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1894 in France

Explore 9 historical events and records for France in 1894.

Historical records for France in 1894

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May

Birth of Jean Renoir

Renoir, Jean ยท Arts / Art

Birth of Jean Renoir

June

Assassination of Marie Francoise Sadi Carnot

Carnot, Marie Francoise Sadi ยท Lyons ยท President of France ยท Government / Government of France

Stabbed to death at Lyons by an Italian anarchist

Death of Marie Francoise Sadi Carnot

Carnot, Marie Francoise Sadi ยท Lyons ยท President of France ยท Government / Government of France

Death of Marie Francoise Sadi Carnot, assassinated

December

Trial

Dreyfus, Alfred ยท Paris ยท Captain ยท Warfare / Military

Sentenced to transportation for life & expulsion from the army & loss of rank. Found guilty of passing papers to a foreign power

Other events (month unknown)

Canal Advocate

Bunau Varilla, Philippe ยท Panama Canal ยท Canal Advocate ยท Economy / New Panama Canal Company

New Panama Canal Company is organized to preserve and sell the remaining French assets

Diphtheria Antitoxin Treatment

Roux, Pierre Paul Emile ยท Paris ยท Physician and Bacteriologist ยท Science / Medicine

Greatly reduces mortality from a major childhood infectious disease.

Diphtheria Serotherapy

Roux, Pierre Paul Emile ยท Paris ยท Physician and Bacteriologist ยท Science / Medicine

Introduces antitoxin serum treatment for children with diphtheria.

Meets Marie Sklodowska

Curie, Pierre ยท Paris ยท Physicist ยท Science / Physics

Meets Marie Sklodowska through scientific contacts in Paris.

Prelude a LApres-Midi dun Faune

Debussy, Achille-Claude ยท Arts / Classical Music

Composes, "Prelude a LApres-Midi dun Faune"

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