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July – France begins the trial against six defendants of the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp. [2] 11 October – A train crash at Zoufftgen kills six people. [3] 16 November – Franco–Italian–Spanish Middle East Peace Plan is announced. Full date unknown: Axess Vision Technology, a medical device manufacturer is founded.
1 April – 2008 French mistaken virginity case. 1 July – France assumes the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. 2 July – Íngrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages are rescued from FARC by Colombian security forces. 13 July – First meeting of Mediterranean Union, in Paris. 10 September – Activation of Large Hadron Collider ...
France 3 Rhône-Alpes Auvergne is one of France 3 's regional services broadcasting to people in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It was founded in 1954 as RTF Télé-Lyon. The service is headquartered in Lyon, the capital of the region. Programming is also produced by France 3 Rhône-Alpes.The service can also be seen in Switzerland.
Deaths. 15 March - Guy-Toussaint-Julien Carron, Roman Catholic priest and writer (born 1760) 17 March - Louis-Marcelin de Fontanes, poet and politician (born 1757) 5 May - Napoleon I of France, military and political leader (born 1769) 19 May. François-Henri de Franquetot de Coigny, Marshal of France (born 1737)
Events. Flood in Paris by Carlo Brancaccio. 15 January – Constant rain in Paris causes the Seine to overflow its banks, flooding the city. All but one line of the Paris Métro becomes filled with water, effectively draining water from the city. 24 April – French legislative election held.
Frances Cleveland (July 21, 1864 – October 29, 1947) was the first lady of the United States from 1886 to 1889 and again from 1893 to 1897, as the wife of President Grover Cleveland. She met him while an infant, as he was a friend, and later the estate executor, of her father, Oscar Folsom. Grover settled Oscar's debts and provided for Frances.
28 February – Annie Girardot, actress (born 1931) 25 March – Jean Royer, politician, former Minister, and former Mayor of Tours (born 1920) 24 April – Marie-France Pisier, Indochinese -born actress (born 1944) 22 November – Danielle Mitterrand, activist and widow of François Mitterrand (born 1924)
19 April – Esprit Antoine Blanchard, musician (born 1696) [2] 25 April – Jean-Antoine Nollet clergyman and physicist (born 1700) 30 May – François Boucher, painter (born 1703) 3 August – Guillaume-François Rouelle, chemist and apothecary (born 1703) 28 November – Charles-Jean-François Hénault, historian (born 1685)