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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. Category:French history timelines - Wikipedia

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  5. List of French inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    Gothic art in the mid-12th century. [1]Ars nova: a musical style which flourished in the Kingdom of France and its surroundings during the Late Middle Ages.; Oboe, or hautbois, in the mid-17th century France, probably by Jacques-Martin Hotteterre and his family or by the Philidor family. [2]

  6. 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

  7. Category:History of France by period - Wikipedia

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  8. Grand Siècle - Wikipedia

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    Grand Siècle or Great Century refers to the period of French history during the 17th century, under the reigns of Louis XIII and Louis XIV. [2] The period was notable for its development of art and literature, along with the construction of the Palace of Versailles, the effects of the French Wars of Religion, and the impacts of the Thirty ...

  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 ...