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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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1990 in France
See also:1989 in France,other events of 1990,1991 in France.----Events from the year 1990 in France.-Events:*15 May - Launch of the Renault Clio supermini, which will eventually replace the Renault 5....
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France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Events
- January - Two women, Nathalie Menigon and Joelle Aubron (both member of left-wing extremist group Action Directe), are found guilty of murdering 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...
owner 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...
, who was shot dead in ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
November 1986. They are both sentenced 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...
, as are Jean-Marc Rouillan and Georges Cipriani who are found guilty of being accomplices. - 12 March - Municipal ElectionsFrench municipal elections, 1989Municipal elections were held in France on 12 and 19 March 1989. After the 1983 disaster, the left did relatively well in 1989. They gained Nantes, Strasbourg, Brest, Orléans, Mulhouse, Avignon, Chambéry, and Blois while losing Amiens, Saint-Malo, and Laon. The Communists continued their decline....
held. - 19 March - Municipal ElectionsFrench municipal elections, 1989Municipal elections were held in France on 12 and 19 March 1989. After the 1983 disaster, the left did relatively well in 1989. They gained Nantes, Strasbourg, Brest, Orléans, Mulhouse, Avignon, Chambéry, and Blois while losing Amiens, Saint-Malo, and Laon. The Communists continued their decline....
held. - 29 March - The glass pyramids, designed by ChineseChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
-American artist I.M. Pei, are unveiled at the entrance the LouvreLouvreThe Musée du Louvre – in English, the Louvre Museum or simply the Louvre – is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement...
in ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. - 23 May - CitroënCitroënCitroën is a major French automobile manufacturer, part of the PSA Peugeot Citroën group.Founded in 1919 by French industrialist André-Gustave Citroën , Citroën was the first mass-production car company outside the USA and pioneered the modern concept of creating a sales and services network that...
launches the all-new XMCitroën XMThe Citroën XM is an executive car that was produced by the French automaker Citroën between 1989 and 2000. Citroën sold 333,775 XMs during the model's 11 years of production...
executive car, a replacement for the 15-year-old CXCitroën CXThe Citroën CX is an automobile produced by the French automaker Citroën from 1974 to 1991. Citroën sold nearly 1.2 million CXs during its 16 years of production. The CX was voted European Car of the Year in 1975....
. - 15 June - European Parliament ElectionEuropean Parliament election, 1989 (France)On 15 June 1989 the third direct elections to the European Parliament were held in the France. Six lists were able to win seats: an alliance of the centre right Union for French Democracy and the Gaullist Rally for the Republic, an alliance of the Socialist Party and the PRG, the French Communist...
held. - 14 July - France celebrates the 200th anniversary of the French RevolutionFrench RevolutionThe French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
. - 14 July - 15th G7 summit15th G7 summitThe 15th G7 Summit was held in the business district of La Défense to the west of Paris, France between July 14 to 16, 1989. The venue for the summit meetings was the Grande Arche which was rushed to completion for celebrations marking the bicentennial of the French Revolution and for the world...
at the Grande ArcheGrande ArcheLa Grande Arche de la Défense is a monument and building in the business district of La Défense and in the commune of Puteaux, to the west of Paris, France...
in ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
begins. - 16 July - 15th G7 summit ends.
- 19 September - UTA Flight 772UTA Flight 772UTA Flight 772 of the French airline Union des Transports Aériens was a scheduled flight operating from Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo, via N'Djamena in Chad, to Paris CDG airport in France....
broke up over the Sahara Desert following an explosion. 156 passengers and 14 crew were killed. - November - The Citroën XMCitroën XMThe Citroën XM is an executive car that was produced by the French automaker Citroën between 1989 and 2000. Citroën sold 333,775 XMs during the model's 11 years of production...
is voted 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
- 1 July - Tour de France1989 Tour de FranceThe 1989 Tour de France was the 76th Tour de France, a race of 21 stages and a prologue, over 3285 km in total. In the closest tour in history, Greg LeMond was behind by 50 seconds at the start of the final stage, a time trial into Paris. LeMond rode for an average speed of 54.55 km/h ,...
begins. - 9 July - French Grand Prix1989 French Grand PrixThe 1989 French Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Paul Ricard on July 9, 1989.-Report:The race saw four drivers replaced by drivers making their first Formula One start: Jean Alesi replaced Michele Alboreto at Tyrrell, Éric Bernard replaced Yannick Dalmas at Larrousse, Martin Donnelly...
won by Alain ProstAlain ProstAlain Marie Pascal Prost, OBE, Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur is a French racing driver. A four-time Formula One Drivers' Champion, Prost has won more titles than any driver except for Juan Manuel Fangio , and Michael Schumacher . From 1987 until 2001 Prost held the record for most Grand Prix...
. - 23 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 StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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Births
- 8 January - Dominique MalongaDominique MalongaDominique Sossorobla Malonga is a French footballer of DR Congo origin. He plays for Cesena, on loan from Torino.He made his Serie A debut on 23 September 2007, against A.C. Siena....
, soccer player. - 10 February - Kévin AubeneauKévin AubeneauKévin Aubeneau is a goalkeeper currently playing for French Ligue 2 side Stade Laval. Between 2007 and 2011 he played for his hometown club Chamois Niortais, where he made 87 league appearances...
, soccer player. - 26 February - Gabriel ObertanGabriel ObertanGabriel Antoine Obertan is a French footballer who plays for Newcastle United in the Premier League. He primarily plays as a winger, but can also play in the centre of midfield and as a striker....
, soccer player. - 6 April - Djamel BakarDjamel BakarDjamel Bakar is a French football player of Comorian descent currently playing for Ligue 1 club AS Nancy.-Biography:...
, soccer player. - 3 July - Jean-Armel Kana-BiyikJean-Armel Kana-BiyikJean-Armel Kana-Biyik is a Cameroonian footballer who currently plays for French club Rennes in Ligue 1.- Career :Born in Metz, France, Kana-Biyik began his career at Le Havre in 2005 and was promoted to the first team in 2008, he made his debut on 22 February 2008 against Dijon FCO in the Ligue 2...
, soccer player. - 16 August - Moussa SissokoMoussa SissokoMoussa Sissoko is a French football player of Malian descent who currently plays for French club Toulouse in Ligue 1. He plays as a box-to-box midfielder capable of playing in either the holding role or as an attacker. Sissoko is described as a "well-rounded central midfielder" who is "tall,...
, soccer player. - 8 October - Armand TraoréArmand TraoréArmand Mohamed Traoré is a French-born Senegalese footballer who plays for Queens Park Rangers as a left back. Traoré is a product of the famous Arsenal Academy, he has also represented France at under-19 and under-21 levels, but has since opted to represent his parents' native country, Senegal,...
, soccer player. - 10 November - Parfait MandandaParfait MandandaParfait Mandanda is a Congolese-French footballer. He currently plays as a goalkeeper for Altay S.K. in the TFF First League.-Career:...
, soccer player. - 17 December - André AyewAndré AyewAndré Morgan Rami Ayew is a Ghanaian football player who currently plays for French club Marseille in Ligue 1. He is often referred to as simply Dédé. Ayew plays as a winger, but can play as a striker...
, soccer player.
January to March
- 5 February - André CheuvaAndré CheuvaAndré Cheuva was a French footballer who played midfielder. After retiring he became a manager, and won 4 Coupe de France with Lille O.S.C..-References:*...
, soccer player (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....
). - 6 February - André CayatteAndré CayatteAndré Cayatte was a French New Wave filmmaker and lawyer, who became known for his films centering on themes of crime, justice, and moral responsibility, themes which Cayatte persisted in affirming regardless of changing contemporary attitudes.Some of Cayatte's earlier films that covered these...
, filmmaker (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....
). - 7 February - Gilbert SimondonGilbert SimondonGilbert Simondon was a French philosopher best known for his theory of individuation, a major source of inspiration for Gilles Deleuze and Bernard Stiegler.- Career :...
, philosopher (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....
). - 17 February - Guy LarocheGuy LarocheGuy Laroche was a French fashion designer and founder of the eponymous company.Laroche began his career in millinery and, from 1949, Laroche worked for Jean Desses and eventually became his assistant. In 1955, he visited the US to investigate new ready-to-wear manufacturing methods...
, fashion designer (b.19211921 in FranceSee also:1920 in France,other events of 1921,1922 in France.----Events from the year 1921 in France.-Events:Before touching on the principal events which took place in France in the course of the year 1921, it is necessary to recall one or two of the outstanding facts of 1920 in France.The most...
). - 21 February - Alex ThépotAlex ThépotAlexis 'Alex' Thépot was a French football player. He was the goalkeeper of the French national team in the first two World Cups, 1930 and 1934....
, international soccer player (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....
). - 8 March - Robert LacosteRobert LacosteRobert Lacoste was French politician. He was a socialist MP of the Dordogne from 1945 to 1958 and from 1962 to 1967, then senator from 1971 to 1980.- Biography :...
, politician (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....
). - 15 March - Valérie QuennessenValerie QuennessenValérie Quennessen was a French film actress.Quennessen was born in Paris and dedicated much of her childhood to pursuing her dream of becoming an acrobat. She quickly reached a level of competence and received an award for her expertise at the age of ten...
, actress (b.19571957 in FranceSee also:1956 in France,other events of 1957,1958 in France.----Events from the year 1957 in France.-Events:*4 February - France prohibits UN involvement in Algeria....
). - 29 March - Bernard BlierBernard BlierBernard Blier was a French character actor. His rotund features and premature baldness allowed him to often play cuckolded husbands in his early career. He proved to be one of France's most versatile and sought-after character actors, performing interchangeably in comedies and dramas...
, actor (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....
). - 29 March - Fernand GambiezFernand GambiezFernand Gambiez was a French Army general and military historian, he fought in World War II, First Indochina War and Algerian War, during the Algerian War he was commander-in-chief of the French Army in Algeria....
, General and military historian (b.19031903 in FranceSee also:1902 in France,other events of 1903,1904 in France.----Events from the year 1903 in France.-Events:*10 August - Paris Métro train fire kills 84 people mostly at Couronnes station.-Sport:*1 July - First Tour de France begins....
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April to June
- 6 April - Henri CadiouHenri CadiouHenri Cadiou was a French realist painter and lithographer known for his work in trompe-l'oeil paintings. He is credited with being a founder of the l’école de la réalité in 1949...
, painter and lithographer (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....
). - 15 April - Charles VanelCharles VanelCharles-Marie Vanel, known as Charles Vanel was a French director and actor. He made his screen debut in 1912, in Robert Péguy's Jim Crow...
, film director and actor (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...
). - 30 April - Pierre LewdenPierre LewdenPierre Lewden was a French athlete who mainly competed in the high jump.He competed for France in the men's high jump event at the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France where he won the bronze medal....
, athlete (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 May - Jean DespeauxJean DespeauxJean Despeaux was a French boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he won the gold medal in the middleweight class after winning the final against Henry Tiller.-References:*...
, boxer, Olympic gold-medallist (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....
). - 22 June - Henri SauguetHenri SauguetHenri Sauguet , was a French composer. Born in Bordeaux as Henri-Pierre Poupard, he adopted his mother's maiden name as his pseudonym. His output includes operas, ballets, four symphonies , concertos, chamber and choral music and numerous songs, as well as film music...
, composerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
(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:...
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July to September
- 2 July - Jean PainlevéJean PainlevéJean Painlevé was a film director, actor, translator, animator, critic and theorist. He was the son of mathematician and twice prime-minister of France, Paul Painlevé.-Upbringing:...
, film director (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 July - Jean LeguayJean LeguayJean Leguay was a high-ranking French civil servant complicit in the deportation of Jews from France.During the Vichy regime, Leguay was second-in-command to René Bousquet, general secretary of the National police in Paris. After the war he became president of Warner Lambert, Inc...
, civil servant, accomplice of the Deportation of Jews from France (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....
). - 6 July - Jean BouiseJean BouiseJean Bouise was a French actor. In the 1950s he helped to found Théâtre de la Cité, and was a player in the company. He entered films in the 1960s, and played a supporting roles in The Shameless Old Lady, Z, L'Aveu, Out 1 and The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe, Section spéciale...
, actor (b.19311931 in FranceSee also:1930 in France,other events of 1931,1932 in France.----Events from the year 1931 in France.-Events:*27 January - Pierre Laval forms a government in France....
). - 17 July - Suzanne Dechevaux-Dumesnil, lover and later wife of Samuel BeckettSamuel BeckettSamuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet. He wrote both in English and French. His work offers a bleak, tragicomic outlook on human nature, often coupled with black comedy and gallows humour.Beckett is widely regarded as among the most...
(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...
). - 20 July - Marie-Madeleine FourcadeMarie-Madeleine FourcadeMarie-Madeleine Fourcade was the leader of the French Resistance network "Alliance," after the arrest of its former leader Georges Loustaunau-Lacau, during the occupation of France in the Second World War,...
, 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...
leader (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....
). - 4 September - Georges SimenonGeorges SimenonGeorges Joseph Christian Simenon was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 200 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known for the creation of the fictional detective Maigret.-Early life and education:...
, writer (b.19031903 in FranceSee also:1902 in France,other events of 1903,1904 in France.----Events from the year 1903 in France.-Events:*10 August - Paris Métro train fire kills 84 people mostly at Couronnes station.-Sport:*1 July - First Tour de France begins....
). - 8 September - Vincent BadieVincent BadieVincent Badie was a French lawyer and politician.Vincent Henri Badie was born in Béziers and practised as a lawyer at Montpellier. He was elected as Radical Party candidate to the Chamber of Deputies in 1936 representing Hérault...
, lawyer and politician (b.19021902 in FranceSee also:1901 in France,other events of 1902,1903 in France.----Events from the year 1902 in France.-Events:*13 April - A new car speed record of 74 mph is set in Nice, by Leon Serpollet.*27 April - Legislative Election held....
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October to December
- 14 November - Rémi LaurentRémi LaurentRémi Laurent was a French actor, best known for playing the son Laurent in La Cage aux Folles. He died from an HIV related illness in 1989.-Filmography:* La Princesse surgelée...
, actor (b.19571957 in FranceSee also:1956 in France,other events of 1957,1958 in France.----Events from the year 1957 in France.-Events:*4 February - France prohibits UN involvement in Algeria....
). - 23 November - Armand SalacrouArmand SalacrouArmand Camille Salacrou was a French dramatist.He was born in Rouen, but spent most of his childhood at Le Havre, and moved to Paris in 1917. His first works show the influence of the Surrealists....
, dramatist (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 December - Lilly DachéLilly DachéLilly Daché was a French milliner and fashion designer.She was born in Bègles, Gironde, France, and began her fashion career there at the age of 15 as a milliner, apprenticed under Caroline Reboux and Suzanne Talbot. Although she is said to have emigrated to the United States in 1924, the 1930 U.S...
, milliner and fashion designer (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....
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- Bernard-Marie KoltèsBernard-Marie KoltèsBernard-Marie Koltès was a French playwright and director.-Life:Born in 1948 to a middle-class family in Metz, his life was violent and anchored in revolt. He tried his hand at writing at a very young age but later renounced it, and didn't take to the stage until the age of twenty...
, playwrightPlaywrightA playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
and director (b.19481948 in FranceSee also:1947 in France,other events of 1948,1949 in France.----Events from the year 1948 in France.-Events:*17 March - Treaty of Brussels, is signed by Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, aimed mainly at defending against possible German rearmament.*5 September -...
). - Jean-Etienne MarieJean-Etienne MarieJean-Etienne Marie was a French composer of contemporary music. He is an important figure in the history and exploration of Microtonal music and electroacoustic.-Biography:...
, composer (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....
). - André MuffangAndré MuffangAndré Muffang was a French chess master.Before World War I, he took 3rd, behind Alexander Alekhine and Frank Marshall, at Paris 1914 ; took 5th at Lyon 1914 ; and won at Paris 1914 .After the war, he won at Paris 1922 , took 2nd at...
, chess master (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:...
). - Jean-Louis VerdierJean-Louis VerdierJean-Louis Verdier was a French mathematician who worked, under the guidance of Alexander Grothendieck, on derived categories and Verdier duality...
, mathematician (b.19351935 in France1934 in France,other events of 1935,1936 in France.----Events from the year 1935 in France.-Events:*4 January - Foreign Minister Pierre Laval went to Rome to meet Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini....
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