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Birthdays

1783 - Stendhal (French writer)

1786 - Auguste de Montferrand (French architect)

1832 - Édouard Manet (French painter)

1872 - Paul Langevin (French physicist)

1896 - Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg

1910 - Django Reinhardt (Belgian guitarist)

1928 - Jeanne Moreau (French actress)

1957 - Princess Caroline of Monaco

Deaths

1805 - Claude Chappe (French telecommunications pioneer)

1883 - Gustave Doré (French artist, engraver, and illustrator)

2002 - Pierre Bourdieu (French sociologist)

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