1970 in France
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Events from the year 1970 in France
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1969 in France
1969 in France
See 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....
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other events of 1970,
1971 in France
1971 in France
See also:1970 in France,other events of 1971,1972 in France.----Events from the year 1971 in France.-Events:*14 March - Municipal elections held.*21 March - Municipal elections held....
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Events from the year 1970 in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Events
- 10 February - An avalancheAvalancheAn avalanche is a sudden rapid flow of snow down a slope, occurring when either natural triggers or human activity causes a critical escalating transition from the slow equilibrium evolution of the snow pack. Typically occurring in mountainous terrain, an avalanche can mix air and water with the...
at Val d'IsèreVal d'IsèreVal d'Isère is a commune of the Tarentaise Valley, in the Savoie department in south-eastern France. It lies from the border with Italy. It is on the border of the Vanoise National Park created in 1963. The Face de Bellevarde was the scene of the men's downhill race as part of the 1992 Winter...
kills 39 tourists. - 8 March - Cantonales Elections held.
- 15 March - Cantonales Elections held.
- 25 March - ConcordeConcordeAérospatiale-BAC Concorde was a turbojet-powered supersonic passenger airliner, a supersonic transport . It was a product of an Anglo-French government treaty, combining the manufacturing efforts of Aérospatiale and the British Aircraft Corporation...
makes its first supersonic flightSupersonic transportA supersonic transport is a civilian supersonic aircraft designed to transport passengers at speeds greater than the speed of sound. The only SSTs to see regular service to date have been Concorde and the Tupolev Tu-144. The last passenger flight of the Tu-144 was in June 1978 with its last ever...
(700 mph/1127 km/h). - 11 April - 74 people, mostly young boys, die as an avalancheAvalancheAn avalanche is a sudden rapid flow of snow down a slope, occurring when either natural triggers or human activity causes a critical escalating transition from the slow equilibrium evolution of the snow pack. Typically occurring in mountainous terrain, an avalanche can mix air and water with the...
buries a tuberculosisTuberculosisTuberculosis, MTB, or TB is a common, and in many cases lethal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body...
sanatoriumSanatoriumA sanatorium is a medical facility for long-term illness, most typically associated with treatment of tuberculosis before antibiotics...
in the French AlpsFrench AlpsThe French Alps are those portions of the Alps mountain range which stand within France, located in the Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions....
. - 6 October - President Georges PompidouGeorges PompidouGeorges Jean Raymond Pompidou was a French politician. He was Prime Minister of France from 1962 to 1968, holding the longest tenure in this position, and later President of the French Republic from 1969 until his death in 1974.-Biography:...
visits the Soviet Union. - 11 October - Eleven French soldiers are killed in a shootout with rebels in ChadChadChad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west...
. - 1 November - Club Cinq-Sept fireClub Cinq-Sept fireThe Club Cinq-Sept fire was a major disaster which took place in south-eastern France on Sunday, 1 November 1970. 146 people, almost all of them aged between 17 and 30, died when a nightclub just outside the small town of Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, Isère was completely destroyed in a catastrophic...
in Saint-Laurent-du-PontSaint-Laurent-du-PontSaint-Laurent-du-Pont is a commune in the Isère department in south-eastern France. It was the site of the Club Cinq-Sept fire, which killed 146, in 1970.-References:*...
, IsèreIsèreIsère is a department in the Rhône-Alpes region in the east of France named after the river Isère.- History :Isère is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Dauphiné...
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Sport
- 27 June - Tour de France1970 Tour de FranceThe 1970 Tour de France was the 57th Tour de France, taking place June 27 to July 19, 1970. It consisted of 23 stages over 4366 km, ridden at an average speed of 35.589 km/h....
begins. - 19 July - Tour de France ends, won by Eddy MerckxEddy MerckxEdouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx , better known as Eddy Merckx, is a Belgian former professional cyclist. The French magazine Vélo called him "the most accomplished rider that cycling has ever known." The American publication, VeloNews, called him the greatest and most successful cyclist of all...
of BelgiumBelgiumBelgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
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January to March
- 28 January - Laurent LevesqueLaurent LevesqueLaurent Levesque is a film score composer. He started the piano at 4 and graduated at 17 from the french national music school academy with 5 first prizes....
, film scoreFilm scoreA film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film, forming part of the film's soundtrack, which also usually includes dialogue and sound effects...
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...
. - 29 January - Olivier EdmondOlivier EdmondOlivier Edmond is a French professional golfer.Edmond was born in Paris. As an amateur, Edmond represented France in the Eisenhower Trophy. He won the 1990 French Amateur Championship and the Brabazon Trophy . He turned professional later that year...
, golfer. - 3 February - Franck GavaFranck GavaFranck Gava is a former French footballer, who played as an attacking midfielder.-Club career:Gava emerged through AS Nancy-Lorraine's youth system, making his professional debuts at age 17...
, soccer player. - 6 February - Patrice LokoPatrice LokoPatrice Loko is French footballer who retired in 2004. Playing as a striker he began his career at Nantes and then moved on to Paris Saint-Germain, where he was part of the team that won the 1996 Cup Winners' Cup and lost to Barcelona in the 1997 Cup Winners' Cup final. From there he went on to...
, soccer player. - 14 February - Guillaume RaouxGuillaume RaouxGuillaume Raoux is a retired tennis player from France.-Career:Raoux turned professional in 1989. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, where he was defeated in the first round by Zimbabwe's Byron Black...
, tennis player. - 17 February - Philippe Bernat-SallesPhilippe Bernat-SallesPhilippe Bernat-Salles is a retired French Rugby Union player, usually playing as a wing. His main skill was a blinding speed, while he was also visually striking due to his unruly mop of gray hair....
, international rugby union player. - 7 March - Nathalie LancienNathalie LancienNathalie Lancien is an French racing cyclist and olympic champion in track cycling.She received a gold medal in points race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-External links:...
, cyclist and Olympic gold medallist. - 12 March - Marine DeltermeMarine DeltermeMarine Delterme is a French actress, painter, sculptor and former model.-Early life and private life:Marine Delterme was born in Toulouse, France. She grew up in Paris. Her parents worked in the art restoration business...
, actress, painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, sculptorSculptureSculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
and former modelModel (person)A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
. - 13 March - Stéphane GoubertStéphane GoubertStéphane Goubert is a French retired professional road bicycle racer.- Tour de France :* 1999: 74th* 2001: 31st* 2002: 17th* 2003: 31st* 2004: 20th* 2005: 34th* 2006: 37th* 2007: 27th* 2008: 21st* 2009: 16th...
, cyclist. - 21 March - Franck DavidFranck DavidFranck David is a French sailor who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he won the gold medal in the Men's Lechner Sailboard Class. He also became World Champion in 1992.-References:*...
, sailor and Olympic gold medallist. - 27 March - Gedeon Naudet, filmmmaker.
April to June
- 14 April - Richard SainctRichard SainctRichard Sainct was a French Rally Raid Motorcycle Rider, best known for his three victories on the Paris-Dakar rally in 1999, 2000 and 2003....
, RallyRallyingRallying, also known as rally racing, is a form of auto racing that takes place on public or private roads with modified production or specially built road-legal cars...
Raid MotorcycleMotorcycleA motorcycle is a single-track, two-wheeled motor vehicle. Motorcycles vary considerably depending on the task for which they are designed, such as long distance travel, navigating congested urban traffic, cruising, sport and racing, or off-road conditions.Motorcycles are one of the most...
rider (d.20042004 in FranceSee also:2003 in France,other events of 2004,2005 in France.----Events from the year 2004 in France.-Incumbents:* President - Jacques Chirac* Prime Minister - Jean-Pierre Raffarin* Interior Minister - Nicolas Sarkozy then Dominique de Villepin...
). - 15 April - Luc MarquetLuc MarquetLuc Marquet is a French volleyball player, who won the silver medal with the Men's National Team at the 2003 European Championships in Berlin, Germany...
, volleyball player. - 24 April - Jean-Philippe BellocJean-Philippe BellocJean-Philippe Belloc is a racecar driver from France. He was born in Montauban, in 24 April 1970.Belloc started racing in single-seaters and won the French Formula Renault Championship in 1992, at his second attempt, after four wins. Moving up to the French Formula Three Championship in 1993, he...
, motor racing driver. - 3 May - Alexia Dechaume-BalleretAlexia Dechaume-BalleretAlexia Dechaume-Balleret is a former professional tennis player from France. She reached her career high singles ranking of No. 46 in the world on August 17, 1992....
, tennis player. - 5 May - Laurent CrostLaurent CrostLaurent Crost is a French judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...
, 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. - 13 May - Wilfrid BoulineauWilfrid BoulineauWilfrid Boulineau is a retired French decathlete. He finished sixth at the 1999 World Championships and twentieth at the 2000 Olympic Games. His personal best result was 8312 points, achieved in May 1999 in Arles.-Achievements:...
, decathleteDecathlonThe decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not...
. - 21 May - Pierre BillaudPierre BillaudPierre Billaud was a French radio reporter and journalist. He started his career on Radio France then joined Radio Tele Luxembourg as international reporter. He covered the conflicts of Algeria, Israel, Palestine, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo...
, radio reporter and journalist, killed in AfghanistanAfghanistanAfghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
(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....
). - 22 May - Guillaume WarmuzGuillaume WarmuzGuillaume Warmuz is a French former football goalkeeper.He started his career at Olympique Marseille. He spent a season at L'OM without making any first team appearances. He then made a move to CS Louhans-Cuiseaux where he quickly established himself as first-choice goalkeeper...
, soccer player. - 15 June - Gaëlle MéchalyGaëlle MéchalyGaëlle Méchaly is a soprano. She is a frequent member of Les Arts Florissants and has appeared in a number of operatic productions of Baroque works directed by its founder, William Christie.-See also:* Patricia Petibon...
, sopranoSopranoA soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
. - 18 June - Ludovic PolletLudovic PolletLudovic Pollet is a French former footballer, currently working as a coach at USL Dunkerque.-Playing career:...
, soccer player. - 27 June - Régine CavagnoudRégine CavagnoudRégine Cavagnoud was a French alpine skier. The 2001 Super-G World Champion, she was killed in a training accident.-Career:Régine Cavagnoud was born in Thônes, Haute-Savoie....
, alpine skierAlpine skiingAlpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...
(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....
). - 27 June - Christophe DeguervilleChristophe DeguervilleChristophe Deguerville is a retired French football player who played for AS Saint-Étienne, Lyon and SC Bastia.-External links:...
, soccer player.
July to September
- 9 July - Benoit Pierre EmeryBenoit Pierre EmeryBenoit Pierre Emery is a French art director and a fashion designer based in Paris, France.-Biography:A graduate of the Royal College of Art and of the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs, Benoit Emery began his career as a freelancer, working as an art director for Canal + and Louis...
, fashion designer. - 18 August - Cédric VasseurCédric VasseurCédric Vasseur is a French former professional road racing cyclist. He was born in Hazebrouck, France and currently resides in Lille with his wife and young son...
, cyclist. - 20 August - Loïc De KergretLoïc De KergretLoïc De Kergret is a French volleyball player, who won the bronze medal with the Men's National Team at the 2002 World Championships in Argentina....
, volleyball player. - 28 August - Loïc LefermeLoïc LefermeLoïc Leferme was a French diver who was the world free diving record holder until 2 October 2005, when he was surpassed by Herbert Nitsch. Loic was also a founder of AIDA in 1990 with Roland Specker and Claude Chapuis in Nice. In 2002 he set the world free diving record without any breathing...
, free diver (d.20072007 in FranceSee also:2006 in France,other events of 2007,2008 in France.----Events from the year 2007 in France.-Incumbents:* President - Nicolas Sarkozy* Prime Minister - François Fillon* Interior Minister - Michèle Alliot-Marie...
). - 3 September - Franck ChambillyFranck ChambillyFranck Chambilly is a French judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...
, 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. - 6 September - Stéphane Guivarc'hStéphane Guivarc'hStéphane Guivarc'h is a retired French footballer that played as striker. He featured in the France squad that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup on home soil....
, international soccer player. - 9 September - Pierre LaiglePierre LaiglePierre Laigle is a retired French footballer. He last played for AS Saint-Priest in the Championnat de France amateur....
, soccer player. - 10 September - Julie Halard-DecugisJulie Halard-DecugisJulie Halard-Decugis is a former professional female tennis player.Halard-Decugis lived in La Baule, France during the initial stages of her career and later moved to Pully, Switzerland...
, tennis player. - 18 September - Didier RousDidier RousDidier Rous is a former professional road bicycle racer.He started his professional career with Gan in 1993 before leaving for Festina in 1997, the year in which he won a stage of the Tour de France...
, cyclist. - 22 September - Emmanuel PetitEmmanuel PetitEmmanuel "Manu" Laurent Petit is a retired French footballer, who played his club football for Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona, and Chelsea...
, soccer player.
October to December
- 23 October - Stéphane NomisStéphane NomisStéphane Nomis is a French judoka.-Sporting Career:From 1990 to 1999, he trains at Insep and is part of the France team with David Douillet and Larbi Benboudaoud....
, 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. - 27 October - Alain BoghossianAlain BoghossianAlain Boghossian is a retired French-Armenian football player and now assistant coach for the French national team.-Club career:...
, soccer player. - 5 November - Laurent D'JaffoLaurent D'JaffoLaurent Mayaba D'Jaffo is a retired Beninese football player.D'Jaffo was born in France but moved to Africa at the two years old...
, soccer player. - 11 November - Gilles GrimandiGilles GrimandiGilles Grimandi is a retired French footballer, who currently is a scout for Arsenal.- Club career :...
, soccer player. - 15 November - Franck RabarivonyFranck RabarivonyFranck Rabarivony is a former French-born Malagasy football defender.- Clubs :*1992-1998 : AJ Auxerre*1998-2001 : Real Oviedo*2001-2002 : Vitória SC*2002-2003 : Skoda Xanthi*2003-2008 : US Stade Tamponnaise...
, soccer player. - 25 November - Bruno GirardBruno GirardBruno Girard was a French boxer at super middleweight and light heavyweight.The light-hitting Girard turned pro in 1991 and challenged Byron Mitchell for WBA Super Middleweight Title in 1999, in his first US fight...
, boxer. - 13 December - Pierre LaurentPierre Laurent (footballer)Pierre Laurent is a former football player who played as a forward. He started his career at ESA Brive, had 2 spells with Bastia and, in between, Leeds United, although it was a short stay and he only made 4 appearances . He retired in 2003, on the fringes of the first team at...
, soccer player. - 15 December - Corinne FavreCorinne FavreCorinne Favre is a French professional ski instructor, competitive ski mountaineer, and champion mountain runner....
, ski mountaineer and mountain runnerFell runningFell running, also known as mountain running and hill running, is the sport of running and racing, off road, over upland country where the gradient climbed is a significant component of the difficulty...
. - 30 December - Frédéric TatarianFrédéric TatarianFrédéric Tatarian is a retired French footballer.-References:**...
, soccer player.
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- Jean Sebastien GerardJean Sebastien GerardJean Sebastien Gerard , a French musician known by the alias Jess, wrote chiptunes on the Atari ST during the 1990s.-External links:**...
, musician. - Christophe HonoréChristophe HonoréChristophe Honoré is a French writer and film director born in Carhaix, Finistère in 1970.After moving to Paris in 1995, he wrote articles in "Les Cahiers du Cinéma." He started writing soon-after. His 1996 book Tout contre Léo talks about HIV and is aimed at young adults; he made it into a movie...
, writer and film director. - Julien LourauJulien LourauJulien Lourau is a French jazz saxophonist. He is the son of sociologist René Lourau.Julien Lourau made his début in the group Trash Corporation with guitarist Noël Akchoté and pianist Bojan Zulfikarpasic...
, jazz saxophonist. - Christine MalèvreChristine MalevreChristine Malèvre is a French serial killer.A former nurse, she was arrested in 1998 on suspicion of having killed as many as 30 patients. She confessed to some of the murders, but claimed she had done so at the request of the patients, who were all terminally ill. France, however, does not...
, serial killerSerial killerA serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification...
. - Vincent ParonnaudVincent ParonnaudPascal Stadler , a.k.a. Winshluss, is a French comics artist and filmmaker. He is best known for cowriting and codirecting with Marjane Satrapi the highly acclaimed animated film Persepolis , for which they received numerous awards including the Jury Prize at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival as well...
, comics artistComics artistA comics artist is an artist working within the comics medium on comic strips, comic books or graphic novels. The term may refer to any number of artists who contribute to produce a work in the comics form, from those who oversee all aspects of the work to those who contribute only a part.-Comic...
and filmmaker. - Amélie SarnAmélie SarnAmélie Sarn-Cantin is a French author, comic book writer and translator. In 2006, she took over Geneviève Huriet's role as the author of the Beechwood Bunny Tales series, with Qu'as-tu fait, Mistouflet ? and L'album photo des Passiflore.In April 2002, Sarn published her first novel for adults,...
, author, comic book writer and translator.
January to March
- 4 January - Jean-Étienne ValluyJean-Étienne ValluyJean Etienne Valluy was a French general .He was born in Rive-de-Gier, Loire, on 15 May 1899 to Claude Valluy and Jeanne, Adrienne Cossanges. In 1917 he entered the military academy of Saint-Cyr...
, general (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....
). - 20 January - François Tanguy-PrigentFrançois Tanguy-PrigentFrançois Tanguy-Prigent was a French politician and resistance fighter. ....
, politician and resistance fighter (b.19091909 in FranceSee also:1908 in France,other events of 1909,1910 in France.----Events from the year 1909 in France.-Events:*20 February - The Futurist Manifesto, written by Italian Filippo Marinetti, is published in Le Figaro....
). - 25 January - Jane BathoriJane BathoriJane Bathori was a French opera singer. Born in Paris, France, she was famous on the operatic stage and important in the development of contemporary French music....
, opera singer (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....
). - 29 January - Marie-Laure de NoaillesMarie-Laure de NoaillesMarie-Laure de Noailles, Vicomtesse de Noailles , was one of the 20th century's most daring and influential patrons of the arts, noted for her associations with Salvador Dalí, Balthus, Jean Cocteau, Man Ray, Luis Buñuel, Francis Poulenc, Jean Hugo, Jean-Michel Frank and others as well as her...
, patron of the arts (b.19021902 in FranceSee also:1901 in France,other events of 1902,1903 in France.----Events from the year 1902 in France.-Events:*13 April - A new car speed record of 74 mph is set in Nice, by Leon Serpollet.*27 April - Legislative Election held....
). - 1 February - Eugène ChristopheEugene ChristopheEugène Christophe was a French road bicycle racer and pioneer of cyclo-cross. He was a professional from 1904 until 1926. In 1919 he became the first rider to wear the yellow jersey of the Tour de France .Eugène Christophe rode 11 Tours de France and finished eight...
, cyclist (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....
). - 20 February - Gaston ModotGaston ModotGaston Modot was a French actor. For more than 50 years he performed for the cinema working with a number of French directors....
, actor (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...
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April to June
- 23 May - René CapitantRené CapitantRené Marie Alphonse Charles Capitant was a French lawyer and politician.He was the son of a lawyer, Henri Capitant, and attended the Lycée Henri-IV in Paris...
, lawyer and politician (b.19011901 in FranceSee also:1900 in France,other events of 1901,1902 in France.----Events from the year 1901 in France.-Arts and literature:*17 March - A showing of 71 Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris, 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.-Sport:...
). - 2 June - Albert LamorisseAlbert LamorisseAlbert Lamorisse was a French filmmaker, film producer, and writer, who is best known for his award winning short films which he began making in the late 1940s, and also for inventing the famous strategic board game Risk in 1957...
, filmmaker, producer and writer (b.19221922 in FranceSee also:1921 in France,other events of 1922,1923 in France.----Events from the year 1922 in France.-Events:The year 1922 was signalized at its opening by the conference of Cannes, between France, the United Kingdom, and Belgium, which met to consider the situation created by Germany's declaration...
). - 6 June - Camille BomboisCamille BomboisCamille Bombois was a French naïve painter especially noted for paintings of circus scenes.Bombois was born in Venarey-les-Laumes in the Côte-d'Or, under humble circumstances. His childhood was spent living on a barge and attending a local school until the age of twelve, when he became a farm worker...
, naïve painterNaïve artNaïve art is a classification of art that is often characterized by a childlike simplicity in its subject matter and technique. While many naïve artists appear, from their works, to have little or no formal art training, this is often not true...
(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....
). - 15 June - Henri QueuilleHenri QueuilleHenri Queuille was a French Radical politician prominent in the Third and Fourth Republics. After World War II, he served three times as Prime Minister.He was the son of a noblewoman.-First ministry :...
, Radical-Socialist 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...
(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...
). - 16 June - Elsa TrioletElsa TrioletElsa Yur'evna Triolet was a French writer.-Biography:Born Ella Kagan into a Jewish family of a lawyer and a music teacher in Moscow, she and her sister, Lilya Brik received excellent educations; they were able to speak fluent German and French and play the piano...
, writer (b.18961896 in FranceSee also:1895 in France,other events of 1896,1897 in France.----Events from the year 1897 in France.-January to June:*4 January - André Masson, artist .*19 February - André Breton, writer, poet, and surrealist theorist ....
). - 27 June - Pierre Mac OrlanPierre Mac OrlanPierre Mac Orlan, sometimes written MacOrlan, was a French novelist and songwriter.His novel Quai des Brumes was the source for Marcel Carné's 1938 film of the same name, starring Jean Gabin...
, novelist and songwriter (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....
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July to September
- 10 July - Félix GaillardFélix GaillardFélix Gaillard d'Aimé was a French Radical politician who served as Prime Minister under the Fourth Republic from 1957 to 1958. He was the youngest head of a French government since Napoleon.-Career:...
, Radical 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...
(b.19191919 in FranceSee also:1918 in France,other events of 1919,1920 in France.----Events from the year 1919 in France.-Events:*April - Long-Berenger Oil Agreement is concluded between France and the United Kingdom over oil rights....
). - 11 July - André LurçatAndré LurçatAndré Lurçat was a French modernist architect, landscape architect, furniture designer and city planner, a founding member of CIAM, and active in the rebuilding in French cities after World War II...
, architect (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...
). - 30 July - Jean d'EaubonneJean d'EaubonneJean d'Eaubonne was a French art director. Over the course of his career he worked with some of his country's most distinguished directors, including Jean Cocteau on such productions as "Le Sang d'un Poete" . D'Eaubonne was formally trained to be a painter and a sculptor...
, art directorArt directorThe art director is a person who supervise the creative process of a design.The term 'art director' is a blanket title for a variety of similar job functions in advertising, publishing, film and television, the Internet, and video games....
(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....
). - 5 August - Lucien LamoureuxLucien Lamoureux (France)Lucien Lamoureux was a French politician. He a belonged to the Radical Party. At various times in the 1930s, he was the French Minister of Colonies, Work, Trade, and Budget....
, politician and Minister (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...
). - 1 September - François MauriacFrançois MauriacFrançois Mauriac was a French author; member of the Académie française ; laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature . He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur .-Biography:...
, authorAuthorAn author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
, winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureNobel Prize in LiteratureSince 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction"...
(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....
). - 2 September - Marie Pierre Kœnig, general and politician (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....
). - 23 September - BourvilBourvilAndré Bourvil, born André Robert Raimbourg was a French actor and singer best known for his roles in comedy, most notably in his collaboration with Louis de Funès in La Grande Vadrouille .-Biography:His father was killed in the First World War before Bourvil was born...
, actor and singer (b.19171917 in FranceSee also:1916 in France,other events of 1917,1918 in France.----Events from the year 1917 in France.-Events:*9 April - Battle of Arras, a British offensive, begins....
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October to December
- 8 October - Jean GionoJean GionoJean Giono was a French author who wrote works of fiction set in the Provence region of France.-First period:...
, author (b.18951895 in FranceSee also:1894 in France,other events of 1895,1896 in France.----Events from the year 1895 in France.-Events:*5 January - The military degradation of Alfred Dreyfus takes place on the Champ de Mars, Paris....
). - 9 October - Edmond MicheletEdmond MicheletEdmond Michelet was a French politician.On 17 June 1940, he distributed tracts calling to continue the war in all Brive-la-Gaillarde's mailboxes...
, politician (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....
). - 10 October - Édouard DaladierÉdouard DaladierÉdouard Daladier was a French Radical politician and the Prime Minister of France at the start of the Second World War.-Career:Daladier was born in Carpentras, Vaucluse. Later, he would become known to many as "the bull of Vaucluse" because of his thick neck and large shoulders and determined...
, Radical-SocialistRadical-Socialist Party (France)The Radical Party , is a liberal and centrist political party in France. The Radicals are currently the fourth-largest party in the National Assembly, with 21 seats...
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...
(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...
). - 18 October - 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 (b.18911891 in FranceSee also:1890 in France,other events of 1891,1892 in France.----Events from the year 1891 in France.-Events:*1 May - Nine killed and thirty wounded when troops fire on workers' May Day demonstration in support of eight-hour workday in Fourmies....
). - 6 November - Henri JeansonHenri JeansonHenri Jeanson, was a French writer and journalist. He was a "satrap" in the "College of Pataphysics".- As a journalist before World War II :...
, writerWriterA writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
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...
(b.19001900 in FranceSee also:1899 in France,other events of 1900,1901 in France.----Events from the year 1900 in France.Women felt that they should not vote because politics were outside of women's interest.From 1900-1914 there were 3 presidernts: Emilie Loubet...
). - 9 November - 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....
, general, statesman, President (b.18901890 in FranceSee 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....
). - 1 December - Hermine DavidHérmine DavidHermine Lionette Cartan David was a French painter and the wife of Jules Pascin....
, painter (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....
). - 18 December - Marc BoegnerMarc BoegnerMarc Boegner, commonly known as pasteur Boegner , was a theologist, influential pastor, notable member of the French Resistance, and a French essayist, and a notable voice in the ecumenical movement.-Biography:...
, theologist, pastor, French ResistanceFrench ResistanceThe French Resistance is the name used to denote the collection of French resistance movements that fought against the Nazi German occupation of France and against the collaborationist Vichy régime during World War II...
member and essayist (d.18811881 in FranceSee also:1880 in France,other events of 1881,1882 in France.----Events from the year 1881 in France.-Events:*13 February - First issue of the feminist newspaper La Citoyenne is published by Hubertine Auclert....
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- Lucienne AbrahamLucienne AbrahamLucienne Abraham , also known as Michèle Mestre, was a French Trotskyist politician. She joined the Internationalist Communist Party and became the editor of its newspaper, La Verité...
, Trotskyist politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
(b.19161916 in FranceSee also:1915 in France,other events of 1916,1917 in France.----Events from the year 1916 in France.-Events:*29 January - Paris is bombed by German zeppelins for the first time.*21 February - Battle of Verdun begins....
). - Marcel AllainMarcel AllainMarcel Allain was a French writer mostly remembered today for his co-creation with Pierre Souvestre of the fictional arch-villain and master criminal Fantômas....
, writer (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....
). - Camille ArambourgCamille ArambourgCamille Arambourg was a French vertebrate paleontologist. He conducted extensive field work in North Africa. In the 1950s he argued against the prevailing model of Neandertals as brutish and simian.During World War I he was in Military service...
, paleontologist (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....
). - Jérôme CarcopinoJérôme CarcopinoJérôme Carcopino was a French historian and author. He was the fifteen member elected to occupy seat 3 of the Académie française in 1955.-Biography:...
, historian and author (b.18811881 in FranceSee also:1880 in France,other events of 1881,1882 in France.----Events from the year 1881 in France.-Events:*13 February - First issue of the feminist newspaper La Citoyenne is published by Hubertine Auclert....
). - Mathilde CarréMathilde CarréMathilde Carré , known as "La Chatte", was a French Resistance agent during World War II who turned double agent....
, French ResistanceFrench ResistanceThe French Resistance is the name used to denote the collection of French resistance movements that fought against the Nazi German occupation of France and against the collaborationist Vichy régime during World War II...
agent, became a double agentDouble agentA double agent, commonly abbreviated referral of double secret agent, is a counterintelligence term used to designate an employee of a secret service or organization, whose primary aim is to spy on the target organization, but who in fact is a member of that same target organization oneself. They...
(b.19101910 in FranceSee also:1909 in France,other events of 1910,1911 in France.----Events from the year 1910 in France.-Events:*16 January - Constant rain in Paris causes the Seine to overflow its banks, flooding the city...
). - Laurent EynacLaurent EynacLaurent Eynac was a French politician who was appointed Minister of Transportation on 7 June 1935 until 24 January 1936.He was born in Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille, Haute-Loire.-References:...
, politician and Minister (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....
). - Émile GirardeauEmile GirardeauÉmile Girardeau was a French engineer, famous for being the first person to patent the original system of frequencies that is used today and known as the radar...
, engineer (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....
). - Maurice LafforgueMaurice LafforgueMaurice Lafforgue was a French alpine skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics.He was born in Bagnères-de-Luchon and was the father of Britt Lafforgue and Ingrid Lafforgue....
, alpine skier (b.19131913 in FranceSee also:1912 in France,other events of 1913,1914 in France.----Events from the year 1913 in France.-Events:*3 February - Trial of the remnants of the Bonnot gang begins....
). - Henri LauvauxHenri LauvauxGustave Henri Lauvaux was a French distance runner who competed mainly in the Cross Country Team event....
, athlete and Olympic medallist (b.19001900 in FranceSee also:1899 in France,other events of 1900,1901 in France.----Events from the year 1900 in France.Women felt that they should not vote because politics were outside of women's interest.From 1900-1914 there were 3 presidernts: Emilie Loubet...
). - Georges LimbourGeorges LimbourGeorges Limbour was a French writer of prose and poetry.He was a member of the Surrealist Movement in Paris during the 1920s, but was expelled in 1929. Before his association with André Breton and the Surrealists, Limbour co-edited, along with Roger Vitrac and René Crevel, the avant-garde review...
, writer (b.19001900 in FranceSee also:1899 in France,other events of 1900,1901 in France.----Events from the year 1900 in France.Women felt that they should not vote because politics were outside of women's interest.From 1900-1914 there were 3 presidernts: Emilie Loubet...
). - Georges MalkineGeorges MalkineGeorges Alexandre Malkine was the only painter to sign the Surrealist Manifesto of 1924; the other signatories were, for the most part, writers...
, painter (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....
). - Henri MarchalHenri MarchalHenri Marchal was a French architect and civil servant. He devoted a great part of his life to research on the art and archeology of Cambodia and the conservation and restoration of Khmer monuments at the archeological site of Angkor, in Cambodia.After his baccalauréat in 1895, he was admitted to...
, archaeologist (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:...
). - André Simon, wine merchant, gourmet and writer (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....
). - Pierre VeyronPierre VeyronPierre Veyron was a Grand Prix motor racing driver active from 1933 through until 1953. He enrolled at university to study engineering but was convinced to take up racing by a friend; Henri Labataille, a mechanical engineer from Pau, was very active in motor car racing and flying and supported his...
, motor racing driver (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....
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