A soldier during the Second World War, he was taken prisoner and escaped in 1939. François Mitterrand began working in 1942 for the Vichy government, but in 1943 he joined the ranks of the Resistance. At the Liberation, he was appointed minister. Opposed to the return of General de Gaulle and the pr
Pān Yùliáng (潘玉良, 1895 – 1977) was a Chinese artist who explored painting, sculpture and printmaking. His avant-garde art has created controversy in China. Sold at 13 Pān Yùliáng was born on June 14, 1895 in Yangzhou (on the east coast of China), under the name of Chen Xiuqing . Both of her parent
Master midwife, Angélique du Coudray trained women giving birth in the countryside and invented the first obstetrical mannequin. The first obstetrical mannequin Angélique Marguerite Le Boursier Du Coudray was born in Clermont-Ferrand in 1714, into a family of eminent doctors. For 16 years, she wor
Son of Charles Martel, born in 714, Pepin the Short (so nicknamed because of his small size), shares the kingdom of the Franks with his brother. But the latter, retiring to the convent in 747, left Pepin to reign alone, after having together reformed the Church (742-744). He was elected king of the