The tour Traveling started Process_start on 24 April 1996 in Galway , Ireland , and included Cause_to_be_included 84 concerts Social_event in 66 cities , ending Process_end in Antibes , France , on 4 August 1996 .

The Monbar Hotel attack was carried out Attack by the GAL , a state-sponsored death squad , on 25 September 1985 in Bayonne , France .

The targets were four members of ETA military , whom the Spanish government believed to be senior figures in the organisation , itself proscribed as a terrorist group in Spain and France .

Martinpuich is situated Placing south of Arras , near the junction of the D 929 and D 6 roads , opposite Courcelette , in the Pas-de-Calais , France .

It was launched Process_start from the Hindenburg Line , in the vicinity of Saint-Quentin , France .

The arrival in France of large reinforcements from the United States replaced Entente casualties but the German Army was unable to recover Recovering from its losses before these reinforcements took Conquering the field .

The Western Allies of World War II launched Process_start the largest amphibious invasion in history when they attacked Attack German positions at Normandy , located on the northern coast of France , on 6 June 1944 .

The Tête de l'Obiou accident Catastrophe was an airliner crash Catastrophe in France on 13 November 1950 .

The human chain followed the ancient Via Augusta , from Le Perthus ( France , Vallespir ) up to Alcanar ( Spain , Montsià ) .

The failure of the uprising led to Causation Kerensky being forced to go Self_motion into exile , eventually finding refuge in France and later the United States .

The 2008 Coupe de France Final was a football match that was held Hold at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis , France on 24 May 2008 .

The 2008 Coupe de France Final was a football match that was held Hold at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis , France on 24 May 2008 .

The 2008 Coupe de France Final was a football match that was held Hold at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis , France on 24 May 2008 .

It was the 90th final in the Coupe de France 's history .

This was PSG 's 10th appearance Arriving in the Coupe de France final , having won the cup in 1982 , 1983 , 1993 , 1995 , 1998 , 2004 , and 2006 .

After the crash Catastrophe Air France pilots criticized Judgment_communication under-developed airports with facilities that were ill-equipped to handle Hold jet aircraft , such as Guadeloupe 's airport .

This was the second accident Catastrophe in less than three weeks with an Air France Boeing 707 after the crash Catastrophe on 3 June 1962 .

The Nine Years ' War ( 1688–1697 ) , often called Name_conferral the War of the Grand Alliance or the War of the League of Augsburg , was a conflict Hostile_encounter between Louis XIV of France and a European coalition of the Holy Roman Empire ( led by Austria ) , the Dutch Republic , Spain , England and Savoy .

Louis XIV of France had emerged Coming_to_be from the Franco-Dutch War in 1678 as the most powerful monarch in Europe , an absolute ruler who had won numerous military victories .

Using a combination of aggression , annexation , and quasi-legal means , Louis XIV set about Process_start extending Change_event_time his gains to stabilize and strengthen France 's frontiers , culminating in the brief War of the Reunions ( 1683–1684 ) .

The Truce of Ratisbon guaranteed Commitment France 's new borders for twenty years , but Louis XIV 's subsequent actions—notably his Edict of Fontainebleau ( the revocation of the Edict of Nantes ) in 1685—led to the deterioration of his military and political dominance .

Leopold I and the German princes resolved Resolve_problem to resist , and when the States General and William III brought Bringing the Dutch and the English into the war Hostile_encounter against France , the French king faced a powerful coalition aimed Aiming at curtailing his ambitions .

The main fighting took place Process_start around France 's borders in the Spanish Netherlands , the Rhineland , the Duchy of Savoy and Catalonia .

The Franco-Dutch War Hostile_encounter , often just the Dutch War ( ; ) , was a conflict Hostile_encounter that lasted from 1672 to 1678 between the Dutch Republic and France , each supported Supporting by allies .

France had the support Supporting of England and Sweden , while the Dutch were supported Supporting by Spain , the Holy Roman Empire and Denmark .

The war began Process_start in May 1672 when France invaded Attack the Netherlands and nearly overran it , an event still referred Name_conferral to as `` het Rampjaar '' or 'Disaster Year ' .

On balance , the cost of funding the Swedish army made Manufacturing its support Supporting largely negative for France .

Under the Peace of Nijmegen , France returned Arriving Charleroi to Spain .

In return , it received Receiving the Franche-Comté and cities in Flanders and Hainaut , essentially establishing Creating modern France 's northern border .

The engagement Hostile_encounter was one of several between rival frigate squadrons contesting Competition control Control of the French island base of Île de France , from which French frigates had raided Attack British trade routes during the war Hostile_encounter .

Searching for Rowley off Île de France , `` Ceylon '' was spotted Know by French Commodore Jacques Hamelin who gave Giving chase Self_motion in his flagship `` Vénus '' , supported Supporting by a corvette .

This was the last ship-to-ship action in the region before the successful invasion Attack of Île de France in December 1810 : without Hamelin the French squadron , short on supplies Supply and low on morale , did not contest Competition British control Control of the region and failed Earnings_and_losses to even attempt Hold to disrupt Hindering the invasion Attack fleet .

The Crimean War ( ; or ; ; ) was a military conflict Hostile_encounter fought Hostile_encounter from October 1853 to February 1856 in which the Russian Empire lost Earnings_and_losses to an alliance of the Ottoman Empire , France , Britain and Sardinia .

The longer-term causes Causation involved Cause_to_be_included the decline Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale of the Ottoman Empire and the unwillingness of Britain and France to allow Preventing_or_letting Russia to gain Getting territory and power at Ottoman expense Cost .

Having obtained Getting promises of support Supporting from France and Britain , the Ottomans declared Expressing_publicly war on Russia in October 1853 .

Fearing an Ottoman collapse , France and Britain rushed Motion forces Causation to Gallipoli .

France and Britain welcomed Request this development , as the conflict Hostile_encounter was growing Expansion unpopular at home .

The Toulouse and Montauban shootings were a series of Islamist terrorist attacks Attack committed by Mohammed Merah from 11–19 March 2012 in the cities of Montauban and Toulouse in the Midi-Pyrénées region of France .

Thereafter , France raised Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale its `` Vigipirate , '' the terror alert system , to the highest level in the Midi-Pyrénées region and surrounding departements .

He claimed Statement allegiance to Al-Qaeda and said Telling he carried out Action his attacks because of France 's participation in the War in Afghanistan and its ban on Islamic face veils , and justified Justifying his attack on the Jewish school because `` The Jews kill Killing our brothers and sisters in Palestine '' .

The Games were held in Paris , France , from 10 to 17 August 1924 , as an equivalent to the Olympic Games for deaf athletes .

( Rubens-Alcais had previously founded Creating France 's first sports federation for the deaf and mute , in 1918 . )

Specifically , France , Belgium , Great Britain , Latvia , the Netherlands , and Poland `` already had a sports federation '' for the deaf , while Italy , Romania and Hungary each sent Sending one athlete despite having no such federation yet .

The host country , France , dominated , winning Getting sixteen of the seventeen events in athletics ; the sole exception was the javelin throw , where Belgian Nicolas François came Self_motion first ahead of Frenchman Raymond Code .

France also swept Scouring up all three gold medals in cycling , the only gold medal in shooting , one of the two gold in tennis , and won the football competition Competition .

By contrast , the six swimming events were much more open ; France won none , and the six gold medals were shared between the Netherlands , Italy and the United Kingdom ( competing as `` Great Britain '' ) .

Other squadrons already at sea became Becoming embroiled in the campaign : a smaller squadron that had been raiding Attack the African coast under Commodore Jean-Marthe-Adrien L'Hermite since August 1805 provided Supply a diversion to the major campaign but failed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to draw Removing off significant British forces Military_operation , while the remnants of a French squadron under Contre-Admiral Charles-Alexandre Durand Linois that had been operating Being_in_operation in the Indian Ocean since 1803 was intercepted Preventing_or_letting and defeated Conquering by Warren in March , after a chance encounter on its journey back to France .

The Atlantic campaign Military_operation of May 1794 was a series of operations Military_operation conducted Action by the British Royal Navy 's Channel Fleet against the French Navy 's Atlantic Fleet , with the aim of preventing Preventing_or_letting the passage of a strategically important French grain convoy travelling Traveling from the United States to France .

The campaign Military_operation involved Cause_to_be_included commerce raiding Attack by detached forces Causation and two minor engagements Hostile_encounter , eventually culminating Process_end in the full fleet action of the Glorious First of June 1794 , at which both fleets were badly mauled Bodily_harm and both Britain and France claimed Statement victory Earnings_and_losses .

With famine Catastrophe imminent , the French Committee of Public Safety looked Perception_active to France 's colonies and the United States to provide Supply an infusion of grain ; this was to be convoyed Patrolling across the Atlantic during April , May and June , accompanied by a small escort squadron and supported Supporting by a second , larger squadron in the Bay of Biscay .