The Somme offensive begins
The Somme offensive begins. The 36th (Ulster) Division suffers heavy casualties
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Alan Francis Brooke, born
Field Marshal Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, KG, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO & Bar (23 July 1883 – 17 June 1963), was a senior officer of the British Army.
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Battle of LeMans
The Battle of Le Mans in 1871 was a significant military engagement that took place during the Franco-Prussian War. Here are the key points about this battle:
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The Miracle of Lourdes takes place
The Miracle of Lourdes refers to the events that occurred in the town of Lourdes, France, in 1858, when a young peasant girl named Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have experienced apparitions of the Virgin Mary.
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Marie-Louise O'Murphy, famous courtesan of King Louis XV of France, dies in Paris
Marie-Louise O’Murphy (Marie-Louise O’Morphi) was a French woman known for her association with the French court, particularly as a mistress. She was born on October 21, 1737, in Rouen, France, and passed away on December 11, 1814 in Paris. Her most well-known depiction is in a painting by François Boucher titled “Mademoiselle O’Murphy.”
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Rene T.H. Laennec, Famed French physician born
Rene-Theophile-Hyacinthe Laennec was born on the 17 February 1781 in Brittany. Laennec was a Famed French physician, author and inventor of the stethoscope, and called father of chest medicine. He invented the stethoscope in 1816, while working at the Hopital Necker and pioneered its use in diagnosing various chest conditions. He wrote extensively about respiratory and heart ailments.
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Duke of Mercoeur, died
Duke of Mercoeur - who planned a return to Breton independence. died February 19, 1602, in Nuernberg
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King Francis II of France, husband of Mary Queen of Scots, died.
Francis II (19 January 1544 – 5 December 1560) was King of France from 1559 to 1560. He was also King of Scotland as the husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, from 1558 until his death in 1560.
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King Henri of France, died
Henry II (French: Henri II; 31 March 1519 – 10 July 1559) was King of France from 31 March 1547 until his death in 1559. The second son of Francis I and Duchess Claude of Brittany, he became Dauphin of France upon the death of his elder brother Francis in 1536.
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Breton army of Fransex II is defeated at Battle of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier
The Battle of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier took place on 28 July 1488, between the forces of King Charles VIII of France, and those of Francis II, Duke of Brittany, and his allies. The defeat of the latter signalled the end to the “guerre folle” (‘Mad war’), a feudal conflict in which French aristocrats revolted against royal power during the regency of Anne de Beaujeu. It also effectively precipitated the end of the independence of Brittany from France
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