François Mitterrand was born on 26 October 1916 in Maison natale de François Mitterrand. A French politician, Mitterrand took part in the Resistance during the Second World War and held ministerial posts in the Fourth Republic. For years he was the main opponent of Charles de Gaulle and the Fifth Republic, and he rebuilt the Socialist Party, which he led from 1971. He was elected president in 1981, the first Socialist to hold the office under the Fifth Republic, and was re-elected in 1988. His presidency saw the abolition of the death penalty, the nationalization of key industries, major building projects in Paris such as the Louvre pyramid and the Opéra Bastille, and close cooperation with Helmut Kohl in building the European Union. Revelations about his Vichy past and his illness marked his final years.
Before and after
- from 3 August 1916 to 5 August 1916Battle of Romani
- from 12 September 1916 to 11 December 1916Monastir Offensive
- 13 September 1916Birth of Roald Dahl
- 23 September 1916Birth of Aldo Moro
- 26 October 1916Birth of François Mitterrand
- 9 December 1916Birth of Kirk Douglas
- 25 December 1916Birth of Ahmad ibn Billah
- 1917Discovery of protactinium
- from 1917 to 1921Ukrainian–Soviet War
More in Wars, politics & history
- 16 May 1916Sykes–Picot Agreement
- from February 1919 to March 1921Polish–Soviet War
- 4 June 1920Treaty of Trianon
- 24 July 1923Treaty of Lausanne
- from 7 December 1941 to 2 September 1945Pacific War
- from 6 June 1944 to 29 August 1944Normandy landings
The era
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