1987 in France
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1986 in France
See also:1985 in France,other events of 1986,1987 in France.----Events from the year 1986 in France.-Events:*20 January - The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel....
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other events of 1987,
1988 in France
1988 in France
See also:1987 in France,other events of 1988,1989 in France.----Events from the year 1988 in France.-Events:*29 March - African National Congress representative Dulcie September assassinated in Paris.*24 April - Presidential Election held....
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Events from the year 1987 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
- 24 March - The Euro Disneyland Project agreement is signed by The Walt Disney CompanyThe Walt Disney CompanyThe Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into...
and the French government, enabling a theme park to be built to the east of Paris. It is expected to open in 1991. - 11 May - Klaus BarbieKlaus BarbieNikolaus 'Klaus' Barbie was an SS-Hauptsturmführer , Gestapo member and war criminal. He was known as the Butcher of Lyon.- Early life :...
goes on trial in LyonLyonLyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
for war crimeWar crimeWar crimes are serious violations of the laws applicable in armed conflict giving rise to individual criminal responsibility...
s committed during World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. - May - PeugeotPeugeotPeugeot is a major French car brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citroën, the second largest carmaker based in Europe.The family business that precedes the current Peugeot company was founded in 1810, and manufactured coffee mills and bicycles. On 20 November 1858, Emile Peugeot applied for the lion...
launches the 405Peugeot 405The Peugeot 405 is a large family car released by the French automaker Peugeot in July 1987 and which continues to be manufactured under licence outside France. It used TU/XU petrol and XUD diesel engines....
range of four-door saloons; a five-door estate is to follow next year. It will be built in France and also at the old Rootes/Chrysler EuropeChrysler EuropeChrysler Europe was a division of the Chrysler Corporation that operated between 1967 and 1979.-Formation:In the 1960s, Chrysler sought to become a world producer of automobiles. The company had never had much success outside North America, contrasting with Ford's worldwide reach and General...
factory in Britain. - 4 July - A court in LyonLyonLyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
sentences former Gestapo boss Klaus BarbieKlaus BarbieNikolaus 'Klaus' Barbie was an SS-Hauptsturmführer , Gestapo member and war criminal. He was known as the Butcher of Lyon.- Early life :...
to life imprisonmentLife imprisonmentLife imprisonment is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime under which the convicted person is to remain in jail for the rest of his or her life...
for crimes against humanity. - 1 December - Construction of 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 initiated. - 17 December - Peugeot 405 is elected European Car of the YearEuropean Car of the YearThe European Car of the Year award was established in 1964 by a collective of automobile magazines from different countries in Europe. The current organisers of the award are Auto , Autocar , Autopista , Autovisie , L'Automobile Magazine , Stern and Vi Bilägare .The voting jury consists of motoring...
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Sport
- 20 April - Professional cyclist and reigning Tour de FranceTour de FranceThe Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...
winner 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....
is accidentally shot while turkey hunting. - 1 July - Tour de France1987 Tour de FranceThe 1987 Tour de France was the 74th Tour de France, taking place from July 1 to July 26, 1987. It consisted of 25 stages over 4231 km, ridden at an average speed of 36.645 km/h...
begins. - 26 July - Tour de France ends, won by Stephen RocheStephen RocheStephen Roche is a retired professional road racing cyclist. In a 13-year professional career, he peaked in 1987, becoming only the second cyclist to win the Triple Crown of victories in the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia stage races, plus the World road race championship...
of IrelandRepublic of IrelandIreland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
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January to March
- 2 January - Loïc RémyLoïc RémyLoïc Rémy is a French international footballer who plays for French club Marseille in Ligue 1. Rémy primarily plays in the lead striker role, but also operates on the wings and as a second striker...
, soccer player. - 23 January - Cyril CinéluCyril CinéluCyril Cinélu, born 23 January 1987 in Lagny-sur-Marne, is a Francophone singer originally from Martinique who won the sixth season of Star Academy on 22 December 2006.- Biography :...
, singer. - 9 February - Jérémy AcedoJérémy AcedoJérémy Acedo is a French footballer. He currently plays for AS Moulins.-External links:* * *...
, soccer player. - 15 February - Romain GasmiRomain GasmiRomain Gasmi is a French footballer of Algerian descent currently playing for Thai Division 1 League side Bangkok United-Career:...
, soccer player. - 16 February - Willy AubameyangWilly AubameyangWilliam-Fils "Willy" Aubameyang is a French-born Gabonese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He is currently unattached.-Club career:Aubameyang joined AC Milan from Triestina in 2005...
, soccer player. - 17 February - Thomas AyasseThomas AyasseThomas Ayasse is a French football midfielder. He currently plays for AC Arles-Avignon in the French Ligue 1.-External links: *...
, soccer player. - 26 February - Jean-Philippe SaboJean-Philippe SaboJean-Philippe Sabo is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 1 club Marseille.-Career:Born in Gouvieux, Sabo began his career with Marseille, making his debut during the 2007–08 season. Sabo spent the 2008–09 season on loan at Montpellier and spent the...
, soccer player. - 28 February - Édouard CollinEdouard CollinEdouard Collin , is a French actor.- Filmography :* Nés en 68, 2008* Hellphone, 2007* Les irréductibles, 2006...
, actor. - 4 March - Jean-Philippe MendyJean-Philippe MendyJean Philippe Mendy is a French footballer who plays for SPAL in Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione.Mendy started his professional career at Swiss 1. Liga.-External links:***...
, soccer player. - 7 March - Hatem Ben ArfaHatem Ben ArfaHatem Ben Arfa is a French association football player who plays for English club Newcastle United in the Premier League. He plays as a winger, preferably on the left side, and an attacking midfielder...
, soccer player. - 13 March - Pierre JaminPierre JaminPierre Jamin is a French midfielder currently playing for Championnat de France amateur Group C side Les Herbiers.-Career:Jamin started his career with Chamois Niortais, where he joined the youth team in 2001...
, soccer player. - 14 March - Aravane RezaïAravane RezaïAravane Rezaï is an Iranian-French tennis player born in Saint-Étienne, France to Iranian parents. She is the current French No. 5 in women's tennis. Rezaï took up tennis after a childhood stint as her older brother's ball girl...
, tennis player. - 16 March - Fabien LemoineFabien LemoineFabien Lemoine is a French professional footballer who plays for Saint-Étienne, as a midfielder.-External links:...
, soccer player. - 21 March - Maxime JosseMaxime JosseMaxime Josse is French football player who currently plays for Bulgarian A PFG side Litex Lovech.Josse was part of the France national youth football team that won the 2004 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship....
, soccer player. - 23 March - Nathalie FauquetteNathalie FauquetteNathalie Fauquette is a French Rhythmic Gymnast. She started the sport at the age of 7. She currently trains at the Rhythmic Club in Calais under Katia Guillère.-External links:...
, rhythmic gymnastRhythmic gymnasticsRhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which individuals or teams of competitors manipulate one or two pieces of apparatus: rope, clubs, hoop, ball, ribbon and Free . An individual athlete only manipulates 1 apparatus at a time...
. - 24 March - Pierre-Loup BouquetPierre-Loup BouquetPierre-Loup Bouquet is a French ice dancer. With former partner, Zoé Blanc, he is the 2008 French bronze medalist and 2007 junior national champion. They retired from competition in 2011. Bouqet has worked as a choreographer. Bouquet previously competed with Marylin Clavier.- Results :*J. =...
, ice dancer. - 31 March - Amaury BischoffAmaury BischoffAmaury Armindo Bischoff is a French–Portuguese footballer who plays for C.D. Aves as a central midfielder.-Early years:Bischoff was born in Colmar, Haut-Rhin, the son of a French father - from Alsace - and a Portuguese mother....
, soccer player.
April to June
- 4 April - Jérémy TaravelJérémy TaravelJérémy Taravel is a French footballer currently playing for Belgian club K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen.-Career:...
, soccer player. - 16 April - Loris ArnaudLoris ArnaudLoris Arnaud is a French footballer, who currently plays for Paris Saint-Germain.-References:...
, soccer player. - 16 April - Lhadji BadianeLhadji BadianeLhadji Badiane is a French football striker who currently plays for Stade Lavallois.-References:** at L'Equipe.fr...
, soccer player. - 18 April - Anthony RouxAnthony RouxAnthony Roux is a French road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team .- Palmares :200320052007...
, cyclist. - 18 April - Kévin SireauKévin SireauKévin Sireau is a French professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:200320042005Kévin Sireau is a French professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:...
, cyclist. - 29 April - Basile CamerlingBasile CamerlingBasile Camerling is a French football player who currently plays for Sports Réunis Colmar.- Career :...
, soccer player. - 6 May - Romain BeyniéRomain BeyniéRomain Beynié is a French midfielder currently playing for FC Gueugnon.-Career:* 1993-2001 : Football Club de L'Arbresle* 2001-Jan.2010 : Olympique lyonnais* 2008-2009 : AFC Tubize * Since Jan.2010 : FC Gueugnon...
, soccer player. - 7 May - Pierre DucassePierre Ducasse (footballer)Pierre Ducasse is a French football midfielder currently playing for RC Lens.-External links:*...
, soccer player. - 7 May - Serge GakpéSerge GakpéSerge Gakpé is a French-born Togolese football midfielder who plays for French club FC Nantes.-Playing career:...
, soccer player. - 7 May - Jérémy MenezJérémy MenezJérémy Ménez is a French international footballer who currently plays for French club Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1. He plays many positions in the attacking midfield, usually as a winger and a playmaker...
, soccer player. - 12 May - Loïc Lumbilla KandjaLoïc Lumbilla KandjaLoïc Lumbilla–Kandja is a French footballer of Congolese descent.-Career:Lumbilla Kandja started his career at Paris FC. In July 2004, along with Tijani Belaid, they were signed for Internazionale....
, soccer player. - 15 May - Kévin ConstantKévin ConstantKévin Constant is a French-born Guinean footballer who plays for Italian side Genoa of Serie A.-Career:Constant progressed through the ranks of the reserves. In 2006, he was promoted to Toulouse's first-team squad. In 2008, he moved to Ligue 2 side LB Châteauroux.In September 2010, he was signed...
, soccer player. - 7 June - Jean Philippe BaileJean Philippe BaileJean-Philippe Baile is a French professional rugby league footballer for Catalans Dragons of Super League.Jean-Philippe Baile's position of choice is as a [Rugby_league_positions#Centre|Centre]] and he can play on the wing....
, rugby leagueRugby leagueRugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
player. - 9 June - Toumani DiagouragaToumani DiagouragaToumani Diagouraga is a French footballer of Malian descent who plays for Brentford as a central midfielder.-Career:Diagouraga was born in Paris to Malian parents and was spotted by a Watford scout, subsequently joining the Hornets Academy. He signed professional terms in November 2004 aged 16,...
, soccer player. - 9 June - Valentin RobergeValentin RobergeValentin Roberge is a French footballer who currently plays for the Primeira Liga side C.S. Marítimo.-External links:*...
, soccer player. - 26 June - Samir NasriSamir NasriSamir Nasri is a French international footballer who plays for English club Manchester City in the Premier League and the France national team. He primarily plays as an attacking midfielder and a winger, although he has also been deployed in central midfield. Nasri is known for his technical...
, international soccer player. - 27 June - Jean-François ChristopheJean-François ChristopheJean-Francois Christophe is a French footballer who is currently playing for Lincoln City.-Career:Christophe began his career at French Ligue 1 club RC Lens...
, soccer player.
July to September
- 21 July - Bilel MohsniBilel MohsniBilel Mohsni is a French-Tunisian footballer. He currently plays for the Football League Two side Southend United.-Playing career:...
, footballer. - 23 July - Élodie BrouillerÉlodie BrouillerÉlodie Brouiller is a French ice dancer.Between 2005 and 2007, she competed with Benoît Richaud. They were the 2006 French junior national champions and the 2007 junior national silver medalists. They were two time comeptitors at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships, placing 7th at the...
, ice dancer. - 24 July - Nordine AssamiNordine AssamiNordine Assami is a French-Algerian professional football player. He is currently playing for JS Kabylie in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.-Club career:...
, soccer player. - 24 July - Cyriaque LouvionCyriaque LouvionCyriaque Louvion is a French football defender. He currently plays for Le Havre.-External links:* at L'Equipe.fr...
, soccer player. - 30 July - Benoît CostilBenoît CostilBenoît Costil is a French football goalkeeper who plays for Rennes.-Career:Costil started his career at SM Caen in Ligue 1 but only made a 10 performances for the club before being sent on loan in the 2008/2009 season to Vannes Olympique Club in Ligue 2...
, soccer player. - 6 August - Rémy RiouRémy RiouRémy Riou is a French football goalkeeper who plays for Toulouse.He was a member Lyon's first team since 2003, but failed to make his Ligue 1 debut for the club and moved to Lorient on a one-season loan in July 2006. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 4 November 2006 in the Lorient's 1–0 away victory...
, soccer player. - 8 August - Pierre BoulangerPierre BoulangerPierre Boulanger is a French actor. He is known for 2003's film Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran, where he played a young Jewish boy, Moises "Momo" Schmidt. And also 2008's film Nos 18 ans where he played Richard. The young actor was then reported to be concentrating on his studies, thus...
, actor. - 19 August - Anaïs LamecheAnaïs LamecheAnaïs Helena Kretz Lameche is an original member of the Swedish pop group Play. She is the only member of Play out of its seven different members to appear in all four different line-ups of the group...
, singer. - 11 September - Clément ChantômeClément ChantômeClément Chantôme is a French footballer who currently plays for French club Paris Saint-Germain.-Career:Rising through the ranks of PSG's youth academy, he has already drawn comparisons to Didier Deschamps in terms of his determination and ballwinning ability...
, soccer player. - 18 September - Ludovic GenestLudovic GenestLudovic Genest born September 18, 1987 is a French footballer currently playing for Bastia in the French Ligue 2.-References:...
, soccer player.
October to December
- 15 October - Serge AkakpoSerge AkakpoSerge Ognadon Akakpo is a Togolese footballer. He plays at centre back for NK CM Celje in the Slovenian First League.-Career:...
, soccer player. - 1 December - Rémi SergioRémi SergioRémi Sergio is a French football player who plays as an offensive midfielder. He currently plays for Troyes AC in Ligue 2.-References:*...
, soccer player. - 19 December - Cédric BaseyaCédric BaseyaCédric Baseya is a DR Congolese-French professional footballer who plays for Barnet.-Club career:Baseya is a right forward who formerly played for Southampton in the English Championship....
, soccer player. - 31 December - Émilie Le PennecÉmilie Le PennecÉmilie Le Pennec was the first French gymnast to win an individual Olympic medal in women's artistic gymnastics....
, gymnastGymnasticsGymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
, Olympic gold medallist.
January to June
- 2 January - Jean de GribaldyJean de GribaldyJean de Gribaldy was a French road cyclist and directeur sportif.-Biography:Born in Besançon, former professional racing cyclist from 1945 to 1954, Jean de Gribaldy began a successful career as a directeur sportif in the mid-1960s .Called le Vicomte , he discovered Sean Kelly, Joaquim Agostinho...
, cyclist and directeur sportifDirecteur sportifA directeur sportif is a person directing a cycling team during a road bicycle racing event...
(b.19221922 in FranceSee also:1921 in France,other events of 1922,1923 in France.----Events from the year 1922 in France.-Events:The year 1922 was signalized at its opening by the conference of Cannes, between France, the United Kingdom, and Belgium, which met to consider the situation created by Germany's declaration...
). - 31 January - Yves AllégretYves AllégretYves Allégret was a French film director in the film noir genre.He is noted as having been the husband of actress Simone Signoret between the years 1944–1949.-Selected filmography:...
, film director (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....
). - 18 February - Edmond PagèsEdmond PagèsEdmond Pagès was a French professional road bicycle racer. Pagès won a stage in the 1939 Tour de France.- Palmarès :1939- External links :*...
, cyclist (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....
). - 24 February - Henri PinaultHenri PinaultHenri-Marie-Ernest-Désiré Pinault was the Roman Catholic bishop of Chengdu from 1949 until 1983, four years before his death.-Early life :...
, Roman Catholic Bishop of Chengdu (b. 19041904 in FranceSee also:1903 in France,other events of 1904,1905 in France.----Events from the year 1904 in France.-Events:*8 April - Entente cordiale, a series of agreements signed between the United Kingdom and France.-Sport:...
). - 15 March - Léon FleuriotLéon FleuriotLéon Fleuriot was a French academic specializing in Celtic languages and in history, particularly that of Gallo-Roman Brittany and of the Early Middle Ages....
, linguist and historian (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....
). - 19 March - Louis de Broglie, 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 a Nobel laureate (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...
). - 1 April - Henri CochetHenri CochetHenri Jean Cochet was a champion tennis player, one of the famous "Four Musketeers" from France who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s....
, tennis player (b.19011901 in FranceSee also:1900 in France,other events of 1901,1902 in France.----Events from the year 1901 in France.-Arts and literature:*17 March - A showing of 71 Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris, 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.-Sport:...
). - 3 May - DalidaDalidaDalida , born with Italian name of Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, was a world-famous singer and actress born in Egypt with Italian origins but naturalised French with the name Yolanda Gigliotti. She spent her early years in Egypt amongst the Italian Egyptian community, but she lived most of her adult...
, singer (b.19331933 in FranceSee also:1932 in France,other events of 1933,1934 in France.----Events from the year 1933 in France.-Events:*30 January - Édouard Daladier forms a government in France....
). - 23 June - Sauveur DucazeauxSauveur DucazeauxSauveur Ducazeaux was a French professional road bicycle racer. He won one stage in the 1936 Tour de France. After his cycling career, he became a team captain. In 1956, he was the team captain of Roger Walkowiak, who surprisingly won the 1956 Tour de France.- Palmarès :19331936- External links :*...
, cyclist (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....
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July to December
- 6 July - Pierre MarcilhacyPierre MarcilhacyPierre Marcilhacy was a French politician.He was a Senator for the Charente, sitting in the Democratic Left group. He ran against Charles de Gaulle in the French presidential election, 1965 for the European Liberal Party, a small centrist liberal group...
, 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...
). - 23 August - Didier PironiDidier PironiDidier Joseph Louis Pironi was a racing driver from France. During his career he competed in 72 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, driving for Tyrrell , Ligier and Ferrari...
, motor racing driver (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....
). - 3 October - Jean AnouilhJean AnouilhJean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh was a French dramatist whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1943 play Antigone, an adaptation of Sophocles' Classical drama, that was seen as an attack on Marshal Pétain's...
, dramatist (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...
). - 27 October - Jean HélionJean HélionJean Hélion was a French painter whose abstract work of the 1930s established him as a leading modernist. His midcareer rejection of abstraction was followed by nearly five decades as a figurative painter...
, painter and author (b.19041904 in FranceSee also:1903 in France,other events of 1904,1905 in France.----Events from the year 1904 in France.-Events:*8 April - Entente cordiale, a series of agreements signed between the United Kingdom and France.-Sport:...
). - 28 October - André MassonAndré MassonAndré-Aimé-René Masson was a French artist.-Biography:Masson was born in Balagny-sur-Thérain, Oise, but was brought up in Belgium. He began his study of art at the age of eleven in Brussels, at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts under the guidance of Constant Montald, and later he studied in Paris...
, artist (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 ....
). - 1 November - Pierre MatignonPierre MatignonPierre Matignon was the French racing cyclist who held last place in the Tour de France but won one of its most prestigious stages alone.-Background:...
, cyclist (b.19431943 in FranceSee also:1942 in France,other events of 1943,1944 in France.----Events from the year 1943 in France.-Events:*22 January - Battle of Marseille begins...
). - 3 November - André RoussinAndré RoussinAndré Roussin, , was a French playwright. Born in Marseille, he was elected to the Académie française April 12, 1973.-Bibliography:*1933 Patiences et impatiences*1944 Am Stram Gram...
, playwright (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....
). - 4 November - Pierre SeghersPierre SeghersPierre Seghers was a French poet and editor. During the Second World War he took part in the French Resistance movement....
, poet and editor (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....
). - 5 November - Georges FranjuGeorges Franju-External links:* at Allmovie...
, filmmaker (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....
). - 6 November - Jean RivierJean RivierJean Rivier was a French composer of classical music.He composed over two hundred works, including music for orchestra, chamber groups, chorus, piano, and solo instruments....
, composer (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 ....
). - 18 November - Jacques AnquetilJacques AnquetilJacques Anquetil was a French road racing cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964...
, cyclist, five times Tour de FranceTour de FranceThe Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...
winner (b.19341934 in FranceSee also:1933 in France,other events of 1934,1935 in France.----Events from the year 1934 in France.-Events:*6 February - an anti-parliamentarist demonstration organised in Paris by far-right leagues, finished in a riot and led to a political crisis.*9 February - Gaston Doumergue forms a new...
). - 2 December - Luis Federico LeloirLuis Federico LeloirLuis Federico Leloir was an Argentine doctor and biochemist who received the 1970 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He was the first Spanish-speaking scientist to ever receive the award...
, doctorPhysicianA physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
and biochemistBiochemistryBiochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...
who received the 1970 Nobel PrizeNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
in Chemistry (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....
). - 3 December - Pierre Mollaret, neurologistNeurologistA neurologist is a physician who specializes in neurology, and is trained to investigate, or diagnose and treat neurological disorders.Neurology is the medical specialty related to the human nervous system. The nervous system encompasses the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. A specialist...
(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....
). - 13 December - Julien DaruiJulien DaruiJulien Darui was a French football goalkeeper, who had stints as a coach after his playing career.Born in Luxembourg during World War I, Darui was capped 25 times for France...
, international soccer player (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....
). - 15 December - François BordeFrançois BordeFrançois Borde was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was born in Lourdes and died in Bayonne.In 1920 he won the silver medal as member of the French team.-External links:...
, 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 (b.18991899 in FranceSee also:1898 in France,other events of 1899,1900 in France.----Events from the year 1899 in France.-Events:*16 April - Battle of Lougou, French victory in Niger....
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- Roland AnsieauRoland AnsieauRoland Ansieau was an early 20th century French art deco graphic artist, best known for his 1935 "Berger 45" wine advertisement which is widely reproduced as poster prints. Ansieau also created colorful illustrations for a 1931 seasonal guide to Deauville "the flowered beach". Little else is...
, graphic artist (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:...
). - Norbert CasteretNorbert CasteretNorbert Casteret was a famous French caver and adventurer, and is one of the most recognisable names in caving worldwide. Following Édouard-Alfred Martel , Casteret, along with Robert de Joly, became a leading figure of French speleology between the world wars and into the middle of the 20th...
, caver and adventurer (b.18971897 in FranceSee also:1896 in France,other events of 1897,1898 in France.----Events from the year 1897 in France.-Events:*9 December - First issue of the feminist newspaper La Fronde is published by Marguerite Durand.-Arts and literature:...
). - Henri DecaëHenri DecaëHenri Decaë gained fame as a cinematographer entering the film industry as a sound engineer and sound editor. He was a photojournalist in the French army during World War II. After the war he began making documentary shorts, directing and photographing industrial and commercial films...
, cinematographer (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....
). - Robert FilliouRobert FilliouRobert Filliou was a French Fluxus artist, who produced works as a filmmaker, "action poet," sculptor, and happenings maestro....
, artist (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....
). - René HardyRené HardyRené Hardy was a French resistant during World War II. He was captured by the Gestapo and agreed to work with Klaus Barbie although it is not clear to what extent. He may have given information leading to the capture of Jean Moulin and of a number of other resistance leaders on 21 June 1943, at a...
, 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.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....
). - Raymond RuyerRaymond RuyerRaymond Ruyer was a French philosopher in the late 20th century. Author of many important works, he covered several topics such as the philosophy of biology, the philosophy of informatics, the philosophy of value and others...
, philosopher (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....
). - Michel TapiéMichel TapiéMichel Tapié was an internationally active French critic, curator, and collector of art. He was an early and influential theorist and practitioner of "tachisme", which is generally regarded as the European equivalent of abstract expressionism...
, artist, criticArt criticAn art critic is a person who specializes in evaluating art. Their written critiques, or reviews, are published in newspapers, magazines, books and on web sites...
, curatorCuratorA curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material...
and art collector (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....
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