1962 in France
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1961 in France
1961 in France
See also:1960 in France,other events of 1961,1962 in France.----Events from the year 1961 in France.-Events:*8 January - French referendum on Algerian self-determination is approved by three-quarters of voters....

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1963 in France
1963 in France
See also:1962 in France,other events of 1963,1964 in France.----Events from the year 1963 in France.-Events:*22 January - Élysée Treaty signed by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer....

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Events from the year 1962 in France.

Events

  • 5 February – President Charles de Gaulle
    Charles de Gaulle
    Charles 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....

     calls for Algeria
    Algeria
    Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

     to be granted independence.
  • 18 March – Evian agreements are signed by France and the F.L.N.
    National Liberation Front (Algeria)
    The National Liberation Front is a socialist political party in Algeria. It was set up on November 1, 1954 as a merger of other smaller groups, to obtain independence for Algeria from France.- Anticolonial struggle :...

     ending the Algerian War.
  • 19 March – Formal cease-fire comes into operation following Evian Accords, however, the OAS
    Organisation armée secrète
    The Organisation de l'armée secrète was a short-lived, French far-right nationalist militant and underground organization during the Algerian War . The OAS used armed struggle in an attempt to prevent Algeria's independence...

     continues its terrorist
    Terrorism
    Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...

     attacks against Algerians.
  • 24 March – OAS leader Edmond Jouahud is arrested in Oran
    Oran
    Oran is a major city on the northwestern Mediterranean coast of Algeria, and the second largest city of the country.It is the capital of the Oran Province . The city has a population of 759,645 , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 1,500,000, making it the second largest...

    .
  • 26 March – France shortens the term for military service
    Conscription
    Conscription is the compulsory enlistment of people in some sort of national service, most often military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and continues in some countries to the present day under various names...

     from 26 months to 18.
  • 8 April – Évian Accords referendum
    French Évian Accords referendum, 1962
    A referendum to approve the Évian Accords ending the Algerian War and granting self determination to Algeria was held in France on 8 April 1962...

     held and adopted with a majority of 90%.
  • 13 April – OAS leader Edmond Jouhaud is sentenced to death.
  • 20 April – OAS leader Raoul Salan
    Raoul Salan
    Raoul Albin Louis Salan was a French Army general and the fourth French commanding general during the First Indochina War. Salan was one of four generals who organized the 1961 Algiers Putsch operation and then founded the Organisation de l'armée secrète....

     is arrested in Algiers
    Algiers
    ' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...

    .
  • 2 May – An OAS bomb explodes in Algeria
    Algeria
    Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

     – this and other attacks kill 110 and injure 147.
  • 23 May – Raoul Salan
    Raoul Salan
    Raoul Albin Louis Salan was a French Army general and the fourth French commanding general during the First Indochina War. Salan was one of four generals who organized the 1961 Algiers Putsch operation and then founded the Organisation de l'armée secrète....

    , founder of the Organisation armée secrète
    Organisation armée secrète
    The Organisation de l'armée secrète was a short-lived, French far-right nationalist militant and underground organization during the Algerian War . The OAS used armed struggle in an attempt to prevent Algeria's independence...

    , is sentenced to life imprisonment.
  • 29 May – Negotiations between the OAS and the FLA lead to a real armistice in Algeria
    Algeria
    Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

    .
  • 3 June – Air France
    Air France
    Air France , stylised as AIRFRANCE, is the French flag carrier headquartered in Tremblay-en-France, , and is one of the world's largest airlines. It is a subsidiary of the Air France-KLM Group and a founding member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance...

     charter flight Chateau de Sully
    Chateau de Sully
    F-BHSM was the registration and callsign of a Boeing 707 named Chateau de Sully used by Air France for Flight 007, a charter flight which crashed on June 3, 1962 while attempting to depart Paris's Orly Airport en route to Atlanta, Georgia via New York City's Idlewild Airport...

    , a Boeing
    Boeing
    The Boeing Company is an American multinational aerospace and defense corporation, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in Chicago, Illinois since 2001...

     707, over-runs the runway at Orly Airport
    Orly Airport
    Paris-Orly Airport is an airport located partially in Orly and partially in Villeneuve-le-Roi, south of Paris, France. It has flights to cities in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean, North America and Southeast Asia. Prior to the construction of Charles de Gaulle Airport, Orly was...

     in Paris; 130 of 132 passengers are killed, two flight attendant
    Flight attendant
    Flight attendants or cabin crew are members of an aircrew employed by airlines primarily to ensure the safety and comfort of passengers aboard commercial flights, on select business jet aircraft, and on some military aircraft.-History:The role of a flight attendant derives from that of similar...

    s survive.
  • 17 June – The OAS
    Organisation armée secrète
    The Organisation de l'armée secrète was a short-lived, French far-right nationalist militant and underground organization during the Algerian War . The OAS used armed struggle in an attempt to prevent Algeria's independence...

     signs a truce with the FLN
    National Liberation Front (Algeria)
    The National Liberation Front is a socialist political party in Algeria. It was set up on November 1, 1954 as a merger of other smaller groups, to obtain independence for Algeria from France.- Anticolonial struggle :...

     in Algeria
    Algeria
    Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

    , but a day later announces that it will continue the fight on behalf of French Algeria
    Algeria
    Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

    ns.
  • 22 June – An Air France
    Air France
    Air France , stylised as AIRFRANCE, is the French flag carrier headquartered in Tremblay-en-France, , and is one of the world's largest airlines. It is a subsidiary of the Air France-KLM Group and a founding member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance...

     Boeing
    Boeing
    The Boeing Company is an American multinational aerospace and defense corporation, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in Chicago, Illinois since 2001...

     707 jet crashes into terrain during bad weather in Guadeloupe
    Guadeloupe
    Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the Leeward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres and a population of 400,000. It is the first overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. As with the other overseas departments, Guadeloupe...

    , West Indies, killing all 113 on board.
  • 30 June – The last soldiers of the French Foreign Legion
    French Foreign Legion
    The French Foreign Legion is a unique military service wing of the French Army established in 1831. The foreign legion was exclusively created for foreign nationals willing to serve in the French Armed Forces...

     leave Algeria
    Algeria
    Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

    .
  • 1 July – Supporters of Algeria
    Algeria
    Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

    n independence win 99% majority in a referendum
    Referendum
    A referendum is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. This may result in the adoption of a new constitution, a constitutional amendment, a law, the recall of an elected official or simply a specific government policy. It is a form of...

    .
  • 2 July – Charles de Gaulle
    Charles de Gaulle
    Charles 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....

     accepts Algerian independence; France recognizes it the next day.
  • 5 July – Algeria
    Algeria
    Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

     becomes independent from France.
  • 5 July – Oran massacre
    Oran massacre of 1962
    The Oran massacre of 1962 was a massacre of European—mostly French—civilians in Oran, Algeria on July 5, 1962, at the end of the Algerian War . Although the majority of deaths were European, Algerians were also massacred. Estimates of the death toll vary widely, from a low of 95 to a high of 3,500....

     takes place in Algeria
    Algeria
    Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

    .
  • 20 July – France and Tunisia
    Tunisia
    Tunisia , 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...

     reestablish diplomatic relations.
  • 31 July – Algeria
    Algeria
    Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

     proclaims independence.
  • 22 August – A failed assassination attempt is made against President Charles de Gaulle
    Charles de Gaulle
    Charles 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....

    .
  • 5 October – The French National Assembly
    French National Assembly
    The French National Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of France under the Fifth Republic. The upper house is the Senate ....

     censures the proposed referendum to sanction presidential elections by popular mandate; Prime Minister Georges Pompidou
    Georges Pompidou
    Georges 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:...

     resigns, but President de Gaulle
    Charles de Gaulle
    Charles 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....

     asks him to stay in office.
  • 28 October – Presidential Election Referendum
    French presidential election referendum, 1962
    A referendum on the direct election of the President was held in France on 28 October 1962. It was approved by 62.3% of voters with a 77.0% turnout...

     held, favours the election of the president by universal suffrage.
  • 18 November – Legislative Election
    French legislative election, 1962
    - National Assembly by Parliamentary Group:...

     held.
  • 25 November – Legislative Election
    French legislative election, 1962
    - National Assembly by Parliamentary Group:...

     held.
  • 27 November – President Charles De Gaulle orders Georges Pompidou
    Georges Pompidou
    Georges 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:...

     to form a government.
  • 29 November – An agreement is signed between Britain and France to develop the Concorde
    Concorde
    Aérospatiale-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...

    supersonic airliner.

Arts and literature

  • 18 March – "Un premier amour" by Isabelle Aubret (music by Claude-Henri Vic, text by Roland Stephane Valade) wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1962
    Eurovision Song Contest 1962
    The Eurovision Song Contest 1962 was the seventh in the series. France's win was their third and marked the first time a country had won three contests. Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, and Spain all scored "null points" for the first time....

     for France.

Sport

  • 24 June – Tour de France
    1962 Tour de France
    The 1962 Tour de France was the 49th Tour de France, taking place June 24 to July 15, 1962. It was composed of 22 stages over 4274 km, ridden at an average speed of 37.306 km/h. After more than 30 years, the Tour was again contested by trade teams...

     begins.
  • 15 July – Tour de France ends, won by Jacques Anquetil
    Jacques Anquetil
    Jacques Anquetil was a French road racing cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964...

    .

January to March

  • 8 January – Nelly Viennot
    Nelly Viennot
    Nelly Viennot is a French football referee. An international woman's referee since 1995, Viennot attracted the attention of the wider football community when she was shortlisted, along with eighty-two other elite referees, as a possible assistant referee in the 2006 World Cup.Viennot attended a...

    , soccer referee.
  • 21 January – Isabelle Nanty
    Isabelle Nanty
    Isabelle Nanty is a French actress and film director.see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0353243/. She played the part of Georgette in the 2001 French film Amélie and Isabelle in La Belle Histoire...

    , actress.
  • 21 January – Marie Trintignant
    Marie Trintignant
    -Early life:She was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, the daughter of actor Jean-Louis Trintignant and his second wife Nadine Marquand. She first appeared on screen aged 4 in her mother's film, My Love, My Love. When Marie's baby sister Pauline died when Marie was 8, she became withdrawn and virtually...

    , actress (d. 2003
    2003 in France
    See also:2002 in France,other events of 2003,2004 in France.----Events from the year 2003 in France.-Incumbents:* President - Jacques Chirac* Prime Minister - Jean-Pierre Raffarin* Interior Minister - Nicolas Sarkozy...

    ).
  • 25 January – Bruno Martini
    Bruno Martini
    Bruno Martini is a retired French footballer who played as a goalkeeper.His professional career was closely associated with Auxerre, for which he played 13 years...

    , soccer player.
  • 28 January – Philippe Vercruysse
    Philippe Vercruysse
    Philippe Vercruysse is a former football midfielder from France. Vercruysse was born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire. He earned a total number of twelve international caps for the French national team during the 1980s...

    , international soccer player.
  • 1 February – Manuel Amoros
    Manuel Amoros
    Manuel Amoros is a retired football defender from France with Valencian ancestry. He was capped 82 times for the France national football team, and played in the Euro Cup finals of 1984 and 1992, and the World Cup finals in 1982 and 1986.Amoros played most of his career for AS Monaco in the...

    , international soccer player.
  • 2 February – Philippe Claudel
    Philippe Claudel
    Philippe Claudel , is a French writer and film director.Claudel was born in Dombasle-sur-Meurthe, Meurthe-et-Moselle. In addition to his writing, Claudel is a Professor of Literature at the University of Nancy....

    , writer.
  • 14 February – Philippe Sella
    Philippe Sella
    Philippe Sella is a French former rugby union player, who held the record for most international appearances until beaten by Jason Leonard. He became a member of the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 1999, and the IRB Hall of Fame in 2008.Sella joined Saracens in 1996 from French side Agen...

    , international rugby union player.
  • 14 February – Thierry Toutain
    Thierry Toutain
    Thierry Toutain is a retired French race walker. With a time of 3:40:57.9, achieved in 1996, Toutain held the world record over 50,000 metres track walking until March 12, 2011, when Yohann Diniz broke it with a time of 3:35:27.-Achievements:-External links:...

    , race walker.
  • 17 February – Walter Ciofani
    Walter Ciofani
    Walter Ciofani is a retired French hammer thrower. His personal best throw is 78.50 metres, achieved in May 1985 in Bourg-en-Bresse.-Achievements:-External links:...

    , hammer thrower.
  • 20 February – Pierre Quinon
    Pierre Quinon
    Pierre Quinon was a pole vaulter from France.On August 28, 1983 in the German city of Cologne, he set a new world record with 5.82 metres. That day, after winning the contest, he became the first athlete to attempt to clear 6.00 metres in an official meet...

    , pole vaulter and Olympic gold medallist.
  • 22 February – Olivier Latry
    Olivier Latry
    Olivier Latry is a French organist, improviser and Professor of Organ in the Conservatoire de Paris. Latry was born in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France...

    , organist
    Organist
    An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumental soloists...

    , improviser and Professor of Organ.
  • 18 March – Vincent Barteau
    Vincent Barteau
    Vincent Barteau is a former French road racing cyclist. He is best known for wearing the yellow jersey in the 1984 Tour de France and winning the stage on Bastille day in the 1989 Tour de France.- Palmarès :1984...

    , cyclist.
  • 25 March – Pierre Morice
    Pierre Morice
    Pierre Morice is a retired French footballer. He played seven seasons for Nantes in the 1980s. He later played some in the United States in the USL with the Minnesota Thunder.-References:*...

    , soccer player.

April to June

  • 2 April – Pierre Carles
    Pierre Carles
    Pierre Carles is a French documentarist, who has often been compared to Michael Moore for his use of the documentary form to denounce mainstream media, which he accuses of having conflicts of interest .-Filmography:...

    , documentarist
    Documentary film
    Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

    .
  • 2 May – Jean-François Bernard
    Jean-François Bernard
    Jean-François Bernard is a former French professional road bicycle racer. He turned professional in 1984 for La Vie Claire, led by Bernard Hinault...

    , cyclist.
  • 2 May – Alexandra Boulat
    Alexandra Boulat
    Alexandra Boulat was a leading French photographer born in Paris, France. She was trained in graphic art and art history at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 2001, she co-founded the VII Photo Agency. Before then she had been represented by Sipa Press and by her mother's agency, Cosmos...

    , photographer (d.2007
    2007 in France
    See 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...

    ).
  • 28 May – François-Henri Pinault
    François-Henri Pinault
    François-Henri Pinault, born in Rennes, Brittany, France, is a French businessman and the chief executive officer of PPR. He is the son of the company's founder, businessman François Pinault...

    , businessman.
  • 31 May – Philippe Gache
    Philippe Gache
    Philippe Gache is a French racecar driver. He has raced in a number of disciplines, but for the last 20 years has specialized in off-road racing. In 1992 he competed in the Indianapolis 500, but crashed his car. He has driven in the Dakar Rally in 2003-2006 and 7 times in the 24 Hours of Le Mans...

    , motor racing driver.
  • 7 June – Thierry Hazard
    Thierry Hazard
    Thierry Hazard , whose real name is Thierry Gesteau is a French singer.-Biography:Hazard was born in Compiègne, France, and grew up in Sèvres. During the 1980s, he became the singer of the band GPS, an acronym of Garage Psychiatric Suburban. The group's guitarist, Tom "Backerfix" Darnal, is indeed...

    , singer.
  • 12 June – Philippe Tibeuf
    Philippe Tibeuf
    Philippe Tibeuf is a retired French football striker.-External links:* *...

    , soccer player.
  • June – Pascal Riché
    Pascal Riché
    Pascal Riché is a French journalist, co-founder of Rue 89 along with Arnaud Aubron, Laurent Mauriac, and Pierre Haski.- Life :...

    , journalist.

July to September

  • 22 July – Jacques Glassmann
    Jacques Glassmann
    Jacques Glassmann is a former footballer from France.He is famous for having revealed the bribery scandal involving Olympique de Marseille and his team US Valenciennes...

    , soccer player.
  • 22 July – Jean-Claude Leclercq
    Jean-Claude Leclercq
    Jean-Claude Leclercq is a French former professional road bicycle racer.- Palmarès :1985Jean-Claude Leclercq is a French former professional road bicycle racer.- Palmarès :1985...

    , cyclist.
  • 23 July – Alain Lefèvre
    Alain Lefèvre
    Alain Lefèvre, CQ is a Quebecois pianist and composer. He is one of the Québécois pianists who have sold the greatest number of musical recordings.In 2009, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec....

    , pianist
    Pianist
    A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...

     and composer
    Composer
    A 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...

    .
  • 6 August – Marc Lavoine
    Marc Lavoine
    Marc Lucien Lavoine is a French singer and actor. In 1985, his hit single "Elle a les yeux revolver" allowed him to reach the top of the French chart and marked the beginning of his successful singing career....

    , singer and actor.
  • 7 August – Alain Robert
    Alain Robert
    Alain Robert , is a French rock and urban climber, from Digoin, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France...

    , rock
    Rock climbing
    Rock climbing also lightly called 'The Gravity Game', is a sport in which participants climb up, down or across natural rock formations or artificial rock walls. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a pre-defined route without falling...

     and urban climber
    Buildering
    Buildering is the act of climbing on the outside of buildings and other artificial structures. The word "buildering" is a portmanteau, combining the word "building" with the climbing term "bouldering".If done without ropes or protection far off the ground, buildering may be dangerous...

    .
  • 19 August – Valérie Kaprisky
    Valérie Kaprisky
    Valérie Kaprisky is a French actress.She was born Valerie Chérès in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. Kaprisky is her mother's maiden name....

    , actress.
  • 27 August – Fabrice Poullain
    Fabrice Poullain
    Fabrice Poullain is a French former professional football player.-External links:*http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/historique.php?id=POULLAIN%20Fabrice...

    , soccer player.
  • 30 August – François Delecour
    François Delecour
    François Delecour is a rally driver.In the employ of Ford Motor Company as a driver of the factory-fettled Ford Escort RS Cosworth, he finished as runner-up in drivers' standings in the 1993 World Rally Championship season. He was still driving for Ford by January 1994, when he won the...

    , rally driver.
  • 20 September – Jean-Louis Garcia
    Jean-Louis Garcia
    Jean-Louis Garcia is a French football manager and former player.-Career:Garcia was a goalkeeper for many clubs including: AS Cannes, AS Monaco, SO Châtellerault, AS Nancy and FC Nantes Atlantique. As a player, he had quite a successful career apart from one game in Europe in 1995 against Bayer...

    , soccer player.
  • 25 September – Juliette Noureddine
    Juliette Noureddine
    Juliette Noureddine, better known by her stage name of Juliette, is a French singer, songwriter and composer.-Biography:She was born on September 25, 1962 in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. Her grandfather, of Algerian origin, arrived in France during the 1920s. Her father, Jacques Noureddine,...

    , singer, songwriter and composer
    Composer
    A 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...

    .
  • 27 September – Christelle Guignard
    Christelle Guignard
    Christelle Guignard is a retired French alpine skier.- World Cup victories :-External links:*...

    , alpine skier
    Alpine skiing
    Alpine 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...

    .

October to December

  • 4 October – Jean-Luc Sassus
    Jean-Luc Sassus
    Jean-Luc Sassus is a former French international football player.-Titles:*Coupe de France in 1993 with Paris Saint-Germain*Ligue 1 in 1994 with Paris Saint-Germain-External links:...

    , soccer player.
  • 13 October – Valérie Létard
    Valérie Létard
    Valérie Létard was Secretary of State for Solidarity in the government of François Fillon from June 2007 to 14 November 2010....

    , politician.
  • 15 October – Guy Georges
    Guy Georges
    Guy Georges is a French serial killer, dubbed "The Beast of the Bastille", who was convicted of murdering seven women between 1991 and 1997.- Biography :...

    , serial killer
    Serial killer
    A 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...

    .
  • 17 October – Yvon Pouliquen, soccer manager, former player.
  • 22 October – Laurent Paganelli
    Laurent Paganelli
    Laurent Paganelli, is a former footballer, currently a journalist for Canal +, since 1997. He holds the record of the youngest player in French Division 1.-Titles:...

    , journalist, former soccer player.
  • 24 October – Yves Bertucci
    Yves Bertucci
    Yves Bertucci is a French football manager and former football player.He is currently an assistant coach for Paris Saint-Germain, having in February 2009 being replaced by Daniel Jeandupeux as the manager of Le Mans Union Club....

    , soccer manager.
  • 30 October – Arnaud Montebourg
    Arnaud Montebourg
    Arnaud Montebourg is a French politician, and a deputy of the fifth district of Saône-et-Loire to the French National Assembly for the Socialist Party. He has also been elected president of the local assembly of Saône et Loire after local elections in 2008...

    , politician.
  • 2 November – Mireille Delunsch
    Mireille Delunsch
    Mireille Delunsch is an opera soprano. She was born in Mulhouse, France, and studied musicology and voice at the Conservatoire de Strasbourg. Her debut was at the Opéra du Rhin in Mulhouse, in Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov....

    , opera soprano
    Soprano
    A 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...

    .
  • 11 November – Thierry Goudet
    Thierry Goudet
    Thierry Goudet is a former football midfielder and manager.-External links:* *...

    , soccer manager, former player.
  • 23 November – Philippe Renaud
    Philippe Renaud
    Philippe Renaud is a French sprint canoer who competed during the 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze in the C-2 500 m event at Seoul in 1988....

    , canoer
    Canoeing
    Canoeing is an outdoor activity that involves a special kind of canoe.Open canoes may be 'poled' , sailed, 'lined and tracked' or even 'gunnel-bobbed'....

     and Olympic medallist.
  • 6 December – Claude Chirac
    Claude Chirac
    Claude Chirac, , younger daughter of French president Jacques Chirac, has been her father's personal advisor since 1994.She has been involved with French judoka Thierry Rey, who is the father of her son Martin Rey-Chirac....

    , younger daughter of French president
    President
    A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...

     Jacques Chirac
    Jacques Chirac
    Jacques René Chirac is a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He previously served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988 , and as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.After completing his studies of the DEA's degree at the...

    .
  • 7 December – Alain Blondel
    Alain Blondel
    Alain Blondel is a retired French decathlete. During his career he won the European title once.-Achievements:-External links:...

    , decathlete.
  • 17 December – Christophe Hondelatte
    Christophe Hondelatte
    Christophe Hondelatte is a French television and radio host.In 1984, Christophe Hondelatte graduated from the Institute of Political Studies of Bordeaux.....

    , television and radio host.
  • 26 December – Jean-Marc Ferreri
    Jean-Marc Ferreri
    Jean-Marc Ferreri is a former French footballer of Italian origin, who earned 37 caps and scored 3 goals for the France national football team...

    , international soccer player.
  • 28 December — Michel Petrucciani
    Michel Petrucciani
    Michel Petrucciani was a French jazz pianist.-Biography:...

    , jazz pianist (d.1999
    1999 in France
    See also:1998 in France,other events of 1999,2000 in France.----Events from the year 1999 in France.-Events:*3 March - ratification of the Amsterdam Treaty by the French National Assembly....

    ).

Full date unknown

  • Luc Delahaye
    Luc Delahaye
    Luc Delahaye is a French photographer known for his large-scale color works depicting conflicts, world events or social issues. His pictures are characterized by detachment, directness and rich details, a documentary approach which is however countered by dramatic intensity and a narrative...

    , photographer.
  • Philippe Goitschel
    Philippe Goitschel
    Philippe Goitschel is a French skier. He won a silver medal in speed skiing, a demonstration sport at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France....

    , skier and Olympic medallist.
  • Pierre Huyghe
    Pierre Huyghe
    Pierre Huyghe is a French artist who works in a variety of media from film and video to public interventions. He won the Hugo Boss Prize from the Guggenheim Museum in 2002.-Biography:...

    , artist.
  • Dominique Moulon
    Dominique Moulon
    Dominique Moulon is a historian of art and technology, specializing in French digital art. He is the author of the book Art contemporain nouveaux médias.-Background:...

    , historian
    Historian
    A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...

     of art and technology.
  • Roland Mouret
    Roland Mouret
    Roland Mouret is a French fashion designer.-Training and early career:His fashion training consisted of three months in a Parisian fashion college in 1979. In the 1980s Mouret worked as creative director with Gai Pied Hebdo, a Paris-based gay publication, and was an Act Up activist...

    , fashion designer.
  • Pascale Sourisse
    Pascale Sourisse
    Pascale Sourisse is a French businesswoman.Born at Nantes, Pascale Sourisse graduated at Ecole Polytechnique and at Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications. She held management positions at the Compagnie Générale des Eaux in 1984/85, and Jeumont-Schneider Telecom in1985/86...

    , businesswoman.

January to March

  • 21 January – Georges Gimel
    Georges Gimel
    Georges Gimel , was a French expressionist painter of portraits, landscapes, mountain landscapes, still lifes and flowers. He was also a wood carver, lithographer, illustrator, set designer, sculptor, and enamel painter....

    , painter (b.1898
    1898 in France
    See 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....

    ).
  • 24 January – André Lhote
    André Lhote
    André Lhote was a French sculptor and painter of figure subjects, portraits, landscapes and still life. He was also very active and influential as a teacher and writer on art....

    , sculptor and painter (b.1885
    1885 in France
    See 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....

    ).
  • 4 February – Charles Basle
    Charles Basle
    Charles Lucien Basle was a French racecar driver.-Indy 500 results:...

    , motor racing driver (b.1885
    1885 in France
    See 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....

    ).
  • 5 February – Jacques Ibert
    Jacques Ibert
    Jacques François Antoine Ibert was a French composer. Having studied music from an early age, he studied at the Paris Conservatoire and won its top prize, the Prix de Rome at his first attempt, despite studies interrupted by his service in World War I.Ibert pursued a successful composing career,...

    , composer (b.1890
    1890 in France
    See 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....

    ).
  • 3 March – Pierre Benoit
    Pierre Benoit (novelist)
    Pierre Benoît was a French novelist and member of the Académie française.Pierre Benoit, born in Albi was the son of a French soldier. Benoit spent his early years and military service in Northern Africa, before becoming a civil servant...

    , novelist (b.1886
    1886 in France
    See 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....

    ).

April to June

  • 17 April – Pierre Larquey
    Pierre Larquey
    Pierre Larquey was a French film actor. He appeared in 214 films between 1913 and 1962. He was born in Citon-Cenac, France and died in Maisons-Laffitte, France.-Selected filmography:* Le Scandale...

    , actor (b.1884
    1884 in France
    See 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...

    ).
  • 4 May – Cécile Vogt-Mugnier
    Cécile Vogt-Mugnier
    Cecile Vogt-Mugnier was a French neurologist from Haute-Savoie.-Family:She obtained her medical doctorate in Paris and was the student of Pierre Marie. There she met her future husband, Oskar Vogt, when he came to Paris to work with Joseph Jules Déjérine...

    , neurologist (b.1875
    1875 in France
    See also:1874 in France,other events of 1875,1876 in France.----Events from the year 1875 in France.-Arts and literature:*3 March - The first performance of Bizet’s Carmen at the Opéra Comique, Paris.-Births:...

    ).
  • 23 May – Louis Coatalen
    Louis Coatalen
    Louis Hervé Coatalen was a Breton automobile engineer.Coatalen was born in the Breton fishing town of Concarneau and went on to study engineering at the Ecole des Arts et Métiers at Cluny ....

    , automobile
    Automobile
    An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...

     engineer
    Engineer
    An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...

     (b.1879
    1879 in France
    See also:1878 in France,other events of 1879,1880 in France.----Events from the year 1879 in France.-Events:*1 June - Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial , great-nephew of Napoléon Bonaparte, Bonapartist Pretender to the throne, died in Africa during the Anglo-Zulu War.*Ferdinand Cheval begins to...

    ).
  • 1 June – Joseph Darnand
    Joseph Darnand (bishop)
    Msgr. Joseph Darnand, S.M., D.D., Vicar Apostolic of the Navigators' Archipelago, was born in Beny, Ain, France on December 31, 1879. He professed the evangelical counsels on December 20, 1903 for the Society of Mary . He was subsequently ordained to the presbyterate for the Marists on July 16,...

    , Bishop (b.1879
    1879 in France
    See also:1878 in France,other events of 1879,1880 in France.----Events from the year 1879 in France.-Events:*1 June - Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial , great-nephew of Napoléon Bonaparte, Bonapartist Pretender to the throne, died in Africa during the Anglo-Zulu War.*Ferdinand Cheval begins to...

    ).
  • 5 June – Jacques Gréber
    Jacques Gréber
    Jacques-Henri-Auguste Gréber was a French architect specializing in landscape architecture and urban design. He was a strong proponent of the Beaux-Arts style and a contributor to the City Beautiful movement, particularly in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Ottawa, Ontario.-Early life and...

    , architect (b.1882
    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....

    ).
  • 6 June – Yves Klein
    Yves Klein
    Yves Klein was a French artist considered an important figure in post-war European art. He is the leading member of the French artistic movement of Nouveau réalisme founded in 1960 by the art critic Pierre Restany...

    , artist (b.1928
    1928 in France
    See also:1927 in France,other events of 1928,1929 in France.----Events from the year 1928 in France.-Events:*22 April - Legislative Election held.*29 April - Legislative Election held....

    ).
  • 8 June – Eugène Freyssinet
    Eugène Freyssinet
    Eugène Freyssinet was a French structural and civil engineer. He was the major pioneer of prestressed concrete.Freyssinet was born in at Objat, Corrèze, France. He worked in the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris, France where he designed several bridges until the First World War...

    , structural
    Structural engineer
    Structural engineers analyze, design, plan, and research structural components and structural systems to achieve design goals and ensure the safety and comfort of users or occupants...

     and civil engineer
    Civil engineer
    A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering; the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructures while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing infrastructures that have been neglected.Originally, a...

     (b.1879
    1879 in France
    See also:1878 in France,other events of 1879,1880 in France.----Events from the year 1879 in France.-Events:*1 June - Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial , great-nephew of Napoléon Bonaparte, Bonapartist Pretender to the throne, died in Africa during the Anglo-Zulu War.*Ferdinand Cheval begins to...

    ).

July to September

  • 1 July – Edgard de Larminat
    Edgard de Larminat
    Edgard de Larminat was a French general, who fought in two World Wars. He was one of the most important military figures who rejoined the Free French forces in 1940...

    , General (b.1895
    1895 in France
    See 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....

    ).
  • 8 July – Georges Bataille
    Georges Bataille
    Georges Bataille was a French writer. His multifaceted work is linked to the domains of literature, anthropology, philosophy, economy, sociology and history of art...

    , writer (b.1897
    1897 in France
    See 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:...

    ).
  • 18 July – Eugene Houdry
    Eugene Houdry
    Eugene Houdry was a French mechanical engineer who invented catalytic cracking of petroleum feed stocks. He originally focused on using lignite as a feedstock, but switched to using heavy liquid tars after moving to the United States in 1930...

    , mechanical engineer (b.1892
    1892 in France
    See 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 July – Paul Aymé
    Paul Aymé
    Paul Aymé was a former French male tennis player. He's best remembered for winning the French Open four straight years; 1897, 1898, 1899, and 1900.- References :...

    , tennis player (b.1869
    1869 in France
    See also:1868 in France,other events of 1869,1870 in France.----Events from the year 1869 in France.-Events:*23 May - Legislative election held.*6 June - Legislative election held to elect the fourth legislature of the French Second Empire....

    ).
  • 18 August – Lucien Berland
    Lucien Berland
    Lucien Berland was a French entomologist and an arachnologist- Partial list of publications :* 1925 : Faune de France...

    , entomologist and arachnologist
    Arachnology
    Arachnology is the scientific study of spiders and related animals such as scorpions, pseudoscorpions, harvestmen, collectively called arachnids. However, the study of ticks and mites is sometimes not included in arachnology, but is called Acarology...

     (b.1888
    1888 in France
    See 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...

    ).
  • 19 August – Jean Lucienbonnet
    Jean Lucienbonnet
    Jean Lucienbonnet was a racing driver from France, racing and rallying in various series. His single Formula One World Championship entry was the 1959 Monaco Grand Prix with his Cooper T45, but he failed to qualify...

    , motor racing driver (b.1923
    1923 in France
    See also:1922 in France,other events of 1923,1924 in France.----Events from the year 1923 in France.-Events:*11 January - Occupation of the Ruhr begins by French and Belgian troops to force Germany to pay its reparation payments....

    ).
  • 22 August – Charles Rigoulot
    Charles Rigoulot
    Charles Rigoulot was a French weightlifter, professional wrestler, race car driver, and actor who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.He was born in Le Vésinet and died in Paris....

    , weightlifter, professional wrestler
    Professional wrestling
    Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...

    , race car driver
    Driving
    Driving is the controlled operation and movement of a land vehicle, such as a car, truck or bus.Although direct operation of a bicycle and a mounted animal are commonly referred to as riding, such operators are legally considered drivers and are required to obey the rules of the road...

     and actor (b.1903
    1903 in France
    See 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....

    ).
  • August – Léon Binoche
    Léon Binoche
    Léon Binoche was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the French rugby union team, which won the gold medal.-External links:*...

    , rugby union player (b.1878
    1878 in France
    See also:1877 in France,other events of 1878,1879 in France.----Events from the year 1878 in France.-Events:*1 May - Exposition Universelle opened in Paris.*10 November - Exposition Universelle closed.-January to June:...

    ).
  • 21 September – Princess Marie Bonaparte
    Princess Marie Bonaparte
    Princess Marie Bonaparte was a French author and psychoanalyst, closely linked with Sigmund Freud. Her wealth contributed to the popularity of psychoanalysis, and enabled Freud's escape from Nazi Germany....

    , psychoanalyst
    Psychoanalysis
    Psychoanalysis is a psychological theory developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud. Psychoanalysis has expanded, been criticized and developed in different directions, mostly by some of Freud's former students, such as Alfred Adler and Carl Gustav...

     (b.1882
    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....

    ).
  • 24 September – Félix Goethals
    Félix Goethals
    Félix Goethals was a French professional road bicycle racer, who won seven stages in total in the Tour de France. His best final classification was a ninth place in 1920.- Palmarès :191319141920...

    , cyclist (b.1891
    1891 in France
    See 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....

    ).

October to December

  • 7 October – Henri Oreiller
    Henri Oreiller
    Henri Oreiller was a French alpine ski racer. He won two gold medals and a bronze medal in skiing at the 1948 Olympic Games, becoming the most successful athlete there....

    , alpine skier and Olympic gold medallist (b.1925
    1925 in France
    See also:1924 in France,other events of 1925,1926 in France.----Events from the year 1925 in France.-Events:*21 May to 25 october International Exhibition of Hydropower and Tourism in Grenoble....

    ).
  • 14 October – Jacques Majorelle
    Jacques Majorelle
    Jacques Majorelle , son of the celebrated Art Nouveau furniture designer Louis Majorelle, was a French painter. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Nancy in 1901 and later at the Académie Julian in Paris with Schommer and Royer.In 1919 he went to Marrakech, Morocco to recover from heart...

    , painter (b.1886
    1886 in France
    See 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....

    ).
  • 16 October – Gaston Bachelard
    Gaston Bachelard
    Gaston Bachelard was a French philosopher. He made contributions in the fields of poetics and the philosophy of science. To the latter he introduced the concepts of epistemological obstacle and epistemological break...

    , philosopher (b.1884
    1884 in France
    See also:1883 in France,other events of 1884,1885 in France.----Events from the year 1884 in France.-Events:*June - At Bac Le, Chinese forces attack a French column sent to occupy Tonkin in accordance with earlier treaties, starting the Sino-French War.*6 June - Treaty of Hué is signed between...

    ).
  • 30 October – Yvette Andréyor
    Yvette Andréyor
    Yvette Andréyor was a French actress of the silent era. She appeared in 108 films between 1910 and 1962.She was born and died in Paris, France.-Selected filmography:* Fantômas * Judex...

    , actress (b.1891
    1891 in France
    See 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....

    ).
  • 31 October – Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion
    Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion
    Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion was a French astronomer. She worked at the observatory at Juvisy-sur-Orge, France, and was General Secretary of the Société Astronomique de France....

    , astronomer
    Astronomer
    An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...

     (b.1877
    1877 in France
    See 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....

    ).
  • 31 October – Louis Massignon
    Louis Massignon
    Louis Massignon was a French scholar of Islam and its history. Although a Catholic himself, he tried to understand Islam from within and thus had a great influence on the way Islam was seen in the West; among other things, he paved the way for a greater openness inside the Catholic Church towards...

    , scholar of Islam
    Islam
    Islam . The most common are and .   : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...

     and its history (b.1883
    1883 in France
    See 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....

    ).
  • 20 November – Henri Déricourt
    Henri Dericourt
    Henri Dericourt was a French agent for Special Operations Executive. There is ambiguity as to whether he became a double agent for the Sicherheitsdienst , or was working under British instructions.-Life and work:...

    , pilot and accused double agent (b.1909
    1909 in France
    See 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....

    ).
  • 20 November – Philippe Kieffer
    Philippe Kieffer
    Philippe Kieffer , capitaine de frégate in the French Navy, was a French officer and political personality, and a hero of the Free French Forces.- Life and career :...

    , Naval officer (b.1899
    1899 in France
    See 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....

    ).
  • 22 November – René Coty
    René Coty
    René Jules Gustave Coty was President of France from 1954 to 1959. He was the second and last president under the French Fourth Republic.-Early life and politics:...

    , politician, President of France (b.1882
    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....

    ).
  • 26 November – Albert Sarraut
    Albert Sarraut
    Albert-Pierre Sarraut was a French Radical politician, twice Prime Minister during the Third Republic.Sarraut was born in Bordeaux, Gironde, France.He was Governor-General of French Indochina, from 1912 to 1919....

    , politician, twice Prime Minister of France
    Prime Minister of France
    The 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.1872
    1872 in France
    See also:1871 in France,other events of 1872,1873 in France.----Events from the year 1872 in France.-Events:*27 November - Meteor shower display over France.*Louis Ducos du Hauron creates the first color photograph.-Births:...

    ).
  • 19 December – Jean-Marie Charles Abrial
    Jean-Marie Charles Abrial
    Jean-Marie Charles Abrial was a French Admiral and Naval Minister. He fought in both World wars, and was known mostly for his actions at Dunkirk in 1940.-Early years:...

    , Admiral and Minister (b.1879
    1879 in France
    See also:1878 in France,other events of 1879,1880 in France.----Events from the year 1879 in France.-Events:*1 June - Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial , great-nephew of Napoléon Bonaparte, Bonapartist Pretender to the throne, died in Africa during the Anglo-Zulu War.*Ferdinand Cheval begins to...

    ).

Full date unknown

  • Émile Armand
    Emile Armand
    Emile Armand was the most influential French individualist anarchist at the beginning of the 20th century and also a dedicated free love/polyamory, intentional community, and pacifist/antimilitarist writer, propagandist and activist...

    , individualist anarchist (b.1872
    1872 in France
    See also:1871 in France,other events of 1872,1873 in France.----Events from the year 1872 in France.-Events:*27 November - Meteor shower display over France.*Louis Ducos du Hauron creates the first color photograph.-Births:...

    ).
  • Jules Boucherit
    Jules Boucherit
    Jules Boucherit was a French violinist and renowned violin pedagogue.Jules Boucherit was born in Morlaix. He attended the Paris Conservatoire studying under Jules Garcin...

    , violinist and teacher (b.1877
    1877 in France
    See 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....

    ).
  • Lucienne Delyle
    Lucienne Delyle
    Lucienne Delyle was a French singer.After the very famous song Mon amant de Saint-Jean , in 1942, Lucienne Delyle became the most popular French female singer of 1950s....

    , singer (b.1917
    1917 in France
    See 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....

    ).
  • Roger Ducret
    Roger Ducret
    Roger Ducret was a French fencer and olympic champion.He received three gold medals at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, in foil individual, in foil team, and in épée team.-See also:...

    , fencer
    Fencing
    Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...

     and Olympic gold medallist (b.1888
    1888 in France
    See 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...

    ).
  • Louis Gernet
    Louis Gernet
    Louis Gernet, 1882–1962, was a French philologist and sociologist.- Life :A student at the École Normale Supérieure , he received a licentiate in law and agrégation in grammar...

    , philologist
    Philology
    Philology is the study of language in written historical sources; it is a combination of literary studies, history and linguistics.Classical philology is the philology of Greek and Classical Latin...

     and sociologist
    Sociology
    Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...

     (b.1882
    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....

    ).
  • Daniel Halévy
    Daniel Halévy
    Daniel Halévy was a French historian.The son of Ludovic Halévy, Daniel was born and died in Paris...

    , historian (b.1872
    1872 in France
    See also:1871 in France,other events of 1872,1873 in France.----Events from the year 1872 in France.-Events:*27 November - Meteor shower display over France.*Louis Ducos du Hauron creates the first color photograph.-Births:...

    ).
  • René Laforgue
    René Laforgue
    Rene Laforgue was a French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. Laforgue was born in Thann and died in Paris. He studied medicine in Berlin. He maintained a correspondence with Sigmund Freud. He is the author of several books on psychoanalysis.-External links:*...

    , psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (b.1894
    1894 in France
    See 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...

    ).
  • Élisée Maclet
    Élisée Maclet
    Élisée 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 (b.1881
    1881 in France
    See 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....

    ).
  • Jacques Maroger
    Jacques Maroger
    Jacques Maroger was a painter and the technical director of the Louvre Museum's laboratory in Paris. He devoted his life to understanding the oil-based media of the Old Masters....

    , painter (b.1884
    1884 in France
    See 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...

    ).
  • Roger Nimier
    Roger Nimier
    -Life:He was born in 1925, and served in the French Army, specifically in the 2nd Hussard Regiment in the Second World War .He began to write quite early in his life...

    , novelist (b.1925
    1925 in France
    See also:1924 in France,other events of 1925,1926 in France.----Events from the year 1925 in France.-Events:*21 May to 25 october International Exhibition of Hydropower and Tourism in Grenoble....

    ).
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