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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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1967 in France
See also:1966 in France,other events of 1967,1968 in France.----Events from the year 1967 in France.-Events:*5 March - Legislative Election held.*12 March - Legislative Election held....
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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
- 4 January - A gas leakFeyzin disasterThe Feyzin disaster occurred in a refinery near to the small town of Feyzin on January 4th, 1966....
fire at the Feyzin oil refinery near LyonLyonLyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, kills 18 and injures 84. - 10 January - L'ExpressL'Express (France)L'Express is a French weekly news magazine. When founded in 1953 during the First Indochina War, it was modelled on the US magazine TIME.-History:...
publishes a story of Georges FigonGeorges FigonGeorges Figon was a freelance barbouze that arranged the meeting with Mehdi Ben Barka in the Brasserie Lipp. Later he told L'express that he had seen who killed Barka. He accused General Oufkir whom he saw torturing Barka...
, who took part in the kidnapping of Mehdi Ben BarkaMehdi Ben BarkaMehdi Ben Barka was a Moroccan politician, head of the left-wing National Union of Popular Forces and secretary of the Tricontinental Conference...
. - 18 January - Police announce that Georges FigonGeorges FigonGeorges Figon was a freelance barbouze that arranged the meeting with Mehdi Ben Barka in the Brasserie Lipp. Later he told L'express that he had seen who killed Barka. He accused General Oufkir whom he saw torturing Barka...
committed suicide, prior to his arrest for the kidnapping of Mehdi Ben BarkaMehdi Ben BarkaMehdi Ben Barka was a Moroccan politician, head of the left-wing National Union of Popular Forces and secretary of the Tricontinental Conference...
. - 7 March - Charles De GaulleCharles de GaulleCharles 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 U.S. President Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. JohnsonLyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...
for negotiations about the state of NATO equipment in France. - 11 March - President Charles De GaulleCharles de GaulleCharles 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....
states that French troops will be taken out of NATO and that all French NATO bases and HQ's must be closed within a year. - 17 June - An Air FranceAir FranceAir 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...
personnel strike begins. - 20 June - President Charles De GaulleCharles de GaulleCharles 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....
starts visit to the Soviet UnionSoviet UnionThe Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
. - 30 June - FranceFranceThe 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...
formally leaves NATO. - 26 August - Riots occur in French SomalilandFrench SomalilandFrench Somaliland was a French colony in the Horn of Africa. Established after the French signed various treaties between 1883 and 1887 with the then ruling Somali Sultans, the colony lasted from 1896 until 1946, when it became an overseas territory of France....
. - 30 August - France offers independence to French Somaliland.
- 11 October - France and the Soviet UnionSoviet UnionThe Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
sign a treaty for cooperation in nuclear research. - 26 October - NATO moves its HQ from 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...
to BrusselsBrusselsBrussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
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Sport
- 21 June - Tour de France1966 Tour de FranceThe 1966 Tour de France was the 53rd Tour de France, taking place June 21 to July 14, 1966. It consisted of 22 stages over 4303 km, ridden at an average speed of 36.760 km/h....
begins. - 14 July - Tour de France ends, won by Lucien AimarLucien AimarLucien Aimar is a French cyclist, who won the Tour de France in 1966 and the national road championship in 1968. He is now a race organizer. He was born in Hyères, France.-Amateur career:...
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January to March
- 17 January - Jean-Pierre DelaunayJean-Pierre DelaunayJean-Pierre Delaunay is a French former footballer who spent most of his career with Le Havre AC, making 315 appearances for Le HAC, a club record...
, soccer player and coach. - 24 January - Julie DreyfusJulie DreyfusJulie Dreyfus is a French actress.Dreyfus, who speaks fluent Japanese, French, and English, is well known in Japan, where she made her TV debut on a French-language lesson program on NHK's educational channel in the late 1980s, and has appeared on the TV show Ryōri no Tetsujin as a guest and...
, actress. - 1 February - Laurent GarnierLaurent GarnierLaurent Garnier , is a French techno music producer and DJ. Garnier began DJ-ing in Manchester during the late 1980s. By the following decade, he had a broad stylistic range, able to span deep house, Detroit techno, trance and jazz...
, techno music producer and DJDisc jockeyA disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
. - 3 February - Jean-Jacques EydelieJean-Jacques EydelieJean-Jacques Eydelie is a French former footballer most noted for his role in the Marseille match-fixing scandal of 1993. A midfielder, Eydelie began his career with Nantes, before joining Marseille in 1992...
, soccer player. - 4 February - Guillaume DasquiéGuillaume DasquiéGuillaume Dasquié is a French journalist and writer who specialises in matters of intelligence and terrorism.Dasquié graduated in Law in Paris in 1990...
, journalist and writer. - 28 February - Eric DubusEric DubusEric Dubus is a former French middle distance runner, who became European Indoor Champion over 3.000m in 1990, and was the silver medalist over 3.000m at the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Dubus finished fourth over 1.500m at the 1994 European Championships in Athletics in...
, athlete. - 29 March - Stéphane BréStéphane BréStéphane Bré is a French football referee. He has refereed in the French Football Federation since 1992 and has been a FIFA-referee since 1998. He has officiated the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.-References:*...
, soccer referee.
April to June
- 3 April - Rémi GardeRémi GardeRémi Garde |Rhône]]) is a French football manager, and current coach of Olympique Lyonnais.-Club career:Garde started his playing career at Lyon in 1982, helping the club achieve promotion to Ligue 1 in 1989. Playing as a defensive midfielder or sweeper, he became club captain and made his debut...
, soccer player and coach. - 19 April - Véronique GensVéronique GensVéronique Gens is a French soprano. She has spent much of her career recording and performing Baroque music....
, sopranoSopranoA 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...
. - 24 April - Pascale ParadisPascale ParadisPascale Paradis-Mangon is a former professional tennis player from France.Paradis was the World Junior Champion in women's singles in 1983. Although she failed to reach the heights predicted for her at that time, she did reach the quarter finals at Wimbledon in 1988 before falling to Steffi Graf....
, tennis player. - 26 April - Jean-Christophe JeauffreJean-Christophe JeauffreJean-Christophe Jeauffre is an award-winning filmmaker, a screenwriter and a producer, environmentalist and creator of the born in France, April 26, 1966.-Education and early career:...
, explorer, filmmaker and producer. - 28 April - Jean-Luc CrétierJean-Luc CrétierJean-Luc Crétier is a retired alpine ski racer.He won the gold medal in the downhill at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. He came in the long line of big surprises in the event, winning on a warm, sunny day. Crétier was third racer on the course and posted a respectable time...
, 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 Olympic gold medallist. - 11 May - Estelle LefébureEstelle LefébureEstelle Lefébure is a French actress and model. She was one of the top fashion models in the 1980s and 1990s. During her marriage with singer David Hallyday, she was known professionally as Estelle Hallyday....
, supermodelSupermodelThe term supermodel refers to a highly-paid fashion model who usually has a worldwide reputation and often a background in haute couture and commercial modeling. The term became prominent in the popular culture of the 1980s. Supermodels usually work for top fashion designers and labels...
. - 14 May - Marianne DenicourtMarianne DenicourtMarianne Denicourt is a French actress, who has appeared in about 50 film and television productions between 1986 and 2009....
, actress. - 17 May - Gilles QuénéhervéGilles QuénéhervéGilles Quénéhervé is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.-Biography:At the 1987 World Championships in Rome he won the silver medal in a time of 20.16, which still stood as a French record for 21 years until it was broken by Christophe Lemaitre at the 2011 World...
, athlete and Olympic medallist. - 24 May - Eric CantonaEric CantonaEric Daniel Pierre Cantona is a French actor and former French international footballer. He played for Auxerre, Martigues, Marseille, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Nîmes and Leeds United before ending his professional footballing career at Manchester United, where he won four Premier League titles in...
, soccer player. - 30 May - Frédéric HantzFrédéric HantzFrédéric Hantz is a football manager, currently managing SC Bastia.-Coaching career:Formerly coached FC Sochaux who had a playing career before coaching. On 18 December named as new Head Coach by Le Havre AC and was after the end of his contract on 30 June 2010 released...
, soccer manager. - 14 June - Thierry BonalairThierry BonalairThierry Bonalair is a French former footballer. He is currently chief scout for Lille.-External links:**...
, soccer player. - 14 June - Béatrice MouthonBeatrice MouthonBéatrice Mouthon is an athlete from France, who competes in triathlon.Mouthon competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She took thirty-fifth place with a total time of 2:11:08.08...
, triathlete. - 14 June - Isabelle Mouthon-MichellysIsabelle Mouthon-MichellysIsabelle Mouthon-Michellys is an athlete from France, who competes in triathlon.Mouthon competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She took seventh place with a total time of 2:02:53.41...
, triathlete. - 16 June - Patrice KillofferPatrice KillofferPatrice Killoffer, better known simply as Killoffer, is an writer and artist of comics. He was co-founder of the independent comics publisher L'Association in 1990, and has been a part of Oubapo since its creation in 1992.-Career:Patrice Killoffer studied at the School for Applied Arts Duperré in...
, comics illustrator and writer. - 16 June - Stéphane TraineauStéphane TraineauStéphane Traineau is a French judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com*...
, judoJudois a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
ka and Olympic medallist. - 18 June - Catherine Fleury-VachonCatherine Fleury-VachonCatherine Fleury is a French judoka, world champion and olympic champion. She won a gold medal in the half middleweight division at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona....
, judoJudois a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
ka and Olympic gold medallist. - 22 June - Emmanuelle SeignerEmmanuelle SeignerEmmanuelle Seigner is a French actress, former fashion model, and singer, best known as the wife of Academy Award winning director Roman Polanski, and for her roles in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly , and Frantic...
, actress.
July to September
- 1 July - Stéphan CaronStéphan CaronStéphan Caron, sometimes spelled Stéphane Caron, is a former freestyle swimmer from France.Caron won the bronze medal in the men's 100 m freestyle at the Summer Olympics twice in a row, starting in 1988. In 1985, he won the European title in the 100 m freestyle.-References:*...
, swimmer and Olympic medallist. - 5 July - Laurence FerrariLaurence FerrariLaurence Ferrari is a French journalist of Italian origin, and currently anchor of the TF1 weekday evening news. It is the most viewed news television programme in Europe.-Early life and education:...
, journalist. - 8 July - Jean-Philippe JodardJean-Philippe JodardJean-Philippe Jodard 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. - 15 July - Irène JacobIrène JacobIrène Marie Jacob is a French-born Swiss actress considered one of the preeminent French actresses of her generation. Jacob gained international recognition and acclaim through her work with Polish film director Krzysztof Kieślowski, who cast her in the lead role of The Double Life of Véronique...
, actress. - 4 August - Luc LeblancLuc LeblancLuc Leblanc is a retired professional male cyclist from France. In 1994 he became World Road Champion.-Biography:...
, cyclist. - 5 August - Gilles DelionGilles DelionGilles Delion is a former French road bicycle racer. His greatest achievements include winning the Giro di Lombardia in 1990 and the young rider classification in the 1990 Tour de France.-Career highlights:...
, cyclist. - 13 August - Pascal LinoPascal LinoPascal Lino is a French former road racing cyclist, who was born in Sartrouville, Yvelines.Lino turned professional in 1988, and is most famous for being the wearer of the yellow jersey of the 1992 Tour de France for 11 days...
, cyclist. - 28 August - Christophe GaltierChristophe GaltierChristophe Galtier is a French former football defender, who is currently the Head Coach of AS Saint-Étienne.-Career:Galtier spent most of his career in France before ending his career with stints in Italy and China....
, soccer player. - 31 August - Thierry ChampionThierry ChampionThierry Champion is a former professional tennis player from France.During his career, Champion reached the quarter-finals at the French Open in 1990 and at Wimbledon in 1991....
, tennis player. - 2 September - Olivier PanisOlivier PanisOlivier Panis is a French racing driver. Panis is best known in F1 not only as a test driver for the McLaren team but for his win at the eventful Monaco Grand Prix in 1996 for the Ligier team after starting 14th...
, motor racing driver. - 3 September - Angelo HuguesAngelo HuguesAngelo Hugues is a French football goalkeeper. Former player AS Monaco, Olympique Lyonnais and Wisła Kraków.-External links:**...
, soccer player. - 4 September - Biréli LagrèneBiréli LagrèneBiréli Lagrène is a French guitarist and bassist. He came to prominence in the 1980s for his Django Reinhardt-influenced style on the classical guitar, as well as for being a jazz fusion virtuoso on the electric guitar...
, guitaristGuitaristA guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
and bassistBassistA bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
. - 24 September - Christophe BouchutChristophe BouchutChristophe Bouchut is a French race driver. He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1993. He currently drives in the FIA GT1 World Championship...
, motor racing driver. - 29 September - Laurent ChambertinLaurent ChambertinLaurent Chambertin is a retired volleyball player from France, who earned a total number of 336 caps for the Men's National Team.-International Competitions:*1989 – European Championship...
, volleyball player.
October to December
- 10 October - Laurent DuhamelLaurent DuhamelLaurent Duhamel is a French football referee. He has been a referee in the French Football Federation since 1993 and a FIFA referee since 1999. He was suspended from refereeing in France in 2009, but allowed to continue to referee international matches.-References:...
, soccer referee. - 18 October - Thierry LambertonThierry LambertonThierry Dominique Lamberton is a former ice speed skater from France, who represented his native country at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.-References:*...
, ice speed skaterSpeed skatingSpeed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...
. - 25 October - Lionel CharbonnierLionel CharbonnierLionel André Michel Charbonnier is a retired French footballer who played as a goalkeeper. After retiring, he became a football manager and is currently the manager of Atjeh United of the Liga Primer Indonesia....
, soccer player. - 6 November - Laurent LafforgueLaurent LafforgueLaurent Lafforgue is a French mathematician.He won 2 silver medals at International Mathematical Olympiad in 1984 and 1985....
, mathematicianMathematicianA mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
. - 17 November - Sophie MarceauSophie MarceauSophie Marceau is a French actress director, screenwriter, and author. She has appeared in 38 films. As a teenager, Marceau achieved popularity with her debut films La boum and La boum 2 , receiving a César Award for Most Promising Actress...
, actress. - 19 November - Dominique ArnouldDominique ArnouldDominique Arnould is a former professional road, cyclo-cross, and mountain bike cyclist. As a professional, the greatest wins in Arnould’s career were the World Cyclo-Cross World Championships in 1993 and a stage win in the 1992 Tour de France...
, cyclist. - 23 November - Vincent CasselVincent CasselVincent Cassel is a Cesar award winning French actor probably best known to English-speaking audiences through his performances in the Ocean's Trilogy of films and Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan.-Personal life:...
, actor. - 30 November - Philippe BozonPhilippe BozonPhilippe Bozon is a former professional ice hockey player who played for the St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League between 1992 and 1994. He is the first of only three French-trained players to appear in the NHL, the other two being Cristobal Huet and Stéphane Da Costa...
, ice hockey player. - 10 December - Benjamin ClémentBenjamin ClémentBenjamin Clément is a former French football player. He was part of AS Monaco FC squad at the 1992 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final.-References:***...
, soccer player. - 20 December - Hélène RollèsHélène RollèsHélène Rollès is a French actress and singer, primarily known for her major role in the TV sitcom Helen and the boys , alongside Sébastien Roch....
, actress and singer. - 29 December - Laurent BoudouaniLaurent BoudouaniLaurent Boudouani is retired professional boxer. He is a former WBA world light middleweight champion and a welterweight silver medal winner at the 1988 Olympics.-Olympic results:*1st round bye...
, boxer and Olympic medallist. - 29 December - Patrice RognonPatrice RognonPatrice Rognon is a French judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...
, judoJudois a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
ka and Olympic medallist.
January to March
- 1 January - Vincent AuriolVincent AuriolVincent Jules Auriol was a French politician who served as the first President of the Fourth Republic from 1947 to 1954. He also served as interim President of the Provisional Government from November to December 1946, making him one of only three people who were heads of state of the French...
, politician, President of France (b.18841884 in FranceSee also:1883 in France,other events of 1884,1885 in France.----Events from the year 1884 in France.-Events:*June - At Bac Le, Chinese forces attack a French column sent to occupy Tonkin in accordance with earlier treaties, starting the Sino-French War.*6 June - Treaty of Hué is signed between...
). - 4 January - Marcel TabuteauMarcel TabuteauMarcel Tabuteau was a French oboist who is generally considered the founder of the American school of oboe playing.-Life:...
, oboist (b.18871887 in FranceSee also:1886 in France,other events of 1887,1888 in France.----Events from the year 1887 in France.-Events:*11 January - Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the French Academy of Medicine by Dr...
). - 6 January - Jean LurçatJean LurçatJean Lurçat was a French artist noted for his role in the revival of contemporary tapestry.-Biography:He was born in Bruyères, Vosges, the son of Lucien Jean Baptiste Lurçat and Marie Emilie Marguerite L'Hote. He was the brother of André Lurçat, who became an architect...
, 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 tapestryTapestryTapestry is a form of textile art, traditionally woven on a vertical loom, however it can also be woven on a floor loom as well. It is composed of two sets of interlaced threads, those running parallel to the length and those parallel to the width ; the warp threads are set up under tension on a...
designer (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...
). - 22 January - Jean Galtier-BoissièreJean Galtier-BoissièreJean Galtier-Boissière was a writer, polemist, and journalist from Paris, France. He founded Le Crapouillot and wrote for Le Canard enchaîné.-Bibliography:* Croquis De Tranchées. 1917...
, writerWriterA writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, polemistPolemicA polemic is a variety of arguments or controversies made against one opinion, doctrine, or person. Other variations of argument are debate and discussion...
and journalistJournalistA journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
(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....
). - 11 March - Jean LaigretJean LaigretJean Laigret was a French biologist who was born in Blois.For much of his career he was associated with the Pasteur Institute in Brazzaville , Saigon , Dakar , Bamako and Tunis ,...
, biologistBiologistA biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of life. Typically biologists study organisms and their relationship to their environment. Biologists involved in basic research attempt to discover underlying mechanisms that govern how organisms work...
(b.18931893 in FranceSee also:1892 in France,other events of 1893,1894 in France.----Events from the year 1893 in France.-Events:*10 March - Côte d'Ivoire becomes a French colony.*20 August - Legislative election held.*3 September - Legislative election held....
). - 16 March - Jean NeuberthJean NeuberthJean Neuberth was a French abstract painter.-Biography:Neuberth's mother was a French teacher at Lycée Lakanal and a first-rate harpsichordist, his father was a first violin of Concerts Colonne, a vila alta soloist, which explains his early orientation for music and jazz in particular...
, abstractAbstract artAbstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Western art had been, from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century, underpinned by the logic of perspective and an...
painter (b.19151915 in FranceSee also:1914 in France,other events of 1915,1916 in France.----Events from the year 1915 in France.-Events:*19 January - Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.*9 May - Second Battle of Artois starts....
). - 31 March - Andre RichaumeAndre RichaumeAndré Georges Richaume was a prominent French archetier and bowmaker, from a family of makers....
, archetier/bowmaker (b.19051905 in FranceSee also:1904 in France,other events of 1905,1906 in France.----Events from the year 1905 in France.-Events:*31 March - German emperor William II asserts German equality with France in Morocco, triggering the Tangier or First Moroccan Crisis....
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April to June
- 13 April - Georges DuhamelGeorges DuhamelGeorges Duhamel , was a French author, born in Paris. Duhamel trained as a doctor, and during World War I was attached to the French Army. In 1920, he published Confession de minuit , the first of a series featuring the anti-hero Salavin...
, author (b.18841884 in FranceSee also:1883 in France,other events of 1884,1885 in France.----Events from the year 1884 in France.-Events:*June - At Bac Le, Chinese forces attack a French column sent to occupy Tonkin in accordance with earlier treaties, starting the Sino-French War.*6 June - Treaty of Hué is signed between...
). - 4 May - Amédée OzenfantAmédée OzenfantAmédée Ozenfant was a French cubist painter.He was born into a bourgeois family in Saint-Quentin, Aisne and was educated at Dominican colleges in Saint-Sébastien...
, cubist 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...
(b.18861886 in FranceSee also:1885 in France,other events of 1886,1887 in France.----Events from the year 1886 in France.-Arts and literature:*30 November - Folies Bergère stages its first revue....
). - 24 May - Henri BarbéHenri Barbé-Life:A metallurgical worker, at 15 he joined the Young Socialists. Attending the Third International, he naturally opted for the Communist Party, at the split of the Congress of Tours.In 1926, he was promoted to secretary general of the Young Communists....
, communist (b.19021902 in FranceSee also:1901 in France,other events of 1902,1903 in France.----Events from the year 1902 in France.-Events:*13 April - A new car speed record of 74 mph is set in Nice, by Leon Serpollet.*27 April - Legislative Election held....
). - 7 June - Jean ArpJean ArpJean Arp / Hans Arp was a German-French, or Alsatian, sculptor, painter, poet and abstract artist in other media such as torn and pasted paper....
, sculptor, painter, poet and abstract artist (b.18861886 in FranceSee also:1885 in France,other events of 1886,1887 in France.----Events from the year 1886 in France.-Arts and literature:*30 November - Folies Bergère stages its first revue....
). - 13 June - Pierre ChaumiéPierre ChaumiéPierre Chaumié was a French politician.Pierre Jean-Marie Bertrand Camille Chaumié was born into a political family in Agen. He was the middle son of Joseph Chaumié , Senator for Lot-et-Garonne from 1897 to 1919...
, politician (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:...
). - 19 June - Pierre MontetPierre MontetPierre Montet was a respected French Egyptologist.-Biography:Montet first began his studies under Victor Loret at the University of Lyon....
, Egyptologist (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....
). - 26 June - Francois DupreFrançois DupréFrançois Dupré was a French, hotelier, art collector, and owner of the thoroughbred horse breeding and racing farm, Haras d'Ouilly....
, hotelHotelA hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite bathrooms...
ier, art collector and horse breeder (b.18881888 in FranceSee 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...
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July to September
- 14 July - Julie ManetJulie ManetJulie Manet was a French painter and art collector.Born in Paris, Julie Manet was the daughter and only child of artist Berthe Morisot and Eugene Manet, younger brother of painter Édouard Manet...
, painter and art collector (b.18781878 in FranceSee 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:...
). - 17 August - François PiétriFrançois PiétriFrançois Piétri was a minister in several governments in the later years of the French Third Republic and was French ambassador to Spain from 1940 to 1944 under the Vichy regime....
, politician, Minister and diplomat (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....
). - 14 September - Alexandre BioussaAlexandre BioussaAlexandre "Alex" Bioussa was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.He was born in Toulouse and died in Toulouse.In 1924 he won the silver medal as member of the French team....
, rugby union player (b.19011901 in FranceSee also:1900 in France,other events of 1901,1902 in France.----Events from the year 1901 in France.-Arts and literature:*17 March - A showing of 71 Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris, 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.-Sport:...
). - 21 September - Paul ReynaudPaul ReynaudPaul Reynaud was a French politician and lawyer prominent in the interwar period, noted for his stances on economic liberalism and militant opposition to Germany. He was the penultimate Prime Minister of the Third Republic and vice-president of the Democratic Republican Alliance center-right...
, politician and lawyer (b.18781878 in FranceSee 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:...
). - 28 September - André BretonAndré BretonAndré Breton was a French writer and poet. He is known best as the founder of Surrealism. His writings include the first Surrealist Manifesto of 1924, in which he defined surrealism as "pure psychic automatism"....
, writerWriterA writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, poetPoetA poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, and surrealist theorist (b.18961896 in FranceSee also:1895 in France,other events of 1896,1897 in France.----Events from the year 1897 in France.-January to June:*4 January - André Masson, artist .*19 February - André Breton, writer, poet, and surrealist theorist ....
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October to December
- 6 October - Pierre CoudercPierre CoudercPierre Couderc was a French screenwriter, actor, acrobat, and film producer. He wrote for 34 films between 1925 and 1930...
, 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:...
, actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, acrobatAcrobaticsAcrobatics is the performance of extraordinary feats of balance, agility and motor coordination. It can be found in many of the performing arts, as well as many sports...
and film producerFilm producerA film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
(b.18961896 in FranceSee also:1895 in France,other events of 1896,1897 in France.----Events from the year 1897 in France.-January to June:*4 January - André Masson, artist .*19 February - André Breton, writer, poet, and surrealist theorist ....
). - 8 October - Célestin FreinetCélestin FreinetCélestin Freinet was a noted French pedagogue, and educational reformer.- Early life :...
, pedagoguePedagogyPedagogy is the study of being a teacher or the process of teaching. The term generally refers to strategies of instruction, or a style of instruction....
, and educational reformerEducation reformEducation reform is the process of improving public education. Small improvements in education theoretically have large social returns, in health, wealth and well-being. Historically, reforms have taken different forms because the motivations of reformers have differed.A continuing motivation has...
(b.18961896 in FranceSee also:1895 in France,other events of 1896,1897 in France.----Events from the year 1897 in France.-January to June:*4 January - André Masson, artist .*19 February - André Breton, writer, poet, and surrealist theorist ....
). - 10 October - Robert DesoilleRobert DesoilleRobert Desoille was a French psychotherapist. A graduate of the Sorbonne, he became known for his studies on waking dreams....
, psychotherapistPsychotherapyPsychotherapy is a general term referring to any form of therapeutic interaction or treatment contracted between a trained professional and a client or patient; family, couple or group...
(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....
). - 17 October - Cléo de MérodeCléo de MérodeCléo de Mérode was a French dancer of the Belle Époque.-Biography:Cléopatra Diane de Mérode was born in Paris, France, the daughter of the Austrian landscape painter, Karl von Merode . The painter belonged to a famous Belgian noble family 'de Mérode'...
, dancer (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:...
). - 28 October - Robert CharpentierRobert CharpentierRobert Charpentier was a French racing cyclist who won three gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics.-External links:* at DatabaseOlympics.com...
, cyclist and Olympic gold medallist (b.19161916 in FranceSee also:1915 in France,other events of 1916,1917 in France.----Events from the year 1916 in France.-Events:*29 January - Paris is bombed by German zeppelins for the first time.*21 February - Battle of Verdun begins....
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Full date unknown
- Charles CatteauCharles CatteauCharles Catteau was a French Art Déco industrial designer.-Biography:Born at Douai, Charles Catteau trained at the National Ceramics School in Sèvres and followed a training course at the National Porcelain Factory in the same town...
, industrial designer (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:...
). - Frédéric Justin ColletFrédéric Justin ColletFrédéric Justin Collet was a French pathologist and otolaryngologist.He studied medicine in Lyon, where he had as instructors Raphaël Lépine , and Antonin Poncet . In 1894 he obtained his doctorate, and in 1901 was appointed médecin des hôpitaux...
, pathologist and otolaryngologist (b.18701870 in FranceSee also:1869 in France,other events of 1870,1871 in France.----Events from the year 1870 in France.-Events:*20 April - Constitutional referendum reaffirmed the status of the Second French Empire....
). - Louis CouffignalLouis CouffignalLouis Couffignal was a French Mathematician and Cybernetics pioneer. He taught in schools in the southwest of Brittany, then at the naval academy and, eventually, at the Buffon School.- Biography :...
, mathematicianMathematicsMathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
and cyberneticsCyberneticsCybernetics is the interdisciplinary study of the structure of regulatory systems. Cybernetics is closely related to information theory, control theory and systems theory, at least in its first-order form...
pioneer (b.19021902 in FranceSee also:1901 in France,other events of 1902,1903 in France.----Events from the year 1902 in France.-Events:*13 April - A new car speed record of 74 mph is set in Nice, by Leon Serpollet.*27 April - Legislative Election held....
). - Edmond LocardEdmond LocardDr. Edmond Locard was a pioneer in forensic science who became known as the Sherlock Holmes of France. He formulated the basic principle of forensic science: "Every contact leaves a trace"...
, pioneer in forensic science (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....
). - Louis RenouLouis RenouLouis Renou was the pre-eminent French Indologist of the twentieth centuryAfter passing the agregation examination in 1920, Louis Renou taught for a year at the lycee in Rouen. He then took a sabbatical, read the works of Sanskrit scholars and attended the classes of Meillet. Henceforth he opted...
, indologist (b.18961896 in FranceSee also:1895 in France,other events of 1896,1897 in France.----Events from the year 1897 in France.-January to June:*4 January - André Masson, artist .*19 February - André Breton, writer, poet, and surrealist theorist ....
). - André SpireAndré SpireAndré Spire was a French poet, writer, and Zionist activist.-Biography:Born in 1868 in Nancy to a Jewish family of the middle bourgeoisie, long established in the Lorraine, Spire studied literature, then law...
, poet, writer, and Zionist activist (b.18681868 in FranceSee also:1867 in France,other events of 1868,1869 in France.----Events from the year 1868 in France.-Events:*31 May - The first bicycle race is held at Parc de Saint-Cloud, Paris....
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