Agence France-Presse traces its roots to the Agence Havas, founded in Paris in 1835 by Charles-Louis Havas, which is regarded as the first modern news agency. Havas gathered foreign newspapers, translated them and sold the news to the French press, and its early staff included Paul Julius Reuter and Bernhard Wolff, who later founded their own agencies. After the liberation of France in 1944, the agency's news operation was reorganised as Agence France-Presse, a public body with its own statute, which was formalised in 1957 to guarantee its independence. It is today one of the three largest news agencies in the world, along with Reuters and the Associated Press, and has bureaux in most countries.
Before and after
- 30 August 1835Founding of Melbourne
- from 20 September 1835 to 1 March 1845Farroupilha Revolution
- 2 October 1835Battle of Gonzales
- from 2 October 1835 to 21 April 1836Texas Revolution
- 22 October 1835Launch of Agence France-Presse
- 28 October 1835The Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand
- 4 November 1835Battle of Lipantitlán
- 25 November 1835Birth of Andrew Carnegie
- 29 November 1835Birth of Empress Dowager Cixi
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