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French History This Month - March
Events:
The first test flight of the Concorde - 2.03.1969
from Toulouse
Opera Carmen by Bizet opens - 3.03.1875
at the Opéra Comique in Paris
First non-stop flight from Paris to London - 7.03.1912
made by Henri Seimet
First pilot's licenses issued - 8.03.1910
to an Englishman (J.T.C. Moore Brabazon) and a Frenchwoman (Elise Deroche)
Napoléon marries Josephine de Beauharnais - 9.03.1796
Foreign Legion founded - 9.03.1831
in Algeria. Its headquarters moved to France in 1962.
France makes Tunisia a protectorate - 12.03.1881
First public striptease act - 13.03.1928
performed in Paris
First public bus service - 18.03.1662
began operating in Paris
Paris-London telephone link established - 18.03.1891
US Senate does not ratify the Versailles Treaty - 19.03.1920
ending World War I and establishing the League of Nations
Napoléon returns to Paris from exile on Elba - 20.03.1815
beginning the 100 Days, his last moment of power, ending in his exile to St. Helena
Tunisia gains independence from France - 20.03.1956
Auguste & Louis Lumière give first demonstration of celluloid film - 22.03.1895
in Paris
The BBC begins broadcasting in Morse code to the French Resistence - 22.03.1942
France signs the Treaty of Rome - 25.03.1957
together with Belgium, Luxembourg, West Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands, establishing the European Common Market
First seaplane took off from Marseille - 28.03.1910
Crimean Wars ends with signing of the Treaty of Paris - 30.03.1856
Sicilian Vespers end - 31.03.1282
massacre of the French in Sicily, begun the previous evening.
Eiffel Tower inaugurated - 31.03.1889
Births:
Cyrano de Bergerac - 6.03.1619 - Novelist and playwright
Maurice Ravel - 8.03.1875 - Composer
Arthur Honegger - 10.03.1892 - German expatriate composer who lived in Paris
Urbain Leverrier - 11.03.1811 - Astronomer
Georges de la Tour - 19.03.1593 - Painter
Marcel Marceau - 22.03.1923 - Mime
Pierre Boulez - 26.03.1925 - Conductor and composer
Paul Verlaine - 30.03.1844 - Poet
René Descartes - 31.03.1596 - Philosopher and mathematician