1984 in France
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Events from the year 1984 in France
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1983 in France
See also:1982 in France,other events of 1983,1984 in France.----Events from the year 1983 in France.-Events:*19 January - Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia....
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other events of 1984,
1985 in France
1985 in France
See also:1984 in France,other events of 1985,1986 in France.----Events from the year 1985 in France.-Events:*10 March - Cantonales Elections held.*17 March - Cantonales Elections held....
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Events from the year 1984 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
- 21 April - The Renault EspaceRenault EspaceThe Renault Espace is a large MPV from French car-maker Renault. Generations 1-3 were sold under the Renault brand but manufactured by Matra. The current fourth generation model, which seats seven passengers, is an all-Renault product; the Renault Grand Espace is a long-wheelbase version with...
,Europe'sEuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
first production people carrier, is launched.
Sport
- 12 June - UEFA European Football Championship begins in France.
- 27 June - UEFA Euro 1984 ends, won by FranceFrance national football teamThe France national football team represents the nation of France in international football. It is fielded by the French Football Federation , the governing body of football in France, and competes as a member of UEFA, which encompasses the countries of Europe...
. - 29 June - Tour de France1984 Tour de FranceThe 1984 Tour de France was the 71st Tour de France, run over 4020.9 km in 23 stages and a prologue, from 29 June to 22 July 1984.French rider Laurent Fignon won his second consecutive Tour, beating former teammate Bernard Hinault by over 10 minutes. Hinault was pursuing his fifth Tour...
begins. - 22 July - Tour de France ends, won by Laurent FignonLaurent FignonLaurent Patrick Fignon was a French professional road bicycle racer. He won the Tour de France in 1983 and in 1984. He missed winning it a third time, in 1989, by 8 seconds, the closest margin ever to decide the tour. He also won the Giro d'Italia in 1989, after having been the runner-up in 1984,...
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January to March
- 5 January - Laurent MohellebiLaurent MohellebiLaurent Mohellebi is a French footballer. He played for Atlético Baleares.-Career:Mohellebi has playing for Paris Saint-Germain F.C., AS Monaco FC, FC Istres and the Albanian champions SK Tirana in the Albanian Superliga....
, soccer player. - 6 January - Serisay BarthelemySerisay BarthelemySerisay Barthélémy is a footballer from France who currently plays as midfielder for AS Cannes.-External links:...
, soccer player. - 9 January - Kalifa Cissé, soccer player.
- 10 January - Sigamary DiarraSigamary DiarraSigamary Diarra is a French-Malian footballer who currently plays for FC Lorient.-Career:Having started out at Caen in 2002-3, he took his first professional contract at Sochaux, where he received opportunities to play in Ligue 1 and the UEFA Cup...
, soccer player. - 10 January - Sébastien Le TouxSébastien Le TouxSébastien Le Toux is a French-American footballer who currently plays for the Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer.-Professional:Le Toux was part of the youth setup at Rennes, and briefly played for Lorient in Ligue 2, prior to moving to the United States.Le Toux unsuccessfully tried out for...
, soccer player. - 19 January - Aurélien PasseronAurélien PasseronAurélien Passeron is a French professional road racing cyclist formerly with the UCI ProTeam .-Palmarès:2002200320052006...
, cyclist. - 23 January - Stéphane BesleStéphane BesleStéphane Besle is a French footballer who currently plays for Neuchâtel Xamax in the Swiss Super League....
, soccer player. - 27 January - Stéphen DrouinStéphen DrouinStéphen Drouin is a French professional football defender who currently plays for Troyes AC in the Championnat National.-External links:...
, soccer player. - 4 February - Souleimane KonateSouleimane KonateSouleimane "Black Grizzly" Konate is a retired French heavyweight kickboxer, fighting out of Faucon Gym in Villepinte, France...
, kickboxer and martial artist. - 6 February - Benjamin ThiéryBenjamin ThiéryBenjamin Thiéry is a French rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Montpellier Herault RC after signing from Aviron Bayonnais in the Top 14 championship...
, rugby union player. - 8 February - Jérôme CellierJerome CellierJérôme Cellier, , is a French defender who currently plays for AS Beauvais Oise.-External links:* at l'Equipe...
, soccer player. - 14 February - Rémi GomisRémi GomisRémi Gomis is a French-born Senegalese association football midfielder. He currently plays for Valenciennes FC.-Career:Gomis began his career with Stade Lavallois and signed in summer 2007 for SM Caen...
, soccer player. - 19 February - David FleurivalDavid FleurivalDavid Fleurival in Vitry-sur-Seine, France is a Guadeloupean football midfielder currently playing for FC Metz.-Club career:He has played at Tours FC where he was the team captain and in Portugal with Boavista F.C.....
, soccer player. - 25 February - Jacques FatyJacques FatyJacques Faty is a French-born Senegalese footballer who plays for Turkcell Süper Lig club Sivasspor and Senegal national football team....
, soccer player. - 1 March - Robin DesserneRobin DesserneRobin Georges Sauveur Desserne is a French football player who plays as a central defender. He currently currently without a club after leaving Chamois Niortais.-External links:* at chamoisniortais.fr...
, soccer player. - 2 March - David LerayDavid LerayDavid Leray is a French football defender.-External links:...
, soccer player. - 4 March - Nicolas RaynierNicolas RaynierNicolas Raynier is a French football striker who currently plays for Amiens SC.-References:* at L'Equipe.fr...
, soccer player. - 7 March - Cédric ColletCédric ColletCédric Collet is a French football midfielder who currently plays for Stade de Reims. Collet previously played for Standard Liege in Belgium.-International career:...
, soccer player. - 7 March - Mathieu FlaminiMathieu FlaminiMathieu Flamini is a French professional footballer of Italian descent who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Milan..-Marseille:...
, soccer player. - 15 March - Badradine BelloumouBadradine BelloumouBadradine Belloumou is a French-Algerian football player who is currently playing as a defender for SO Cassis Carnoux in the French Championnat National.-Club career:* 2002-2003 FC Martigues * 2003-2004 CS Sedan...
, soccer player. - 16 March - Laurent AgouaziLaurent AgouaziLaurent Karim Agouazi is a French-Algerian football midfielder. He currently plays for FC Istres in France.-Career:Agouazi began his career with Besançon RC, and left the club to join FC Metz in the summer of 2005...
, soccer player. - 21 March - Grégory MalletGrégory MalletGrégory Mallet is an Olympic swimmer from France.-Career:Mallet swam for France at the 2008 Olympics, where he was part of France's silver-medal winning 4x100m freestyle relay--after he swam in the preliminary heats.-References:...
, swimmer. - 22 March - Stéphane DarbionStéphane DarbionStéphane Darbion is a French football player, currently with Skoda Xanthi in Greece.-Career:Darbion began his career with HSC Montpellier and was promoted in 2003 to the Ligue 2 senior side. After four years on senior side with Montpellier HSC and seventy games, who scores only four goals,...
, soccer player. - 22 March - Kévin JacmotKévin JacmotKévin Jacmot is a football midfielder. He currently plays for Saint-Priest.-Career:Jacmot started his career at Lyon in 2002, and was sent away on loan to Bastia the following season. He then moved to Lyon-la-Duchère. After a season there, he moved to his current club, Saint-Priest...
, soccer player. - 24 March - Benoît Assou-EkottoBenoît Assou-EkottoBenoît Pierre David Assou-Ekotto is a French-born Cameroonian footballer who plays for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur as a left back.-RC Lens:...
, soccer player.
April to June
- 2 April - Nicolas LapierreNicolas LapierreNicolas Lapierre is a French race car driver born in Thonon-les-Bains, France. He raced in the first three seasons of the GP2 Series.-Early career:...
, motor racing driver. - 2 April - Jérémy MorelJérémy MorelJérémy Morel is a French professional footballer. He currently plays as a left back for Olympique Marseille-Career:...
, soccer player. - 10 April - Damien PerquisDamien PerquisDamien Perquis is a Polish-French footballer who currently plays for FC Sochaux-Montbéliard.-Club:He is a central defender and came up through the Troyes AC youth system. He played in Ligue 2 with Troyes AC for 2 years, where he was rated as one of the best defenders of the league. In 2005, he...
, soccer player. - 11 April - Sébastien TurgotSébastien TurgotSébastien Turgot is a French road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team .His biggest result came when he came in third in the 2008 Paris–Tours after leading in the last 100 metres, but was beaten by Philippe Gilbert of Francaise des Jeux and Jan Kuyckx of Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner...
, cyclist. - 16 April - Romain FeilluRomain FeilluRomain Feillu is a French road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam . He is the older brother of Brice Feillu, who is also a road racing cyclist....
, cyclist. - 24 April - Sekou BaradjiSekou BaradjiSekou Baradji is a French football player. He is a midfielder and currently plays for Dijon FCO. He also holds Senegalese citizenship.-Career in England:...
, soccer player. - 24 April - Jérémy BerthodJérémy BerthodJérémy Berthod is a French footballer who plays for AJ Auxerre as a left defender.-Football career:...
, soccer player. - 27 April - Fabien GilotFabien GilotFabien Gilot is an Olympic swimmer from France. He swam for France at the 2008 Olympics, where he was part of France's silver medal winning 4×100m freestyle relay....
, swimmer. - 30 April - Jean CalvéJean CalvéJean Calvé is a French football defender and former French Junior International, currently playing for AS Nancy-Lorraine.-Sheffield United:...
, soccer player. - 1 May - Therry RaconTherry RaconTherry Norbert Racon is a French footballer. He plays as a midfielder for Millwall.-Career:Born in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, Val-de-Marne, Racon joined Charlton Athletic in August 2007, before making his debut for the club later in month against Stockport County.On 20 March 2008, it was revealed...
, soccer player. - 2 May - Yann HuguetYann HuguetYann Huguet is a French professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team .- Palmares :20052006- External links :*...
, cyclist. - 2 May - Pierre PiskorPierre PiskorPierre Olivier Piskor is a French footballer. Right-footed, Piskor currently plays as a striker for FC Differdange 03 in the Luxembourg National Division....
, soccer player. - 17 May - Vincent DurandVincent DurandVincent Durand is a French football midfielder currently playing for Chamois Niortais.-Career:In July 2007, Durand left then Ligue 2 side Chamois Niortais after playing with them for three seasons and subsequently joined FC Martigues in January 2008. He played for Martigues for just five months...
, soccer player. - 18 May - Simon PagenaudSimon PagenaudSimon Pagenaud is a French race car driver born in Poitiers. He currently races in the IZOD IndyCar Series with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing.-Career:...
, motor racing driver. - 29 May - Gauthier GrumierGauthier GrumierGauthier Grumier is a French épée fencer.Grumier won the gold medal in the épée team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Spain in the final. He accomplished this with his team mates Érik Boisse, Ulrich Robeiri and Fabrice Jeannet...
, épée fencerFencingFencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...
. - 3 June - Jean-Jacques MandrichiJean-Jacques MandrichiJean-Jacques Mandrichi is a French football striker. He currently plays for LB Châteauroux in Ligue 2.On 31 August 2010 Mandrichi signed a two year deal to play for Grenoble Foot 38....
, soccer player. - 13 June - Bérangère SchuhBerangere SchuhBérengère Schuh is an athlete from France. She competes in archery.- 2004 Summer Olympics :Schuh represented France at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 31st in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 626. In the first round of elimination, she faced 34th-ranked Elpida...
, archer. - 23 June - Sébastien GraxSébastien GraxSébastien Grax is a French footballer who currently plays for Troyes AC. He started life at Monaco in 2001 where he played 4 games in 3 years. He was then loaned out to ES Troyes AC in 2004 where he scored 16 goals in 35 games...
, soccer player.
July to September
- 1 July - Grégory BourillonGrégory BourillonGrégory Bourillon is a French footballer. He currently plays for FC Lorient in Ligue 1, the top division in French soccer.-Career:Bourillon signed for Stade Rennais in 2000 from Laval, and has represented France at Under-21 level...
, soccer player - 3 July - Nicolas Roche, cyclist
- 8 July - Youssef SofianeYoussef SofianeYoussef Sofiane is a French-Algerian football player who is currently without a club.He has played in England, the Netherlands, France, Belgium and Germany.-Club career:...
, soccer player - 10 July - Michaël Chrétien Basser, soccer player
- 10 July - Laurent RecoudercLaurent RecoudercLaurent Recouderc born July 10, 1984 in Toulouse, France, is a French professional tennis player.-Career:Recouderc spent the first years of his career on the Junior Circuit, beating players like Tomáš Berdych, Robin Söderling, and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga...
, tennis player - 11 July - Sébastien RenouardSébastien RenouardSébastien Renouard is a French football midfielder.- Career :Renouard began his career on youthside with FC Metz and was in 2002 promoted to the seniorside out the Ligue 1. On 11 August 2009 SCO Angers have signed the midfielder from FC Metz on a two-year deal.-External links:* at L'Equipe.fr...
, soccer player - 13 July - Nadjim AbdouNadjim AbdouNadjim Abdou is a footballer who plays for Millwall as a midfielder, having previously played for Martigues, Sedan and Plymouth Argyle. He has represented Comoros at international level.-Career:...
, soccer player - 23 July - Yann JouffreYann JouffreYann Jouffre is a French footballer currently playing for FC Lorient.-External links:** at L'Equipe.fr...
, soccer player - 25 July - Jean Eudes DemaretJean Eudes DemaretJean Eudes Demaret is a French road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team .-Palmares:200020062007-External links:...
, cyclist - 13 August - Youssouf KantéYoussouf KantéYoussouf Kanté is a French footballer who recently played for FC Baulmes.-Europe:Kanté began playing soccer in the youth academy of the esteemed French club Paris Saint-Germain. When he turned nineteen, he signed with ADO Den Haag of the Dutch Second Division...
, soccer player - 16 August - Hadrien FeraudHadrien FeraudHadrien Feraud is a French Jazz fusion-bassist.-Biography:Feraud was born into a family of musicians. His first guitar lessons were from his father when he was eight years old....
, jazz-fusion bassist - 21 August - AlizéeAlizéeAlizée Jacotey is a French singer, known professionally by her given name Alizée She was discovered by Mylène Farmer, following her winning performance in the talent show, Graines de Star, in 1999...
, singer - 21 August - Luigi GlombardLuigi GlombardLuigi Glombard is a French football striker currently playing for Championnat National side Chamois Niortais.-Club career:Glombard joined the Nantes academy in 2000 and made his senior debut in 2002...
, soccer player - 26 August - Jérémy ClémentJérémy ClémentJérémy Clément is a French professional footballer currently playing for Ligue 1 club Saint-Étienne. He is primarily a left-footed defensive midfielder with an eye for a pass.-Career:...
, soccer player - 9 September - Renaud CohadeRenaud CohadeRenaud Cohade is a French footballer currently playing for Valenciennes FC.-External links:*...
, soccer player - 9 September - Vincent LabanVincent LabanVincent Laban is a French football midfielder who currently plays for Anorthosis Famagusta in Cyprus.-Career:He has shown good qualities at Anorthosis and looks like he will have a promising career...
, soccer player - 17 September - Laurent MerlinLaurent MerlinLaurent Merlin is a French footballer who plays for Latina. A midfielder, he started his career as a youngster with the Olympique de Marseille reserve team, where he quickly progressed into the senior squad and earned two caps over two seasons with the seniors. Laurent was then snapped up by...
, soccer player - September 17 - Elsa N'GuessanElsa N'GuessanElsa N'Guessan is a female freestyle swimmer from France, who competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.- References :*...
, freestyle swimmer - 18 September - Christian NadéChristian NadeChristian Nadé is a French professional football player of Ivorian descent who plays as a striker. He has played for Troyes AC, Le Havre, Sheffield United and Heart of Midlothian, he last played for Alki Larnaca in the Cypriot First Division and has also represented the France national under-21...
, soccer player - 18 September - Mathieu PergetMathieu PergetMathieu Perget is a French professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team .- Palmarès :2005...
, cyclist - 20 September - Brian JoubertBrian JoubertBrian Joubert is a French figure skater. He is the 2007 World Champion, a three-time European champion, a seven-time French National champion, and the 2006-7 Grand Prix Final champion...
, figure skater - 28 September - Mathieu ValbuenaMathieu ValbuenaMathieu Valbuena is a French international footballer who plays for Marseille in Ligue 1. He plays as an attacking midfielder and a winger and is known for his quickness, technical ability, and tenacious style of play...
, soccer player
October to December
- 2 October - Marion BartoliMarion BartoliMarion Bartoli is a French professional tennis player and the current French no. 1. She has won seven Women's Tennis Association singles titles and three doubles titles. She was also a runner-up at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships....
, tennis player. - 3 October - Anthony Le TallecAnthony Le TallecAnthony Le Tallec is a French footballer who plays for AJ Auxerre in Ligue 1, as a forward or attacking midfielder.-Liverpool:...
, soccer player. - 6 October - Arnaud GérardArnaud GérardArnaud Gérard is a French professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team - Palmarès :* Paris-Tours - 10th * Combative Rider for Stage 12, Tour de France...
, cyclist. - 10 October - Jean-Baptiste GrangeJean-Baptiste GrangeJean-Baptiste Grange is a French alpine ski racer.Born in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Grange grew up in Valloire, Galibier, and made his World Cup debut at age 19 in January 2004. On February 17, 2007, he won the bronze medal in the slalom at the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden...
, alpine skier. - 13 October - Nicolas FauvergueNicolas FauvergueNicolas Fauvergue is a French footballer who plays as a forward for CS Sedan Ardennes.-Career:On 5 August 2009, RC Strasbourg have signed the forward on loan from OSC Lille. On 23 June 2010, CS Sedan Ardennes have signed the forward on loan for a year from OSC Lille, with a call option.-External...
, soccer player. - 16 October - Melissa LaurenMelissa LaurenMelissa Lauren is a French pornographic actress and director.Lauren started off studying as a cook for three years and worked in Paris as a pastry chef. After reading an ad in a newspaper from French porn director John B...
, pornographic actress and director. - 16 October - François PervisFrançois PervisFrançois "Franck" Pervis is a French track cyclist. He is a former junior World Champion in the team sprint and twice European under 23 champion...
, cyclist. - 26 October - Mathieu CrépelMathieu CrépelMathieu Crépel is a French professional snowboarder and World Champion based in Anglet, Northern Basque Country. Crépel rides regular stance...
, snowboarderSnowboardingSnowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set onto mounted binding. The development of snowboarding was inspired by skateboarding, sledding, surfing and skiing. It was developed in the U.S.A...
. - 10 November - Thierry HupondThierry HupondThierry Hupond is a French professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team Skil-Shimano. Hupond became professional with Skil-Shimano in 2008, having been a stagiare with the team in late 2007...
, cyclist. - 25 November - Gaspard UllielGaspard UllielGaspard Ulliel is a French film actor and model. He began appearing in made-for-television films during the late 1990s and early 2000s, and then began to be known as a film actor in France, as well as starring in the title role in the thriller Hannibal Rising.-Life and career:Ulliel was born in...
, actor. - 26 November - Vincent JérômeVincent JérômeVincent Jérôme is a French professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team . In 2007 he won the Tour du Doubs.- Palmares :* Tro-Bro Léon * Tour du Doubs...
, cyclist. - 7 December - Céline LaporteCéline LaporteCéline Roseline Laporte is a female athlete from Seychelles now based in France. She represented France until 2003.She competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, where she received a bronze medal in the women's long jump...
, athlete. - 12 December - Mathieu LadagnousMathieu LadagnousMathieu Ladagnous is a French road racing cyclist who rides for . He also competes as a track cyclist.-Career:...
, cyclist. - 12 December - Jérémy PerbetJérémy PerbetJérémy Perbet is a French football striker. He currently plays for Belgian club R.A.E.C. Mons.-Initial career:...
, soccer player.
January to June
- 7 January - Alfred KastlerAlfred KastlerAlfred Kastler was a French physicist, and Nobel Prize laureate.Kastler was born in Guebwiller and later attended the Lycée Bartholdi in Colmar, Alsace, and École Normale Supérieure in Paris in 1921...
, physicistPhysicistA physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...
, and Nobel Prize laureate (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....
). - 21 January - Roger BlinRoger BlinRoger Blin was a French actor and director notable for directing the first production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot....
, comedian and actor (b.19071907 in FranceSee also:1906 in France,other events of 1907,1908 in France.----Events from the year 1907 in France.-Events:*February - The French warship Jean Bart sinks off the coast of Morocco....
). - 8 February - Philippe ArièsPhilippe ArièsPhilippe Ariès was an important French medievalist and historian of the family and childhood, in the style of Georges Duby. Ariès has written many books on the common daily life. His most prominent works regarded the change in the western attitudes towards death.Ariès regarded himself as a...
, medievalist and historianHistorianA historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
(b.19141914 in FranceSee also:1913 in France,other events of 1914,1915 in France.----Events from the year 1914 in France.-Events:*16 March - Wife of French minister Joseph Caillaux shoots Gaston Calmette, the editor of Le Figaro because he threatened to publish Caillaux's love letters to her during his previous marriage...
). - 11 February - Arlette MarchalArlette MarchalArlette Marchal was a French film actress. She appeared in 41 films between 1922 and 1951. She was born and died in Paris.-Selected filmography:* Die Sklavenkönigin * Madame Sans-Gene...
, actress (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....
). - 5 March - Pierre CochereauPierre CochereauPierre Eugène Charles Cochereau , was a French organist, improviser, composer, and pedagogue.- Biography :Pierre Cochereau was born on July 9, 1924 in Saint-Mandé, near Paris. In 1929, after a few months of violin instruction, he began to take piano lessons with Marius-François Gaillard...
, organist and composer (b.19241924 in FranceSee also:1923 in France,other events of 1924,1925 in France.----Events from the year 1924 in France.-Events:*29 March - Third Ministry of Raymond Poincaré starts....
). - 5 March - Gérard LeboviciGérard LeboviciGerard Lebovici was a French film producer, editor and impresario.His mother was executed in a Nazi concentration camp during the Second World War...
, film producer, editor and impresario (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...
). - 13 March - François Le LionnaisFrançois Le LionnaisFrançois Le Lionnais was a French chemical engineer and mathematician, perhaps best known as a founder of the literary movement Oulipo....
, chemical engineer and mathematician (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:...
). - 23 March - Jean ProuvéJean Prouvé-Images:**- External links :***...
, 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...
and designerDesignerA designer is a person who designs. More formally, a designer is an agent that "specifies the structural properties of a design object". In practice, anyone who creates tangible or intangible objects, such as consumer products, processes, laws, games and graphics, is referred to as a...
(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:...
). - 18 April - Pierre FrankPierre FrankPierre Frank was a French Trotskyist leader. He served on the secretariat of the Fourth International from 1948 to 1979....
, TrotskyistTrotskyismTrotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. Trotsky considered himself an orthodox Marxist and Bolshevik-Leninist, arguing for the establishment of a vanguard party of the working-class...
leader (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....
). - 25 April - Jean BorthayreJean BorthayreJean Borthayre was a French operatic baritone, particularly associated with the French and Italian repertories.- Career :...
, operatic baritoneBaritoneBaritone is a type of male singing voice that lies between the bass and tenor voices. It is the most common male voice. Originally from the Greek , meaning deep sounding, music for this voice is typically written in the range from the second F below middle C to the F above middle C Baritone (or...
(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:...
). - 25 June - Michel FoucaultMichel FoucaultMichel Foucault , born Paul-Michel Foucault , was a French philosopher, social theorist and historian of ideas...
, philosopher, historian, critic and sociologist (b.19261926 in FranceSee also:1925 in France,other events of 1926,1927 in France.----Events from the year 1926 in France.-Events:*9 May - French navy bombards Damascus because of Druze riots....
). - 30 June - Henri FabreHenri FabreHenri Fabre was a French aviator and the inventor of Le Canard, the first seaplane in history.Henri Fabre was born into a prominent family of shipowners in the city of Marseilles. He was educated in the Jesuit College of Marseilles, where he undertook advanced studies in sciences. He then studied...
, aviator and aircraft designer (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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July to December
- 8 July - BrassaïBrassaïBrassaï was a Hungarian photographer, sculptor, and filmmaker who rose to international fame in France in the 20th century. He was one of the numerous Hungarian artists who flourished in Paris beginning between the World Wars...
, photographer, sculptor and filmmaker (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....
). - 31 July - Paul Le FlemPaul Le FlemPaul Le Flem was a French composer and music critic. Born in Brittany and living most of his life in Lezardrieux, Le Flem studied at the Schola Cantorum under Vincent d'Indy and Albert Roussel, later teaching at the same establishment, where his pupils included Erik Satie and André Jolivet...
, composer and musician (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....
). - 11 August - Marcel BalsaMarcel BalsaMarcel Lucien Balsa was a French racing driver.Balsa started in racing after World War II, when he acquired a Bugatti Type 51 and became quite competitive in the French national events...
, motor racing driver (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:...
). - 1 October - Hellé NiceHellé NiceHellé Nice was a model, dancer, and a Grand Prix motor racing driver.- Early life and fast lifestyle :...
, model, dancer and motor racing driver (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 October - François TruffautFrançois TruffautFrançois Roland Truffaut was an influential film critic and filmmaker and one of the founders of the French New Wave. In a film career lasting over a quarter of a century, he remains an icon of the French film industry. He was also a screenwriter, producer, and actor working on over twenty-five...
, screenwriter, film director, producer and actor (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...
). - 25 October - Pascale OgierPascale OgierPascale Ogier was a French actress.Born Pascale Marguerite Cécile Claude Colette Nicolas in Paris, she was the daughter of a musician father and actress Bulle Ogier. Pascale also chose an acting career, first with appearances on stage...
, actress (b.19581958 in FranceSee also:1957 in France,other events of 1958,1959 in France.----Events from the year 1958 in France.-Events:*13 May - Crisis caused by putsch attempt in Algiers involving French officers....
). - 31 October - Denise VernacDenise VernacDenise Vernac was a French film actress.-Career:She appeared in seventeen films between 1939 and 1966....
, actress (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....
). - 1 November - Marcel MoyseMarcel MoyseMarcel Moyse was a famous French flutist. Many works were composed for Moyse including the 1934 Flute Concerto by Jacques Ibert...
, flautist (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....
). - 7 November - Marcel BarbuMarcel BarbuMarcel Barbu was a French politician.Born in Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine, Barbu was deported to Buchenwald during the Second World War. Barbu won election in 1945 in the Drôme for a small left-wing party....
, politician (b.19071907 in FranceSee also:1906 in France,other events of 1907,1908 in France.----Events from the year 1907 in France.-Events:*February - The French warship Jean Bart sinks off the coast of Morocco....
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- Jacques AdnetJacques AdnetJacques Adnet was a French art deco modernist designer, architect and interior designer.He was known for his furniture designs in leather.-Education:...
, designer, architect and interior designer (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...
). - François Ducaud-BourgetFrancois Ducaud-BourgetMonsignor François Ducaud-Bourget was a prominent traditionalist Roman Catholic French prelate, priest and close ally of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre....
, priest (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....
). - Luc Etienne PérinLuc Etienne PérinLuc Etienne Périn, also known as Luc Étienne, was a French writer and a proponent of 'Pataphysics. He was born on the 8th September, 1908, in the small town of Neuflize, in the Ardennes, and died on the 27th of November, 1984, in Reims....
, writer (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....
). - Charles PisotCharles PisotCharles Pisot was a French mathematician. He is chiefly recognized as one of the primary investigators of the numerical set associated with his name, the Pisot–Vijayaraghavan numbers....
, mathematician (b.19101910 in FranceSee also:1909 in France,other events of 1910,1911 in France.----Events from the year 1910 in France.-Events:*16 January - Constant rain in Paris causes the Seine to overflow its banks, flooding the city...
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