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Events from the year 1939 in France
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1938 in France
1938 in France
See 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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other events of 1939,
1940 in France
1940 in France
See also:1939 in France,other events of 1940,1941 in France.----Events from the year 1940 in France.-Events:*21 March - Édouard Daladier resigns as Prime Minister...
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Events from the year 1939 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
- 27 February - United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and France recognize FrancoFrancisco FrancoFrancisco Franco y Bahamonde was a Spanish general, dictator and head of state of Spain from October 1936 , and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November, 1975...
's government in SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. - 17 June - Last public guillotining in France - murderer Eugen WeidmannEugen WeidmannEugen Weidmann was the last person to be publicly executed in France. Executions by guillotine in France continued in private until September 10, 1977, when Hamida Djandoubi was the last person to be executed....
. - 3 September - United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, France, New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
and AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
declare war on GermanyNazi GermanyNazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
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Sport
- 10 July - Tour de France1939 Tour de FranceThe 1939 Tour de France was the 33rd Tour de France, taking place from 10 to 30 July 1939. The total distance was 4,224 km and the average speed of the riders was 31.986 km/h....
begins. - 30 July - Tour de France ends, won by Sylvère MaesSylvère MaesSylvère Maes was a Belgian cyclist, who is most famous for winning the Tour de France in 1936 and 1939.- Palmarès :1932...
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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Births
- 1 February - Claude FrançoisClaude FrançoisClaude François was a French pop singer, songwriter and dancer. He wrote "Comme d'habitude," the original version of "My Way."-Early life:...
, singer and songwriter (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...
). - 29 March - Roland ArnallRoland ArnallRoland E. Arnall was a French-born American businessman and diplomat. As the owner of ACC Capital Holdings, he became a billionaire with Ameriquest Mortgage...
, businessman and diplomat in the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
(d.20082008 in FranceSee also:2007 in France,other events of 2008,2009 in France.----Events from the year 2008 in France.-Incumbents:* President - Nicolas Sarkozy* Prime Minister - François Fillon* Interior Minister - Michèle Alliot-Marie...
). - 3 April - 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 (d.19751975 in FranceSee also:1974 in France,other events of 1975,1976 in France.----Events from the year 1975 in France.-Events:*1 January - Work is abandoned on the British end of the Channel Tunnel....
). - 9 May - Pierre DesprogesPierre DesprogesPierre Desproges was a French humorist. He was famous for his elaborate, eloquent and above all, virulent diatribes criticizing anything and everything....
, humorist (d.19881988 in FranceSee also:1987 in France,other events of 1988,1989 in France.----Events from the year 1988 in France.-Events:*29 March - African National Congress representative Dulcie September assassinated in Paris.*24 April - Presidential Election held....
). - 30 September - Jean-Marie LehnJean-Marie LehnJean-Marie Lehn is a French chemist. He received the Nobel Prize together with Donald Cram and Charles Pedersen in 1987 for his work in Chemistry, particularly his synthesis of the cryptands...
, chemist, shared Nobel PrizeNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
in ChemistryChemistryChemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
in 1987. - 10 November - Maia SimonMaïa SimonMaïa Simon was a French film and television actress.Suffering from cancer, she traveled to Switzerland for voluntary assisted suicide, and died, aged 67.- External links :*...
, actress (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...
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Deaths
- 14 October - Polaire (Emilie Marie Bouchaud), singer and actress (b.18741874 in FranceSee also:1873 in France,other events of 1874,1875 in France.----Events from the year 1874 in France.-Arts and literature:*23 January - Camille Saint-Saëns' composition Danse Macabre is premiered....
). - 5 November - Charles BarroisCharles BarroisCharles Barrois was a French geologist and palaeontologist.Barrois was born at Lille and educated at the college in that town, where he studied geology under Professor Jules Gosselet...
, geologist and palaeontologist (b.18511851 in FranceSee also:1850 in France,other events of 1851,1852 in France.----Events from the year 1851 in France.-Events:*1 March - Victor Hugo uses the phrase United States of Europe in a speech to the French national assembly....
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- Henri BénardHenri BénardHenri Bénard, , French physicist, best known for his research on convection in liquids that now carries his name, Benard convection....
, physicist (b.18741874 in FranceSee also:1873 in France,other events of 1874,1875 in France.----Events from the year 1874 in France.-Arts and literature:*23 January - Camille Saint-Saëns' composition Danse Macabre is premiered....
). - Jules-Felix CoutanJules-Felix CoutanJules-Felix Coutan was a French sculptor and educator.- Life :As a student at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Coutan was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1872; after his return to Paris he executed the fountain group France Bearing the Torch of Civilization for the Exposition Universelle , one of the two...
, sculptor (b.18481848 in FranceSee also:1847 in France,other events of 1848,1849 in France.----Events from the year 1848 in France.-Events:*22 February - In Paris, revolt erupts against the king Louis Philippe...
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