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Bishop
Appointed Bishop of London
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at London in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Appointed Bishop of London
William agrees to take the English crown after the leading men of London and other magnates submit to his authority.
William enters London after securing the submission of leading English nobles
Appointed Justiciar, highest official in England
Leads a prestigious French embassy sent to England to conclude the peace and marriage agreements.
Accepts the Anglo-French peace agreement and participates in the wider scheme for collective European security.
Joins the peace negotiations between England & France
Brinon returns to London to resume peace talks
Agrees to perpetual peace with England ending the hostilities commenced in 1522
Attempts to break up the Triple Alliance between England, Holland & Sweden
Attempts to break up the Triple Alliance between England, Holland & Sweden
Appointed Ambassador of England
Accompanies Marshal Tallard to London during negotiations connected with the First Partition Treaty.
Louis XIV agrees the Second Partition Treaty with England and the Dutch Republic after Joseph Ferdinand's death.
Voltaire begins an English exile that deepens his interest in constitutional government and Newtonian science.
Brunel presents the Admiralty with his proposal to mechanise the production of ships' pulley blocks for the Royal Navy.
Brunel works with Henry Maudslay on precision models and machine components needed for his naval block-making system.
Continues developing mechanical inventions after arriving in Britain.
Takes out a British patent for a writing and drawing machine.
Brunel develops a linked sequence of specialised machines so pulley blocks can be produced repeatedly to standard dimensions.
Develops mass-production equipment for footwear during the Napoleonic Wars.
Patents machinery intended to mechanise the manufacture of boots.
Brunel is elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in recognition of his mechanical and civil engineering achievements.
Brunel patents a tunnelling shield divided into protected working compartments, allowing excavation and brick lining to advance together.
Brunel secures financial and political support for a tunnel between Rotherhithe and Wapping using his shield method.
Accepts the principle that the mediating powers should seek no exclusive territorial or commercial advantage from the settlement.
Signs terms envisaging an autonomous Greece that remains formally under the Sultan's suzerainty.
His government joins Britain and Russia in the treaty proposing mediation and an autonomous Greece under Ottoman suzerainty.
Signs the Treaty of London for France as ambassador at the British court.
Brunel prepares observations on repairing the riverbed breach and protecting workers against another sudden inundation.
Appointed French ambassador to Great Britain and sent to London.
Brunel joins Bryan Donkin and others in reporting to the Treasury on moving Charles Babbage's calculating engine.
Brunel corresponds with the Royal Society about engineering methods connected with recovering treasure from the wreck of HMS Thetis.
Signs for France in the international guarantee attached to the Belgian settlement.
Napoleon wants to occupy the whole of Mexico. Britain, Spain & France agree to recover Mexican loans by occupying the Mexican coast
Appointed Ambassador of Britain
Receives the Davy Medal with Marie Curie.
Visits Great Britain
Accepts in principle possible colonial compensation for Italy if France and Britain gain German territory in Africa.
Accepts provisions for French and British naval assistance to Italy against the Austro-Hungarian fleet.
Signs the accompanying declaration binding the four governments not to conclude a separate peace.
Signs the secret agreement for France, committing the Allies to the negotiated concessions to Italy.
Signs the secret Treaty of London on behalf of France.
Argues with Foch and other commanders over Allied reserves and strategy.
Briand joins the other principal delegates in London for the formal signing of the Locarno agreements.
Briand formally signs the Rhineland Pact on behalf of France at the London ceremony.
Appointed Ambassador of Britain
Flandin and Laval visit London. A memo is issued to negotiate with Germany over arms and League of Nations membership
Daladier joined British ministers in developing proposals to transfer German-majority areas of Czechoslovakia.
Bonnet supported Anglo-French proposals intended to avert war through territorial concessions by Czechoslovakia.
Daladier joined Chamberlain in emergency consultations on the German demands and the risk of war.
Daladier joined Chamberlain in emergency consultations on the German demands and the risk of war.
Rejects plans that might provoke German air retaliation.
Appointed to co-ordinate the operations of the BEF & Belgian Army
Appointed to co-ordinate the operations of the BEF & Belgian Army
Warns Britain of French pressure for an armistice.
Arranges transportation of 500,000 French soldiers to continue the war in north Africa
Broadcasts to the French people declaring that the War for France is not over
Free French representatives adhere to the Atlantic Charter principles.
His movement joins Allied support for the joint declaration.
Appointed Chief of Staff
Appointed Chief of Staff
Holds a rally in the Albert Hall in front of 10,000 French who sing the "Marseillaise"
Announces on Bastille Day that his movement will be known as "Fighting France"
Welcomes Allied gains in North Africa as strengthening the Allied position in the Mediterranean and the approaches to Suez.
Appointedommander-in-Chief of the Free French. Appointed Commander in Chief of the Free French
Appointed Commander in Chief of the Free French
Appointedommander-in-Chief of the Free French. Appointed Commander in Chief of the Free French
Appointed Commander in Chief of the Free French
Resigns because of differences with de Gaulle
Appointed Vice President of the Supreme Council of War
Appointed Vice President of the Supreme Council of War
Monnet invites Britain to join the European Coal and Steel Community, rejected
Meets British and American representatives after the canal nationalization to discuss an international response.
Joins Arsenal from Juventus and begins a career that will make him the club's record goalscorer.
Scores his first Arsenal hat-trick as the club defeat Leicester City 6-1 at Highbury.
Scores four times in Arsenal's 5-0 league victory over Leeds United during the unbeaten title campaign.
Clinches the Premier League title at Tottenham during Arsenal's unbeaten 2003-04 league campaign.
Scores the winner against Leicester City as Arsenal complete the Premier League season unbeaten.
Scores a hat-trick against Wigan Athletic in Arsenal's final competitive match at Highbury.
Provenance
These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match France and London. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.
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