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Royal gifts |
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* Translation by Eric Schurmann |
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date | Thomas de Colmar |
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1785 |
Birth of Charles-Xavier Thomas, at Colmar , 8 rue Rapp, son of Joseph Antoine Thomas, doctor, and of Françoise-Xavier Anselin. |
Departure of Lapérouse for the Pacific |
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1795 |
May |
Birth of Frasquita Garcia de Ampudia Alvarez , who later became his wife |
The "sans-culottes".... . Death of Louis XVII, 10 years old |
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1804 |
Napoleon is annointed Emperor the 2nd December 1804. Napoleonic campaigns. Vidocq! hooligan, then policeman! |
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1809 |
Army administrator. Chief cashier for rations |
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1810 |
Manager of Headquarters rations store in Seville . First meeting with Frasquita Garcia de Ampudia, who will become his wife. |
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1812 |
Retreat from Russia , Berezina |
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1813 |
Chief Superintendent of stores for the armies operating in Spain . |
Spain is hotting up! |
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1814 |
Rations Inspector for the French army. |
Napoleon, dethroned, leaves for Elba . Louis XVIII in power! |
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1815 |
Napoleon: return from Elba . Defeat at Waterloo . Exile in Saint Helena. |
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1816 |
Agent and Pricipal Officer for rations for the allied troops, in Colmar . Thomas lives in the rue de l'Imprimerie. Birth of his first son, François-Louis-Charles. |
"Le radeau de la Méduse " by Géricault |
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1819 |
Sept. |
Creation of the Phoenix Insurance Company. Thomas is named General Manager for 15 years. |
Authorisation for insurance companies to extend their activities to fire cover.. |
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1820 |
Feb. |
Thomas resigns from Phoenix , following a disagreement. |
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Patent N° 1420 of 18th November, 1820 Model T1820 |
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1821 |
Apr. |
Knight of the Legion of Honour. |
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Death of Napoleon, on 5th May at Saint Helena . Foundation of the Ecole des Chartes. |
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1822 |
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Bulletin of the Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale Texts by Francoeur and Hoyau |
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Egypt revealed by Champollion |
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Modèle T1822 |
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1823 |
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Purchase of the building at 13, rue du Helder, in Paris . The arithmometer is mentioned in German scientific literature (Dingler's Polytechnisches Journal) |
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Niepce invents photography. |
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1824 |
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Death of Louis XVIII. Charles X succeeds him. |
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1829 |
Dec. |
Foundation of the Compagnie du Soleil. Thomas remains its General Manager until his death. He holds 25 % of the capital. |
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The Navy adopts steam power! First tubular locomotive, built by Marc Seguin. |
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1832 |
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Death of his father, Joseph-Antoine |
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Cholera epidemic in Paris . L'Orient by Delacroix ... |
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1834 |
Nov. |
Thomas joins the "Committee of Insurance Company Managers" to agree on a common tariff. |
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George Sand breaks with Alfred de Musset .. |
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1837 |
Dec. |
Purchase of the Château de Champfleury, at Carrières-sous-Poissy for the sum of 40,500 Francs. |
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Opening of the "Paris - Saint-Germain" railway line |
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1840 |
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Disaster insurance becomes profitable |
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Inauguration of the Colonne de Juillet, place de la Bastille |
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1843 |
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Creation of the Aigle insurance company |
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Schools take up gymnastics! |
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1844 |
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His brother, Henri-Louis Thomas, becomes General Manager of Soleil |
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"The Three Musketeers" by Alexandre Dumas |
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National Exhibition of 1844 |
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? Several machines are exhibited |
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1846 |
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Re-insurance agreement between Soleil and Aigle. |
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The Holy Virgin appears at La Salette. The planet Neptune is discovered by Johann Galle. |
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1847 |
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His son, Joseph Thomas d'Alvarez, takes over the management of Aigle. |
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Death of Marie Duplessis, "la dame aux camélias" (Camille). |
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Model T1848 |
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Patent N° 8282 of 25th April, 1849 |
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1850 |
Aug. |
Purchase of the Château de Maisons-Laffitte for 170,000 Francs. |
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Death of Honoré de Balzac. |
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1850 |
Nov. |
Creation of the mixed liability company Hoart & Co. Thomas holds 60 % |
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Patent N° 10990 (6261*) of 8th December, 1850 Model T1850 |
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English patent N° 13,504 of 10th February, 1851 |
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1851 |
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Major report by Benoît on the arithmometer. 16 digit machines are already built. |
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Louis Napoleon crossed the Rubicon! |
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1851 |
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Gold medal of the Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale. Silver medal at the Universal Exhibition in London |
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Second Empire ! |
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1851 |
Aug. |
Certificate of addition to Patent 10990 (to be developed) |
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1851 |
Déc. |
His Majesty, theSa Majesté le Bey of Tunis, gives him the Diamond Nicham 2nd class. Did Thomas give an arithmometer to the Bey of Tunis ? |
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Model T1852 |
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1852 |
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First instruction manuals! (Hoart & Co) First serial numbers! |
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New Constitution ! |
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1852 |
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The prince president (later, Napoleon III) gives him a gold snuffbox with his crest. The Duke of Nassau gives him a diamond ring . |
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1852 |
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Death of his brother, Henry-Louis Thomas. Louis Thomas, Duke of Bojano, succeeds him as Deputy General Manager. |
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1852 |
Aug. |
His Majesty, the King of the Netherlands , makes him a Knight of the Ordre de la Couronne de Chêne. |
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1852 |
Dec. |
His Holiness, Pope Pius IX, makes him a Commander of the Ordre de Saint Grégoire le Grand. |
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1853 |
Dec. |
His Majesty, the King of Greece, gives him the Croix de Chevalier du Sauveur |
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New Caledonia becomes French |
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Model T1856 |
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1854 |
April |
The Grand Duke of Tuscany gives him a hereditary peerage through the male line by letters patent. |
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1854 |
July |
His Majesty, the King of Sardinia makes him a Knight of the Ordre des Saints Maurice et Lazare. |
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Crimean War |
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1854- |
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A superb machine is offered to Marie-Thérèse Louise de Bourbon Parme, regent of the Duchies of Parma and Piacenza |
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Regency of the duchies of Parma and Piacenza : 1854-1859 |
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1854 |
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Soleil absorbs Le Globe, La Lyonnaise, La Palladium and La Nivernaise (1854-55) |
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1854 |
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L'Académie des Sciences gives its approval to the arithmometer. It is admitted to the Concours de Mécanique of 1855. |
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Piano arithmometer Universal Exhibition of 1855 |
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1855 |
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Le Verrier, manager of the Observatoire de Meudon, congratulates him. Verrier had received an arithmometer in 1854 as a gift. |
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Siege of Sebastopol |
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1857 |
Aug. |
Promoted to the rank of Officier de la Légion d'honneur ! |
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"Les fleurs du mal" by Baudelaire banned! Certain parts are considered scandalous….. |
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1857 |
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Relinquishment of the system of "participation" which put shareholders and participants into opposition to each other. |
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Model T1858 |
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1858 |
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Thomas introduces the turns counter ("compteur de tours") into his machines |
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First aerial photographs by Nadar |
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Model T1860 |
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1860 |
Sept. |
Purchase of Château de Mairé ( Vienne ) on the banks of the Creuse for 621,000 francs |
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Baron Haussmann transforms Paris ! |
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1861 |
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Pierre-Albert Dalmas, MP for Ille et Vilaine, gives up his job as Secretary to Napoleon III to chair Soleil from 1863 to 1866 and from 1868 to 1876. |
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"La Blanchisseuse", by Honoré Daumier |
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1863 |
June |
Thomas buys a plot of land at 156, Bd Haussmann, on which he has a town-house built. 11 servants work there. The stables hold 6 horses and 6 carriages! |
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France makes Cambodia a protectorate. "Déjeuner sur l'herbe" by Manet |
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1864 |
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Special disaster insurance policy |
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Inauguration of the transatlantic line. Sensational speech by Thiers |
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Patent N° 68923 of 30th December, 1865 Model T1865 |
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1868 |
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Compagnie du Soleil moves from 13 rue du Helder to 44-46 rue de Châteaudun, Paris IXe. |
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Velocipede race. Pierre Michaux creates the pedals. |
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1869 |
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Plan to extend his activities to life insurance. The plan will only be put into effect in 1872 by his son, Louis Thomas de Bojano. |
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Telegraphic cable under the Atlantic . Sarah Bernhardt enchants Paris. |
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1870 |
March |
Death of Thomas de Colmar at the age of 84, at home at 156 Bd Haussmann. He held 81% of the capital of Soleil |
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Workers' strike at Creusot fails. |
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Inventory! A stock of 229 10, 12, 16 and 20 digit machines remains in the workshops at 16, rue de la Tour des Dames. |
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1870 |
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Louis Thomas de Bojano is named General Manager of Soleil. |
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War! Napoleon III surrenders |
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1872 |
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Louis Thomas de Bojano starts offering life insurance in Soleil |
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Around the World in 80 Days / Jules Verne |
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1877 |
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Sale of the Château de Maisons-Laffitte |
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The electric battery by Leclanché |
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Patent N° 138912 of 29th September, 1880 Model T1880 |
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1881 |
May |
Death of Louis Thomas. Mr le Comte de Rancy, grandson of Thomas de Colmar, succeeds him. |
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Primary schools made free of charge / Jules Ferry |
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1887 1889 |
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Payen puts his name on the arithmometers. Gold medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1889 |
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Gauguin in Pont-Aven ! |
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Model Payen P1 |
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Model Payen
P2 |
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1894 |
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The family loses the management of the Groupe Aigle-Soleil |
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1896 |
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The arithmometer box is fitted with an inclining system |
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The Senate rejects income tax! |
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Model Payen
P3 |
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1900 |
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Gold medal at the Universal Exhibition |
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The corset becomes more supple .... |
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Patent N° 394.781 of 6th December, 1907 |
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1912 |
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The city of Colmar names one of its streets after Charles-Xavier Thomas! |
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The Bonnot gang is eliminated. The postman, Cheval, has finished his palace ... |
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1915 |
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Sale of the Maison Payen to Alphonse Darras |
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Inventory Daras 1915 What remains in the workshops at 16, rue de la Tour des Dames |
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1915 |
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Darras inventory including the workshops at 16 rue de la Tour des Dames |
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1920 |
June |
Exhibition of calculating machines at the Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale for the centenary of the arithmometer. |
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Supression of abortion. Lebanon is created by France . |
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1931 |
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A bust of Thomas par Clésinger, a replica of the bronze one which decorated the board room of Soleil-Aigle, is given to the town of Colmar . |
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Colonial Exhibition. |
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