* 1898 – Jeanne Hébuterne, French artist, the wife of Amedeo Modigliani ( d. 1920 )

* 1960 – Batem, French comic book artist

* 1871 – John French Sloan, American artist ( d. 1951 )

" Artiste " ( the French for artist ) is a variant used in English only in this context.

The French word artiste ( which in French, simply means " artist ") has been imported into the English language where it means a performer ( frequently in Music Hall or Vaudeville ).

* French page on Louvre site lnking to three sculptures by Canova and two portraits of the artist

* 1990 – Erté, French artist ( b. 1892 )

* Ash ( artist ) ( born 1968 ), French graffiti artist

Chris Marker (; 29 July 1921 – 29 July 2012 ) was a French writer, photographer, documentary film director, multimedia artist and film essayist.

* 1864 – Camille Claudel, French graphic artist and sculptor ( d. 1943 )

* 1694 – Pierre Paul Puget, French artist ( b. 1622 )

* 1883 – Maurice Utrillo, French artist ( d. 1955 )

* 1864 – René Georges Hermann-Paul, French artist ( d. 1940 )

* 1944 – Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-born French artist ( b. 1866 )

* 1619 – Charles Le Brun, French artist ( d. 1690 )

* 1879 – Othon Friesz, French artist ( d. 1949 )

*" Exit Through The Gift Shop " ( 2010 ) is a documentary produced by the notorious artist Banksy tells the story of Thierry Guetta, a French immigrant in Los Angeles, and his obsession with street art.

Some points of interest are the Grotto ( the interior was designed by the French artist Niki de Saint-Phalle ), the Gallery Building, the Orangerie and the two pavilions by Remy de la Fosse.

Furthermore the museum shows the famous works of the French artist Niki de Saint-Phalle.

In 1904 the artist and writer Wynford Dewhurst wrote the first important study of the French painters published in English, Impressionist Painting: its genesis and development, which did much to popularize Impressionism in Great Britain.

* 1914 – Luc-Marie Bayle, French naval officer and artist ( d. 2000 )

* 1935 – Jeanne-Claude, French artist ( d. 2009 )

Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963 ) was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker.

* 1670 – James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military leader ( d. 1734 )

The third British ship into action was HMS Orion under Captain Sir James Saumarez, which rounded the engagement at the head of the battle line and passed between the French main line and the frigates that lay closer inshore.

Following William and Mary's accession to the throne, England involved itself in the War of the Grand Alliance primarily to prevent a French invasion restoring Mary's father, James II.

The death of James Wolfe | General Wolfe during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham ; the campaigns of the French and Indian War resulted in British control of modern Canada.

* James Sandford, 1567, The Manual of Epictetus, Translated out of Greek into French, and now into English.

They were of mostly English descent ; Roosevelt's great-grandfather, James Roosevelt, was of Dutch ancestry, and his mother's maiden name, Delano, originated with a French Huguenot immigrant of the 17th century .< ref >

* 1868 – Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player ( d. 1949 )

The word " forest " comes from Middle English forest, from Old French forest ( also forès ) " forest, vast expanse covered by trees "; first introduced in English as the word for wild land set aside for hunting without the necessity in definition for the existence of trees ( James 1981 ; Muir 2000, 2008 ).

* 17th century – The French Prophets: The Camisards also spoke sometimes in languages that were unknown: " Several persons of both Sexes ," James Du Bois of Montpellier recalled, " I have heard in their Extasies pronounce certain words, which seem'd to the Standers-by, to be some Foreign Language.

William had already acquired the reputation of being the main champion in Europe of the Protestant cause against Catholicism and French absolutism ; in the developing English crisis he saw an opportunity to prevent an Anglo-French alliance and bring England to the anti-French side, by carrying out a military intervention directed against James.

William's envoy Everhard van Weede Dijkvelt visited England between February and May 1687, instructed to persuade James to help contain French aggression.

After having been assured by James that all rumours about a French alliance were malevolent fabrications, Dijkvelt returned to the Republic, with letters of varying importance from leading English statesmen.

In March 1686, the French sent a raiding party under the Chevalier des Troyes over to capture the company's posts along James Bay.

Meanwhile, James IV of Scotland ( despite being Henry's other brother-in-law ), activated his alliance with the French and declared war on England.

In 1512 the Auld Alliance was renewed and under its terms, when the French were attacked by the English under Henry VIII, James IV invaded England in support.

In 1708 James Francis Edward Stuart, who became known as " The Old Pretender ," attempted an invasion with a French fleet, but the Royal Navy prevented any from landing.

* Lehning, James R .; To Be a Citizen: The Political Culture of the Early French Third Republic ( 2001 ) online edition

The French Cognac brandy maker, James Hennessy and Co., is named for an Irishman.

During the 20th century, certain Irish intellectuals made their homes in continental Europe, particularly James Joyce, and later Samuel Beckett ( who became a courier for the French Resistance ).

* 1758 – French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg – James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia commences.

* 1734 – James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French military commander ( b. 1670 )

Among James Monroe's ancestors were French Huguenot immigrants, who came to Virginia in 1700.

The conventionalized scrawny, French revolutionary sans-culottes Jacobin, was developed from about 1790 by British satirical artists James Gillray, Thomas Rowlandson and George Cruikshank.

The failure of John's French military campaign in 1214 was probably the final straw that precipitated the baronial uprising during John's final years as king ; James Holt describes the path to civil war as " direct, short and unavoidable " following the defeat at Bouvines.

Lutetium was independently discovered in 1907 by French scientist Georges Urbain, Austrian mineralogist Baron Carl Auer von Welsbach, and American chemist Charles James.