1986 in France
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Events from the year 1986 in France.
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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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1987 in France
See also:1986 in France,other events of 1987,1988 in France.----Events from the year 1987 in France.-Events:*24 March - The Euro Disneyland Project agreement is signed by The Walt Disney Company and the French government, enabling a theme park to be built to the east of Paris...
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Events from the year 1986 in France.
Events
- 20 January - The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel TunnelChannel TunnelThe Channel Tunnel is a undersea rail tunnel linking Folkestone, Kent in the United Kingdom with Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais near Calais in northern France beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover. At its lowest point, it is deep...
. - 12 February - Treaty of CanterburyTreaty of CanterburyThe Treaty of Canterbury was signed by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and French President François Mitterrand on 12 February 1986, and is the original document providing for the existing undersea tunnel between the two countries. The treaty is significant and unusual because it is a...
, Anglo-French Treaty on the Channel TunnelChannel TunnelThe Channel Tunnel is a undersea rail tunnel linking Folkestone, Kent in the United Kingdom with Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais near Calais in northern France beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover. At its lowest point, it is deep...
, is signed. - 16 February - The French Air ForceFrench Air ForceThe French Air Force , literally Army of the Air) is the air force of the French Armed Forces. It was formed in 1909 as the Service Aéronautique, a service arm of the French Army, then was made an independent military arm in 1933...
raids the Libyan Ouadi Doum airbase in northern ChadChadChad , officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west...
. - 16 March - Legislative ElectionFrench legislative election, 1986The French legislative elections took place on 16 March 1986 to elect the 8th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. Contrary to other legislative elections of the Fifth Republic, the electoral system used was that of Party-list proportional representation.Since the 1981 election of François...
held. - 16 March - Regional ElectionsFrench regional elections, 1986Regional elections were held in France on 16 March 1986. At stake were the presidencies of each of France's 26 régions, which, though they don't have legislative autonomy, manage sizeable budgets. The parliamentary right, led by the conservative Rally for the Republic and the centre-right Union for...
held. - 1 April - Le ParisienLe ParisienLe Parisien is a French daily newspaper covering both international and national news, and local news of Paris and its suburbs. It was established as Le Parisien libéré by Émilien Amaury in 1944, and the name was changed to the current one in 1986...
, the French national newspaper, causes a brief public outrage by reporting that the Eiffel TowerEiffel TowerThe Eiffel Tower is a puddle iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Built in 1889, it has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world...
will be relocated from its location in the centre of 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 the Euro Disney development site to the east of the city. It is quickly discovered to be an April Fools' DayApril Fools' DayApril Fools' Day is celebrated in different countries around the world on April 1 every year. Sometimes referred to as All Fools' Day, April 1 is not a national holiday, but is widely recognized and celebrated as a day when many people play all kinds of jokes and foolishness...
joke. - June - Launch of the Renault 21Renault 21The Renault 21 is a large family car produced by French automaker Renault between 1986 and 1994. It was also sold in North America through American Motors dealers as the Renault Medallion and the Eagle Medallion...
saloon and estate ranges, to replace the Renault 18Renault 18The Renault 18 is a large family car produced by French manufacturer Renault between 1978 and 1993 .-Development:...
. Meanwhile, the Renault 4Renault 4The Renault 4, also known as the 4L , is a hatchback economy car produced by the French automaker Renault between 1961 and 1992. It was the first front-wheel drive family car produced by Renault....
finishes production in France after 25 years and is switched to ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
where it is set to continue into the early 1990s. - 2 October - Launch of the Citroën AXCitroën AXThe Citroën AX is a supermini built by the French manufacturer Citroën from 1986 to 1998. The AX was launched at the 1986 Paris Motor Show to replace the Citroën Visa and Citroën LNA.-Overview:...
supermini. - 17 November - Georges BesseGeorges BesseGeorges Besse was a French businessman who led several large state-controlled French companies during his lifetime. He was assassinated outside his home on November 17, 1986...
, 58-year-old head of carmaker RenaultRenaultRenault S.A. is a French automaker producing cars, vans, and in the past, autorail vehicles, trucks, tractors, vans and also buses/coaches. Its alliance with Nissan makes it the world's third largest automaker...
, is shot dead outside his mansion in Paris; left-wing extremists are suspected of his murder.
Sport
- 4 July - Tour de France1986 Tour de FranceThe 1986 Tour de France was the 73rd Tour de France, taking place July 4 to July 27, 1986. The total race distance was 4094 km, distributed over 23 stages and a prologue. It was won by Greg LeMond, the first American to win the Tour...
begins. - 27 July - Tour de France ends, won by Greg LeMondGreg LeMondGregory James LeMond is a former professional road bicycle racer from the United States and a three-time winner of the Tour de France. He was born in Lakewood, California and raised in Reno, Nevada....
of the United States.
January to March
- 21 January - Julien JousseJulien JousseJulien Jousse is a professional racing driver from France.-Formula Ford:After spending time in karting between 1997 and 2001, Jousse began has circuit racing career in 2002 in the Formula Ford Kent series. In the three races he contested he took three podium finishes, including one race win...
, motor racing driver. - 13 February - Arnaud LescureArnaud LescureArnaud Lescure is a French football player. Currently, he plays in the Championnat de France amateur for Balma SC. While at Monaco, Lescure spent loan spells at Toulon and Rodez AF.-External links:...
,soccer player. - 14 February - Djamel AbdounDjamel AbdounDjamel Abdoun is an Algerian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Olympiacos.-Personal:...
, soccer player. - February 24 - Sébastien RouaultSébastien RouaultSébastien Rouault is a male freestyle swimmer from France, who competed for his native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China.- References :*...
, freestyle swimmer - 28 February - Dieudonné OwonaDieudonné OwonaDieudonné Owona is a French football defender. He currently plays for FC Brussels.After a 6 months loan, he signed a new contract with FC Brussels.-External links:*...
, soccer player. - 5 March - Alexandre BartheAlexandre BartheAlexandre Barthe is a French footballer who currently plays for Bulgarian side Ludogorets Razgrad as a defender.-Career:Barthe was born on 5 March 1986 in Avignon. He was raised in Saint-Étienne's youth teams. Between 2006 and 2008, he played for Rodez AF...
, soccer player. - 8 March - Aurélien CollinAurélien CollinAurélien Collin is a French footballer currently playing for Sporting Kansas City in Major League Soccer.-Career:...
, soccer player. - 19 March - Clément LhotellerieClément LhotellerieClément Lhotellerie is a French road racing cyclist.-Career:Lhotellerie was an accomplished mountain-biker and cyclo-cross rider before switching to the road. He had won the French cyclo-cross championships in Juniors and U23 categories. He turned professional for Skil-Shimano cycling team in 2007...
, cyclist.
April to June
- 15 April - Sylvain MarveauxSylvain MarveauxSylvain Marveaux is a French football player who currently plays for English club Newcastle United in the Premier League. He can play a variety of positions in the midfield, but is mostly utilized as a left-sided midfielder or an attacking midfielder. Marveaux is a former French under-21...
, soccer player. - 11 May - Abou DiabyAbou DiabyVassiriki Abou Diaby , commonly known as Abou Diaby, is a French footballer who plays for English club Arsenal in the Premier League and the France national team...
, soccer player. - 21 May - Guillaume LoriotGuillaume LoriotGuillaume Loriot is a French football midfielder. He currently plays for Valenciennes.-External links:** at L'Equipe.fr...
, soccer player. - 30 May - Anthony DelavaudAnthony DelavaudAnthony Delavaud is a French soccer midfielder currently playing for French Division d'honneur side FAR, La Rochelle.-External links:* at chamoisfc79.fr...
, soccer player. - 18 June - Richard GasquetRichard GasquetRichard Gasquet is a French professional tennis player. He won the mixed doubles Grand Slam title at the 2004 French Open, partnering Tatiana Golovin. His highest ranking in singles is #7. His best achievements in tennis are reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 2007 and later that year...
, tennis player. - 20 June - Mathieu CoutadeurMathieu CoutadeurMathieu Coutadeur is a French midfielder currently playing for Lorient. He is a centre midfielder known for his passing.-Club career:...
, soccer player. - 21 June - Alexandre RaineauAlexandre RaineauAlexandre Raineau is a French football midfielder. He currently plays for SM Caen.-External links:...
, soccer player. - 25 June - Guillaume QuellierGuillaume QuellierGuillaume Quellier is a French football midfielder. Currently, he plays in the Championnat de France amateur for the reserves team of SM Caen.-External links:...
, soccer player.
July to September
- 3 July - Romain DanzéRomain DanzéRomain Danzé is a French football player, currently playing for Stade Rennais in Ligue 1. He plays as a right-back, but can play as midfielder or as a left-back....
, soccer player. - 9 July - Sébastien BassongSébastien BassongSébastien Aymar Bassong Nguena is a French-born Cameroonian football defender who plays for Tottenham Hotspur and the Cameroon national football team.-Early career:...
, soccer player. - 11 July - Jean-Christophe Napoléon, claimant to headship of the House of Bonaparte.
- 12 July - Didier DigardDidier DigardDidier Digard is a French footballer who plays for Nice as a midfielder.-Le Havre AC:Digard started his career with Le Havre, and spent eight years at the club. He played over 70 league games for the club.-PSG:...
, soccer player. - 27 July - François BraudFrançois BraudFrançois Braud is a French Nordic combined skier who has been competing since 2003. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of fourth in the 4 x 5 km team event at Vancouver in 2010 while earning his best finish of 14th in the 10 km individual large hill event at those same...
, 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. - 6 August - Jérôme CoppelJérôme CoppelJérôme Coppel is a French road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team .He and compatriot Romain Sicard were the focus of a four-page spread in L’Equipe‘s weekly magazine, with the headline: Bientôt un crack française?...
, cyclist. - 7 August - Alexis AllartAlexis AllartAlexis Allart is a French football forward who currently plays for French team US Boulogne.-References:*...
, soccer player. - 9 August - Romain BrégerieRomain BrégerieRomain Brégerie is a French footballer who plays as a centre back for German 2nd division club Dynamo Dresden.-Career:...
, soccer player. - 11 August - Zoumana BakayogoZoumana BakayogoZoumana "Zoom" Bakayogo is a French-born Ivorian football defender, who currently plays for English club Tranmere Rovers.-Early career:...
, soccer player. - 13 August - Xavier PentecôteXavier PentecôteXavier Pentecôte is a French professional footballer who plays for OGC Nice, as a striker.-Career:Born in Saint-Dié, Pentecôte joined Toulouse in 2001 and turned professional in 2004...
, soccer player. - 17 August - Julien QuerciaJulien QuerciaJulien Quercia is a French footballer who currently plays for FC Lorient.- External links :...
, soccer player. - 19 August - Arnaud BrocardArnaud BrocardArnaud Brocard is a French goalkeeper who currently plays for Valenciennes FC. He previously played in Ligue 2 with RC Lens and Troyes AC in the Championnat National. He made the jump into professional football from the RC Lens youth academy in 2007.-References:...
, soccer player. - 20 August - Pernelle CarronPernelle CarronPernelle Carron is a French ice dancer. With partner Lloyd Jones, she is the 2010 French national champion. She is a French national medalist with Edouard Dezutter, Matthieu Jost and Lloyd Jones.- Career :...
, ice dancer. - 20 August - Damien GaudinDamien GaudinDamien Gaudin is a French road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team .-Palmares:2003...
, cyclist. - 1 September - Jean SarkozyJean SarkozyJean Sarkozy de Nagy-Bocsa is the son of the President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy from his first marriage, to Marie-Dominique Culioli. Jean is a regional councillor in the city of Neuilly-sur-Seine, France and registered as a 1st year Law student at Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University in 2007...
, regional councillor, son of President of France, Nicolas SarkozyNicolas SarkozyNicolas Sarkozy is the 23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. He assumed the office on 16 May 2007 after defeating the Socialist Party candidate Ségolène Royal 10 days earlier....
. - 11 September - Cédric AvinelCédric AvinelCédric Mickael Avinel is a Guadeloupean international footballer, who currently plays for Clermont Foot Auvergne 63.-Créteil and Watford:...
, soccer player. - 16 September - Gaëtan BelaudGaëtan BelaudGaëtan Belaud is a French association football midfielder, currently playing for French side Stade Lavallois in Ligue 2, the second tier of French football.-External links:* at FranceFootball...
, soccer player.
October to December
- 9 October - Laure ManaudouLaure ManaudouLaure Manaudou |Rhône]]) is a French Olympic, world and European champion swimmer. She is the daughter of a French father and a Dutch mother.- 2004 Olympics :...
, swimmer. - 10 October - Pierre Rolland, cyclist.
- 1 November - Arnaud MignardiArnaud MignardiArnaud Mignardi is a French rugby union footballer. He currently plays for SU Agen in the Top 14 championship. His usual position is as a centre....
, rugby unionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player. - 16 November - Maxime MédardMaxime MédardMaxime Médard is a French rugby union player who plays his club rugby for French club Stade Toulousain in Top 14 and France internationally. He can play as both a fullback and on the wing and is described by assistant national team coach Emile Ntamack as an "incredible talent" that, during the...
, rugby union player. - 17 October - Alexandre BonnetAlexandre BonnetAlexandre Bonnet is a French football midfielder currently playing for Le Havre AC in the French Ligue 2.- External links :*...
, soccer player. - 11 November - François Trinh-DucFrançois Trinh-DucFrançois Trinh-Duc is a French rugby union player for Montpellier Hérault RC in France's top division of rugby union, the Top 14. Trinh-Duc's regular position is at fly-half or outside centre.-Biography:...
, rugby union player. - 17 November - Alexis VastineAlexis VastineAlexis Vastine is a French boxer who qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Career:Vastine who comes from a boxing family is a lanky boxer-puncher who fights for the club BC Fourmetot....
, boxer. - 30 November - Abdoulaye Baldé, soccer player.
January to March
- 8 January - Pierre FournierPierre FournierPierre Fournier was a French cellist who was called the "aristocrat of cellists," on account of his elegant musicianship and majestic sound....
, cellist (b.19061906 in FranceSee also:1905 in France,other events of 1906,1907 in France.----Events from the year 1906 in France.-Events:*16 January - Algeciras Conference begins, to mediate the First Moroccan Crisis between France and Germany....
). - 9 January - Michel de CerteauMichel de CerteauMichel de Certeau was a French Jesuit and scholar whose work combined history, psychoanalysis, philosophy, and the social sciences.-Education:...
, Jesuit and scholar (b.19251925 in FranceSee also:1924 in France,other events of 1925,1926 in France.----Events from the year 1925 in France.-Events:*21 May to 25 october International Exhibition of Hydropower and Tourism in Grenoble....
). - 11 January - Roger TrinquierRoger TrinquierRoger Trinquier was a French Army officer during World War II, the First Indochina War and the Algerian War, serving mainly in airborne and Special forces units...
, army officer (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....
). - 12 January - Marcel ArlandMarcel ArlandMarcel Arland , was a French novelist, literary critic, and journalist.-Life:...
, novelist, literary critic and journalist (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....
). - 14 January - Thierry SabineThierry SabineThierry Sabine was a French wrangler, motorcycle racer, and founder and main organizer of Paris Dakar....
, motor cycle racer (b.19491949 in FranceSee also:1948 in France,other events of 1949,1950 in France.----Events from the year 1949 in France.-Events:*27 October - An airliner flying from Paris to New York crashes in the Azores island of São Miguel. Among the victims are violinist Ginette Neveu and boxer Marcel Cerdan...
). - 23 January - Yvonne LefébureYvonne LefébureYvonne Lefébure was a French pianist.Born in Ermont, she studied with Alfred Cortot at the Paris Conservatoire, taking a premier prix in piano and numerous other subjects. She soon appeared with the Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux and the Orchestre des Concerts Colonne and in recital. She...
, pianist (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....
). - 19 February - André Leroi-GourhanAndré Leroi-GourhanAndré Leroi-Gourhan was a French archaeologist, paleontologist, paleoanthropologist, and anthropologist with an interest in technology and aesthetics and a penchant for philosophical reflection.- Biography :...
, archaeologistArchaeologyArchaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...
, paleontologistPaleontologyPaleontology "old, ancient", ὄν, ὀντ- "being, creature", and λόγος "speech, thought") is the study of prehistoric life. It includes the study of fossils to determine organisms' evolution and interactions with each other and their environments...
, paleoanthropologistPaleoanthropologyPaleoanthropology, which combines the disciplines of paleontology and physical anthropology, is the study of ancient humans as found in fossil hominid evidence such as petrifacted bones and footprints.-19th century:...
and anthropologistAnthropologyAnthropology is the study of humanity. It has origins in the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. The term "anthropology" is from the Greek anthrōpos , "man", understood to mean mankind or humanity, and -logia , "discourse" or "study", and was first used in 1501 by German...
(b.19111911 in FranceSee also:1910 in France,other events of 1911,1912 in France.----Events from the year 1911 in France.-Events:*1 July - Agadir Crisis, sparked by deployment of German gunboat to the Moroccan port of Agadir....
). - 22 February - Jacques Pâris de BollardièreJacques Pâris de BollardièreJacques Pâris de Bollardière was a French Army general, famous for his non-violent positions during the 60s.-Early life:...
, General (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....
). - 23 March - Étienne MattlerÉtienne MattlerÉtienne Mattler was a French international footballer, nicknamed Le Lion de Belfort.Mattler, born in Belfort, played for the clubs US Belfort , Troyes AC , and FC Sochaux where he won two Ligue 1 titles in 1935 and 1938 and one Coupe de France in 1937.For the national team, he won 46 caps and...
, international soccer player (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....
).
April to June
- 14 April - Simone de BeauvoirSimone de BeauvoirSimone-Ernestine-Lucie-Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir, often shortened to Simone de Beauvoir , was a French existentialist philosopher, public intellectual, and social theorist. She wrote novels, essays, biographies, an autobiography in several volumes, and monographs on philosophy, politics, and...
, author and philosopher (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....
). - 15 April - Jean GenetJean GenetJean Genet was a prominent and controversial French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. Early in his life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but later took to writing...
, writer and political activist (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...
). - 17 April - Marcel DassaultMarcel DassaultMarcel Dassault, born Marcel Bloch was a French aircraft industrialist.-Biography:Dassault was born in Paris. After graduating from the lycée Condorcet, Breguet School and Supaero, he invented a type of aircraft propeller used by the French army during World War I and founded the Société des...
, aircraftAircraftAn aircraft is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air, or, in general, the atmosphere of a planet. An aircraft counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or by using the dynamic lift of an airfoil, or in a few cases the downward thrust from jet engines.Although...
industrialist (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...
). - 29 April - Henri de FranceHenri de FranceHenri Georges de France was a pioneering French television inventor. His inventions include the 819 line French standard and the SECAM color system...
, pioneering television inventor (b.19111911 in FranceSee also:1910 in France,other events of 1911,1912 in France.----Events from the year 1911 in France.-Events:*1 July - Agadir Crisis, sparked by deployment of German gunboat to the Moroccan port of Agadir....
). - 7 May - Gaston DefferreGaston DefferreGaston Defferre was a French socialist politician.-Biography:Lawyer and member of the French Section of the Workers' International political party, he was a member of the Brutus Network, a Resistance Socialist group during World War II...
, politician (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...
). - 16 June - Christian BeullacChristian BeullacChristian Beullac, French politician, born 29 November 1923 in Marseillan, , died 16 June 1986.- Biography :After secondary education in Nice and at the Champollion lycée in Grenoble, he went to the École Polytechnique in 1943 and entered the Corps des Ponts et Chaussées...
, politician and Minister (b.19231923 in FranceSee also:1922 in France,other events of 1923,1924 in France.----Events from the year 1923 in France.-Events:*11 January - Occupation of the Ruhr begins by French and Belgian troops to force Germany to pay its reparation payments....
). - 16 June - Maurice DurufléMaurice DurufléMaurice Duruflé was a French composer, organist, and pedagogue.Duruflé was born in Louviers, Eure. In 1912, he became chorister at the Rouen Cathedral Choir School, where he studied piano and organ with Jules Haelling...
, composer and organist (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....
). - 19 June - ColucheColucheMichel Colucci , better known as Coluche, was a French comedian and actor, famous for his irreverent sense of humour....
, comedian and actor (b.19441944 in FranceSee also:1943 in France,other events of 1944,1945 in France.----Events from the year 1944 in France.-Events:*15 March - The National Council of the French Resistance approves the Resistance programme....
).
July to September
- 1 July - Jean BaratteJean BaratteJean Baratte was a French international footballer who played as striker, and manager. He is an historic player of Lille OSC and the twelfth goalscorer in Ligue 1.-Titles:As a player...
, soccer player and manager (b.19231923 in FranceSee also:1922 in France,other events of 1923,1924 in France.----Events from the year 1923 in France.-Events:*11 January - Occupation of the Ruhr begins by French and Belgian troops to force Germany to pay its reparation payments....
). - 14 July - Raymond LoewyRaymond LoewyRaymond Loewy was an industrial designer, and the first to be featured on the cover of Time Magazine, on October 31, 1949. Born in France, he spent most of his professional career in the United States...
, industrial designer (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....
). - 14 August - Pierre BertauxPierre BertauxPierre Bertaux was a noted Resistant and French Germanist. While holding administrative positions, he also wrote on Friedrich Hölderlin...
, Germanist (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....
). - 15 August - Louis PeglionLouis PeglionLouis Peglion was a French professional road bicycle racer, who won one stage in the 1930 Tour de France. He was a touriste-routier in that Tour, which meant that he was not a member of a national team.- Palmarès :...
, cyclist (b.19061906 in FranceSee also:1905 in France,other events of 1906,1907 in France.----Events from the year 1906 in France.-Events:*16 January - Algeciras Conference begins, to mediate the First Moroccan Crisis between France and Germany....
). - 12 September - Jacques Henri LartigueJacques Henri LartigueJacques Henri Lartigue was a French photographer and painter.Born in Courbevoie to a wealthy family, he is most famous for his stunning photos of automobile races, planes and fashionable Parisian women from the turn of the century.He started taking photos when he was 7, his subject matter being...
, photographer and 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.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...
).
October to December
- 11 October - Georges DumézilGeorges DumézilGeorges Dumézil was a French comparative philologist best known for his analysis of sovereignty and power in Proto-Indo-European religion and society...
, philologist (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....
). - 1 November - Pierre ReppPierre ReppPierre Repp was a French humorist and actor. His real name was Pierre Alphonse Léon Frédéric Bouclet. On 14 August 1930, he married Ferdinande Alice Andrée Bouclet in Lille.Famous for his unique stuttering talent...
, humorist and actor (b.19091909 in FranceSee also:1908 in France,other events of 1909,1910 in France.----Events from the year 1909 in France.-Events:*20 February - The Futurist Manifesto, written by Italian Filippo Marinetti, is published in Le Figaro....
). - 13 November - Thierry Le LuronThierry Le LuronThierry Le Luron was a French impersonator and humorist.-External links:*...
, impersonatorImpersonatorAn impersonator is someone who imitates or copies the behavior or actions of another. There are many reasons for someone to be an impersonator, some common ones being as follows:...
and humorist (b.19521952 in FranceSee also:1951 in France,other events of 1952,1953 in France.----Events from the year 1952 in France.-Events:*25 February - Battle of Hoa Binh ends in defeat for French forces by the Viet Minh in Vietnam....
). - 17 November - Georges BesseGeorges BesseGeorges Besse was a French businessman who led several large state-controlled French companies during his lifetime. He was assassinated outside his home on November 17, 1986...
, businessman, assassinated (b.19271927 in FranceSee also:1926 in France,other events of 1927,1928 in France.----Events from the year 1927 in France.-Events:*20 May-21 May - First solo non-stop Trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris by Charles Lindbergh....
). - 27 November - Philippe ViannayPhilippe ViannayPhilippe Viannay was a French journalist.-School foundation:He founded the Centre de formation des journalistes, and, later, the sailing school Les Glénans.-French resistance:...
, journalist (b.19171917 in FranceSee also:1916 in France,other events of 1917,1918 in France.----Events from the year 1917 in France.-Events:*9 April - Battle of Arras, a British offensive, begins....
). - 27 December - André CailleuxAndré CailleuxAndré de Cayeux de Senarpont was a French paleontologist and geologist....
, paleontologist and geologistGeologistA geologist is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth as well as the processes and history that has shaped it. Geologists usually engage in studying geology. Geologists, studying more of an applied science than a theoretical one, must approach Geology using...
(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 BaronJacques BaronJacques Baron was a French surrealist poet whose first collection of poems was published in Aventure in 1921. Although he was initially involved with the Dada movement, he became a founding member of the Surrealist movement following his meeting with André Breton in 1921, and contributed to La...
, poet (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....
). - Albert MaletAlbert Malet (painter)Albert Malet was a French painter of the Rouen school.Malet was born at Bosc-le-Hard. A retrospective of his work was held at the hôtel de Bourgtheroulde at Rouen in 2006.- Bibliography :...
, painter (b.19121912 in FranceSee also:1911 in France,other events of 1912,1913 in France.----Events from the year 1912 in France.-Events:*7 March - Aviator Henri Seimet makes the first non-stop flight from Paris to London in three hours....
). - Henri MichelHenri Michel (historian)Henri Michel is a French historian, who studied the Second World War. He created the Comité d'Histoire de la Deuxième Guerre Mondiale and the Revue d'Histoire de la Deuxième Guerre Mondiale....
, historian (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....
). - Marcel SimonMarcel SimonMarcel Simon was a French specialist in the history of religions, particularly relations between Christianity and Judaism in antiquity.His major work, Verus Israel, was published in 1948; it has been described as 'seminal'....
, historian (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....
). - Roger TrézelRoger TrezelRoger Trézel was a famous French bridge player. A World Bridge Federation Grand Master, he was the winner of World Team Olympiad in Turin 1960, Bermuda Bowl in Paris 1956, and World Open Pairs Championship in Cannes 1962. He is one of only 10 players who collected the Triple Crown of Bridge...
, bridgeContract bridgeContract bridge, usually known simply as bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard deck of 52 playing cards played by four players in two competing partnerships with partners sitting opposite each other around a small table...
player (b.19181918 in FranceSee also:1917 in France,other events of 1918,1919 in France.----Events from the year 1918 in France.-Events:*21 March - Second Battle of the Somme begins....
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