Poet, dramatist and novelist, b. at Paris, 26 January, 1842; d. 23 May, 1908.

Preacher and controversialist, born 1574, at Château-du-Loir, province of Maine, France; died Paris, 21 April, 1623.

French Jesuit, born 7 March, 1564, at Néronde in Forez; died 19 March, 1626, at Paris.

French sculptor, b. at Lyons, 29 Sept., 1640; d. at Paris, 10 Oct., 1720.

Explorer and physicist, b. at Paris, 28 January, 1701; d. there 4 February, 1774.

French theologian, born at Amiens, 1572; died at Paris, 1663.

French painter, etcher, and engraver, b. in Orléans about 1601; d. at Paris, 1664.

Benedictine of the Congregation of Saint-Maur, b. at Compiègne, France, 30 April, 1654; d. at the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, near Paris, 18 October, 1721.

French sculptor, b. at Lyons, 9 January, 1658; d. at Paris, 1 May, 1733.

Writer, born 12 April, 1808, in London; died in Paris, 1 April, 1891.

French Humanist and theologian, b. in Champagne about 1360; d. at Paris between 1434 and 1440.

A member of the Benedictine Congregation of Saint-Maur and historian; born at Bèze in the department of Côte-d'Or, France, 1714; died at Paris, 29 March, 1793.

Marquis de Seignelay, statesman, b. at Rheims, France, 1619; d. at Paris, 1683.

French bishop, b. 3 November, 1584, at Paris; d. there 25 April, 1652.

…h domination, from the discovery of Canada to the Treaty of Paris, in 1763; II. Period of British rule, from 1763 to the present day; III. Present conditions.…

Born in the chateau de la Plesse in Avrille, Angers, France, 1 September, 1662; d. at Paris, 11 June 1717.

French historian, b. at Paris, 28 December, 1659; d. there 12 October, 1737.

French archaeologist, b. at Paris, in 1692; d. in 1765.

Bishop, historian, and controversialist, b. in Paris, 1483; d. there, 1560.

French writer, b. at Saint-Malo, Brittany, 4 September, 1768; d. at Paris, 4 July, 1848.