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See also:1879 in France,other events of 1880,1881 in France.----Events from the year 1880 in France.-Events:*29 June - France annexes Tahiti.*Discovery of piezoelectricity by Pierre Curie and Jacques Curie.-Births:...
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other events of 1881,
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1882 in France
See 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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Events from the year 1881 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
- 13 February - First issue of the feminist newspaper La CitoyenneLa CitoyenneLa Citoyenne was a French feminist newspaper published in Paris from 1881 through 1891 by Hubertine Auclert. It was first published on February 13, 1881, and appeared bi-monthly. The newspaper was a forceful and unrelenting advocate for women's enfranchisement, demanding changes to the...
is published by Hubertine AuclertHubertine AuclertHubertine Auclert was a leading French feminist and a campaigner for women's suffrage.Born in the Allier département in the Auvergne area of France into a middle-class family, Hubertine Auclert's father died when she was thirteen years old and her mother sent her to live and study in a Roman...
. - 12 May - Treaty of BardoTreaty of BardoThe Treaty of Bardo was signed on May 12, 1881 between representatives of the French Republic and Tunisian bey Muhammed as-Sadiq. A raid of Algeria by the Tunisian Kroumer tribe served as a pretext for French armed forces to invade Tunisia...
is signed between the French Republic and TunisianTunisiaTunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
bey Muhammed as-SadiqMuhammad III as-SadiqMuhammad III as-Sadiq, GCB was the ruler of Tunisia from 23 September 1859 to 28 October 1881, when he abdicated. He signed the Treaty of Bardo with France on 12 May 1881 signifying Tunisia as a French Protectorate.-References:...
. TunisiaTunisiaTunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
becomes a French protectorate.
Births
- 11 January - Lucien RosengartLucien RosengartLucien Rosengart was a French engineer.His early life was shaped by carriages and the advance of the automobile age. He first started working as a mechanic at the age of 12, and by age 24 he had a machine shop in Belleville and several patents to his credit...
, engineer (d.19761976 in FranceSee also:1975 in France,other events of 1976,1977 in France.----Events from the year 1976 in France.-Events:*21 January - The first commercial Concorde flight takes off.*7 March - Cantonales Elections held....
). - 19 February - Paul TournonPaul TournonPaul Tournon was a French architect. He was born in Marseille and died in Paris.He was an architect in chief of many French civil buildings and national palaces, and a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts....
, architectArchitectAn architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
(d.19641964 in FranceSee also:1963 in France,other events of 1964,1965 in France.----Events from the year 1964 in France.-Events:*27 January - France and the People's Republic of China announce their decision to establish diplomatic relations....
). - 20 February - Julien MaitronJulien MaitronJulien Maitron was a French professional road bicycle racer, who competed in the 1904 to 1912 Tour de Frances. He won one stage in the 1910 Tour de France, and had his best overall position in the 1904 Tour de France when he finished fifth.- Palmarès :1910- External links :*...
, cyclist (d.19721972 in FranceSee also:1971 in France,other events of 1972,1973 in France.----Events from the year 1972 in France.-Events:*January - Launch of the Renault 5, one of the world's first small hatchbacks....
). - 21 February - 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.19701970 in FranceSee also:1969 in France,other events of 1970,1971 in France.----Events from the year 1970 in France.-Events:*10 February - An avalanche at Val d'Isère kills 39 tourists.*8 March - Cantonales Elections held.*15 March - Cantonales Elections held....
). - 18 March - Paul Le FlemPaul Le FlemPaul Le Flem was a French composer and music critic. Born in Brittany and living most of his life in Lezardrieux, Le Flem studied at the Schola Cantorum under Vincent d'Indy and Albert Roussel, later teaching at the same establishment, where his pupils included Erik Satie and André Jolivet...
, composer and musician (d.19841984 in FranceSee also:1983 in France,other events of 1984,1985 in France.----Events from the year 1984 in France.-Events:* 21 April - The Renault Espace,Europe's first production people carrier, is launched.-Sport:...
). - 23 March - Roger Martin du GardRoger Martin du GardRoger Martin du Gard was a French author and winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize for Literature. Trained as a paleographer and archivist, Martin du Gard brought to his works a spirit of objectivity and a scrupulous regard for details...
, author, winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize for Literature (d.19581958 in FranceSee also:1957 in France,other events of 1958,1959 in France.----Events from the year 1958 in France.-Events:*13 May - Crisis caused by putsch attempt in Algiers involving French officers....
). - 7 August - François DarlanFrançois DarlanJean Louis Xavier François Darlan was a French naval officer. His great-grandfather was killed at the Battle of Trafalgar...
, Admiral (d.19421942 in France1941 in France,other events of 1942,1943 in France.----Events from the year 1942 in France.-Events:*19 February - Riom Trial begins, attempt by Vichy France regime to prove that the leaders of the French Third Republic had been responsible for France's defeat by Germany in 1940.*28 March - British...
). - 10 October - Gaston RagueneauGaston RagueneauGaston Ragueneau was a French athlete. He competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and the 1908 Summer Olympics in London....
, athlete and Olympic medallist (d.19781978 in FranceSee also:1977 in France,other events of 1978,1979 in France.----Events from the year 1978 in France.-Events:*1 February - Hollywood film director Roman Polanski skips bail and flees to France, after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl.*12 March - Legislative...
). - 4 November - Gaby DeslysGaby DeslysGaby Deslys was a dancer, singer, and actress of the early 20th century from Marseilles, France. She selected her name for her stage career. It is an abbreviation of Gabrielle of the Lillies. During the 1910s she was exceedingly popular worldwide, making $4,000 a week in the United States alone...
, dancer and actress (d.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...
). - 8 November - Robert Esnault-PelterieRobert Esnault-PelterieRobert Albert Charles Esnault-Pelterie was a pioneering French aircraft designer and spaceflight theorist. He was born in Paris, the son of a textile industrialist...
, pioneering aircraft designer (d.19571957 in FranceSee also:1956 in France,other events of 1957,1958 in France.----Events from the year 1957 in France.-Events:*4 February - France prohibits UN involvement in Algeria....
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Full date unknown
- 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 (d.19701970 in FranceSee also:1969 in France,other events of 1970,1971 in France.----Events from the year 1970 in France.-Events:*10 February - An avalanche at Val d'Isère kills 39 tourists.*8 March - Cantonales Elections held.*15 March - Cantonales Elections held....
). - Paul CouturierPaul CouturierPaul Irénée Couturier was a French priest and a promoter of the concept of Christian unity. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.-Early life and career:...
, priest and promoter of the concept of Christian unity (d.19531953 in FranceSee also:1952 in France,other events of 1953,1954 in France.----Events from the year 1953 in France.-Events:*4 January - Operation Bretagne ends, with French victory over the Viet Minh in Vietnam....
). - André GodardAndré GodardAndré Godard was a French born archeologist, architect and art historian.Godard was born in Chaumont. A graduate of the École des Beaux-Arts of Paris, he designed the National Museum of Iran and was appointed its first director in 1936. He was also instrumental in the design of Tehran University...
, archeologist and architectArchitectAn architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
(d.19651965 in FranceSee also:1964 in France,other events of 1965,1966 in France.----Events from the year 1965 in France.-Events:*5 January - Launch of the Renault 16, the world's first production hatchback car.*14 March - Municipal elections held....
). - Élisée MacletÉlisée MacletÉlisée Maclet was a French impressionist painter.- Biography :Emile Elisee Maclet was the son of a gardener who lived in Lyons-en Santerre in Picardy. He was born there in 1881. Since his family was poor, he began to work at an early age, as an assistant to his father. Picardy is renowned for its...
, painter (d.19621962 in FranceSee also:1961 in France,other events of 1962,1963 in France.----Events from the year 1962 in France.-Events:*5 February – President Charles de Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence....
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Deaths
- 19 January - Auguste MarietteAuguste MarietteFrançois Auguste Ferdinand Mariette was a French scholar, archaeologist and Egyptologist, the designer of the rebuilt Egyptian Museum under Maximilian of Austria orders when the later had gained control of the artifacts collected to that point.-Early career:Born at Boulogne-sur-Mer, Mariette...
, scholar and archaeologist (b.18211821 in FranceSee also:1820 in France,other events of 1821,1822 in France.Events from the year 1821 in France.-Events:*5 May - Napoléon dies in exile at Saint Helena...
). - 13 February - Alexis Paulin ParisAlexis Paulin ParisAlexis Paulin Paris , was a French scholar and author.He was born at Avenay . He studied classics in Reims and law in Paris. He published in 1824 an Apologie pour l'école romantique and took an active part in Parisian journalism...
, scholar and author (b.18001800 in FranceSee also:1799 in France,other events of 1800,1801 in France.----Events from the year 1800 in France.-Events:*January - Constitutional Referendum held which ratified a new constitution.*13 February - Foundation of the Banque de France....
). - 17 February - Emile-Justin MenierEmile-Justin MenierÉmile-Justin Menier French pharmaceutical manufacturer, chocolatier, and politician, was born in Paris. In 1853, on the death of his father, Antoine, Émile-Justin Menier inherited a large and successful Parisian company that manufactured a range of medicinal powders.His father's company also...
, pharmaceuticalPharmacologyPharmacology is the branch of medicine and biology concerned with the study of drug action. More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur between a living organism and chemicals that affect normal or abnormal biochemical function...
manufacturer, chocolatierChocolatierA chocolatier is someone who makes confectionery from chocolate. Chocolatiers are distinct from chocolate makers, who create chocolate from cacao beans and other ingredients.Professional chocolatiers study topics including the following:...
, and politician (b.18261826 in FranceSee also:1825 in France,other events of 1826,1827 in France.----Events from the year 1826 in France.-Events:*June - Photography: Nicéphore Niépce makes a true photograph.-Births:*6 April - Gustave Moreau, painter ....
). - 1 March - Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys, statesman and diplomat (b.18051805 in FranceSee also:1804 in France,other events of 1805,1806 in France.----Events from the year 1805 in France.-Events:*22 July - Battle of Cape Finisterre, British defeat of Franco-Spanish fleet....
). - 24 March - Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph DelesseAchille Ernest Oscar Joseph DelesseAchille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse was a French geologist and mineralogist.He was born at Metz. At the age of twenty he entered the Ecole Polytechnique, and subsequently passed through the Ecole des Mines...
, geologistGeologistA geologist is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth as well as the processes and history that has shaped it. Geologists usually engage in studying geology. Geologists, studying more of an applied science than a theoretical one, must approach Geology using...
and mineralogist (b.18171817 in FranceSee also:1816 in France,other events of 1817,1818 in France.----Events from the year 1817 in France.-Births:*2 January - François Chabas, egyptologist .*3 February - Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse, geologist and mineralogist ....
). - 2 June - Émile LittréÉmile LittréÉmile Maximilien Paul Littré was a French lexicographer and philosopher, best known for his Dictionnaire de la langue française, commonly called "The Littré".-Biography:Émile Littré was born in Paris...
, lexicographer and philosopher (b.18011801 in FranceSee also:1800 in France,other events of 1801,1802 in France.----Events from the year 1801 in France.-Events:*9 February - Treaty of Lunéville signed between the French First Republic and the Holy Roman Empire, ending the war with Austria....
). - 2 June - Pierre Louis RouillardPierre Louis RouillardPierre Louis Rouillard was a French sculptor known for his sculptures of animals. He was one of a "school of French animalières" which also included Pierre-Jules Mêne, Antoine-Louis Barye, Auguste Caïn and François Pompon...
, sculptor (b.18201820 in FranceSee also:1819 in France,other events of 1820,1821 in France.----Events from the year 1820 in France.-Events:*4 November - Legislative election held.*13 November - Legislative election held.-Births:...
). - 28 June - Jules Armand DufaureJules Armand DufaureJules Armand Stanislas Dufaure was a French statesman.-Biography:Dufaure was born at Saujon, Charente-Maritime, and began his career as an advocate at Bordeaux, where he won a great reputation by his oratorical gifts. He abandoned law for politics, and in 1834 was elected deputy...
, statesman (b.17981798 in FranceSee also:1797 in France,other events of 1798,1799 in France.----Events from the year 1798 in France.-Events:*10 February - The Papacy is removed from power by the French General Louis Alexandre Berthier....
). - 9 July - Paul Bins, comte de Saint-VictorPaul Bins, comte de Saint-VictorPaul Bins, comte de Saint-Victor , known as Paul de Saint-Victor, French author, was born in Paris. His father Jacques BM Bins, comte de Saint-Victor , is remembered by his poem L'Espérance, and by an excellent verse translation of Anacreon.Saint-Victor, who ceased to use the title of count as...
, author (b.18271827 in FranceSee also:1826 in France,other events of 1827,1828 in France.----Events from the year 1827 in France.-Events:*April - Ottoman Algeria: Husain Dei slaps the French consul, Decalina, on the face, eventually leading to war and French rule in Algeria....
).
Full date unknown
- Edouard DulaurierEdouard DulaurierEdouard Dulaurier was a French Orientalist and Egyptologist. He was a native of the city of Toulouse.Dulaurier was a Professor at the Ecole spéciale des Langues orientales, where he established the chair for the Malay language...
, OrientalistOriental studiesOriental studies is the academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology; in recent years the subject has often been turned into the newer terms of Asian studies and Middle Eastern studies...
and Egyptologist (b.18071807 in FranceSee also:1806 in France,other events of 1807,1808 in France.----Events from the year 1807 in France.-Events:*February - Napoleon attacks Russia.*7 February-8 February - Battle of Eylau, indecisive result, but Russian retreat....
). - Émile de GirardinÉmile de GirardinÉmile de Girardin , was a French journalist, publicist, and politician. He was born in Paris in 1802, the son of General Alexandre de Girardin and of Madame Dupuy , wife of a Parisian advocate....
, 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...
, publicistPublicistA publicist is a person whose job is to generate and manage publicity for a public figure, especially a celebrity, a business, or for a work such as a book, film or album...
and politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
(b.18021802 in FranceSee also:1801 in France,other events of 1802,1802 in France.----Events from the year 1802 in France.-Events:*23 February - Haitian Revolution: Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres, French victory....
). - Jules Achille NoëlJules Achille NoëlJules Achille Noël was a French maritime painter, known for his depiction of seascapes and naval scenes.-External links:*...
, painter (b.18151815 in FranceSee also:1814 in France,other events of 1815,1816 in France.----Events from the year 1815 in France.-Events:*3 January - Austria, Britain, and Bourbon-restored France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussia and Russia....
). - Napoléon PeyratNapoléon PeyratNapoléon Peyrat was a French author and historian from Les Bordes-sur-Arize .Peyrat was the author of . Published in 1842, English translation 1852...
, author and historian (b.18091809 in FranceSee also:1808 in France,other events of 1809,1810 in France.----Events from the year 1809 in France.-Events:*13 January - Battle of Uclés, French victory over Spanish....
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