1963 in France
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Events from the year 1963 in France.
1962 in France
1962 in France
See 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....
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other events of 1963,
1964 in France
1964 in France
See 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....
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Events from the year 1963 in France.
Events
- 22 January - Élysée TreatyÉlysée TreatyÉlysée Treaty also known as the Treaty of Friendship, was concluded by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer in 1963. It set the seal on reconciliation between the two countries...
signed by Charles de GaulleCharles de GaulleCharles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. He later founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969....
and Konrad AdenauerKonrad AdenauerKonrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer was a German statesman. He was the chancellor of the West Germany from 1949 to 1963. He is widely recognised as a person who led his country from the ruins of World War II to a powerful and prosperous nation that had forged close relations with old enemies France,...
. - 29 January - President Charles de GaulleCharles de GaulleCharles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. He later founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969....
vetoes the United Kingdom's entry into the EEC. - 4 March - In Paris, 6 people are sentenced to death for conspiring to assassinate President Charles de GaulleCharles de GaulleCharles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. He later founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969....
. De Gaulle pardons 5 of them but the other conspirator is executed by firing squad few days later.
Sport
- 23 June - Tour de France1963 Tour de FranceThe 1963 Tour de France was the 50th Tour de France, taking place June 23 to July 14, 1963. The total race distance was 21 stages over 4137 km, with riders averaging 37.092 km/h...
begins. - 14 July - Tour de France ends, won by Jacques AnquetilJacques AnquetilJacques Anquetil was a French road racing cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964...
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January to March
- 1 January - Jean-Marc GounonJean-Marc GounonJean-Marc Gounon is a racing driver from France. He raced in Formula One in and , participating in a total of 9 Grands Prix and scoring no championship points....
, motor racing driver. - 6 January - Philippe PerrinPhilippe PerrinPhilippe Perrin is a French test pilot and former CNES and European Space Agency astronaut.-Background:Perrin was born 6 January 1963, in Meknes, Morocco, but considers Avignon, Provence, to be his hometown. He entered the French École polytechnique in 1982 and graduated as "Ingénieur...
, French Air ForceFrench Air ForceThe French Air Force , literally Army of the Air) is the air force of the French Armed Forces. It was formed in 1909 as the Service Aéronautique, a service arm of the French Army, then was made an independent military arm in 1933...
officer, test pilotTest pilotA test pilot is an aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers, known as flight test techniques or FTTs, allowing the results to be measured and the design to be evaluated....
, and astronautAstronautAn astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft....
. - 23 January - Éric MuraÉric MuraÉric Mura is a retired French football defender.Mura was on the bench at the 1991 European Cup Final.-External links:...
, soccer player. - 9 February - Lolo FerrariLolo FerrariLolo Ferrari, born Eve Valois , was a French dancer, sex star, pornographic actress, actress and singer billed as "the woman with the largest breasts in the world" though their size was artificially achieved....
, dancer, porn star, actress, and singer (d.20002000 in FranceSee also:1999 in France,other events of 2000,2001 in France.----Events from the year 2000 in France.The year 2000 is in particular remembered in France by a media campaign on the conditions of detention of prisoners. A parliamentary board of inquiry was created. The conclusions of the report were...
). - 24 February - Laurent RuquierLaurent RuquierLaurent Ruquier, born February 24, 1963 in Le Havre , Normandy, France is a popular French journalist, satirical comedian, and TV and radio host. He is also a columnist, lyricist, author, screenwriter, and impresario.-Biography:...
, journalist and television and radio host. - 19 March - Manu BertinManu BertinEmmanuel Bertin known as Manu Bertin is one of the pioneers of the sport of Kite surfing. He began to develop the sport in the early 1990s and has worked with American big wave surfer Laird Hamilton...
, one of the pioneers of Kite surfing. - 21 March - Thierry FrogerThierry FrogerThierry Froger is a French football coach and former professional player, who currently manages Ligue 2 side Nîmes.-Playing career:Froger played club football for Le Mans, Lille and Grenoble.-Coaching career:...
, soccer manager, former player.
April to June
- 6 April - Pauline LafontPauline LafontPauline Lafont was a French actress. She was the daughter of film star Bernadette Lafont and Diourka Medveczky, an Hungarian sculptor....
, actress (d.19881988 in FranceSee also:1987 in France,other events of 1988,1989 in France.----Events from the year 1988 in France.-Events:*29 March - African National Congress representative Dulcie September assassinated in Paris.*24 April - Presidential Election held....
). - 7 April - Bernard LamaBernard LamaBernard Pascal Maurice Lama is a French football coach and former goalkeeper. He was born in the Indre-et-Loire département but grew up in French Guiana. He spent a number of years in goal for Lille and Paris Saint-Germain...
, soccer player. - 23 April - Paul BelmondoPaul BelmondoPaul Alexandre Belmondo is a French racing driver who raced in Formula One for the March and Pacific Racing teams. He is the son of actor Jean-Paul Belmondo and grandson of sculptor Paul Belmondo...
, motor racing driver. - 28 April - Sandrine DumasSandrine DumasSandrine Dumas is a French film actress.Dumas was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine. She has appeared in Twice a Woman , Miloš Forman's Valmont, and Krzysztof Kieślowski's The Double Life of Véronique, among other films....
, actress. - 8 May - Michel GondryMichel GondryMichel Gondry is an Academy Award winning filmmaker, whose works include being a commercial director, music video director, and a screenwriter. He is noted for his inventive visual style and manipulation of mise en scène. - Life and career :...
, Academy AwardAcademy AwardsAn Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
-winning screenwriterScreenwriterScreenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
, film, commercial and music videoMusic videoA music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
directorFilm directorA film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
. - 10 May - Patrice KuchnaPatrice KuchnaPatrice Kuchna is a former tennis player from France. He did not win any Grand Prix tour singles titles during his professional career....
, tennis player. - 20 May - Gérald J. CausséGérald J. CausséGérald Jean Caussé has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since April 2008 and is the first person from France to become a general authority in the history of the LDS Church....
, a general authorityGeneral authorityIn The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , a general authority is a member of certain leadership organizations who are given administrative and ecclesiastical authority over the church...
of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. - 24 May - Ludovic BatelliLudovic BatelliLudovic Batelli is a French former football goalkeeper who managing Amiens SC.-References:*...
, soccer player and manager. - 28 May - Marc Antoine, jazz fusionJazz fusionJazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
guitarist. - 30 May - Élise LucetÉlise LucetÉlise Lucet, born 30 May 1963 in Rouen , France, is a French investigative journalist and television host. She has worked on France 3 on the prime time investigative journalism program Pieces a Conviction, and began working for France 2 on 6 September 2005, to host the program 13 heures le...
, investigative journalist and television host. - 4 June - Nicolas BoukhriefNicolas BoukhriefNicolas Boukhrief is a French screenwriter, film director and actor.Boukhrief started his career as a journalist. In 1990 he created the Newspaper of the cinema on Canal+, and was the writer in chief until 1993, when he became the adviser on programming cinema. Since January 1997, he has been a...
, screenwriterScreenwriterScreenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
, film director and actor. - 7 June - Roberto AlagnaRoberto AlagnaRoberto Alagna is a French-Italian tenor. He was born in Clichy-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.-Early years:Alagna was born outside of the city of Paris in 1963 to a family of Sicilian immigrants . As a teenager, the young Alagna began busking and singing pop in Parisian cabarets for tips...
, operaOperaOpera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
tic tenorTenorThe tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, to the A above middle C in choral music, and up to high C in solo work. The low extreme for tenors is roughly B2...
. - 12 June - Philippe BugalskiPhilippe BugalskiPhilippe Bugalski is a former French rally driver. By the mid 90s he was a regular top-choice tarmac specialist for Citroen along with team mate Jesús Puras. However, as the Citroën Total World Rally Team became a big name for Group A employing such drivers as Sébastien Loeb he was frequently...
, rally driver. - 13 June - Nathalie LupinoNathalie LupinoNathalie Lupino is a retired female judoka from France. She claimed the bronze medal in the Women's Heavyweight division at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. In the bronze medal match she defeated Germany's Claudia Weber.-References:*...
, judoJudois a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
ka and Olympic medallist. - 18 June - Christian VadimChristian VadimChristian Vadim is a French actor. He is the son of actress Catherine Deneuve and director Roger Vadim. He has a son, Igor Divetain-Vadim and a daughter, Lou Vadim ....
, actor. - 25 June - Thierry MarieThierry MarieThierry Marie is a former French cyclist. Marie had a very good prologue: he won the Tour de France prologue three times in his career, and because of that he wore the yellow jersey in those three years, for seven days in total.- Major victories :1985198719881989- Tour de France :*1985 - 67th*1986...
, cyclist.
July to September
- 4 July - Henri LeconteHenri LeconteHenri Leconte is a former French professional tennis player. He reached the men's singles final at the French Open in 1988, won the French Open men's doubles title in 1984, and helped France win the Davis Cup in 1991.-Biography and career:...
, tennis player. - 7 July - Pascal PayetPascal PayetPascal Payet is a French criminal who has gained notoriety for his daring prison escapes using helicopters. He was initially sentenced to a 30 year jail term for a murder committed during the robbery of a security van....
, criminal. - 10 July - Ronan PensecRonan PensecRonan Pensec is a former French professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1985 to 1997. He became professional with the Peugeot cycling team. His best performances in the Tour de France were in the first editions he competed in, where he finished sixth in the 1986 edition and...
, cyclist. - 12 July - Thierry TulasneThierry TulasneThierry Tulasne is a former tennis player from France, who won five singles titles during his professional career. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on August 4, 1986, when he became number 10 in the world. After his retirement, he has coached players such as Sébastien Grosjean and...
, tennis player. - 13 August - Édouard MichelinÉdouard Michelin (born 1963)Édouard Michelin , was managing partner and co-chief executive of the Michelin Group. He was the great-grandson of Édouard Michelin , a co-founder of the company....
, businessman (d.20062006 in FranceSee also:2005 in France,other events of 2006,2007 in France.----Events from the year 2006 in France.-Incumbents:* President - Jacques Chirac* Prime Minister - Dominique de Villepin* Interior Minister - Nicolas Sarkozy* Finance Minister -...
). - 14 August - Christophe ArlestonChristophe ArlestonChristophe Arleston was born in Aix-en-Provence, France. He is a French comics writer and editor. His real name is Christophe Pelinq. He has also worked as "Scotch Arleston".-Biography:...
, scenarist and editor. - 14 August - Emmanuelle BéartEmmanuelle BéartEmmanuelle Béart is a French film actress, who has appeared in over 50 film and television productions since 1972. Béart won a César Award for Best Supporting Actress in the film Manon des Sources . She has been nominated a further seven times for Most Promising Actress and Best Actress.- Early...
, actress. - 23 August - Marie-Christine CazierMarie-Christine CazierMarie-Christine Cazier-Ballo is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. She set three French records over the distance, the last being 22.32 seconds when she won a silver medal at the 1986 European Championships.-Achievements:-External links:...
, athlete. - 31 August - Sylvain KastendeuchSylvain KastendeuchSylvain Kastendeuch is a former French football player, who played for the France national team 9 times. He is the fifth player with the most appearances in French championship. All along his career, he has never received any red cards.-References and notes:...
, soccer player. - August - Bertrand LatourBertrand LatourBertrand Latour is a French writer. His first book, Comme Un Beau Grand Slow Collé, was published by Éditions Denoël in 2004. In 2007, his second book, Les Yeux Plus Gros Que L'Amérique, was published by Groupe Flammarion. He also wrote the preface to the first Vietnamese translation of George...
, writer. - 7 September - Éric Di MecoÉric Di MecoÉric Di Meco is a retired French footballer who played as a left defender.-Football career:During his career, Di Meco played mostly for Olympique de Marseille; after starting as a midfielder, and serving loans at AS Nancy and FC Martigues, he returned definitely in 1988, going on to amass a...
, politician, former soccer player. - 8 September - Éric PoulatEric PoulatÉric Poulat is a French retired football referee and computer scientist, who has been a referee since 1 January 1999. He made his international debut on 28 March 2001 , and was called to officiate matches at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.He retired internationally in 2006.-External links:**...
, soccer referee and computer scientistComputer scientistA computer scientist is a scientist who has acquired knowledge of computer science, the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their application in computer systems....
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October to December
- 28 October - Christian PlaziatChristian PlaziatChristian Plaziat is a retired French decathlete. During his career he won the European Championships, the European Indoor Championships and the World Indoor Championships.-Achievements:-External links:...
, decathlete. - 1 November - Philippe LucasPhilippe Lucas (footballer)Not to be confused with Laure Manaudou former coach, Philippe Lucas.Philippe Lucas is a former French football player.-References:...
, soccer player. - 5 November - Jean-Pierre PapinJean-Pierre PapinJean-Pierre Papin is a former French professional football player who was European Footballer of the Year in 1991.Papin achieved his greatest success while playing for Olympique Marseille between 1986 and 1992...
, soccer manager, former player. - 10 November - Sophie AmiachSophie AmiachSophie Amiach is a former professional tennis player. She is born in France on November 10, 1963 in Paris and played on the WTA tour from 1980 to 1995.- Career :Born in Paris, Sophie Amiach grew up in the South of France...
, tennis player. - 15 November - François LemassonFrançois LemassonFrançois Lemasson is a retired professional football goalkeeper from France.He was the goaltender for the Olympique de Marseille team that reached the 1999 UEFA Cup Final. However, he remained on the bench as they lost 3-0 to Parma.-External links:...
, soccer player. - November - Pascal ParisotPascal ParisotPascal Parisot born in November 1963 is a French songwriter and singer.-Rumba :# Ca alors 03:49 # Qui m'aime ne me suive pas 03:46 # Diplômé de toi 03:41 # Qui s'ignore 03:47 # Suzanne 04:49...
, songwriter and singer. - 2 December - Eric BoyerEric BoyerEric Boyer was a French professional road bicycle racer. In the 1988 Tour de France, Boyer finished on the 5th place in the overall classification. Boyer won a stage in the 1991 Giro d'Italia. After his cycling career, Boyer worked for television and newspapers. He is currently manager of the...
, cyclist. - 13 December - Philippe ColletPhilippe ColletPhilippe Collet is a retired French pole vaulter.-Achievements:-External links:...
, pole vaultPole vaultPole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...
er. - 18 December - Pauline EsterPauline EsterPauline Ester is a French singer.-Biography:Her album Le Monde est fou, certified Gold disc, met success by the general public between 1989 and 1991 thanks to the songs "Le Monde est fou", "Il fait chaud", "Une Fenêtre ouverte", and particularly "Oui, j'l'adore", which was a hit in 1990...
, singer. - 22 December - Christophe LavainneChristophe LavainneChristophe Lavainne was a French professional bicycle racer. Lavaine was two times French national cyclo-cross champion, and won a stage in the 1987 Tour de France.- Palmarès :19841987...
, cyclist.
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- Christophe BarratierChristophe BarratierChristophe Barratier , son of actress Eva Simonet and nephew of film director Jacques Perrin, is a French film producer, film director and screenwriter. He has directed three hugely successful features films The Chorus...
, film producerFilm producerA film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
, film directorFilm directorA film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and screenwriterScreenwriterScreenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
. - Gilles BourdosGilles BourdosGilles Bourdos is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his atmospheric thrillers, which use troubling themes in contrast with powerful aesthetic imagery...
, film director, screenwriter and producer. - Sylvain ChometSylvain ChometSylvain Chomet is a French comic writer, animator and film director.- Early career :Born in Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines, near Paris, he studied art at high-school until he graduated in 1982. Chomet moved to London in 1988 to work as an animator at the Richard Purdum studio...
, animatorAnimatorAn animator is an artist who creates multiple images that give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence; the images are called frames and key frames. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, video games, and the internet. Usually, an...
and film directorFilm directorA film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
. - Agnes ClancierAgnes ClancierAgnes Clancier is a French novelist.She was born near Limoges in France and has lived in Australia and Burkina Faso. She has published four novels...
, novelist. - Stéphane DerenoncourtStéphane DerenoncourtStéphane Derenoncourt is a French vigneron working as a consultant for numerous estates in Bordeaux and other wine producers world wide, with his wife Christine Derenoncourt runs Vignerons Consultants and owns Domaine de l'A in the Côtes de Castillon and Derenoncourt California in Napa Valley...
, oenologist. - Sophie LacazeSophie LacazeSophie Lacaze is a French composer.She studied music at the Conservatoire de Toulouse, and continued at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, where she received the Composition Prize. Afterwards, she studied with Allain Gaussin, Philippe Manoury and Antoine Tisne in France, and with Franco...
, composer. - Christian LouboutinChristian LouboutinChristian Louboutin is a French footwear designer whose father is cabinetmaker Roger Louboutin and homemaker mother Irene. His siblings include three sisters, no brothers. Landscape architect Louis Benech has been his partner since 1997. Louboutin launched his line of high-end women's shoes in...
, shoeShoeA shoe is an item of footwear intended to protect and comfort the human foot while doing various activities. Shoes are also used as an item of decoration. The design of shoes has varied enormously through time and from culture to culture, with appearance originally being tied to function...
designer. - Jean-Yves MalmassonJean-Yves MalmassonJean-Yves Malmasson is a French composer and conductor.After studies in piano, ondes Martenot, and composition at the Conservatoire National de Région, Boulogne-Billancourt, he went on to study composition and conducting at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, where he won a...
, composer and conductor. - Pierre MaubouchéPierre MaubouchéPierre Guy Maubouché is a French actor, voice over artist, producer and casting director.As a visual actor he contributed to few movies including The Last Horror Movie, but he is better known within the industry for his voiceover skills and contributions.Among the better known projects to which he...
, actor, voice over artist, producer and casting director. - Xavier MauméjeanXavier MauméjeanXavier Mauméjean is a French writer born in 1963. He teaches philosophy at a college in Valenciennes, Northern France.-Books in French:* Les Mémoires de l'Homme-Eléphant, Le Masque * Gotham, Le Masque...
, writer. - Xavier VeilhanXavier VeilhanXavier Veilhan is a French artist who lives and works in Paris. His work consists of photography, sculpture, film, painting and installation art.-Works:...
, artist.
January to March
- 23 January - Gustave GarrigouGustave GarrigouCyprien Gustave Garrigou was one of the best professional racing cyclists of his era. He rode the Tour de France eight times and won once...
, cyclist and 1911 Tour de France1911 Tour de FranceThe 1911 Tour de France was the 9th Tour de France, taking place from 2 to 30 July 1911. It was composed of 15 stages over , ridden at an average speed of 27.322 km/h. The results were computed by giving each rider points according to his finishing position on each stage, and the rider with...
winner (b.18841884 in FranceSee also:1883 in France,other events of 1884,1885 in France.----Events from the year 1884 in France.-Events:*June - At Bac Le, Chinese forces attack a French column sent to occupy Tonkin in accordance with earlier treaties, starting the Sino-French War.*6 June - Treaty of Hué is signed between...
). - 30 January - Francis PoulencFrancis PoulencFrancis Jean Marcel Poulenc was a French composer and a member of the French group Les six. He composed solo piano music, chamber music, oratorio, choral music, opera, ballet music, and orchestral music...
, composer (b.18991899 in FranceSee also:1898 in France,other events of 1899,1900 in France.----Events from the year 1899 in France.-Events:*16 April - Battle of Lougou, French victory in Niger....
). - 9 February - Marcel GodivierMarcel GodivierMarcel Godivier was a French professional road bicycle racer., who won two stages in the 1911 Tour de France, and finished in the top 10 of the overall classification twice.- Palmarès :1908...
, cyclist (b.18871887 in FranceSee also:1886 in France,other events of 1887,1888 in France.----Events from the year 1887 in France.-Events:*11 January - Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the French Academy of Medicine by Dr...
). - 10 February - Louis PaulhanLouis PaulhanIsidore Auguste Marie Louis Paulhan, known as Louis Paulhan, was a pioneering French aviator who in 1910 flew "Le Canard", the world's first seaplane, designed by Henri Fabre....
, pilot (b.18831883 in FranceSee also:1882 in France,other events of 1883,1884 in France.----Events from the year 1883 in France.-Events:*27 March-28 March - Battle of Gia Cuc, French victory over Vietnamese forces....
). - 4 March - Édouard BelinÉdouard BelinÉdouard Belin was born in Vesoul, Haute-Saône on March 5, 1876, and died on March 4, 1963 in Territet .He is the inventor in 1907 of a phototelegraphic apparatus called the Bélinographe, a system able to send remote photographs, via telephone and telegraphic networks...
, photographic inventor (b.18761876 in FranceSee also:1875 in France,other events of 1876,1877 in France.----Events from the year 1876 in France.-Events:*20 February - Legislative Election held.*5 March - Legislative Election held.-Births:...
). - 10 March - André MaschinotAndré MaschinotAndré Maschinot was a French footballer. He played for FC Sochaux, and played for the France national football team in the 1930 FIFA World Cup. He scored two goals in one of the two first ever World Cup matches, against Mexico.-External links:*...
, soccer player (b.19031903 in FranceSee also:1902 in France,other events of 1903,1904 in France.----Events from the year 1903 in France.-Events:*10 August - Paris Métro train fire kills 84 people mostly at Couronnes station.-Sport:*1 July - First Tour de France begins....
). - 11 March - Jean Bastien-Thiry, attempted assassin of President Charles de GaulleCharles de GaulleCharles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. He later founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969....
in 1962 (b.19271927 in FranceSee also:1926 in France,other events of 1927,1928 in France.----Events from the year 1927 in France.-Events:*20 May-21 May - First solo non-stop Trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris by Charles Lindbergh....
). - 26 March - Pierre LacauPierre LacauPierre Lacau was a French Egyptologist and philologist. He served as Egypt's director of antiquities from 1914 until 1936, and oversaw the 1922 discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings by Howard Carter.-Early life:Pierre Lacau was born in the French commune of...
, Egyptologist and philologistPhilologyPhilology is the study of language in written historical sources; it is a combination of literary studies, history and linguistics.Classical philology is the philology of Greek and Classical Latin...
(b.18731873 in FranceSee also:1872 in France,other events of 1873,1874 in France.----Events from the year 1873 in France.-Events:*16 September - German troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity for Franco-Prussian War....
). - 29 March - Henry BordeauxHenry BordeauxHenri Bordeaux was a French writer and lawyer.Bordeaux came from a family of lawyers of Savoy. His grandfather was a magistrate and his father served on the Chambéry bar. During his early life, he relocated between Savoy and Paris and the tensions between provincial and city life influenced his...
, writer and lawyer (b.18701870 in FranceSee also:1869 in France,other events of 1870,1871 in France.----Events from the year 1870 in France.-Events:*20 April - Constitutional referendum reaffirmed the status of the Second French Empire....
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April to June
- 10 May - Léonce CrenierLéonce CrenierLéonce Crenier was a Catholic monk who promoted the theological/political concept of Precarity.-Early years:Léonce Crenier was born in Ceton, a small village of the diocese of Séez, in Savoie, France, July 31, 1888...
, Roman Catholic monkMonkA monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of monks, while always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose...
and theologian (b.18881888 in FranceSee also:1887 in France,other events of 1888,1889 in France.----Events from the year 1888 in France.-Events:*14 October - Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture: Roundhay Garden Scene in Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK...
). - 3 June - Edmond DecottigniesEdmond DecottigniesEdmond Decottignies was an French weightlifter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.He was born in Comines....
, weightlifter and Olympic gold medallist (b.18931893 in FranceSee also:1892 in France,other events of 1893,1894 in France.----Events from the year 1893 in France.-Events:*10 March - Côte d'Ivoire becomes a French colony.*20 August - Legislative election held.*3 September - Legislative election held....
). - 8 June - Gaston RamonGaston RamonGaston Ramon was a French veterinarian and biologist best known for his role in the treatment of diphtheria and tetanus.He was born in Bellechaume and attended l'École vétérinaire d'Alfort from 1906 to 1910...
, veterinarianVeterinarianA veterinary physician, colloquially called a vet, shortened from veterinarian or veterinary surgeon , is a professional who treats disease, disorder and injury in animals....
and biologistBiologistA biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of life. Typically biologists study organisms and their relationship to their environment. Biologists involved in basic research attempt to discover underlying mechanisms that govern how organisms work...
(b.18861886 in FranceSee also:1885 in France,other events of 1886,1887 in France.----Events from the year 1886 in France.-Arts and literature:*30 November - Folies Bergère stages its first revue....
). - 9 June - Jacques VillonJacques VillonJacques Villon was a French cubist painter and printmaker.-Early life:Born Gaston Emile Duchamp in Damville, Eure, in the Haute-Normandie region of France, he came from a prosperous and artistically inclined family...
, painter and printmaker (b.18751875 in FranceSee also:1874 in France,other events of 1875,1876 in France.----Events from the year 1875 in France.-Arts and literature:*3 March - The first performance of Bizet’s Carmen at the Opéra Comique, Paris.-Births:...
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July to September
- 1 July - Camille ChautempsCamille ChautempsCamille Chautemps was a French Radical politician of the Third Republic, three times President of the Council .-Career:Described as "intellectually bereft", Chautemps nevertheless entered politics and became Mayor of Tours in 1912, and a Radical deputy in 1919...
, politician and three times 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...
(b.18851885 in FranceSee also:1884 in France,other events of 1885,1886 in France.----Events from the year 1885 in France.-Events:*28 February - Siege of Tuyen Quang ends, as French Foreign Legion is relieved after being besieged by forces of the Empire of China....
). - 7 July - Géo-CharlesGéo-CharlesGéo-Charles real name Charles Louis Proper Guyot was a French poet.In 1924 he won a gold medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Jeux Olympiques" .-External links:*...
, poet (b.18921892 in FranceSee 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...
). - 31 August - Georges BraqueGeorges BraqueGeorges Braque[p] was a major 20th century French painter and sculptor who, along with Pablo Picasso, developed the art style known as Cubism.-Early Life:...
, painter and sculptor (b.18821882 in FranceSee also:1881 in France,other events of 1882,1883 in France.----Events from the year 1882 in France.-Events:*28 March - Republican Jules Ferry makes primary education in France free, non-clerical and obligatory....
). - 11 September - Suzanne DuchampSuzanne DuchampSuzanne Duchamp-Crotti was a French Dadaist painter. Born in Blainville-Crevon, Seine-Maritime in the Haute-Normandie Region of France, she was the fourth of six children born into the artistic family of Eugene and Lucie Duchamp.Suzanne Duchamp-Crotti was the younger sister of:*Jacques Villon née...
, painter (b.18891889 in FranceSee also:1888 in France,other events of 1889,1890 in France.----Events from the year 1889 in France.-Events:*31 March - The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated.*6 May - Exposition Universelle opens in Paris, along with the Eiffel Tower....
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October to December
- 10 October - Édith PiafÉdith PiafÉdith Piaf , born Édith Giovanna Gassion, was a French singer and cultural icon who became widely regarded as France's greatest popular singer. Her singing reflected her life, with her specialty being ballads...
, singer (b.19151915 in FranceSee also:1914 in France,other events of 1915,1916 in France.----Events from the year 1915 in France.-Events:*19 January - Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.*9 May - Second Battle of Artois starts....
). - 11 October - Jean CocteauJean CocteauJean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. His circle of associates, friends and lovers included Kenneth Anger, Pablo Picasso, Jean Hugo, Jean Marais, Henri Bernstein, Marlene Dietrich, Coco Chanel, Erik Satie, María...
, poet, novelist, dramatist, designer and filmmaker (b.18891889 in FranceSee also:1888 in France,other events of 1889,1890 in France.----Events from the year 1889 in France.-Events:*31 March - The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated.*6 May - Exposition Universelle opens in Paris, along with the Eiffel Tower....
). - 17 October - Jacques HadamardJacques HadamardJacques Salomon Hadamard FRS was a French mathematician who made major contributions in number theory, complex function theory, differential geometry and partial differential equations.-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.18651865 in FranceSee also:1864 in France,other events of 1865,1866 in France.----Events from the year 1865 in France.-Births:*20 January - Yvette Guilbert, singer and actress .*9 June - Albéric Magnard, composer ....
). - 21 October - Jean DecouxJean DecouxJean Decoux was a French politician, who was the Governor-General of French Indochina from 1940 to 1945, representing the Vichy French government.-Biography:Decoux was born in Bordeaux...
, Governor-General of French IndochinaGovernor-General of French Indochina-External links:*...
(b.18841884 in FranceSee also:1883 in France,other events of 1884,1885 in France.----Events from the year 1884 in France.-Events:*June - At Bac Le, Chinese forces attack a French column sent to occupy Tonkin in accordance with earlier treaties, starting the Sino-French War.*6 June - Treaty of Hué is signed between...
). - 25 October - Roger DésormièreRoger DésormièreRoger Désormière was a French conductor.Désormière was born in Vichy in 1898. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, where his professors included Philippe Gaubert , Xavier Leroux and Charles Koechlin , and Vincent d'Indy...
, conductor (b.18981898 in FranceSee also:1897 in France,other events of 1898,1899 in France.----Events from the year 1898 in France.-Events:*13 January - Emile Zola's J'accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair....
). - 11 November - André Le TroquerAndré Le TroquerAndré Le Troquer was a French politician, socialist lawyer, and president of the National Assembly from 12 January 1954 to 10 January 1955, and a second time from 24 January 1956 to 4 October 1958.-Career:...
, politician and lawyer (b.18841884 in FranceSee also:1883 in France,other events of 1884,1885 in France.----Events from the year 1884 in France.-Events:*June - At Bac Le, Chinese forces attack a French column sent to occupy Tonkin in accordance with earlier treaties, starting the Sino-French War.*6 June - Treaty of Hué is signed between...
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Full date unknown
- René BaudichonRené BaudichonRené Baudichon was a French sculptor and medallist. The artist was born in Tours, France, studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in his native town, and graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris....
, sculptor and medallist (b.18781878 in FranceSee also:1877 in France,other events of 1878,1879 in France.----Events from the year 1878 in France.-Events:*1 May - Exposition Universelle opened in Paris.*10 November - Exposition Universelle closed.-January to June:...
). - René GuyonRené GuyonRené Guyon was a French jurist, best known for having written upon the topic of sexual ethics.René Guyon was involved in writing legal codes for Siam and was the head judge of the supreme court of that country where he was given Thai name Phichan Bunyong .The Rene Guyon Society is named after...
, jurist (b.18761876 in FranceSee also:1875 in France,other events of 1876,1877 in France.----Events from the year 1876 in France.-Events:*20 February - Legislative Election held.*5 March - Legislative Election held.-Births:...
). - Jules IsaacJules IsaacJules Isaac was a Jewish French historian.-Life:His father was a Jewish career soldier from the Alsace, stationed in Rennes at the time of Jules' birth, who had opted for France rather than Prussia on the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870...
, historian (b.18771877 in FranceSee also:1876 in France,other events of 1877,1878 in France.----Events from the year 1877 in France.-Events:*16 May - Political crisis which ultimately sealed the defeat of the royalist movement.*14 October - Legislative election held....
). - André LefèbvreAndré LefèbvreAndré Lefèbvre was a French automobile engineer.André, René Lefèbvre was born in Louvres, France . He began his career as an aviation engineer working to Gabriel Voisin Company...
, automobileAutomobileAn automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...
engineerEngineerAn engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...
(b.18941894 in FranceSee also:1893 in France,other events of 1894,1895 in France.----Events from the year 1894 in France.-Events:* 15 February - 04:51 GMT, French anarchist Martial Bourdin attempts to destroy the Royal Greenwich Observatory, London, England with a bomb.* 14 May - Meteor shower in Southern France.* 22...
). - Yves le PrieurYves le PrieurYves Paul Gaston Le Prieur was an officer of the French Navy and an inventor.-Adventures in the Far East:Le Prieur followed his father in joining the French navy. As an officer he served in Asia and used traditional deep sea diving equipment...
, naval officer and inventor (b.18851885 in FranceSee also:1884 in France,other events of 1885,1886 in France.----Events from the year 1885 in France.-Events:*28 February - Siege of Tuyen Quang ends, as French Foreign Legion is relieved after being besieged by forces of the Empire of China....
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