1964 in France
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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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other events of 1964,
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1965 in France
See 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....
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Events from the year 1964 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 January - France and the People's Republic of ChinaPeople's Republic of ChinaChina , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
announce their decision to establish diplomatic relations. - 11 February - The Republic of ChinaRepublic of ChinaThe Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...
(TaiwanTaiwanTaiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
) drops diplomatic relations with France because of French recognition of the People's Republic of ChinaPeople's Republic of ChinaChina , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
. - 8 March - Cantonales elections held.
- 15 March - Cantonales elections held.
- 23 May - Mrs. Madeline Dassault, 63, wife of a French plane manufacturer and politician, is kidnapped while leaving her car in front of her ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
home; she is found unharmed the next day in a farmhouse 27 miles from Paris.
Sport
- 22 June - Tour de France1964 Tour de FranceThe 1964 Tour de France was the 51st Tour de France, taking place June 22 to July 14, 1964. The total race distance was 22 stages over 4504 km, with riders averaging 35.419 km/h. Stages 3, 10 and 22 were all two part stages with one the first half being a regular stage and the second half...
begins. - 14 July - Tour de France ends, won by Jacques AnquetilJacques AnquetilJacques 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...
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January to March
- 6 January - Loïc CourteauLoïc CourteauLoïc Courteau is a former French tennis player. Courteau has coached the French Fed Cup team in years past, and has been the coach of Amélie Mauresmo, the winner of two Grand Slams, since 2002. He reached a career high ranking of World No. 159 on 22 November 1982...
, tennis player. - 7 January - Hervé BallandHervé BallandHervé Balland is a French cross country skier who competed from 1990 to 1998. He won a silver medal in the 50 km event at the 1993 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun....
, cross country skier. - 10 January - Claude MorinièreClaude MorinièreClaude Morinière is a retired French long jumper.His personal best jump was 8.00 metres, achieved in May 1986 in Lisbon.-Achievements:-References:...
, long jumpLong jumpThe long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...
er. - 11 January - Albert DupontelAlbert DupontelAlbert Dupontel is a French actor and film director. He started his career as a stand-up comedian...
, actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and film directorFilm directorA film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
. - 24 January - Gérald Passi, soccer player.
- 1 February - Philippe CasadoPhilippe CasadoPhilippe Casado was French professional road bicycle racer. Born in Oujda, Morocco, he was professional from 1986 until his death in 1995 and had 3 victories...
, cyclist (d.19951995 in FranceSee also:1994 in France,other events of 1995,1996 in France.----Events from the year 1995 in France.-Events:*21 February - Ibrahim Ali, a 17-year-old Comorian living in France, is murdered by 3 far right National Front activists....
). - 12 February - Stéphane FrankeStéphane FrankeStéphane Franke was a long-distance runner representing Germany, who twice won the bronze medal in the men's 10.000 metres at the European Championships...
, athlete. - 14 February - Frédéric DelcourtFrédéric DelcourtFrédéric Delcourt is a former French international swimmer who was an Olympic silver medalist.Delcourt was born in Nord, France....
, swimmer and Olympic medallist. - 17 February - Thierry LaureyThierry LaureyThierry Laurey is a retired French professional football defender and manager. He is currently without a club....
, soccer player. - 27 February - Christian PenigaudChristian PenigaudChristian Penigaud is a retired beach volleyball player from France, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996...
, beach volleyballBeach volleyballBeach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent....
player. - 28 February - Pierre HantaïPierre HantaïPierre Hantaï, is a French conductor and harpsichordist. The son of painter Simon Hantaï, he took up the harpsichord at the age of 11 and studied in Paris with the American teacher Arthur Haas followed by two years in Amsterdam with Gustav Leonhardt...
, conductorConductingConducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
and harpsichordHarpsichordA harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It produces sound by plucking a string when a key is pressed.In the narrow sense, "harpsichord" designates only the large wing-shaped instruments in which the strings are perpendicular to the keyboard...
ist. - 1 March - Paul Le GuenPaul Le GuenPaul Le Guen is a French football manager and former player. He was recently confirmed as new manager of the Oman national football team.Le Guen had a successful managerial career in France, most notably leading Olympique Lyonnais to three consecutive Ligue 1 titles. He has also managed Stade...
, soccer manager. - 5 March - Bertrand CantatBertrand CantatBertrand Lucien Bruno Cantat is a French singer and songwriter. He was the frontman for the rock band Noir Désir.-Career:Cantat was born in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques. The son of a Navy officer, he spent his childhood in Le Havre...
, singer and songwriterSongwriterA songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
. - 9 March - Juliette BinocheJuliette BinocheJuliette Binoche is a French actress, artist and dancer. She has appeared in more than 40 feature films, been recipient of numerous international accolades, is a published author and has appeared on stage across the world. Coming from an artistic background, she began taking acting lessons during...
, actress. - 16 March - Franck FréonFranck FréonFranck Fréon is a French race car driver. He began his career in the French Renault 5 Turbo Championship in 1986 and 1987 then competed in French Formula Three from 1988 to 1989...
, motor racing driver. - 24 March - Chantal MauduitChantal MauduitChantal Mauduit was a French alpinist. Born in Paris, she arrived in the French Alps at age five and started climbing at the age of 15...
, alpinistMountaineeringMountaineering or mountain climbing is the sport, hobby or profession of hiking, skiing, and climbing mountains. While mountaineering began as attempts to reach the highest point of unclimbed mountains it has branched into specialisations that address different aspects of the mountain and consists...
(d.19981998 in FranceSee also:1997 in France,other events of 1998,1999 in France.----Events from the year 1998 in France.-Events:*6 February - The French prefect Claude Erignac is assassinated in the streets of Ajaccio, Corsica.*15 March - Cantonales Elections held....
). - 30 March - Christophe RobertChristophe RobertChristophe Robert is a former footballer from France.He is famous for having been involved in the bribery scandal involving Olympique de Marseille and his team US Valenciennes...
, soccer player.
April to June
- 2 April - Didier TholotDidier TholotDidier Tholot is a retired French footballer and current manager of the Ligue 2 club LB Châteauroux.-Coaching career:...
, soccer manager. - 14 April - Emmanuel VillaumeEmmanuel VillaumeEmmanuel Villaume is an internationally recognized orchestra conductor. He is Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra and Chief Conductor of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra in Bratislava....
, conductor. - 5 May - Jean-François CopéJean-François CopéJean-François Copé , is a French politician. He is currently Mayor of Meaux, Deputy for the 6th constituency of Seine-et-Marne, and acts as President of the Union for a Popular Movement Group in the French National Assembly...
, politician. - 10 May - Emmanuelle DevosEmmanuelle DevosEmmanuelle Devos is a French actress. Devos was born to daughter of actress Marie Henriau in Paris. She appeared in 50 films between 1986 and 2009. She won the César Award for Best Actress in 2002 for her performance in Sur mes lèvres, directed by Jacques Audiard...
, actress. - 27 May - Yves CaumonYves CaumonYves Caumon is a French director. He is Professor in Toulouse's University in France. He worked as assistant-director with Agnès Varda, and Jean-Paul Civeyrac....
, film director. - 31 May - Stéphane CaristanStéphane CaristanStéphane Caristan is a retired hurdler from France, who set the world's best year performance in 1986. He did so by winning the men's 110 metres hurdles final at the European Championships in Stuttgart, clocking 13.20, which was also his personal best. He competed in three consecutive Summer...
, athlete. - 3 June - Jérôme PradonJérôme PradonJérôme Pradon is an actor and singer who has performed in the West End, Paris and various other places around the world. He was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France on 3 June 1964.- Theatre :...
, actor and singer. - 5 June - Jean-François RemésyJean-François RemésyJean-François Remésy is a French professional golfer.Remésy was born in Nîmes, Occitania. He won the French Amateur Championship in 1985 and turned professional in 1987. For much of his career he has struggled to establish himself as a tour golfer, and he has made over a dozen trips to the...
, golfer. - 11 June - Jean AlesiJean AlesiJean Alesi is a French racing driver of Italian origin. His Formula One career included spells at Tyrrell, Benetton, Sauber, Prost, Jordan and most notably Ferrari where he proved very popular among the tifosi...
, motor racing driver. - 12 June - Philippe BouvatierPhilippe BouvatierPhilippe Bouvatier is a French professional road bicycle racer.- Palmarès :19811982Philippe Bouvatier is a French professional road bicycle racer.- Palmarès :1981...
, cyclist. - 21 June - Patrice Bailly-SalinsPatrice Bailly-SalinsPatrice Bailly-Salins . Is a former French biathlete. He won at the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer a bronze medal with the French relay team. 1995 he won the world title in the sprint event and came second with the French relay team.In 1994 he won the overall World Cup-References:*...
, biathleteBiathlonBiathlon is a term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines. However, biathlon usually refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting...
and Olympic medallist. - 24 June - Philippe FargeonPhilippe FargeonPhilippe Fargeon is a former French footballer who played striker.-External links:*...
, soccer player. - 27 June - Serge Le DizetSerge Le DizetSerge Le Dizet is a French football coach who had a playing career. He is currently an assistant coach at US Boulogne....
, soccer player, coach.
July to September
- 1 July - Bernard LaporteBernard LaporteBernard Laporte is a rugby union coach and former French Secretary of State for Sport. He is currently the head coach at Toulon, having taken over in 2011 from Philippe Saint-André, who had been named the new head coach of the France national team. Laporte himself is a former head coach of France,...
, rugby union player and coach, Secretary of State for Sport. - 13 July - Pascal HervéPascal HervéPascal Hervé is a former French road racing cyclist. He was tested positive for EPO after the prologue in 2001 Giro d'Italia.- Major achievements :1994Pascal Hervé is a former French road racing cyclist...
, cyclist. - 19 July - André A. JacksonAndré A. JacksonAndré Action Diakité Jackson , , more commonly known by his African clan name "M’Zée Fula-Ngenge" , is a diamond industrialist and head of JFPI Corporation, Africa's largest holding company....
, diamantaire. - 21 July - Fabrice ColasFabrice ColasFabrice Colas is a retired French track cyclist who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, winning a bronze medal in the 1000 metres time trial.-External links:* at DatabaseOlympics.com* at Full Olympians...
, cyclist. - 4 August - Sebastian RochéSebastian Roché- Early life :Roché was born in Paris, France, on August 4, 1964; he is of Scottish and French ancestry. He is also fluent in four languages: English, French, Spanish and Italian. On General Hospital, he spoke in Russian, Spanish and French, and on the pilot episode of Odyssey 5, he spoke in French...
, actor. - 24 August - Éric BernardÉric BernardÉric Bernard is a retired Formula One racing driver, who drove for the Ligier, Larrousse and Lotus teams....
, motor racing driver. - 2 September - Jean-Christophe SpinosiJean-Christophe SpinosiJean-Christophe Spinosi is a French conductor and violinist, the founder of Quatuor Matheus , a group that later grew into Ensemble Matheus. He is especially well-known for his interpretation of the instrumental and vocal music of the Baroque, most notably the operas of Vivaldi...
, conductor and violinist. - 14 September - Laurent FournierLaurent FournierLaurent Fournier, is a former French footballer and now manager of AJ Auxerre.-As a player:*French championship in 1991 with Olympique Marseille and 1994 with Paris SG...
, soccer player, manager. - 16 September - Nicolas HénardNicolas HénardNicolas Hénard is a French sailor. He is two times olympic gold winner. First in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, winning the Tornado Class with Jean-Yves Le Déroff. Second in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, winning the Tornado Class with Yves Loday.-References:...
, sailor and Olympic gold medallist.
October to December
- 16 October - Jean-Christophe ThomasJean-Christophe ThomasJean-Christophe Thomas is a former French football player who came on for Rudi Voller in the 78th minute of Olympique de Marseille's 1-0 win over AC Milan in the Champions League final on 26 May 1993....
, soccer player. - 19 October - Agnès JaouiAgnès JaouiAgnès Jaoui is a French screenwriter, film director, actress and singer of Tunisian Jewish descent. She frequently works in collaboration with her husband Jean-Pierre Bacri.-Actress:* Le Faucon...
, screenwriterScreenwriterScreenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
, film directorFilm directorA film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, actress and singer. - 8 December - Éric AubijouxÉric AubijouxÉric Aubijoux was a French motorcycle rider. He competed in the Dakar Rally six times, before being killed during the 2007 edition of the event...
, motorcycle racer (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...
). - 8 December - Laurent CrociLaurent CrociLaurent Croci is a French retired footballer, currently managing FC Mulhouse.-External links:**...
, soccer player. - 19 December - Béatrice DalleBéatrice Dalle-Biography:Dalle was born in Brest, Finistère, France, as Béatrice Cabarrou. In 1985 she married the painter Jean-François Dalle but they divorced in 1988....
, actress. - 24 December - Jean-Paul CiveyracJean-Paul CiveyracJean-Paul Civeyrac is a French New Wave director whose films are usually characterized by close attention to music and actors' bodies. He has adapted a French novel by Anne Wiazemsky, Hymnes à l’amour, with the title All the fine promises . This movie was awarded by The Prix Jean Vigo 2003...
, film director. - 30 December - Pascal BaillsPascal BaillsPascal Baills is a retired professional French football defender. He obtained one cap for the French national team.-Titles:*French championship in 1992 with Olympique de Marseille...
, soccer player.
Full date unknown
- Philippe CalandrePhilippe CalandrePhilippe Calandre is a French artist whose work is a combination of photography, painting and video.- Early life :Born in Avignon in 1964, he took to the seas at age 16 where he stayed on for two years as a shipman...
, artist. - Éric ChevillardÉric ChevillardÉric Chevillard, is a French novelist. He has won awards for several novels including La nébuleuse du crabe in 1993, which won the Fénéon Prize for Literature....
, novelist. - Stephane CornicardStephane CornicardStéphane Cornicard, born in Normandy, France in 1964, is a multilingual actor and director , who trained in France with François David, French director and writer, at Colby College, U.S...
, actor and director. - Philippe GraffinPhilippe GraffinPhilippe Graffin is a French violinist and recording artist. He was born in Romilly-sur-Seine, France.The French Violinist Philippe Graffin was a student of the late Joseph Gingold and Philippe Hirschhorn and has established a particular reputation for his interpretations of his native repertoire...
, violinist and recording artist. - Laurent NaouriLaurent NaouriLaurent Naouri is a French bass-baritone. Initially beginning his education at the École Centrale de Lyon, Naouri decided to concentrate on opera in 1986 and continued his musical studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.His professional career in France began in 1992 with...
, bass-baritoneBass-baritoneA bass-baritone is a high-lying bass or low-lying "classical" baritone voice type which shares certain qualities with the true baritone voice. The term arose in the late 19th century to describe the particular type of voice required to sing three Wagnerian roles: the Dutchman in Der fliegende...
. - Jean-Michel OthonielJean-Michel OthonielJean-Michel Othoniel is a contemporary artist born in 1964 in Saint-Etienne . He lives and works in Paris.-Biography:An artist who has a passion for all sorts of metamorphoses, sublimations and transmutations, Jean-Michel Othoniel has a predilection for materials with reversible properties...
, artist. - Philippe ParrenoPhilippe ParrenoPhilippe Parreno is an Algerian artist and filmmaker, born in Oran, and currently living in Paris, France. Parreno's work primarily revolves around the interrogation of the nature of an image, as well as the modes of its exhibition.-Life and work:...
, artist and filmmaker. - Olivier ZahmOlivier ZahmOlivier Zahm is the founder and owner of the French fashion and culture magazine Purple.-Career:Olivier Zahm worked as a freelance arts journalist contributing to Artforum, Flash Art, Art Press and Texte Zur Kunst during the 1980s and early 1990s.Zahm is an art curator and has selected exhibitions...
, art criticArt criticAn art critic is a person who specializes in evaluating art. Their written critiques, or reviews, are published in newspapers, magazines, books and on web sites...
, curatorCuratorA curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material...
, fashionFashionFashion, a general term for a currently popular style or practice, especially in clothing, foot wear, or accessories. Fashion references to anything that is the current trend in look and dress up of a person...
editorEditingEditing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...
, and art directorArt directorThe art director is a person who supervise the creative process of a design.The term 'art director' is a blanket title for a variety of similar job functions in advertising, publishing, film and television, the Internet, and video games....
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January to June
- 11 January - André-Damien-Ferdinand JullienAndré-Damien-Ferdinand JullienAndré-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien, PSS was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Dean of the Roman Rota in the Roman Curia from 1944 to 1958, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958.-Biography:...
, CardinalCardinal (Catholicism)A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...
(b.18821882 in FranceSee also:1881 in France,other events of 1882,1883 in France.----Events from the year 1882 in France.-Events:*28 March - Republican Jules Ferry makes primary education in France free, non-clerical and obligatory....
). - 13 January - Pierre YvertPierre YvertPierre Yvert was a French philatelic editor. Son of Louis Yvert, one of Yvert et Tellier's founders, he was manager of magazine L'Écho de la timbrologie and of many philatelic associations.- Biography :...
, philatelicPhilatelyPhilately is the study of stamps and postal history and other related items. Philately involves more than just stamp collecting, which does not necessarily involve the study of stamps. It is possible to be a philatelist without owning any stamps...
editor (b.19001900 in FranceSee also:1899 in France,other events of 1900,1901 in France.----Events from the year 1900 in France.Women felt that they should not vote because politics were outside of women's interest.From 1900-1914 there were 3 presidernts: Emilie Loubet...
). - 15 February - Reginald Garrigou-LagrangeReginald Garrigou-LagrangeRéginald Marie Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P. was a Catholic theologian and, among Thomists of the scholastic tradition, is generally thought to be the greatest Catholic Thomist of the 20th century. Outside the ranks of Thomists of that sort, his reputation is somewhat more mixed. He taught at the...
, CatholicCatholicismCatholicism is a broad term for the body of the Catholic faith, its theologies and doctrines, its liturgical, ethical, spiritual, and behavioral characteristics, as well as a religious people as a whole....
theologianTheologyTheology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...
(b.18771877 in FranceSee also:1876 in France,other events of 1877,1878 in France.----Events from the year 1877 in France.-Events:*16 May - Political crisis which ultimately sealed the defeat of the royalist movement.*14 October - Legislative election held....
). - 17 February - Philippe CattiauPhilippe CattiauPhilippe Cattiau was a French fencer who won a total of eight Olympic medals between 1920 and 1936.He was born in Saint-Malo in Brittany....
, fencer and Olympic gold medallist (b.18921892 in FranceSee also:1891 in France,other events of 1892,1893 in France.----Events from the year 1892 in France.-Events:*12 July - A hidden lake bursts out of a glacier on the side of Mont Blanc, flooding the valley below and killing around 200 villagers and holidaymakers in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains.*8 November...
). - 25 February - Maurice FarmanMaurice FarmanMaurice Alain Farman was a French Grand Prix motor racing champion, an aviator, and an aircraft manufacturer and designer.-Biography:...
, motor racing driver, aviatorAviatorAn aviator is a person who flies an aircraft. The first recorded use of the term was in 1887, as a variation of 'aviation', from the Latin avis , coined in 1863 by G. de la Landelle in Aviation Ou Navigation Aérienne...
, aircraft manufacturerAerospace manufacturerAn aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, and/or spacecraft....
and designDesignDesign as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...
er (b.18771877 in FranceSee also:1876 in France,other events of 1877,1878 in France.----Events from the year 1877 in France.-Events:*16 May - Political crisis which ultimately sealed the defeat of the royalist movement.*14 October - Legislative election held....
). - 17 May - Honoré BarthélemyHonore BarthelemyHonoré Barthélémy was a French road bicycle racer who took part and finished fifth overall and won four stages in the 1919 Tour de France. He was born in Paris, France....
, cyclist (b.18901890 in FranceSee also:1889 in France,other events of 1890,1891 in France.----Events from the year 1890 in France.-Events:*2 January - Steamship Persia wrecked off Corsica: 130 lives lost.*21 February - First Franco-Dahomean War begins....
). - 30 May - René-Yves CrestonRené-Yves CrestonRené-Yves Creston , born René Pierre Joseph Creston, was a Breton artist, designer and ethnographer who founded the Breton nationalist art movement Seiz Breur...
, artist, designer and ethnographer (b.18981898 in FranceSee also:1897 in France,other events of 1898,1899 in France.----Events from the year 1898 in France.-Events:*13 January - Emile Zola's J'accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair....
). - 17 June - René CrabosRené CrabosRené Crabos was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was born in Saint-Sever and died in Saint-Sever.In 1920 he won the silver medal as member of the French team....
, rugby union player (b.18991899 in FranceSee also:1898 in France,other events of 1899,1900 in France.----Events from the year 1899 in France.-Events:*16 April - Battle of Lougou, French victory in Niger....
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July to December
- 1 July - Pierre MonteuxPierre MonteuxPierre Monteux was an orchestra conductor. Born in Paris, France, Monteux later became an American citizen.-Life and career:Monteux was born in Paris in 1875. His family was descended from Sephardi Jews who came to France in the wake of the Spanish Inquisition. He studied violin from an early age,...
, conductor (b.18751875 in FranceSee 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:...
). - 7 July - Charles BozonCharles BozonCharles Bozon was a French former alpine skier and world champion.He was born and died in Chamonix, Haute-Savoie.He won a gold medal in the slalom at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1962....
, alpine skierAlpine skiingAlpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...
and world champion (b.19321932 in FranceSee also:1931 in France,other events of 1932,1933 in France.----Events from the year 1932 in France.-Events:*1 May - Legislative Election held.*6 May - Paul Gorguloff assassinates President Paul Doumer in Paris...
). - 11 July - Maurice ThorezMaurice Thorezthumb|A Soviet stamp depicting Maurice Thorez.Maurice Thorez was a French politician and longtime leader of the French Communist Party from 1930 until his death. He also served as vice premier of France from 1946 to 1947....
, communist politician (b.19001900 in FranceSee also:1899 in France,other events of 1900,1901 in France.----Events from the year 1900 in France.Women felt that they should not vote because politics were outside of women's interest.From 1900-1914 there were 3 presidernts: Emilie Loubet...
). - 21 July - Jean FautrierJean FautrierJean Fautrier was a French painter and sculptor. He was one of the most important practitioners of Tachisme.He was born in Paris. Given his unwed mother's surname, he was raised by his grandmother until her death in 1908, when he went to live with his mother in London.In 1912 he studied at the...
, painter and sculptor (b.18981898 in FranceSee also:1897 in France,other events of 1898,1899 in France.----Events from the year 1898 in France.-Events:*13 January - Emile Zola's J'accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair....
). - 4 September - Clément-Emile RoquesClément-Emile RoquesClément-Emile Roques was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Rennes from 1940 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946 by Pope Pius XII.-Biography:...
, CardinalCardinal (Catholicism)A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...
(b.18801880 in FranceSee 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:...
). - 7 September - Georges Thierry d'ArgenlieuGeorges Thierry d'ArgenlieuGeorges Thierry d'Argenlieu, in religion Louis de la Trinité was a priest, diplomat and French Navy officer and admiral; he became one of the major personalities of the Free French Forces and the Forces navales françaises libres...
, Admiral (b.18891889 in FranceSee also:1888 in France,other events of 1889,1890 in France.----Events from the year 1889 in France.-Events:*31 March - The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated.*6 May - Exposition Universelle opens in Paris, along with the Eiffel Tower....
). - 9 September - Maurice Le BoucherMaurice Le BoucherMaurice Georges Eugène Le Boucher , was a French organist, composer, and pedagogue.Le Boucher was born in Isigny-sur-Mer. In 1904, he entered the Paris Conservatory, where he was a student of Gabriel Fauré. In 1907, Le Boucher won the prestigious Grand Prix de Rome. Later, he became professor at...
, organistOrganistAn 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...
, composerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, and pedagogue (b.18821882 in FranceSee also:1881 in France,other events of 1882,1883 in France.----Events from the year 1882 in France.-Events:*28 March - Republican Jules Ferry makes primary education in France free, non-clerical and obligatory....
). - 20 September - Lazare LévyLazare LévyLazare Lévy was an influential French pianist, organist, composer and pedgogue. As a virtuoso pianist he toured throughout Europe, in North Africa, Israel, the Soviet Union and Japan...
, pianist, composer and teacher (b.18821882 in FranceSee also:1881 in France,other events of 1882,1883 in France.----Events from the year 1882 in France.-Events:*28 March - Republican Jules Ferry makes primary education in France free, non-clerical and obligatory....
). - 27 October - Gabriel BenoistGabriel BenoistGabriel Benoist was a French writer in the Cauchois dialect of the Norman language. He is best known for the Thanase Pequeu stories of which three volumes were published in the 1930s....
, writer (b.18911891 in FranceSee also:1890 in France,other events of 1891,1892 in France.----Events from the year 1891 in France.-Events:*1 May - Nine killed and thirty wounded when troops fire on workers' May Day demonstration in support of eight-hour workday in Fourmies....
). - 8 November - Fernand BaldetFernand BaldetFernand Baldet was a French astronomer.He worked with Count Aymar de la Baume Pluvinel observing Mars from the newly built observatory on Pic du Midi in 1909...
, astronomerAstronomerAn 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.18851885 in FranceSee also:1884 in France,other events of 1885,1886 in France.----Events from the year 1885 in France.-Events:*28 February - Siege of Tuyen Quang ends, as French Foreign Legion is relieved after being besieged by forces of the Empire of China....
). - 22 December - 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...
(b.18811881 in FranceSee also:1880 in France,other events of 1881,1882 in France.----Events from the year 1881 in France.-Events:*13 February - First issue of the feminist newspaper La Citoyenne is published by Hubertine Auclert....
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- Georges AndriqueGeorges AndriqueGeorges Andriques was a French Impressionist painter. He was born and died in Calais . He largely painted in oils but also worked with watercolours. Andrique produced a number of posters including advertisements for the port of Calais...
, painter (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....
). - Paul BaudoinPaul BaudoinPaul Baudouin was a French banker who became a politician.-Early years:Paul Baudouin was born into a wealthy family in Paris, and served as an artillery officer during The Great War in the French Army. In 1930 he became the Deputy Director and General Manager of the Bank of Indo-China...
, politician and Minister (b.18941894 in FranceSee also:1893 in France,other events of 1894,1895 in France.----Events from the year 1894 in France.-Events:* 15 February - 04:51 GMT, French anarchist Martial Bourdin attempts to destroy the Royal Greenwich Observatory, London, England with a bomb.* 14 May - Meteor shower in Southern France.* 22...
). - Pierre BrissaudPierre BrissaudPierre Brissaud was a French Art Deco illustrator, painter, and engraver whose father was Docteur Edouard Brissaud. He was born in Paris and trained at the École des Beaux-Arts and Atelier Fernand Cormon in Montmartre, Paris. His fellow Cormon students were his brother Jacques, André-Édouard...
, illustratorIllustratorAn Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...
, painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
and engraverEngravingEngraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing...
(b.18851885 in FranceSee also:1884 in France,other events of 1885,1886 in France.----Events from the year 1885 in France.-Events:*28 February - Siege of Tuyen Quang ends, as French Foreign Legion is relieved after being besieged by forces of the Empire of China....
). - Jean DupasJean DupasJean Théodore Dupas was a French painter, designer, poster artist, and decorator whose work is considered the utmost example of Art Nouveau and Art Deco visual arts.- Life :He won the prix de Rome in 1910...
, painter, designer, poster artist and decorator (b.18821882 in FranceSee also:1881 in France,other events of 1882,1883 in France.----Events from the year 1882 in France.-Events:*28 March - Republican Jules Ferry makes primary education in France free, non-clerical and obligatory....
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