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In France, the Fichier des personnes décédées ("Register of deceased persons") is a central register of persons who have died in the country since 1970. It is maintained by the national statistics bureau Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (Insee).
Day of 21 January 1793 – the death of Louis Capet at the Place de la Révolution, by Charles Monnet (1794). Louis XVI, former King of France since the abolition of the monarchy, was publicly executed on 21 January 1793 during the French Revolution at the Place de la Révolution in Paris.
Louis XVIII became King of France until his death on 16 September 1824. 1820: 13 February: Assassination of the Duke of Berry: 1821: 5 May: Death of Napoleon. 1823: April: French invasion of Spain: France started its invasion of Spain, eventually succeeding and restoring the monarchy, ending the Liberal Triennium. 1830: July
Article on Van Gogh's death from L'Echo Pontoisien, 7 August 1890. Adeline Ravoux, [26] the innkeeper's daughter who was 13 at the time, clearly recalled the incidents of July 1890. In an account written when she was 76, reinforced by her father's repeated reminders, she explains how on 27 July, Van Gogh left the inn after breakfast.
His death, however, was followed by a three-year-long civil war that ended with the Treaty of Verdun, which divided Francia into three kingdoms, one of which (Middle Francia) was short-lived. Modern France developed from West Francia, while East Francia became the Holy Roman Empire and later Germany. By this time, the eastern and western parts ...
The Kingdom of France had the largest population of Europe at the time, and the Black Death was a major catastrophe. The plague killed roughly 50,000 people in Paris, which made up about half of the city's population. [3] The Black Death in France was described by eyewitnesses, such as Louis Heyligen, Jean de Venette, and Gilles Li Muisis.
Marcel André Henri Félix Petiot (17 January 1897 – 25 May 1946) was a French medical doctor and serial killer.He was convicted of multiple murders after the discovery of the remains of 23 people in the basement of his home in Paris during World War II.
(Birth–Death) Term of office Time in office Political party — Charles de Gaulle (1890–1970) 3 June 1944 26 January 1946 1 year, 237 days Independent: 1944: Following the Liberation of France, the Committee of National Liberation evolved into a Provisional Government, with de Gaulle as its Chairman. He resigned abruptly in January 1946 ...