and Mats Wilander ( 3 ) with three or more French Open titles in the Open Era ; former champion Jim Courier presented him with the trophy.

Notable actors appearing in a recurring or guest star capacity include Rebecca Romijn ( as supermodel Adrienne Barker, Spade's TV wife ), Brian Dennehy ( as Dennis ' father who gets engaged to Nina in an episode ), David Cross ( as Elliot's younger brother who pretends to be mentally disabled ), Rhoda Gemignani, Brooke Shields as Nina's younger sister, Stephen Root, Steve Carell, Tom Kenny, Dana Carvey, Ana Gasteyer, Jim Wise, Tiffani Thiessen, Andy Dick, Gina Gershon, Dave Foley, Ali Larter, Penn Jillette, Kevin Sorbo, Kathy Lee Gifford, Mark Hamill, Valerie Perrine, George Lucas, Amy Sedaris, Kadeem Hardison, Willie Garson, Melissa Rivers, French Stewart, Carmen Electra, Ray Liotta, Snoop Dogg, Judy Greer, Cheri Oteri, and Paul Parducci as Deke " The Dekester " Williams.

* Hendry William French played by Alan Ruck is a combination of Jim French and Henry Newton Brown, both original members of the Regulators not depicted in the original film.

Modern magic inventor Jim Steinmeyer has written that a description of the illusion was published by the great French magician Jean Robert-Houdin in 1858, but Robert-Houdin's idea remained just that, a written description of an effect.

Her next role was playing the lead in Jim Henson's The Storyteller as Sapsorrow opposite John Hurt, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.

Yannick is French and Jim is American, qualifying Mary for citizenship in all three countries.

Morning host Jim French spent many years broadcasting from the rotating restaurant atop the Space Needle and was live on the air from that perch during a 6. 7-magnitude earthquake in April, 1965.

He moved to the 9 a. m. to noon timeslot after the retirement of Jim French in 1992.