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Frédéric François-Marsal
1874Mar, 16

Frédéric François-Marsal

Frédéric François-Marsal, French prime minister (d. 1958)
Frédéric François-Marsal (French: [fʁedeʁik fʁɑ̃swa maʁsal]; 16 March 1874 – 20 May 1958) was a French Politician of the Third Republic, who served briefly as Prime Minister in 1924. Due to his premiership he also served for two days (11–13 June 1924) as the Acting President of the French Republic between the resignation of Alexandre Millerand and the election of Gaston Doumergue.

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Events on 1874

  • 28Feb

    Tichborne case

    One of the longest cases ever heard in an English court ends when the defendant is convicted of perjury for attempting to assume the identity of the heir to the Tichborne baronetcy.
  • 15Mar

    Second Treaty of Saigon

    France and Viet Nam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
  • 27May

    Gert Alberts

    The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
  • 7Nov

    Thomas Nast

    A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.
  • 25Nov

    Panic of 1873

    The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.