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Rolo, P. J. V. Entente Cordiale: the origins and negotiation of the Anglo-French agreements of 8 April 1904. Macmillan/St Martin's Press, London 1969. Šubrtová, Marcela. "Great Britain and France on the Way to the Entente Cordiale." Prague Papers on the History of International Relations 1 (2014): 79–97. online; Šubrtová, Marcela.
1878: The Bartholdi Fountain in Bartholdi Park, the United States Botanic Garden, Washington, D.C., United States. 1880: The Lion of Belfort, in Belfort, France, a massive sculpture of a lion depicting the huge struggle of the French to hold off the Prussian assault at the end of the Franco-Prussian War. [3] A plaster was exhibited in 1878. [3]
The French Union (French: Union française) was a political entity created by the French Fourth Republic to replace the old French colonial empire system, colloquially known as the "French Empire" (Empire français). It was de jure the end of the "indigenous" status of French subjects in colonial areas. It was dissolved in 1958, after the ...
23 February - First launch of a French diesel-powered submarine, Aigrette. [2] [3] 8 April - Entente cordiale, a series of agreements signed between the United Kingdom and France. [4] [5] Global cosmetics companies are founded in Paris: Coty, by François Coty, [6] and Garnier, by Alfred Amour Garnier. [7]
Following on the radical developments of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism at the end of the nineteenth century, the first half of the twentieth century in France saw the even more revolutionary experiments of cubism, dada and surrealism, artistic movements that would have a major impact on Western, and eventually world, art. After World War ...
Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games, also helped found the USFSA.At various times he served as the federation's president and secretary general. On 29 December 1885 Georges de Saint-Clair, the secretary-general of Racing Club de France and delegates from Stade Français had formed the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Course a Pied.
19th-century French art was made in France or by French citizens during the following political regimes: Napoleon's Consulate (1799–1804) and Empire (1804–14), the Restoration (1814–30), the July Monarchy (1830–48), the Second Republic (1848–52), the Second Empire (1852–71), and the first decades of the Third Republic (1871–1940).
1904 State of the Union Address; Date: December 6, 1904 () Venue: House Chamber, United States Capitol: Location: Washington, D.C. [1] Coordinates: Type: State of the Union Address: Participants: Theodore Roosevelt: Previous: 1903 State of the Union Address: Next: 1905 State of the Union Address