Geographical Location - Paris
- Apollinaire Defines Cubism in The Cubist Painters
- Artists Find Inspiration in African Tribal Art
- Auguste Comte Advances Theory of Positivism
- Baker Dances in La Revue nègre
- Baulieu Develops RU-486, a Pill That Induces Abortion
- Beauvoir’s The Second Sex Anticipates the Women’s Movement
- Beckett’s Trilogy Pushes Against the Frontiers of Fiction
- Benedictus Develops Laminated Glass
- Bergson’s Creative Evolution Inspires Artists and Thinkers
- The Bikini Swimsuit Is Introduced
- Bocage Devises Theory of Tomography
- The Boeing 707 Begins Commercial Service
- Boule Reconstructs the First Neanderthal Skeleton
- Bourbaki Circle Publishes Éléments de mathématique
- The Bourbaki Group Publishes Éléments de mathématique
- Buñuel and Dalí Champion Surrealism in Un Chien andalou
- Celan’s Influential Atemwende Is Published
- Céline’s Journey to the End of the Night Is Published
- Chanel Defines Modern Women’s Fashion
- Concorde Flies Passengers at Supersonic Speeds
- The Concorde Flies Passengers at Supersonic Speeds
- Coronation of Napoleon as Emperor
- Cousteau and Gagnan Develop the Aqualung
- Daffos Uses Blood Taken Through the Umbilical Cord to Diagnose Fetal Disease
- Dawes Plan
- De Broglie Introduces the Theory of Wave-Particle Duality
- De Gaulle Steps Down
- Derrida Enunciates the Principles of Deconstruction
- Development of Gothic Architecture
- Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes Astounds Paris
- Diderot’s Encyclopedia Is Published
- Dior’s “New Look” Sweeps Europe and America
- The Dreyfus Affair
- Dreyfus affair
- Duchamp’s “Readymades” Challenge Concepts of Art
- Ehrlich and Metchnikoff Conduct Pioneering Research in Immunology
- Emergence of European Universities
- The Entente Cordiale
- Execution of Louis XVI
- Fall of Robespierre
- Fall of the Bastille
- Fayol Publishes Administration Industrielle et Générale
- The Firebird Premieres In Paris
- First Battle of the Marne
- Fokine’s Les Sylphides Introduces Abstract Ballet
- Foucault’s Madness and Civilization Is Published
- Founding of the Jesuits
- France Announces End to Nuclear Bomb Tests
- France Withdraws from NATO’s Military Structure
- Franco-American Treaties
