1891 in France
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Events from the year 1891 in France.
1890 in France
1890 in France
See also:1889 in France,other events of 1890,1891 in France.----Events from the year 1890 in France.-Events:*2 January - Steamship Persia wrecked off Corsica: 130 lives lost.*21 February - First Franco-Dahomean War begins....
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other events of 1891,
1892 in France
1892 in France
See also:1891 in France,other events of 1892,1893 in France.----Events from the year 1892 in France.-Events:*12 July - A hidden lake bursts out of a glacier on the side of Mont Blanc, flooding the valley below and killing around 200 villagers and holidaymakers in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains.*8 November...
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Events from the year 1891 in France.
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- 1 May - Nine killed and thirty wounded when troops fire on workers' May DayMay DayMay Day on May 1 is an ancient northern hemisphere spring festival and usually a public holiday; it is also a traditional spring holiday in many cultures....
demonstration in support of eight-hour workday in Fourmies. - 27 August - France and Russia conclude defensive alliance.
Arts and literature
- Gustave MoreauGustave MoreauGustave Moreau was a French Symbolist painter whose main emphasis was the illustration of biblical and mythological figures. As a painter of literary ideas, Moreau appealed to the imaginations of some Symbolist writers and artists.- Biography :Moreau was born in Paris. His father, Louis Jean Marie...
becomes a professor at the École des Beaux-ArtsÉcole des Beaux-ArtsÉcole des Beaux-Arts refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The most famous is the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, now located on the left bank in Paris, across the Seine from the Louvre, in the 6th arrondissement. The school has a history spanning more than 350 years,...
in Paris.
January to June
- 2 January - Didier DauratDidier DauratDidier Daurat was a pioneer of French aviation.-Biography:Daurat was a fighter pilot during World War I, distinguishing himself by spotting the Paris Gun which was pounding Paris....
, aviation pioneer (d.19691969 in FranceSee also:1968 in France,other events of 1969,1970 in France.----Events from the year 1969 in France.-Events:*2 March - In Toulouse the first Concorde test flight is conducted.*27 April - Constitutional Referendum held and proposals were rejected....
). - 14 January - Félix GoethalsFélix GoethalsFélix Goethals was a French professional road bicycle racer, who won seven stages in total in the Tour de France. His best final classification was a ninth place in 1920.- Palmarès :191319141920...
, cyclist (d.19621962 in FranceSee also:1961 in France,other events of 1962,1963 in France.----Events from the year 1962 in France.-Events:*5 February – President Charles de Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence....
). - 19 April - Françoise RosayFrançoise RosayFrançoise Rosay was a French opera singer, diseuse, and actress who enjoyed a film career of over sixty years and who became a legendary figure in French cinema...
, actress (d.19741974 in FranceSee also:1973 in France,other events of 1974,1975 in France.----Events from the year 1974 in France.-Events:*1 March - Pierre Messmer finishes his first term as Prime Minister of France....
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July to September
- 11 July - Gabriel BenoistGabriel BenoistGabriel Benoist was a French writer in the Cauchois dialect of the Norman language. He is best known for the Thanase Pequeu stories of which three volumes were published in the 1930s....
, writer (d.19641964 in FranceSee also:1963 in France,other events of 1964,1965 in France.----Events from the year 1964 in France.-Events:*27 January - France and the People's Republic of China announce their decision to establish diplomatic relations....
). - 21 July - Marcel-Frédéric Lubin-LebrèreMarcel-Frédéric Lubin-LebrèreMarcel-Frédéric Lubin-Lebrère was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.He was born in Agen and died in Toulouse.In 1924 he won the silver medal as member of the French team....
, rugby union player (d.19721972 in FranceSee also:1971 in France,other events of 1972,1973 in France.----Events from the year 1972 in France.-Events:*January - Launch of the Renault 5, one of the world's first small hatchbacks....
). - 6 August - Yvette AndréyorYvette AndréyorYvette Andréyor was a French actress of the silent era. She appeared in 108 films between 1910 and 1962.She was born and died in Paris, France.-Selected filmography:* Fantômas * Judex...
, actress (d.19621962 in FranceSee also:1961 in France,other events of 1962,1963 in France.----Events from the year 1962 in France.-Events:*5 February – President Charles de Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence....
). - 9 August - Joseph-Marie MartinJoseph-Marie MartinJoseph-Marie-Eugène Martin was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Rouen from 1948 to 1971, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965.-Biography:...
, Cardinal (d.19761976 in FranceSee also:1975 in France,other events of 1976,1977 in France.----Events from the year 1976 in France.-Events:*21 January - The first commercial Concorde flight takes off.*7 March - Cantonales Elections held....
). - 15 August - Jean De BriacJean De BriacJean De Briac was a French film actor. He appeared in 122 films between 1920 and 1962.He was born in France and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:*Around the World in Eighteen Days...
, actor (d.19701970 in FranceSee also:1969 in France,other events of 1970,1971 in France.----Events from the year 1970 in France.-Events:*10 February - An avalanche at Val d'Isère kills 39 tourists.*8 March - Cantonales Elections held.*15 March - Cantonales Elections held....
). - 3 September - Marcel GrandjanyMarcel GrandjanyMarcel Georges Lucien Grandjany was a French-born American harpist and composer. He began the study of the harp at the age of eight with Henriette Renié. He was admitted to the Paris Conservatoire at age eleven where he also studied with Alphonse Hasselmans, winning the coveted Premier Prix at age...
, harpHarpThe harp is a multi-stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicularly to the soundboard. Organologically, it is in the general category of chordophones and has its own sub category . All harps have a neck, resonator and strings...
ist and composerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
(d.19751975 in FranceSee also:1974 in France,other events of 1975,1976 in France.----Events from the year 1975 in France.-Events:*1 January - Work is abandoned on the British end of the Channel Tunnel....
). - 10 September - Raymond AbescatRaymond AbescatRaymond Abescat was one of the last surviving veterans of the World War I in France, its oldest man and the oldest veteran in France at the time of his death. He died a mere 26 days before his 110th birthday.-World War I:Abescat joined the military in October 1912 and spent seven years with an...
, oldest man in France and oldest veteran in France at the time of his death (d.20012001 in FranceSee also:2000 in France,other events of 2001,2002 in France.----Events from the year 2001 in France.-Events:*March - The Renault Vel Satis is launched at the Geneva Motor Show.*8 March - Cantonales Elections held....
). - 26 September - Charles MünchCharles MünchCharles Munch was an Alsatian symphonic conductor and violinist. Noted for his mastery of the French orchestral repertoire, he is best known as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.-Biography:...
, conductor and violinist (d.19681968 in FranceSee also:1967 in France,other events of 1968,1969 in France.----Events from the year 1968 in France-Events:*27 January - French submarine sinks in the Mediterranean with 52 men on board....
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October to December
- 10 October - Raymond BernardRaymond BernardRaymond Bernard was a French filmmaker and related to French playwright father Tristan Bernard and brother to Jean-Jacques Bernard...
, filmmaker (d.19771977 in FranceSee also:1976 in France,other events of 1977,1978 in France.----Events from the year 1977 in France.-Events:*13 March - Municipal Elections held.*20 March - Municipal Elections held....
). - 17 November - Jean Del ValJean Del ValJean Del Val was a French-born actor. He has also been credited as Jean Gauthier and Jean Gautier.He has played roles during the Hollywood silent era, beginning with The Fortunes of Fifi in 1917...
, actor (d.19751975 in FranceSee also:1974 in France,other events of 1975,1976 in France.----Events from the year 1975 in France.-Events:*1 January - Work is abandoned on the British end of the Channel Tunnel....
). - 15 December - Martial GuéroultMartial GuéroultMartial Guéroult was a French philosopher and historian of philosophy, specialized in 17th century philosophy. His work was characterized by a close attention to history of philosophy, which he considered as noble as philosophy itself, and a strong demand for systematicity...
, philosopher and historian of philosophy (d.19761976 in FranceSee also:1975 in France,other events of 1976,1977 in France.----Events from the year 1976 in France.-Events:*21 January - The first commercial Concorde flight takes off.*7 March - Cantonales Elections held....
). - 26 December - Jean Galtier-BoissièreJean Galtier-BoissièreJean Galtier-Boissière was a writer, polemist, and journalist from Paris, France. He founded Le Crapouillot and wrote for Le Canard enchaîné.-Bibliography:* Croquis De Tranchées. 1917...
, writer, polemistPolemicA polemic is a variety of arguments or controversies made against one opinion, doctrine, or person. Other variations of argument are debate and discussion...
and journalistJournalistA journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
(d.19661966 in FranceSee also:1965 in France,other events of 1966,1967 in France.----Events from the year 1966 in France.-Events:*4 January - A gas leak fire at the Feyzin oil refinery near Lyon, kills 18 and injures 84....
). - 30 December - Antoine PinayAntoine PinayAntoine Pinay |Rhône]], France – 13 December 1994) was a French conservative politician. He served as Prime Minister of France in 1952.-Life:As a young man, Pinay fought in World War I and injured his arm so that it was paralyzed for the rest of his life....
, politician and Prime Minister of FrancePrime Minister of FranceThe Prime Minister of France in the Fifth Republic is the head of government and of the Council of Ministers of France. The head of state is the President of the French Republic...
(d.19941994 in FranceSee also:1993 in France,other events of 1994,1995 in France.----Events from the year 1994 in France.-Events:*20 March - Cantonales Elections held.*24 March - Cantonales Elections held....
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Full date unknown
- Xavier VallatXavier VallatXavier Vallat , French politician, was Commissioner-General for Jewish Questions in the wartime Vichy collaborationist government, and was sentenced after World War II to ten years in prison for his part in the persecution of French Jews.- Until World War II :Vallat was born in the department of...
, politician and Commissioner-General for Jewish QuestionJewish QuestionThe Jewish question encompasses the issues and resolutions surrounding the historically unequal civil, legal and national statuses between minority Ashkenazi Jews and non-Jews, particularly in Europe. The first issues discussed and debated by societies, politicians and writers in western and...
s in Vichy FranceVichy FranceVichy France, Vichy Regime, or Vichy Government, are common terms used to describe the government of France that collaborated with the Axis powers from July 1940 to August 1944. This government succeeded the Third Republic and preceded the Provisional Government of the French Republic...
(d.19721972 in FranceSee also:1971 in France,other events of 1972,1973 in France.----Events from the year 1972 in France.-Events:*January - Launch of the Renault 5, one of the world's first small hatchbacks....
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January to June
- 14 January - Aimé MilletAimé MilletAimé Millet was a noted French sculptor, who was born and died in Paris.Millet was the son of miniaturist Frederick Millet and uncle to Chicago architectural decorator Julian Louis Millet...
, sculptor (b.18191819 in FranceSee also:1818 in France,other events of 1819,1820 in France.----Events from the year 1819 in France.-January to June:*1 March - François-Marie-Benjamin Richard, Archbishop of Paris ....
). - 16 January - Léo DelibesLéo DelibesClément Philibert Léo Delibes was a French composer of ballets, operas, and other works for the stage...
, composer (b.18361836 in FranceSee also:1835 in France,other events of 1836,1837 in France.----Events from the year 1836 in France.-Births:*14 January - Henri Fantin-Latour, painter and lithographer .*21 February - Léo Delibes, composer ....
). - 21 January - Jean-Louis-Ernest MeissonierJean-Louis-Ernest MeissonierJean-Louis Ernest Meissonier was a French Classicist painter and sculptor famous for his depictions of Napoleon, his armies and military themes. He documented sieges and manoeuvres and was the teacher of Édouard Detaille.-Biography:Ernest Meissonier was born at Lyon...
, painter and sculptor (b.18151815 in FranceSee also:1814 in France,other events of 1815,1816 in France.----Events from the year 1815 in France.-Events:*3 January - Austria, Britain, and Bourbon-restored France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussia and Russia....
). - 15 March - Théodore de BanvilleThéodore de BanvilleThéodore Faullain de Banville was a French poet and writer.-Biography:Banville was born in Moulins in Allier, Auvergne, the son of a captain in the French navy. His boyhood, by his own account, was cheerlessly passed at a lycée in Paris; he was not harshly treated, but took no part in the...
, poet and writer (b.18231823 in FranceSee also:1822 in France,other events of 1823,1824 in France.----Events from the year 1823 in France.-Events:*17 April - French forces, authorised by the Congress of Verona, enter Spain following the capture of Ferdinand VII of Spain by armed revolutionary liberals.*23 May - Rebel government...
). - 29 March - Armand-François-Marie de CharbonnelArmand-François-Marie de CharbonnelArmand-François-Marie de Charbonnel was the Bishop of Toronto from 1847 to 1860 and the only French and non-English priest to hold the post.-Early years:...
, Bishop of TorontoRoman Catholic Archbishops of TorontoThis is a list of the Roman Catholic Archbishops of Toronto.The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto was created out of the Diocese of Kingston December 17, 1841....
(b.18021802 in FranceSee also:1801 in France,other events of 1802,1802 in France.----Events from the year 1802 in France.-Events:*23 February - Haitian Revolution: Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres, French victory....
). - 29 March - Georges-Pierre SeuratGeorges-Pierre SeuratGeorges-Pierre Seurat was a French Post-Impressionist painter and draftsman. He is noted for his innovative use of drawing media and for devising a technique of painting known as pointillism...
, painter (b.18591859 in FranceSee also:1858 in France,other events of 1859,1860 in France.----Events from the year 1859 in France.-Events:*26 March - A French amateur astronomer claims to have noticed a planet closer to the Sun than Mercury - later named Vulcan....
). - 24 May - Joseph RoumanilleJoseph RoumanilleJoseph Roumanille was a Provençal poet. He was born at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence , and is commonly known in southern France as the father of the Félibrige, for he first conceived the idea of raising his regional language to the dignity of a literary language.-Biography:Joseph Roumanille was the son...
, poet (b.18181818 in FranceSee also:1817 in France,other events of 1818,1819 in France.----Events from the year 1818 in France.-Events:*1 October - Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle is convened.-January to June:...
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July to December
- 7 July - Célestin Joseph FélixCélestin Joseph FélixCélestin Joseph Félix was a French Jesuit, known as a preacher.-Life:...
, Jesuit (b.18101810 in FranceSee also:1809 in France,other events of 1810,1811 in France.----Events from the year 1810 in France.-Events:*6 January - Treaty of Paris ends war between France and Sweden....
). - 29 August - Pierre LallementPierre LallementPierre Lallement is considered by some to be the inventor of the bicycle.-Early years:Lallement was born on October 25, 1843 in Pont-à-Mousson near Nancy, France....
, bicycle inventor (b. c1843). - 5 September - Elie DelaunayElie DelaunayJules-Élie Delaunay was a French academic painter.He was born at Nantes in the Loire-Atlantique département of France. Delaunay studied under Flandrin, and at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris under Lamothe...
, painter (b.18281828 in FranceSee also:1827 in France,other events of 1828,1829 in France.----Events from the year 1828 in France.-Events:*4 January - Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac succeeds Jean-Baptiste Guillaume Joseph, comte de Villèle as Prime Minister of France....
). - 30 September - Georges Ernest Boulanger, general and politician (b.18371837 in FranceSee also:1836 in France,other events of 1837,1838 in France.----Events from the year 1837 in France.-Events:*30 May - Treaty of Tafna signed by France and Abd-el-Kader, after French forces sustained heavy losses and military reversals in Algeria....
). - 3 October - Édouard LucasEdouard LucasFrançois Édouard Anatole Lucas was a French mathematician. Lucas is known for his study of the Fibonacci sequence. The related Lucas sequences and Lucas numbers are named after him.-Biography:...
, mathematicianMathematicianA mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
(b.18421842 in FranceSee also:1841 in France,other events of 1842,1843 in France.----Events from the year 1842 in France.-Events:*8 May - Versailles train crash at Meudon, results in the deaths of at least 55 passengers.*9 July - Legislative election held....
). - 10 November - Arthur RimbaudArthur RimbaudJean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud was a French poet. Born in Charleville, Ardennes, he produced his best known works while still in his late teens—Victor Hugo described him at the time as "an infant Shakespeare"—and he gave up creative writing altogether before the age of 21. As part of the decadent...
, poet (b.18541854 in FranceSee also:1853 in France,other events of 1854,1855 in France.----Events from the year 1854 in France.-Events:*27 March - United Kingdom declares war on Russia and Crimean War begins.*28 March - France declares war on Russia....
). - 12 December - Charles Émile Freppel, Bishop and politician (b.18271827 in FranceSee also:1826 in France,other events of 1827,1828 in France.----Events from the year 1827 in France.-Events:*April - Ottoman Algeria: Husain Dei slaps the French consul, Decalina, on the face, eventually leading to war and French rule in Algeria....
). - December - Émile BayardÉmile BayardÉmile-Antoine Bayard was born November 2, 1837, in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, Seine-et-Marne. A student of Léon Cogniet, he is best known by many for his illustration of Cosette from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. He died in Cairo in December 1891...
, illustrator (b.18371837 in FranceSee also:1836 in France,other events of 1837,1838 in France.----Events from the year 1837 in France.-Events:*30 May - Treaty of Tafna signed by France and Abd-el-Kader, after French forces sustained heavy losses and military reversals in Algeria....
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