13 Nov 1895
France
France
- Louis-Lazare Kahn was born in Versailles, France. ww2dbase [Louis-Lazare Kahn | Versailles, Île-de-France | CPC]
18 Jan 1919
France
France
- The Paris Peace Conference opened in Versailles, France. ww2dbase [The Treaty of Versailles | Versailles | CPC]
27 Aug 1941
France
France
- The French Socialist politician and collaborator Marcel Déat was wounded in an unsuccessful assassination attempt by Resistance member Paul Collette in Versailles, France. ww2dbase [Versailles, Île-de-France | AC]
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