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The French population was dissatisfied with the terms, considering the French conquests during the war. 1763: 10 February: Seven Years' War: France and some allied and enemy nations sign the Treaty of Paris ending the Seven Years' War, resulting in a major blow on French colonial possessions. 1768: 15 May
Lim Kimya, 73, French-Cambodian politician, MP (2013–2018). [24] 8 January: Gabriel de Broglie, 93, historian, chancellor of the Institut de France (2006–2017) and member of the Académie Française. [25] 10 January: Roger Lebranchu, 102, Olympic rower . [26] Jean-Luc Petitrenaud, 74, food critic and television host. [27]
30 January – Édouard Daladier forms a government in France [1] 15 July – Four-Power Pact is signed by Britain, France, Germany, and Italy 7 October – Air France is formed from a merger of Air Orient, Air Union, Compagnie Générale Aéropostale, Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne (CIDNA), and Société Générale de Transport Aérien (SGTA).
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August 6: A French fleet and expeditionary force sails for Ireland to aid the Irish rebels, though the rebellion is already defeated. August 22: French troops under General Humbert land at Killala, in northwest Ireland. August 27: General Humbert defeats a British force at the Battle of Castlebar, and declares an Irish republic.
It caused a major increase in bread prices, and the migration of thousands of peasants into Paris. [93] 16 August – The French state becomes bankrupt, and begins issuing paper money to pay for pensions, rents and the salaries of soldiers. Large-scale demonstrations and civil disorders begin. The storming of the Bastille (14 July 1789). Anonymous.
The historical fiction A Tale of Two Cities (1859) by English novelist Charles Dickens opens in this year ("It was the best of times; it was the worst of times"); it is the story of London and Paris leading up to the French Revolution.
That would be compounded by the massive French losses of World War I, roughly estimated at 1.4 million French dead including civilians (or nearly 10% of the active adult male population) and four times as many wounded — and World War II, estimated at 593,000 French dead (one-and-a-half times the number of American dead), of which 470,000 were ...