He played in the strong Paris 1867 chess tournament ( won by Ignatz von Kolisch ) with little success, placing near the bottom of the field.

The French Open, often referred to as Roland Garros ( or Tournoi de Roland-Garros, ), named after the famous French aviator Roland Garros, is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June in Paris, France, at the Stade Roland Garros.

The tournament was proclaimed by heralds in England, Scotland, Hainault, Germany, Flanders, and France, to rival the jousts given by Charles of France into Paris a few years earlier, on the entry of his consort Isabeau de Bavière.

Mauresmo then won her next two tournaments, the Open Gaz de France tournament in Paris ( defeating Mary Pierce in the final ) and the Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp ( defeating Clijsters in the final ).

At her next tournament, the Tier II Open Gaz de France in Paris, Mauresmo lost in the quarterfinals to Anna Chakvetadze, 6 – 3, 3 – 6, 3 – 6.

In Henin's first tournament of the year, she lost in the semifinals of the Open Gaz de France in Paris to Czech Lucie Šafářová 7 – 6 ( 5 ), 6 – 4.

However, in 1186 in Paris, Geoffrey was stamped to death in a riding accident during a tournament.

His career as a professional wrestler was on the rise, he won many tournaments and matches, and in 1901 he won the championship of the world tournament in Vienna as well as a championship of the world tournament at the Casino de Paris.

Edberg won his first tournament in Paris held on clay, winning matches against clay court specialists Thomas Muster in the opening round and Sergi Bruguera in the finals on Sunday, 21 September 2008.

In 1186, in a riding accident in Paris, Geoffrey was trampled to death during a tournament.

At the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, Uruguay dominated the Football ( soccer ) tournament winning the Gold.

On 17 December 1431, he was present when Henry VI was crowned King of France in Paris, where he distinguished himself at the accompanying tournament.

* The Edmonton Grads win their first international basketball tournament held as part of the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.

The pressure for him to become an " ambassador " for tennis in Brazil was made evident after his early defeat to a then unknown Marat Safin in the 1998 French Open: the entire body of Brazilian journalists that had been dispatched to Paris to cover the event immediately returned home, leaving the rest of the tournament unaccounted for in Brazil.

Nonetheless Zukertort was one of the most successful tournament players of his time: third place behind Steinitz and Blackburne at London, 1872 ; first place at Cologne and second at Leipzig in 1877 ; tied for first with Simon Winawer at the Paris International Chess Congress in 1878 and beat Winawer in the playoff ; second at Berlin in 1881, behind Blackburne ; tied for fourth at Vienna in 1882 ; first at London in 1883, 3 points ahead of Steinitz.

Amaury Sport Organisation is one of the largest promoters of sports events in France, including the Tour de France and Paris – Roubaix bicycle races, the Paris-Dakar Rally, the Paris Marathon and the Open de France golf tournament.

His best result was equal first with Frank Marshall in a tournament in Paris in 1907, a point ahead of Savielly Tartakower.

* Most tournament wins ( team ): three, Marseille, Paris Saint-Germain and Bordeaux.

She gained prominence in 2004 by reaching the finals of nine straight WTA doubles tournaments, and by reaching the singles semifinals of the French Open tournament, held in Paris.

Pierce reached the final of her next tournament, the Gaz de France in Paris, where she lost to compatriot Amélie Mauresmo in straight sets.

Rivière finished 6th of 13 in the 1867 Paris international tournament organized in conjunction with the Exposition Universelle.

Rivière had success in some minor tournaments in Paris: 3rd in 1880, 2nd = in 1881, 2nd in 1882 – 3, and 3rd in the Café de la Régence tournament of 1896.

File: Claude Monet 024. jpg | Women in a Garden, 1866 – 1867, Musée d ' Orsay, Paris.

His best known painting is Family Reunion of 1867 – 1868 ( Musée d ' Orsay, Paris ).

Other somewhat less often performed include Les vêpres siciliennes ( 1855 ) and Don Carlos ( 1867 ), both commissioned by the Paris Opera and initially given in French.

* Garrigan, Shelley E. Collecting Mexico: Museums, Monuments, and the Creation of National Identity ( University of Minnesota Press ; 2012 ) 233 pages ; scholarly analysis of Mexico's self-image, 1867 – 1910, using public monuments, fine-arts collecting, museums, and Mexico's representation at the Paris world's fair

* 1867 – The first performance of Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Paris.

The yen was legally defined as 0. 78 troy ounces ( 24. 26 g ) of pure silver, or 1. 5 grams of pure gold ( as recommended by the European Congress of Economists in Paris in 1867 ; the 5-yen coin was equivalent to the Argentine 5 peso fuerte coin ),

It was commissioned and produced by the Théâtre Impérial de l ’ Opéra ( Paris Opera ) and premiered at the company's theatre, the Salle Le Peletier, on 11 March 1867.

After the ballet had been composed, it emerged during the 1867 rehearsal period that, without further cuts, the opera would not finish before midnight ( the time by which patrons would need to leave in order to catch the last trains to the Paris suburbs ).

Several awards and recognitions have followed, including 3 medals at the 1867 Exposition Universelle in Paris.

" This lithograph by Amédée de Noé | Amédée de Noé a. k. a. Cham conveys the wild popularity of the Steinway piano, the musicality of which had just been demonstrated by famed pianist Désiré Magnus at the Exposition Universelle ( 1867 ) | 1867 Exposition Universelle in Paris.

* In 1867, Steinway won three awards at the Exposition Universelle in Paris: the Grand Gold Medal of Honor " for excellence in manufacturing and engineering pianos ", the grand annual testimonial medal and an honorary membership of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts.

Upon his return to France in 1859, Degas moved into a Paris studio large enough to permit him to begin painting The Bellelli Family — an imposing canvas he intended for exhibition in the Salon, although it remained unfinished until 1867.

File: Edgar Germain Hilaire Degas 049. jpg | Portrait of the Bellelli Family, 1858 – 1867, Musée d ' Orsay, Paris

Several competition entries, including a cantata and a hymn composed for the Paris Exhibition of 1867 were unsuccessful.

During the war he lived partly in New Orleans and partly abroad, spending time in Havana ( 1862, 1864 ) and Paris ( 1863, 1867 ).

A collection of 61 volumes was published in Paris between 1863 and 1867.

Paris, 1867.

Displayed at the 1867 Paris World's Fair, it has a diameter of 3. 13 metres ( 10. 27 ft ) and weighs 15, 000 kg ( 16. 53 US tons ).

The bell was built in 1867 for the Paris World's Fair.

1826: First choral rally in Sweden ( 1827 Germany, 1860 London, 1867 Paris ...)

He died at Montgeron, near Paris on 6 December 1867.

* Houssaye, Histoire d ' Apelles ( Paris, 1867 )

The best collected edition of his works is by PS Meijboom ( 1846-1850 ); see also SA Gronemann, F. Hemsterhuis, de Nederlandische Wijsgeer ( Utrecht, 1867 ); E Grucker, François Hemsterhuis, sa vie et ses œuvres ( Paris, 1866 ); E Meyer, Der Philosoph Franz Hemsterhuis ( Breslau, 1893 ), with bibliographical notice ; Augustinus P. Dierick, “ Pre-Romantic Elements in the aesthetic and moral writings of François Hemsterhuis ( 1721-1790 ).” Studies in Eighteenth Century Culture 26 ( 1998 ), 247-271.