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1929 in France

Explore 11 historical events and records for France in 1929.

Historical records for France in 1929

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March

Death of Ferdinand Foch

Foch, Ferdinand ยท Warfare / Military

Death of Ferdinand Foch

Other events (month unknown)

Agregation in Philosophy

de Beauvoir, Simone ยท Paris ยท Teacher ยท Humanities / Philosophy

Beauvoir places second in the philosophy agregation and begins her lifelong partnership with Sartre.

Agregation in Philosophy

Sartre, Jean-Paul ยท Paris ยท Teacher ยท Humanities / Philosophy

Sartre places first in the philosophy agregation and meets Simone de Beauvoir.

Ambassador

Corbin, Charles ยท Madrid ยท Ambassador of France ยท Government / Government of France

Appointed Ambassador of Spain

Diplomatic Proposal

Briand, Aristide ยท Foreign Secretary of France ยท Government / Socialist Party

Stressman promises not to send German troops into the Rhineland and accepts that Alsace-Lorraine is permantely part of France. Germany refuses to guarantee its eastern frontiers & France seeks to give Poland and Czechoslovakia the security they required by signing treaties with them. Aristide Briand of France proposes a plan for the United States of Europe

Hospital Experience

Orwell, George ยท Paris ยท Writer ยท Arts / Literature

Experiences illness and poverty later used in essays and books.

Hotel Work

Orwell, George ยท Paris ยท Writer ยท Arts / Literature

Works in Paris hotel kitchens and restaurants.

Nobel Prize

Broglie, Louis de ยท Stockholm ยท Physicist ยท Science / Physics

Receives the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering the wave nature of electrons and establishing the concept of matter waves.

Rule of Alsace-Lorraine

Briand, Aristide ยท Alsace ยท Foreign Secretary of France ยท Government / Socialist Party

Stressman promises not to send German troops into the Rhineland and accepts that Alsace-Lorraine is permantely part of France

United States of Europe

Briand, Aristide ยท Foreign Secretary of France ยท Government / Socialist Party

Aristide Briand of France proposes a plan for the United States of Europe

World Cup

Rimet, Jules ยท Sport / Football

Passes a vote to initiate the World Cup.

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