Calment, Jeanne Louise

French longevite

1875 - Jeanne Louise Calment was born in Arles, France on the 21st of February.

1889 - She was 14 when the Eiffel Tower was completed.

1896 - Married her second cousin Fernand Calment, a wealthy storeowner.

1965 - She signed a deal, common in France, to sell her condominium apartment en viager to lawyer François Raffray.

1985 - Moved into a nursing home, having lived on her own until age 110.

1988 - At age 113, Calment was given the Guinness Records' "world's oldest person" title.

1989 - At the age of 114, she appeared briefly in the film Vincent and Me as herself, making her the oldest actress ever.

1995 - Released a French documentary film about her life, entitled Beyond 120 Years with Jeanne Calment.

        - She reached 120 years and 238 days to become the Guinness "oldest person ever".

1996 - The nursing home where she lived released a CD entitled "Time's Mistress".