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Birthdays

1748 - Jacques-Louis David (French painter)

1811 - Théophile Gautier (French poet)

1839 - Gulstan Ropert (French Catholic prelate)

1925 - Laurent de Brunhoff (French writer and illustrator)

1943 - Jean-Claude Killy (French skier)

1975 - Radhi Jaidi (Tunisian soccer player)

Deaths

1483 - King Louis XI of France

1580 - Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy

1935 - Henri Barbusse (French novelist and journalist)

1999 - Raymond Poïvet (French comics artist)

Milestones/Events

1799 - French Revolutionary Wars: British forces captured the entire Dutch fleet

Errors and Omissions

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