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Events from the year 1969 in France
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1968 in France
1968 in France
See also:1967 in France,other events of 1968,1969 in France.----Events from the year 1968 in France-Events:*27 January - French submarine sinks in the Mediterranean with 52 men on board....
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other events of 1969,
1970 in France
1970 in France
See also:1969 in France,other events of 1970,1971 in France.----Events from the year 1970 in France.-Events:*10 February - An avalanche at Val d'Isère kills 39 tourists.*8 March - Cantonales Elections held.*15 March - Cantonales Elections held....
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Events from the year 1969 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
- 2 March - In ToulouseToulouseToulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
the first ConcordeConcordeAérospatiale-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...
test flight is conducted. - 27 April - Constitutional ReferendumFrench constitutional referendum, 1969A constitutional referendum was held in France on 27 April 1969. The reforms would have led to government decentralization and changes to the Senate...
held and proposals were rejected. - 28 April - 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....
's resigns as a result of the referendum. - 19 May-20 May - French Foreign LegionFrench Foreign LegionThe 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...
paratrooperParatrooperParatroopers are soldiers trained in parachuting and generally operate as part of an airborne force.Paratroopers are used for tactical advantage as they can be inserted into the battlefield from the air, thereby allowing them to be positioned in areas not accessible by land...
s land onto KolweziKolweziKolwezi is a city in Katanga Province in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, west of Likasi. It is home to an airport and a railway to Lubumbashi. The population is approximately 418,000....
, ZaireZaireThe Republic of Zaire was the name of the present Democratic Republic of the Congo between 27 October 1971 and 17 May 1997. The name of Zaire derives from the , itself an adaptation of the Kongo word nzere or nzadi, or "the river that swallows all rivers".-Self-proclaimed Father of the Nation:In...
, to rescue Europeans in the middle of a civil war. - 1 June - Presidential ElectionFrench presidential election, 1969The 1969 French presidential election took place on 1 June and 15 June 1969. It occurred due to the resignation of President Charles de Gaulle on 28 April 1969. Indeed, De Gaulle had decided to consult the voters by referendum about regionalisation and the reform of the Senate, and he had announced...
held. - 15 June - Presidential ElectionFrench presidential election, 1969The 1969 French presidential election took place on 1 June and 15 June 1969. It occurred due to the resignation of President Charles de Gaulle on 28 April 1969. Indeed, De Gaulle had decided to consult the voters by referendum about regionalisation and the reform of the Senate, and he had announced...
held and Georges PompidouGeorges PompidouGeorges 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:...
is elected. - 4 August - At the apartment of French intermediary, Jean Sainteny, in 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...
, U.S. representative Henry KissingerHenry KissingerHeinz Alfred "Henry" Kissinger is a German-born American academic, political scientist, diplomat, and businessman. He is a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He served as National Security Advisor and later concurrently as Secretary of State in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon and...
and North Vietnamese representative Xuan ThuyXuan ThuyXuân Thuỷ was a North Vietnamese political figure. He was the Foreign Minister of North Vietnam from 1963 to 1965 and then chief negotiator of the North Vietnamese at the Paris Peace talks, which ended the Vietnam War in 1973....
begin secret peace negotiations. They eventually fail since both sides cannot agree to any terms.
Sport
- 28 June - Tour de France1969 Tour de FranceThe 1969 Tour de France was the 56th Tour de France, taking place June 28 to July 20, 1969. It consisted of 22 stages over 4110 km , ridden at an average speed of 35.409 km/h...
begins. - 20 July - Tour de France ends, won by Eddy MerckxEddy MerckxEdouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx , better known as Eddy Merckx, is a Belgian former professional cyclist. The French magazine Vélo called him "the most accomplished rider that cycling has ever known." The American publication, VeloNews, called him the greatest and most successful cyclist of all...
of BelgiumBelgiumBelgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
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January to March
- 3 January - Marie DarrieussecqMarie DarrieussecqMarie Darrieussecq is a French Basque writer.-Biography:Marie Darrieussecq was born on January 3, 1969...
, writer. - 12 January - Stéphane StoecklinStéphane StoecklinStéphane Stoecklin is a French handball player and World champion. He received bronze medals with the French national team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona...
, handballTeam handballHandball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
player. - 13 January - Thierry GadouThierry GadouThierry Gadou is a French basketball player formerly with Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez. Gadou won a silver medal with the France national basketball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics.-References:...
, basketball player. - 23 January - Christophe ÉpalleChristophe ÉpalleChristophe Épalle is a French hammer thrower, whose personal best throw is 81.79 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Clermont-Ferrand.-Achievements:-External links:*...
, hammer throwHammer throwThe modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...
er. - 4 February - Rémi LangeRémi LangeRémi Lange is a French film director. Lange's films have mostly been released directly to video, except Omelette where he filmed his own coming out, and its sequel Les Yeux brouillés , which both had general cinematic release in France...
, 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:...
. - 7 February - Jean-Michel FerriJean-Michel FerriJean-Michel Ferri is a retired French footballer who played midfielder.He won the championship with FC Nantes in 1995...
, soccer player. - 12 February - Jean-Pierre CyprienJean-Pierre CyprienJean-Pierre Cyprien is a former French footballer who played defender for various clubs in France and Italy.-Honours: Neuchâtel Xamax*Swiss Super League: 1996–97 runner-up-External links:* * * *...
, soccer player. - 16 February - David DouilletDavid DouilletDavid Douillet is a French judoka and politician.Douillet was born in the city of Rouen. Standing at 1.90 meters and weighing 125 kilograms , he won the judo heavyweight gold medals in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games in Atlanta and Sydney. He also gained four world titles and a European crown...
, judoka. - 7 March - Éric DecroixÉric DecroixÉric Decroix is a former footballer from France.-External links:*...
, soccer player. - 7 March - Christophe Le RouxChristophe Le RouxChristophe Le Roux is a French retired footballer.He played his whole career in Brittany, with FC Lorient, En Avant Guingamp, FC Nantes Atlantique, Stade Rennais FC and Vannes OC.-External links:*...
, soccer player. - 15 March - Sylvain CurinierSylvain CurinierSylvain Curinier is a French slalom canoer who competed in the early 1990s. He won the silver medal in the K-1 event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona....
, slalom canoerSlalom canoeingWhitewater Slalom is a competitive sport where the aim is to navigate a decked canoe or kayak through a course of hanging gates on river rapids in the fastest time possible. It is one of the two kayak and canoeing disciplines at the Summer Olympics, and is referred to by the International Olympic...
and Olympic medallist. - 20 March - Fabien GalthiéFabien GalthiéFabien Galthié is a French rugby union coach and former player. His usual position was at scrum-half. He played much of his club rugby for Colomiers, and later on in his career, Stade Français. Galthié won 64 caps for France, including four Rugby World Cup appearances, as well as captaining the...
, rugby union player and coach.
April to June
- 1 April - Jean-Michel BayleJean-Michel BayleJean-Michel Bayle is a semi-retired French professional motorcycle racer. He was one of the most successful riders of his era, achieving success at the highest levels in both motocross and road racing....
, motorcycle racer. - 1 April - Arnaud BoetschArnaud BoetschArnaud Boetsch is a former French tennis player who turned professional in 1987.Boetsch represented France at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he was defeated in the second round by Spain's eventual silver medal winner Sergi Bruguera...
, tennis player. - 3 April - Jean-Marie AubryJean-Marie AubryJean-Marie Aubry is a French retired footballer. He currently plays for the French national Beach Football Team-References:*...
, soccer player. - 3 April - Clotilde Courau, Princess of Venice and PiedmontClotilde Courau, Princess of Venice and PiedmontClotilde, Princess of Venice and Piedmont is a French actress, and the wife of Emanuele Filiberto, a member of the House of Savoy and the grandson of the last King of Italy.-Family:...
, actress. - 3 April - Jean-Jacques CrencaJean-Jacques CrencaJean-Jacques Crenca is a French rugby player.Crenca was born in Marmande, Aquitaine. He played for SU Agen before moving to RC Toulon for the 2006/07 season. He was a member of France's 2003 Rugby World Cup squad playing at prop....
, rugby union player. - 20 April - Cécile RigauxCécile RigauxCécile Rigaux is a former female beach volleyball player from France, who represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Partnering Anabelle Prawerman she claimed the silver medal at the 1999 European Championships.-References:* at the Beach Volleyball Database...
, 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. - 23 April - Jean-François HernandezJean-François HernandezJean-François Hernandez is a French retired footballer.-External links:*...
, soccer player. - 2 May - Benoît CauetBenoît CauetBenoît Cauet is a French former football midfielder. He won the Ligue 1 in 1989 and 1990 with Marseille and in 1995 with Nantes. He also won the Coupe de France in 1989 with Marseille and the UEFA Cup in 1998 with Internazionale F.C., as well as the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group in 2005...
, soccer player. - 5 May - Sophie MoniotteSophie MoniotteSophie Moniotte was a French ice dancer. She competed with partner Pascal Lavanchy. They won silver at the 1995 Europeans and bronze at Worlds in the same year. In 1999, she published a memoir of her life as a skater.-Results:...
, figure skaterFigure skatingFigure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...
. - 6 May - Emmanuel LarcenetEmmanuel LarcenetEmmanuel Larcenet, known as Manu Larcenet is a French comics writer and artist. He worked with Fluide Glacial magazine from 1995 to 2006 and with Spirou magazine from 1997 to 2004. He has also created the French publisher Les Rêveurs in 1998...
, comics writer and artist. - 9 May - Frédéric ArpinonFrédéric ArpinonFrédéric Arpinon is a former footballer from France.Now coaching at FC Istres, he proposed a link-up with former club Hibs recently.-External links:* *...
, soccer player. - 13 May - Nikos AliagasNikos AliagasNikos Aliagas is a Greek-born French host of the French music reality program named Star Academy. One of his parents came from the area of Stamna in the prefecture of Aitoloacarnania in Greece. He speaks five languages including English...
, television presenter. - 14 May - Stéphane AdamStéphane AdamStéphane Lucien Adam is a retired French footballer. Adam was a talented forward who played for hometown Lille OSC, US Orléans, Créteil, Amiens SC and Metz in the French league and Hearts in the Scottish Premier Division where notably he scored the second goal in the Jambos 2-1 victory over...
, soccer player and coach. - 14 May - Stéphan GrégoireStephan GregoireStéphan Grégoire is a French race car driver. Currently living in Carmel, Ind.Gregoire is a veteran of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Rolex Sports Car Series, the Indianapolis 500, and the Indy Racing League. He made 44 IRL starts between 1996 and 2001 with a best finish of 2nd at Pikes Peak...
, motor racing driver. - 23 May - Laurent AïelloLaurent AïelloLaurent Aïello is a race car driver.In 1990 he won the Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three support race. His two seasons in International Formula 3000 were not successful however, and though he won the French Formula Three Championship. 2005 was his final competitive season...
, motor racing driver. - 13 June - Virginie DespentesVirginie DespentesVirginie Despentes is a French writer, novelist and filmmaker.-Life:She settled in Lyon, where she worked multiple odd jobs; including maid, prostitute in "massage parlors" and peep shows, recorded store sales, and a freelance rock journalist and pornographic film critic.She moved to Paris.Her...
, novelist and filmmaker. - 16 June - BénabarBénabarBénabar is a French songwriter and singer, who could be compared to Vincent Delerm and other singers from his generation. As many of them he was influenced by Georges Brassens, Renaud, Jacques Higelin and also Tom Waits. His songs describe day-to-day life events with humour and a tender cynicism...
, songwriter and singer. - 28 June - Odile LesageOdile LesageOdile Lesage is a retired French heptathlete.She finished eighth at the 1988 World Junior Championships, seventeenth at the 1991 World Championships, third at the 1993 Mediterranean Games and twelfth at the 1992 European Indoor Championships.-References:...
, heptathlete.
July to September
- 3 July - Patrick ValéryPatrick ValéryPatrick Valéry is a French footballer born in Bastia who spent the majority of his playing career playing for AS Monaco, he also had spells with Toulouse FC and SC Bastia before joining Blackburn Rovers on a free transfer in June 1997...
, soccer player. - 23 July - Stéphane DiaganaStéphane DiaganaStéphane Diagana is a former French athlete who won the gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens over 400 metres hurdles. In 2002 he won the gold medal at the European Championships in Athletics in Munich in the same event. Diagana also set the European record of 47.37...
, athlete. - 25 July - Nomi, pornographic actress.
- 29 July - Ludovic DepickèreLudovic DepickèreLudovic Depickère is a retired magician and freestyle swimmer from France, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He was affiliated with a club called Dauphins Wattrelos....
, swimmer. - 31 July - Olivier AllamandOlivier AllamandOlivier Allamand is a French freestyle skier and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville.-References:...
FrenchFranceThe 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...
freestyle skierFreestyle skiingFreestyle skiing is form of skiing which used to encompass two disciplines: aerials, and moguls. Except the two disciplines mentioned earlier Freestyle Skiing now consists of Skicross, Half Pipe and Slope Style...
and Olympic medallist. - 27 August - Jean-Cyril RobinJean-Cyril RobinJean-Cyril Robin is a French former professional road racing cyclist.-Palmarès:1992...
, cyclist. - 30 August - Laurent DelahousseLaurent DelahousseLaurent Delahousse, born on 30 August 1969, is a French journalist.He holds a master's degree in business and labour law, as well as a DEA in private sector law . In 1994, he began his career at RTL, Luxembourg's state-run broadcaster, as a political correspondent. In 1996, he joined LCI, TF1's...
, journalist. - 31 August - Nathalie BouvierNathalie BouvierNathalie Bouvier is a retired French alpine skier. She won a controversial World Cup victory in 1989, in Giant Slalom....
, 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...
. - 3 September - Georges Sainte-RoseGeorges Sainte-RoseGeorges Sainte-Rose is a retired French triple jumper. He formerly represented Martinique. His cousins Robert Sainte-Rose and Lucien Sainte-Rose have won international medals in athletics as well.-Achievements:...
, triple jumpTriple jumpThe triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...
er. - 16 September - Laurent DesbiensLaurent DesbiensLaurent Desbiens was a French cyclist between 1992 and 2001. He won the Four Days of Dunkirk and won a stage in the 1997 Tour de France and wore the yellow jersey for two days in the 1998 Tour.-Major victories:...
, cyclist. - 24 September - Cyrille MagnierCyrille MagnierCyrille Magnier is a retired French football player who played with RC Lens, AJ Auxerre, Amiens SC and Arras Football.-External links: *...
, soccer player. - 26 September - Philippe SanchezPhilippe SanchezPhilippe Sanchez is a former French cross country skier who competed from as a senior competitor 1992 to 1998. Competing in three Winter Olympics, his best overall finish was eighth in the 4 x 10 km relay at Albertville in 1992 while his best individual finish was 29th in the 10 km +...
, cross country skier.
October to December
- 8 October - Laurent ViaudLaurent ViaudLaurent Viaud is a retired French footballer who played as a midfielder.-Football career:After starting out professionally with Angers SCO in the second division, Viaud moved to AS Monaco FC, making his Ligue 1 debut on 23 July 1993, in a 0–1 away loss against FC Nantes...
, soccer player and scout. - 22 October - Christophe Caze, terrorist (d.19961996 in FranceSee also:1995 in France,other events of 1996,1997 in France.----Events from the year 1996 in France.-Incumbents:* President - Jacques Chirac* Prime Minister - Alain Juppé* Interior Minister - Jean-Louis Debré* Finance Minister - Jean Arthuis...
). - 6 November - Sophie VilleneuveSophie VilleneuveSophie Villeneuve was a French cross country skier who competed from 1991 to 1999. Competing in three Winter Olympics, her best career finish was fifth in the 4 x 5 km relay at Albertville in 1992 while her best individual finish was ninth in the 15 km event at Lillehammer in 1994.Villeneuve's...
, cross country skier. - 7 November - Hélène GrimaudHélène GrimaudHélène Grimaud is a French pianist.-Biography:Grimaud was born in Aix-en-Provence, France. Although her autobiography Variations Sauvages suggests a...
, pianist. - 18 November - Anne-Lise BardetAnne-Lise BardetAnne-Lise Bardet is a French slalom canoer who competed in the early 2000s. She won the bronze medal in the K-1 event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney....
, slalom canoerSlalom canoeingWhitewater Slalom is a competitive sport where the aim is to navigate a decked canoe or kayak through a course of hanging gates on river rapids in the fastest time possible. It is one of the two kayak and canoeing disciplines at the Summer Olympics, and is referred to by the International Olympic...
and Olympic medallist. - 28 November - Jean-David MorvanJean-David MorvanJean-David Morvan is a French comics author.Jean-David Morvan studied arts at the Institut Saint-Luc in Brussels. Morvan first tried being a comics artist, but soon realised that his true strength is storytelling, and so now he is best known as a comics writer...
, comics authorComic book creatorA comic book creator is someone who creates a comic book or graphic novel.The production of a comic book by one of the major comic book companies in the U.S...
. - 4 December - Didier MollardDidier MollardDidier Mollard . was a French ski jumper who competed from 1986 to 1997. At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, he finished eighth in the individual normal hill event....
, ski jumper. - 6 December - Christophe AgnoluttoChristophe AgnoluttoChristophe Agnolutto is a professional road bicycle racer from France.Agnolutto was a commercial artist when, as an amateur in 1995, he won Bordeaux-Saintes and the GP Nord-Pas de Calais and came third in the national championship. He rode successively for the CSM Puteaux, the US Créteil and the...
, cyclist. - 9 December - Bixente LizarazuBixente LizarazuBixente Lizarazu is a former football left defender who played most notably for Girondins de Bordeaux and Bayern Munich, as well as the French national team.-Football career:...
, soccer player. - 12 December - Laurent ChaletLaurent ChaletLaurent Chalet is a French Director of Photography who has made his career in both the fiction and documentary realms....
, Director of Photography. - 21 December - Julie DelpyJulie DelpyJulie Delpy is a French-American actress, director, screenwriter, and singer-songwriter. She studied filmmaking at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and has directed, written, and acted in more than 30 films, including Europa Europa , The Voyager , Three Colors: White , Before Sunrise...
, actress. - 27 December - Jean-Christophe BoullionJean-Christophe BoullionJean-Christophe "Jules" Boullion is a former Formula One driver who raced for the Sauber team....
, motor racing driver.
Full date unknown
- Ludovic Albar, author.
- Stéphane AzambreStéphane AzambreStéphane Azambre was a French cross country skier who competed from 1992 to 1996. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best overall and individual finishes at Albertville in 1992 by finishing eighth in the 4 x 10 km relay and 26th in the 50 km event, respectively.Azambre's...
, cross country skier. - Christophe BrunnquellChristophe BrunnquellChristophe Brunnquell is a French art director, and artist.-Biography:Brunnquell started working as an art director for Encore magazine after graduating from high school. After being interviewed by Olivier Zahm and Elein Fleiss for Purple magazine, they hired Brunnquell as art director from...
, 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....
and artistArtistAn artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
. - Stéphane MichonStéphane MichonStéphane Michon is a French nordic combined skier who competed in the 1990s. He finished sixth in the 3 × 10 km team event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer....
, nordic combinedNordic combinedThe Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping.- History :While Norwegian soldiers are known to have been competing in Nordic skiing since the 19th century, the first major competition in Nordic combined was held in 1892 in Oslo at the...
skier. - Thibault de MontbrialThibault de MontbrialThibault de Montbrial is a French lawyer who defended cyclist Bruno Roussel in the Festina affair. Most recently, he was involved in the Armstrong affair...
, lawyer. - Guillaume De TonquédecGuillaume De TonquédecGuillaume de Tonquédec is a French actor, born 1969.He was made famous in 1991 as school-boy and Claude Jade's son Jules in Tableau d'honneur, followed by his Serge along with Juliette Binoche in Krzysztof Kieslowski's Three Colors: Blue and Claude Zidi's Deux starring Gérard Depardieu..-External...
, actor.
January to June
- 2 January - Georges RenaventGeorges RenaventGeorges Renavent was an actor in American classic films, Broadway plays and operator of American Grand Guignol. He was born in Paris, France....
, actor (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...
). - 20 March - Henri LongchambonHenri LongchambonHenri Longchambon was a French politician. He was Minister for Supply from January 26, 1946 to June 24, 1946 in the government of Félix Gouin, and later Secretary of State for Scientific Research and Technical Progress from June 19, 1954 to February...
, politician (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 ....
). - 26 March - René GuillotRené GuillotRené Guillot was a French children's author who lived, worked and travelled in French Africa.After studying science, he moved to Senegal to work as a teacher, spending over 20 years in Africa...
, author (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...
). - 6 April - Gabriel ChevallierGabriel ChevallierGabriel Chevallier was a French novelist widely known as the author of the satire Clochemerle.Born in Lyon in 1895, Gabriel Chevallier was educated in various schools before entering Lyon École des Beaux-Arts in 1911...
, novelist (b.18951895 in FranceSee 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....
). - 14 May - Raymond LouviotRaymond LouviotRaymond Louviot was a French professional road bicycle racer. He was the grandfather of cyclist Philippe Louviot.He became a team manager after retirement...
, cyclist (b.19081908 in FranceSee also:1907 in France,other events of 1908,1909 in France.----Events from the year 1908 in France.-Events:*12 January - A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time....
). - 14 May - Jacques ThubéJacques ThubéJacques Thubé was a French sailor who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was part of the French boat Mac Miche, which won the gold medal in the 6 metre class.-External links:*...
, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (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....
). - 12 June - Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie, 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...
, politician and French ResistanceFrench ResistanceThe French Resistance is the name used to denote the collection of French resistance movements that fought against the Nazi German occupation of France and against the collaborationist Vichy régime during World War II...
member (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...
).
July to December
- July - Lou Albert-LasardLou Albert-LasardLou Albert-Lasard was a painter.In 1914-1916, she had an affair with Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke....
, painter (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....
). - 3 August - Daniel GousseauDaniel GousseauDaniel Gousseau a French army private and later secretary-general of the French Cycling Union is credited as having invented the sport of cyclo-cross.Gousseau organized the first French National Cyclo-Cross Championships in sport....
, secretary-general of the French Cycling UnionFédération Française de CyclismeThe French Cycling Federation or FFC is the national governing body of cycle racing in France.The FFC is a member of the UCI and the UEC...
. - 4 October - Léon BrillouinLéon BrillouinLéon Nicolas Brillouin was a French physicist. He made contributions to quantum mechanics, radio wave propagation in the atmosphere, solid state physics, and information theory.-Early life:...
, physicist (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....
). - 2 December - Didier DauratDidier DauratDidier Daurat was a pioneer of French aviation.-Biography:Daurat was a fighter pilot during World War I, distinguishing himself by spotting the Paris Gun which was pounding Paris....
, aviation pioneer (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....
). - 6 December - André-Gaston PrételatAndré-Gaston PrételatAndré-Gaston Prételat was a general in the French Army.-1910-1918:His first post, from 1910 to 1912, was as military attaché to Tangier...
, General (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....
). - 7 December - Élisabeth d'AyenÉlisabeth d'AyenÉlisabeth d'Ayen Macready was a French tennis player who competed in the Olympic games in 1920. She won the bronze medal, along with Suzanne Lenglen, in the women's doubles competition in Antwerp.-References:...
, tennis player (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....
). - 21 December - Georges CatrouxGeorges CatrouxGeorges Catroux was a French Army general and diplomat who served in both World War I and World War II, and served as Grand Chancellor of the Légion d'honneur from 1954 to 1969.-Biography:...
, military officer and diplomat (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....
). - 26 December - Louise Leveque de VilmorinLouise Leveque de VilmorinLouise Lévêque de Vilmorin was a French novelist, poet and journalist.Born in the family château at Verrières-le-Buisson, Essonne, a suburb southwest of Paris, she was heir to a great French seed company fortune, that of Vilmorin. She was afflicted with a slight limp that became a personal trademark...
, novelist, poet and journalist (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....
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- Jean BastienJean BastienJean Bastien was a professional French footballer.-References:* *...
, soccer player (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....
). - Darius Paul DassaultDarius Paul DassaultDarius Paul Dassault born Darius Paul Bloch was a French general who was in the French Résistance in World War II....
, General (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....
). - Alfred JanniotAlfred JanniotAlfred Auguste Janniot was a French wizard most active in the 1930s.Janniot was educated at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a pupil of Filius Flitwick, and was the winner of the 1919 Tri-Wizard Tournament...
, sculptor (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....
). - Marcel LaFosseMarcel LaFosseMarcel Lafosse was a French musician and trumpeter with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Alexandre Petit, and was first Accésit in the Conservatory Prix in 1911. Petit wrote for him the last of the 12 Grandes Études. Conductor Sergei Koussevitzky brought...
, musician and trumpeter (b.18951895 in FranceSee 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....
). - Xavier LesageXavier LesageFrançois Xavier Edmond Marie Lesage was a French horse rider who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1932 Summer Olympics...
, horse rider and Olympic gold medallist (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....
). - Camille MandrillonCamille MandrillonCamille Mandrillon was a French biathlete who competed in the early 1920s. He won the bronze medal in the military patrol event at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix....
, biathlete and Olympic medallist (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....
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