Events in Bordeaux History
- 1305-06-05 Archbishop Bertrand the Got of Bordeaux elected Pope Clement V
The Plague Arrives in England
1348-05-08 Ship from Bordeaux carrying the plague, lands in Melcombe Regis (now Weymouth), Dorset. The beginning of the Terrible Pestilence (Black Death) in England.
King Richard II
1377-06-22 10-year-old Richard of Bordeaux succeeds his grandfather Edward III as Richard II, King of England
- 1453-10-19 French retake Bordeaux following the Battle of Castillon
- 1653-07-31 Fronde-leaders surrender in Bordeaux
Humboldt Returns to France
1804-08-03 Naturalist Alexander von Humboldt lands at Bordeaux, France completing his 5 year expedition to Latin America
- 1895-06-13 Emile Levassor wins the first automobile race in history the Paris-Bordeaux-Paris, taking 48 hours and 48 minutes (1,178 km)
- 1914-09-02 -3] Gen von Hausen & countess of France regime flees to Bordeaux
- 1940-06-10 French government moves to Bordeaux
- 1940-06-16 General De Gaulle arrives in Bordeaux
- 1940-06-17 General De Gaulle departs Bordeaux for London
- 1944-08-31 French troops liberate Bordeaux
- 1950-06-04 Dutch cyclist Wim van Est wins Bordeaux-Paris (586 km in 17:25)
World Record
1994-09-02 Spanish road cyclist Miguel Induráin sets UCI hour world record distance 53.04 kilometers in Bordeaux, France
- 2022-08-11 "Monster" wildfire south-east of Bordeaux fought by 1,000 firefighters has burnt through 7,400 hectares (18,286 acres) part of France's driest summer since 1961 [1]
Famous People from Bordeaux
- 1242-06-25 Beatrice of England, Duchess of Brittany, daughter of Henry III of England, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1275)
Richard II (1367-1400)
1367-01-06 King of England (1377-99), born in Bordeaux, Kingdom of France
- 1610-02-13 Jean de la Badie, French theologian, founder of Labadists, born in Bourg, Bordeaux, France (d. 1674)
- 1728-04-16 Joseph Black, Scottish chemist and physicist known for his discoveries of magnesium, latent heat and carbon dioxide, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1799)
- 1741-07-27 François-Hippolyte Barthélémon, French composer, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1808)
- 1750-05-20 Stephen Girard, French-born American banker (bailed out US bonds during War of 1812), born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1831)
- 1758-08-14 Carle Vernet, French painter and lithographer, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1836)
- 1774-02-16 Pierre Rode, French composer and violinist, born in Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France (d. 1830)
- 1822-03-16 Marie-Rosalie "Rosa" Bonheur, French animalière painter (The Horse Fair; Buffalo Bill), and sculptor, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1899)
- 1826-07-10 Theodore Lajarte, French writer on music and composer, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1890)
- 1838-07-23 Édouard Colonne, French composer and violinist, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1910)
- 1840-04-20 Odilon Redon [Bertrand-Jean Redon], French symbolist painter, born in Bordeaux (d. 1916)
- 1841-05-22 Catulle Mendès, French poet, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1909)
- 1870-01-22 Charles Arnold Tournemire, French organist and composer, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1939)
- 1872-07-28 Albert Sarraut, French Radical politician, Prime Minister of France (1933 and 36), born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1962)
- 1873-04-18 Jean Roger-Ducasse, French composer, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1954)
- 1876-05-13 Raoul Laparra, French composer (Alyssa), born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1943)
- 1880-12-29 Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin, French composer (Ophellia), born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1952)
- 1885-07-05 André Lhote, French painter and art historian (Traité du paysage), born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1962)
- 1885-10-11 Francois Mauriac, French novelist, poet and playwright (Nobel 1952), born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1970)
- 1890-12-20 Yvonne Arnaud, French-born pianist, singer and actress (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre), born in Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France (d. 1958)
- 1900-04-23 Henry Barraud, French composer, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1997)
- 1902-04-13 Philippe de Rothschild, French race-car driver and manager (Bordeaux Vineyard), born in Paris, France (d. 1988)
- 1906-01-13 Maxime Jacob, French composer and organist, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1977)
Jean Anouilh (1910-1987)
1910-06-23 French dramatist (Antigone, The Lark), born in Bordeaux, France
- 1912-01-06 Jacques Cesar Ellul, French philosopher and sociologist, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1994)
- 1913-03-18 Rene Clement, French film director and writer (Is Paris Burning), born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1996)
- 1917-05-01 Danielle Darrieux, French stage and screen actress (Alexander the Great; Mayerling; 8 Women), born in Bordeaux, France (d. 2017)
- 1920-01-14 Bertus de Harder, Dutch soccer star (Bordeaux), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1982)
- 1923-03-19 Janine Dacosta, French classical pianist, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 2021)
- 1928-05-13 Édouard Molinaro, French film actor, director and screenwriter (La Cage aux Folles), born in Bordeaux, France (d. 2013)
- 1928-07-14 Pierre Olaf [Trivier], French actor (Camelot, Don't Drink the Water, Kraft Music Hall), born in Caudéran, Bordeaux (d. 1995)
- 1934-07-17 Philippe Capdenat, French classical composer, born in Bordeaux, France
- 1937-07-26 Boris Cyrulnik, French doctor, born in Bordeaux, France
- 1943-02-11 Serge Lama [Chauvier], French singer ("Je suis malade"), born in Bordeaux, France
- 1945-11-01 Rick Grech, British rock musician (Blind Faith; Traffic), born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1990)
- 1947-01-26 Patrick Dewaere [PJMH Bordeaux], French actor (Les Valseuses)
- 1955-09-29 Benoît Ferreux, French actor (Murmur of the Heart), born in Bordeaux, France
- 1962-11-12 Wim Kieft, Dutch soccer player (Ajax/Gir de Bordeaux/PSV)
- 1981-02-28 Florent Serra, French tennis player, born in Bordeaux, France
Famous French People
Aimé Bonpland
Alain Delon
Alain Prost
Albert Camus
Albert Uderzo
Alexandre de Beauharnais