Coalition1965
Builds a coalition of all French left wing parties
Historical person
Francois Mitterand Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Francois Mitterand, based on 14 World History Database records associated with France.
14 records1965–199610 events3 places
Chronological biography
1965
1981
Louvre1981
Decides to create the "Grande Louvre" & restore it as a museum
Election10 May 1981
Wins 51.7% of the vote, 48.3% for Valery Giscard dEstaing
President of France10 May 1981
Appointed President of France, 1st term
1986
Channel Tunnel19 January 1986
Mitterand & Thatcher agree to undertake the Channel building project
1988
President of France1988
Appointed President of France, 2nd term
1989
Visit to KievDecember 1989
Mitterand visits Gorbachev in Kiev to to try & delay the fall of the Berlin Wall
Visit to ParisDecember 1989
Mitterand visits Hans Modrow in East Berlin to try & delay the fall of the Berlin Wall
1990
Channel Tunnel1 December 1990
The 2 halves of the Channel tunnel are joined
1992
Treaty of Co-operation7 February 1992
Yeltsin and French President Francois Mitterrand sign a cooperation Treaty in Paris
1993
Louvre20 November 1993
The "Grande Louvre" is opened, 200 yrs after the Louvre is 1st opened to the public
1994
Channel Tunnel6 May 1994
President Mitterand & Elizabeth II open the Channel Tunnel
President Mitterand & Elizabeth II open the Channel Tunnel6 May 1994
President Mitterand & Elizabeth II open the Channel Tunnel
1996
Death of Francois Mitterand8 January 1996
Death of Francois Mitterand
Titles and roles
President of France
Record provenance
This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.