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  2. Pierre Testu-Brissy - Wikipedia

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    Gaston Tissandier's Histoire des ballons et des aéronautes célèbres (History of famous balloons and aeronauts) (published in 1887) described Testu-Brissy's earliest ballooning thus : [3] [Note 1] During the last years of the eighteenth century, besides the military applications by men of heart and patriotism, balloons continued to contribute ...

  3. Timeline of French history - Wikipedia

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    Pastry War: Victorious French troops withdraw from Mexico after their demands were satisfied. 1848: February: February Revolution or French Revolution of 1848: Republican riots forced King Louis-Philippe to abdicate and flee to England. 20 December: Louis Napoleon Bonaparte starts his term as the first president of the French Republic.

  4. French Aerostatic Corps - Wikipedia

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    The French Aerostatic Corps or Company of Aeronauts (French: compagnie d'aérostiers) was the world's first balloon unit, [1] founded in 1794 to use balloons, primarily for reconnaissance. Experimentation

  5. Category:French history timelines - Wikipedia

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    Timeline of French history; 0–9. 1606 in France; 1681 in France; Timeline of the 2005 French riots; B. Timeline of the Battle of France; H. History of Lille;

  6. History of France - Wikipedia

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    The war was fought in large part on French soil, with 3.4 million French dead including civilians, and four times as many military casualties. The economy was hurt by the 1913 German invasion of major industrial areas in the northeast, which produced 58% of the steel, and 40% of the coal.

  7. 1933 in France - Wikipedia

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    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).

  8. Category:History of France by period - Wikipedia

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    History of French Guiana by period (4 C) H. History of the Illyrian Provinces by period (1 C) L. History of Lyon by period (3 C) M. History of Martinique by period (4 C)

  9. History of France (1900–present) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...