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End of Napoleon's reign
This was the end of the 100 days that Napoleon came back into power. -
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Life of the Divine Sarah
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American Civil War
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Sarah attends Comedie-Francaise
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Sarah plays Racine's Iphigénie in the title role, her debut.
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Gives birth to illegitimate son Maurice
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Sarah plays Coppée's La Passant, as a male troubadour (Zanetto); her first major stage success
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Franco-Prussian War
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Sarah plays Racine's Phèdre
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Sarah plays in 1874: Voltaire's Zaire
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Edison invents an improved incandescent electric light
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Art Nouveau emerges in France
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Eiffel Tower built
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Edison patents the moving picture
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Sarah stars in Sardou's Gismonda
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Sarah stars in La Dame aux Camélias
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Sarah stars in Rostand's La Samaritaine
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Sarah stars in Catulle Mendès' Medée
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Sarah plays title role in Barbier's Jeanne d'Arc
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Sarah plays title role in Shakespeare's Hamlet
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Sarah appears in one of the first silent films
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First successful plane flight
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Sarah injures her leg performing in La Tosca
Injury eventually gets gangrene and the leg has to be amputated in 1915. It didn't slow her down, though, and she kept consistently performing until she died in 1923. -
Sarah acts in the short film Les Amours d'Elisabeth, Reine d'Angleterre
Film was a major success. -
Titanic disaster
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World War I
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Russian Revolution
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Sarah appears in her last film before her death, La Voyante
Sarah appears as a clairvoyant, who makes predictions that influence the outcome of national events. This film was Sarah's final performance, and was made while she was mortally ill. It was eventually completed with scenes made with a stand-in performing Bernhardt's character with her back turned to the camera. -
Stock Market Crash
...leading to the Great Depression.
