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Events relating to france
Charles Pathé develops film facilities capable of mass production, in Vincennes near Paris
The sculptor Aristide Maillol has his first one-man exhibition, at the Galerie Vollard in Paris
Claude Debussy's opera Pelléas et Mélisande has its premiere in Paris
French film pioneer Georges Méliès uses trick effects for his film Journey to the Moon
William K. Vanderbilt drives the first internal-combustion car to win the land speed record, at 76 mph at Ablis in France
Gertrude Stein leaves the USA to share with her brother an apartment in Paris that soon becomes a literary and artistic salon
Maurice Ravel sets to music romantic oriental poems by Tristan Klingsor in his song-cycle Shéhérazade
The annual Prix Goncourt is established in France, in accordance with the will of Edmond de Goncourt
France and Britain sign an Entente Cordiale, resolving several colonial disputes and laying the foundation for a new alliance
Gwen John makes her home in Paris, where she becomes Rodin's model and mistress
Kaiser Wilhelm II visits Tangier in support of Moroccan independence, causing a diplomatic crisis with the colonial powers France and Britain
Henri Matisse completes his painting Luxe, Calme et Volupté
French psychologists Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon develop a scale by which to measure the 'mental age' of children
Pablo Picasso's palette becomes warmer as Blue evolves into Rose
Henri Matisse, in the south of France, paints The Open Window, Collioure, the first of his many works on this theme
The first German submarine, or U-boat, is constructed in a programme to catch up with Britain and France in this area
Aristide Maillol has his first major success with a large sculpture at the Salon d'Automne in Paris
Claude Debussy completes the three symphonic sketches forming La Mer
Matisse, Derain and others, exhibiting in Paris their shockingly colourful new works, are dubbed fauves ("wild beasts") by a critic
More than 1200 French miners die in an underground explosion in the district of Calais
An international conference at Algeciras effectively gives France informal control of Morocco
Charles Pathé opens the first purpose-built luxury cinema, the Omnia-Pathé, in Paris
The first Grand Prix of motor-racing is held near Le Mans over a 64-mile course
Pablo Picasso's portrait of Gertrude Stein prefigures cubism in its mask-like treatment of her face
Alfred Dreyfus is reinstated in the army after the French supreme court overturns his conviction for treason
