1975 in France
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Events from the year 1975 in France
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1974 in France
See 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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other events of 1975,
1976 in France
1976 in France
See 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....
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Events from the year 1975 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
- 1 January - Work is abandoned on the British end of the Channel TunnelChannel TunnelThe Channel Tunnel is a undersea rail tunnel linking Folkestone, Kent in the United Kingdom with Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais near Calais in northern France beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover. At its lowest point, it is deep...
. - 6 March - A bomb explodes in the ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
offices of the Springer PressAxel Springer AGAxel Springer AG is one of the largest multimedia companies in Europe, with more than 11,500 employees and with annual revenues of about €2.9 billion. The Company is active in a total of 36 countries, including Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Russia and Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland...
. The 6 March Group (connected to the Red Army FactionRed Army FactionThe radicalized were, like many in the New Left, influenced by:* Sociological developments, pressure within the educational system in and outside Europe and the U.S...
) demands amnesty for the Baader-Meinhof Group. - 6 July - The ComorosComorosThe Comoros , officially the Union of the Comoros is an archipelago island nation in the Indian Ocean, located off the eastern coast of Africa, on the northern end of the Mozambique Channel, between northeastern Mozambique and northwestern Madagascar...
declare their independence from France. - September - Chrysler EuropeChrysler EuropeChrysler Europe was a division of the Chrysler Corporation that operated between 1967 and 1979.-Formation:In the 1960s, Chrysler sought to become a world producer of automobiles. The company had never had much success outside North America, contrasting with Ford's worldwide reach and General...
launches the Simca 1307Simca 1307The Simca 1307 was the name under which Chrysler Europe launched its new large family car in July 1975.A modern, front-wheel drive hatchback, it was one of the first such cars in that class, along with the Volkswagen Passat, and became the 1976 European Car of the Year...
, a large five-door hatchback which will go on sale in Britain in the new year as the Chrysler Alpine. It is similar in size and design to the Renault 16Renault 16The Renault 16 is a hatchback produced by French automaker Renault between 1965 and 1980 in Le Havre, France. The reviewer in the May 1965 edition of the English "Motoring Illustrated" said: "The Renault Sixteen can thus be described as a large family car but one that is neither a four door saloon...
, and is one of the first cars of its size to feature a hatchback. - 15 September - The department of CorseCorseCorse may refer to:*Corse, the French name for Corsica, the fourth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea*Corse , a European surname of multiple origins *Corse, a Shakespearean word for Corpse...
, comprising the entire island of CorsicaCorsicaCorsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of Italy, southeast of the French mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia....
, is divided into two departments: Haute-CorseHaute-CorseHaute-Corse is a French department. It constitutes the northern part of the island of Corsica.- History :The department was formed on 15 September 1975, when the department of Corse was divided into Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud...
and Corse-du-SudCorse-du-SudCorse-du-Sud is a French département composed of the southern part of the island of Corsica.- History :The department was formed on 15 September 1975, when the Corse department was divided into Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud...
. - 15 November - 1st G6 summit1st G6 summitThe 1st G6 summit took place on November 15–17, 1975, in Rambouillet, France. The venue for the summit meetings was the Château de Rambouillet near Paris....
begins at RambouilletRambouilletRambouillet is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France.It is located in the suburbs of Paris southwest from the center...
. - 17 November - 1st G6 summit ends.
- December - The Simca 1307 is voted European Car of the YearEuropean Car of the YearThe European Car of the Year award was established in 1964 by a collective of automobile magazines from different countries in Europe. The current organisers of the award are Auto , Autocar , Autopista , Autovisie , L'Automobile Magazine , Stern and Vi Bilägare .The voting jury consists of motoring...
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Sport
- 26 June - Tour de France1975 Tour de FranceThe 1975 Tour de France was the 62nd Tour de France, taking place June 26 to July 20, 1975. It consisted of 22 stages over 3999 km, ridden at an average speed of 34.899 km/h. Eddy Merckx was attempting to win his sixth Tour de France, but became a victim of violence. Many Frenchmen were...
begins. - 20 July - Tour de France ends, won by Bernard ThévenetBernard ThévenetBernard Thévenet, born 10 January 1948, in Saint-Julien-de-Civry, Saône-et-Loire, is a retired French bicycle racer. He is a two-time winner of the Tour de France and known for ending the reign of five-time Tour champion Eddy Merckx...
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January to March
- 9 January - Xavier MérideXavier MérideXavier Méride is a retired French football defender.-Titles:* Champion of Ligue 1, France with RC Lens in 1998* Winner of Coupe de la Ligue, France with RC Lens in 1999...
, soccer player. - 10 January - Olivier ChapuisOlivier ChapuisOlivier Chapuis is a French retired competitive ice dancer. With dance partner Véronique Delobel, he competed internationally for France, winning medals at the 2000 Ondrej Nepela Memorial and competing on the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating...
, ice dancer. - 26 January - Alexandre PéclierAlexandre PéclierAlexandre Péclier is a French rugby union player who currently plays for the French club of CS Bourgoin-Jallieu. He earned his first cap for the France national team on July 3, 2004 against the United States. He has won the European Shield in 1997 with Bourgoin, where he played during 10 seasons.-...
, rugby union player. - 5 February - Frédéric BaudFrédéric BaudFrédéric Baud was a French nordic combined skier who competed from 1993 to 2004. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, he finished sixth in the 4 x 5 km team event and 27th in the 7.5 km sprint event....
, nordic combinedNordic combinedThe Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping.- History :While Norwegian soldiers are known to have been competing in Nordic skiing since the 19th century, the first major competition in Nordic combined was held in 1892 in Oslo at the...
skier. - 7 February - Emily LoizeauEmily LoizeauEmily Loizeau is a French author, composer, and singer. Her debut album, released in 2006, was titled L'autre bout du monde .- Biography :...
, author, composer and singer. - 17 February - Marie-Pierre LerayMarie-Pierre LerayMarie-Pierre Leray is a French figure skater. In ladies singles, she was a three time silver medalist at the French Figure Skating Championships and competed in the 1994 Winter Olympics. In pairs, she won the French National Championship with Frédéric Lipka in 1993. She later teamed up with...
, figure skater. - 8 March - François GrenetFrançois GrenetFrançois Grenet is a retired French football defender. He played most of his career for FC Girondins de Bordeaux, including the 1996 UEFA Cup Final.-External links:*...
, soccer player. - 12 March - Valérie NicolasValérie NicolasValérie Nicolas is a French handball goalkeeper and former player of the French national team. She became World Champion in 2003 with the French team, and was also voted Most Valuable Player and Best Goalkeeper. She was voted into the All-Star Team in the 2007 World Championship...
, team handballTeam handballHandball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
player. - 21 March - Souleymane M'bayeSouleymane M'bayeSouleymane M'baye is a professional boxer and is the former WBA super-lightweight champion. He won the vacated title by a fourth technical knockout on September 2, 2006 against Raul Horacio Balbi. His current record is 37 wins, three losses and a draw, with 21 wins coming by way of knockout...
, boxer. - 22 March - Ludovic TurpinLudovic TurpinLudovic Turpin is a French professional road racing cyclist. He rides for UCI Professional Continental team .- Career accomplishments :1999 – Casino...
, cyclist. - 25 March - Gaspard ManesseGaspard ManesseGaspard Manesse is a French actor and musician.He is best-remembered for starring as Julien in the film Au revoir, les enfants . He acted in and composed the music for the film Comme il vient...
, actor and musician.
April to June
- 4 April - Delphine ArnaultDelphine ArnaultDelphine Arnault is a French businesswoman with the LVMH luxury goods conglomerate. The daughter of Bernard Arnault, she is one of the richest women in the world; on September 24, 2005, she married Alessandro Vallarino Gancia, heir to an Italian wine fortune.-Biography:Arnault was in 2008 one of...
, businesswoman. - 12 April - Laurent WauquiezLaurent WauquiezLaurent Wauquiez is a French politician and the current Secretary of State for European Affairs under the Foreign and European Affairs Minister, Alain Juppé....
, politician and Minister. - 18 April - Frédéric NéeFrédéric NéeFrédéric Née is a French football striker who last played for SC Bastia in the French Ligue 2. He announced his retirement at the end of the 2006/2007 season because of a recurrent injury. He played one game with the French national team on June 1, 2001 against Australia during the 2001...
, soccer player. - 27 April - Xavier GensXavier GensXavier Gens is a French film director.-Director:*Vanikoro *The Divide *Hitman *Frontier *Sable noir - short film*Au petit matin - short film*Born to Kast - short film...
, film director. - 30 April - David MoncoutiéDavid MoncoutiéDavid Moncoutié is a French professional road racing cyclist with the French team Cofidis, with whom he turned professional in 1997. He is a climber, and won his first professional race in a mountain stage of Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré...
, cyclist. - 16 May - Jean-Christophe DevauxJean-Christophe DevauxJean-Christophe Devaux is a French footballer of Polish descent. He last played for RC Strasbourg, whom he left in 2007. He currently play for Reims. He scored the winning goal with a free-kick in the 2005 Coupe de la Ligue final against Caen.-External links:*...
, soccer player. - 31 May - Emmanuel JonnierEmmanuel JonnierEmmanuel Jonnier is a French cross country skier who has been competing since 1998. His best finish at the Winter Olympics was fourth in the 50 km event at the 2006 games in Turin....
, cross country skier. - 2 June - Sébastien Schemmel, soccer player.
- 24 June - Laurent TobelLaurent TobelLaurent Tobel is a French figure skater. He is the 1999 French national champion.-Results:-References:* -External links:*...
, figure skater. - 26 June - Philippe DelayePhilippe DelayePhilippe Delaye is a French footballer who currently plays for Montpellier HSC as a Midfielder.-External links:*...
, soccer player.
July to September
- 4 July - Thierry ZigThierry ZigThierry Zig is a professional basketball player.-Career:*1994-1995: Levallois: 6g 0.7ppg 0.3rpg*1995-1996: Levallois: 26g 3.2ppg 0.4rpg 1.0apg*1996-1997: Levallois: 29g 10.2ppg 1.8rpg 2.0apg...
, basketball player. - 17 July - Vincent VittozVincent VittozVincent Vittoz is a French cross-country skier. He grew up in the town of La Clusaz in the Northern French Alps and has been competing since 1982...
, cross country skier. - 18 July - Emmanuel HostacheEmmanuel HostacheEmmanuel Hostache was a French bobsledder who competed from 1991 to 2000. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the four-man event at Nagano in 1998...
, bobsledder (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...
). - 25 July - Isabelle BlancIsabelle BlancIsabelle Blanc is a French snowboarder and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.-External links:...
, snowboarderSnowboardingSnowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set onto mounted binding. The development of snowboarding was inspired by skateboarding, sledding, surfing and skiing. It was developed in the U.S.A...
and Olympic gold medallist. - 27 July - Grégoire ColinGrégoire ColinGrégoire Colin is a French actor, producer, screenwriter, and director.-Career:Grégoire started acting on the French stage at age 12. He first caught the eye of critics in the 1992 Agnieszka Holland's psychological family drama Olivier, Olivier when he was just 17...
, actor. - 16 August - Didier AgatheDidier AgatheDidier Fernand Agathe is a professional footballer who currently plays for JS Saint-Pierroise in Réunion....
, soccer player. - 30 August - Younous OumouriYounous OumouriYounous Oumouri is a French footballer. He plays as a right and centre back, currently for Egaleo F.C. in Greece and formerly for Dender in Belgium and Apollon Kalamarias F.C. in Greece. He also played for FC Martigues ....
, soccer player. - 3 September - Cristobal HuetCristobal HuetCristobal Huet is a French professional ice hockey goaltender playing for Fribourg-Gottéron of the Swiss National League A, on loan from the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League. He developed his goaltending skills in Grenoble with Les Brûleurs de Loups. He has also played with the...
, ice hockeyIce hockeyIce hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player. - 3 September - Stéphane SamsonStéphane SamsonStéphane Samson is a French football striker. He currently plays for Stade Reims.-External links:...
, soccer player. - 6 September - Sylvie BecaertSylvie BecaertSylvie Becaert is a French biathlete. Becaert's best year so far was 2003 when she came third in the overall world cup standings and won gold in the sprint event at the World Championships 2003 in Khanty-Mansiysk. At the 2006 Olympics in Turin, she won a bronze medal with the French relay team...
, biathleteBiathlonBiathlon is a term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines. However, biathlon usually refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting...
. - 19 September - Caroline FourestCaroline FourestCaroline Fourest is a French feminist writer, journalist, columnist , editor of the magazine "ProChoix" , and author of Frère Tariq , a critical look at the works of the Muslim intellectual Tariq Ramadan.A graduate in sociology and political...
, feminist writer, journalist and editor. - 23 September - Laurent BatllesLaurent BatllesLaurent Batlles is a French footballer who plays for AS Saint-Étienne as a midfielder.-Club career:In 1993–94, Batlles emerged from the Toulouse FC academy into the senior squad, playing his first game in the top division against Olympique Lyonnais, on 2 April 1994, a 0–1 defeat.In 1999, Batlles...
, soccer player. - 30 September - Marion CotillardMarion CotillardMarion Cotillard is a French actress and singer. She garnered critical acclaim for her roles in films such as La Vie en Rose, My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument, Taxi, Furia and Jeux d'enfants...
, actress. - 30 September - Laure PequegnotLaure PequegnotLaure Pequegnot is a former French Alpine skier.She was born in Échirolles, Isère. She won a total of 3 Alpine skiing World Cup races, all in the slalom discipline...
, 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...
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October to December
- 5 October - Bobo BaldéBobo BaldeDianbobo "Bobo" Baldé is a Guinean footballer who currently plays for AC Arles-Avignon. He has previously played for Mulhouse, AS Cannes, Toulouse, Celtic and Valenciennes...
, soccer player. - 12 October - Cédric DuchesneCédric DuchesneCédric Duchesne is a retired French football goalkeeper.His previous clubs include FC Istres, US Créteil-Lusitanos and FC Martigues.-External links:* at l'Équipe....
, soccer player. - 16 October - Christophe MaéChristophe MaéChristophe Maé is a French pop singer.-Career:Maé learned to play the violin at age 6, and later began playing the guitar and harmonica at age 16 after he was immobilised from a chronic illness. He has stated that this was the time when he became inspired by Stevie Wonder...
, singer. - 2 November - Stéphane SarrazinStéphane SarrazinStéphane Sarrazin is a Peugeot factory racing driver from France. He participated in 1 Formula One Grand Prix for Minardi, debuting on April 11, 1999 at the Brazilian Grand Prix. He was a replacement for Luca Badoer, who had injured his wrist. He suffered a big spin in the race coming up to the...
, motor racing driver. - 4 November - Yoann Le BoulangerYoann Le BoulangerYoann Le Boulanger is a French former professional road bicycle racer.- Palmares :* Tour du Doubs * 2007 Tour de Pologne - Mountains Classification* Tour de la Somme - 1 stage...
, cyclist. - 6 November - Matthieu LièvremontMatthieu LièvremontMatthieu Lièvremont is a French rugby union player, usually playing as a flanker but sometimes as well as number 8...
, rugby union player. - 7 November - Raphaël HarocheRaphaël HarocheRaphaël Haroche is a French singer who performs under the name Raphael.-Biography:...
, singer. - 9 November - Djézon BoutoilleDjezon BoutoilleDjezon Boutoille is a French manager, currently managing for CFA 2 side Calais RUFC.-External links:*...
, soccer player. - 13 November - Alain DigbeuAlain DigbeuAlain Digbeu is a French professional basketball player. He was drafted by the NBA pro club the Atlanta Hawks with the 49th pick in the 1997 NBA Draft. He is 6'6" in height and 220 lbs. in weight...
, basketball player. - 20 November - Sébastien HamelSébastien HamelSébastien Hamel is a French footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Toulouse.-AS Monaco:Hamel started his career at AS Monaco as a trainee in 1991 before turning professional in 1993...
, soccer player. - 20 November - Nicolas SavinaudNicolas SavinaudNicolas Savinaud is a French footballer, who currently plays for USJA Carquefou.- Career :...
, soccer player. - 26 November - Marinette Pichon, soccer player.
- 9 December - Olivier MilloudOlivier MilloudOlivier Milloud is a French rugby union footballer, currently playing for Stade Francais in the top level of French rugby, the Top 14 competition. He has also played for the French national team, including being a part of their 2003 Rugby World Cup squad. He usually plays as a prop.He made his...
, rugby union player.
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- Alexis LoretAlexis LoretAlexis Loret is a French film and television actor.Devoting himself initially to cabinetmaking, he became model, and was noticed by André Téchiné.-Filmography:*UV...
, actor. - Paul RenaudPaul RenaudPaul Renaud is a French comic book artist and illustrator, and working for both European and French markets.In 2004 Budd Root's Basement comics published Paul Renaud 's Cavewoman: The Movie comic book starting his production for the USA comics....
, illustratorIllustratorAn Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...
and comic book artistComic Book ArtistComic Book Artist was an American magazine founded by Jon B. Cooke devoted to anecdotal histories of American comic books, with emphasis on comics published since the 1960s...
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January to March
- 9 January - Pierre FresnayPierre FresnayPierre Fresnay was a French stage and film actor.Born Pierre Jules Louis Laudenbach in Paris, France in 1897, he was encouraged by his uncle, the actor Claude Garry, to pursue a career in theater and film...
, actor (b.18971897 in FranceSee also:1896 in France,other events of 1897,1898 in France.----Events from the year 1897 in France.-Events:*9 December - First issue of the feminist newspaper La Fronde is published by Marguerite Durand.-Arts and literature:...
). - 14 January - Pierre David-WeillPierre David-WeillPierre David-Weill was a French investment banker.Born Pierre Sylvain Désiré Gérard David-Weill in Paris, France, he was the son of Flora Raphael and David David-Weill , Chairman of Lazard Frères...
, investment banker (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...
). - 22 January - Paul Antoine Aristide MontelPaul Antoine Aristide MontelPaul Antoine Aristide Montel was a French mathematician. He was born in Nice, France and died in Paris, France. He researched mostly on holomorphic functions in complex analysis....
, 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.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:...
). - 9 February - Pierre DacPierre DacAndré Isaac , better known as Pierre Dac was a French humorist and Résistance activist.He was born in Châlons-sur-Marne and died in Paris....
, humorist and 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...
activist (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....
). - 13 February - André BeaufreAndré BeaufreAndré Beaufre was a French general. Beaufre ended World War II with the rank of colonel....
, military officer (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....
). - 24 February - 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...
(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....
). - 2 March - Madeleine VionnetMadeleine VionnetThis article is about the haute couture designer. For the fashion label, see Vionnet Madeleine Vionnet was a French fashion designer...
, fashion designer (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:...
). - 3 March - Yves GodardYves Godard (French officer)Yves Godard was a French Army officer who fought in World War II, First Indochina War and Algerian War. A graduate of Saint-Cyr and Chasseur Alpin, he served as a ski instructor in Poland during 1939, but after World War II begun he returned to France...
, military officer (b.19111911 in FranceSee also:1910 in France,other events of 1911,1912 in France.----Events from the year 1911 in France.-Events:*1 July - Agadir Crisis, sparked by deployment of German gunboat to the Moroccan port of Agadir....
). - 9 March - Joseph GuillemotJoseph GuillemotJoseph Guillemot was a French athlete, winner of 5000 m at the 1920 Summer Olympics.Born in Le Dorat, France, Joseph Guillemot's lungs were severely damaged by mustard gas, when he fought in World War I. Also his heart was located on the right hand side of his chest...
, athlete and Olympic gold medallist (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....
). - 13 March - 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 (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....
). - 18 March - Adrienne BollandAdrienne BollandAdrienne Bolland was a French test pilot and the first woman to fly over the Andes.Bolland flew across the English Channel on 25 August 1920....
, test pilot and first woman to fly over the AndesAndesThe Andes is the world's longest continental mountain range. It is a continual range of highlands along the western coast of South America. This range is about long, about to wide , and of an average height of about .Along its length, the Andes is split into several ranges, which are separated...
(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 ....
). - 25 March - Michèle Girardon, actress (b.19381938 in FranceSee also:1937 in France,other events of 1938,1939 in France.----Events from the year 1938 in France.-Events:*10 April - Édouard Daladier becomes prime minister of France....
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April to June
- 4 April - Pierre GalopinPierre GalopinPierre Galopin was a French military officer who came to international attention when he was captured by a group of Chadian rebels, led by Hissène Habré, on 4 August 1974 in the Tibesti mountains, in the middle of the Sahara desert...
, military officer, executed. - 11 April - André ObeyAndré ObeyAndré Obey was a prominent French playwright during the inter-war years, and into the 1950s....
, playwright (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...
). - 25 April – Mike BrantMike BrantMike Brant was an Israeli pop star who achieved fame after moving to France. His most successful hit was "Laisse-moi t'aimer"...
, Israeli singer, committed suicide in Paris (b. 19471947 in the British Mandate of PalestineEvents in the year 1947 in the British Mandate of Palestine.-Events:* 7 January – The founding of the kibbutz Mivtahim.* 26 January - Irgun members kidnap a British intelligence officer two days before the planned execution date of the Irgun member Dov Gruner.* 27 January - Irgun members kidnap...
). - 25 April - Jacques DuclosJacques DuclosJacques Duclos was a French Communist politician who played a key role in French politics from 1926, when he entered the French National Assembly after defeating Paul Reynaud, until 1969, when he won a substantial portion of the vote in the presidential elections.During World War I, Duclos fought...
, politician (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 ....
). - 30 April - Gen PaulGen PaulGen Paul , was a French painter and engraver.-Biography:Born as Eugène Paul in a house in Montmartre on the Rue Lepic painted by Van Gogh, he began drawing and painting as a child. His father died when he was only ten years old and Gen Paul was trained to work in decorative furnishings...
, painter and engraver (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....
). - 13 May - Charles VaurieCharles VaurieCharles Vaurie was a French-born American ornithologist. He was born in France, but moved to Trenton, New Jersey as a youth...
, ornithologistOrnithologyOrnithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds. Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and the aesthetic appeal of birds...
(b.19061906 in FranceSee also:1905 in France,other events of 1906,1907 in France.----Events from the year 1906 in France.-Events:*16 January - Algeciras Conference begins, to mediate the First Moroccan Crisis between France and Germany....
). - 21 May - Jean FontenayJean FontenayJean Fontenay was a French professional road bicycle racer between 1934 and 1939, and after World War II in 1947. In his career he won three races, but he is remembered for wearing the yellow jersey in the 1939 Tour de France for two days.- Palmarès :19351936- External links :...
, cyclist (b.19111911 in FranceSee also:1910 in France,other events of 1911,1912 in France.----Events from the year 1911 in France.-Events:*1 July - Agadir Crisis, sparked by deployment of German gunboat to the Moroccan port of Agadir....
). - 23 May - Paul LegentilhommePaul LegentilhommePaul Legentilhomme was an officer in the French Army during World War I and World War II. After the fall of France in 1940, he joined the forces of the Free French...
, military officer (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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- 20 September - Saint-John PerseSaint-John PerseSaint-John Perse was a French poet, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960 "for the soaring flight and evocative imagery of his poetry." He was also a major French diplomat from 1914 to 1940, after which he lived primarily in the USA until 1967.-Biography:Alexis Leger was...
, poet and diplomat, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960 (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...
). - 23 September - René ThomasRené Thomas (auto racing)René Thomas was a French motor racing champion. Thomas was also a pioneer aviator.-Biography:He was born on March 7, 1886....
, motor racing driver (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....
). - 27 September - Maurice FeltinMaurice FeltinMaurice Feltin was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Paris from 1949 to 1966, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1953 by Pope Pius XII.-Biography:...
, Cardinal (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....
). - 3 October - Guy MolletGuy MolletGuy Mollet was a French Socialist politician. He led the French Section of the Workers' International party from 1946 to 1969 and was Prime Minister in 1956–1957.-Early life and World War II:...
, politician (b.19051905 in FranceSee also:1904 in France,other events of 1905,1906 in France.----Events from the year 1905 in France.-Events:*31 March - German emperor William II asserts German equality with France in Morocco, triggering the Tangier or First Moroccan Crisis....
). - 15 October - Jacques CharonJacques CharonJacques Charon was a French actor and film director.Born in Paris, Charon trained at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique and made his début at the Comédie-Française in 1941...
, actor and film director (b.19201920 in FranceSee also:1919 in France,other events of 1920,1921 in France.----Events from the year 1920 in France.-Events:At the opening of the year 1920, France was in a stronger position than she had been in for several generations...
). - 16 October - Jean OdinJean OdinJean Ernest Sébastien Odin was a French politician.Odin was born in Bordeaux, where his father worked as a ship's captain. At a young age Odin moved to Noumea, New Caledonia, where his father had been transferred, and attended school there.Upon his return to France, Odin became a lawyer's clerk...
, politician (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....
). - 28 October - Georges CarpentierGeorges CarpentierGeorges Carpentier was a French boxer. He fought mainly as a light heavyweight and heavyweight in a career lasting from 1908-26. Nicknamed the "Orchid Man", he stood and his fighting weight ranged from...
, boxer (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...
). - 22 November - François de RoubaixFrançois de RoubaixFrançois de Roubaix was a French film score composer....
, 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...
composer (b.19391939 in FranceSee also:1938 in France,other events of 1939,1940 in France.----Events from the year 1939 in France.-Events:*27 February - United Kingdom and France recognize Franco's government in Spain....
). - 22 December - René FloriotRené FloriotRené Edmond Floriot was a French lawyer.-Life:Floriot drove "a research staff of six lawyers, known as "l'usine Floriot" . Gifted with prodigious memory, he can simplify the most complex case for the dullest of jurors...
, lawyerLawyerA lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
(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....
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- Albert-Félix de LapparentAlbert-Félix de LapparentAlbert-Félix de Lapparent was a French palaeontologist. He was also a Sulpician priest. He undertook a number of fossil-hunting explorations in the Sahara desert. He contributed greatly to our knowledge of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures...
, palaeontologist and Jesuit priest (b.19051905 in FranceSee also:1904 in France,other events of 1905,1906 in France.----Events from the year 1905 in France.-Events:*31 March - German emperor William II asserts German equality with France in Morocco, triggering the Tangier or First Moroccan Crisis....
). - René MaheuRené MaheuRené Gabriel Eugene Maheu , a close friend of Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, was a French professor of philosophy and the sixth Director-General of UNESCO....
, professor of philosophy and Director General of UNESCOUNESCOThe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
(b.19051905 in FranceSee also:1904 in France,other events of 1905,1906 in France.----Events from the year 1905 in France.-Events:*31 March - German emperor William II asserts German equality with France in Morocco, triggering the Tangier or First Moroccan Crisis....
). - Jacques NatansonJacques NatansonFrench writer Jacques Natanson first became involved in the movies in 1929 when one of his plays was adapted for the screen. He enjoyed a fruitful collaboration with Max Ophüls, on such films as "La Ronde" , "Le Plaisir" and "Lola Montes" ....
, writer (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:...
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