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Events on Thursday 16 February 1899 1
1841 – 1899Félix Faure (1841-1899)Died 16 February 1899, aged 58President of France from 1895 until his death in 1899. He collapsed in the Élysée Palace on 16 February 1899 while meeting privately with his mistress Marguerite Steinheil, and died hours later. His sudden death made way for Émile Loubet's presidency during the height of the Dreyfus Affair.