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Events from the year 2005 in France.
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2004 in France
See also:2003 in France,other events of 2004,2005 in France.----Events from the year 2004 in France.-Incumbents:* President - Jacques Chirac* Prime Minister - Jean-Pierre Raffarin* Interior Minister - Nicolas Sarkozy then Dominique de Villepin...
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other events of 2005,
2006 in France
2006 in France
See also:2005 in France,other events of 2006,2007 in France.----Events from the year 2006 in France.-Incumbents:* President - Jacques Chirac* Prime Minister - Dominique de Villepin* Interior Minister - Nicolas Sarkozy* Finance Minister -...
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Events from the year 2005 in France.
Incumbents
- President - Jacques ChiracJacques ChiracJacques René Chirac is a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He previously served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988 , and as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.After completing his studies of the DEA's degree at the...
- Prime MinisterPrime Minister of FranceThe Prime Minister of France in the Fifth Republic is the head of government and of the Council of Ministers of France. The head of state is the President of the French Republic...
- Jean-Pierre RaffarinJean-Pierre RaffarinJean-Pierre Raffarin is a French conservative politician and senator for Vienne.Jean-Pierre Raffarin served as the Prime Minister of France from 6 May 2002 to 31 May 2005, resigning after France's rejection of the referendum on the European Union draft constitution. However, after Raffarin...
then Dominique de VillepinDominique de VillepinDominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin is a French politician who served as the Prime Minister of France from 31 May 2005 to 17 May 2007.... - Interior Minister - Dominique de VillepinDominique de VillepinDominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin is a French politician who served as the Prime Minister of France from 31 May 2005 to 17 May 2007....
then 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.... - Finance Minister - Hervé GaymardHervé GaymardHervé Gaymard is a French politician and a member of UMP conservative party. He served as the country's Minister of Finances from 30 November 2004 until his resignation on 25 February 2005....
then Thierry BretonThierry BretonThierry Breton is a French businessman and politician who is currently the CEO of the IT firm Atos. He was the French Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry in the governments of Prime Ministers Jean-Pierre Raffarin and Dominique de Villepin, Jacques Chirac being the President de la... - Foreign Minister - Michel BarnierMichel BarnierMichel Barnier is a French politician of the Union for a Popular Movement and Vice President of the European People's Party . He is the current European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services...
then Philippe Douste-BlazyPhilippe Douste-BlazyPhilippe Douste-Blazy is a French centre-right politician. He served as Minister for Health , Minister of Culture and Foreign Minister in the cabinet of Dominique de Villepin .Douste-Blazy is also a cardiologist and Christian Democrat politician from Lourdes...
Events
- 5 January - LibérationLibérationLibération is a French daily newspaper founded in Paris by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July in 1973 in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968. Originally a leftist newspaper, it has undergone a number of shifts during the 1980s and 1990s...
journalist Florence AubenasFlorence AubenasFlorence Aubenas is a French journalist, who worked until 2006 for the French newspaper Libération. She was taken hostage on January 5, 2005, in Iraq along with her translator Hussein Hanoun Al-Saadi....
and her Iraqi guide Hussein Hanoun Al-SaadiHussein Hanoun al-SaadiHussein Hanoun al-Saadi is an Iraqi interpreter and former colonel in the Iraqi air force, which he left in 1991. He is also qualified as a pilot on the Mirage F1. He was taken hostage on January 5, 2005, in Iraq along with Florence Aubenas, and was freed on June 11, 2005. Born on July 14, 1960 he...
are taken hostage in IraqIraqIraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
(freed on 11 June). - 11 February - André Vingt-TroisAndré Vingt-TroisAndré Armand Vingt-Trois is a French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as Archbishop of Paris, having previously served as Archbishop of Tours from 1999 to 2005. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2007....
is named Archbishop of ParisArchbishop of ParisThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paris is one of twenty-three archdioceses of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The original diocese is traditionally thought to have been created in the 3rd century by St. Denis and corresponded with the Civitas Parisiorum; it was elevated to an archdiocese on...
. - 23 February - A controversial French law on colonialismFrench law on colonialismThe February 23, 2005, French law on colonialism was an act passed by the Union for a Popular Movement conservative majority, which imposed on high-school teachers to teach the "positive values" of colonialism to their students...
, requiring teachers to paint it in a positive light, is passed by the national legislature. - 25 February - Resignation of Minister of Finance Hervé GaymardHervé GaymardHervé Gaymard is a French politician and a member of UMP conservative party. He served as the country's Minister of Finances from 30 November 2004 until his resignation on 25 February 2005....
, following a scandal over the low rent of the exclusive apartment he occupied. - March - The Renault LagunaRenault LagunaThe Renault Laguna is a large family car produced by the French manufacturer Renault. The first Laguna was launched in 1993, the second generation was launched in 2000, and the third generation was made available for sale in October 2007....
gets facelifted. - 31 March - An amendment to the 35-hour workweek35-hour workweekThe 35-hour working week is a measure adopted first in France, in February 2000, under Prime Minister Lionel Jospin's Plural Left government; it was pushed by Minister of Labour Martine Aubry. The previous legal duration of the working week was 39 hours, which had been established by François...
law is voted, extending possibilities of overtime. - April - The Fillon lawFillon law, 2005The Fillon law of 2005 was a law that was adopted in France in April 2005 which would reform France's education system. It is named after François Fillon, the Minister of Education at the time.-Aims of the law:...
reforming France's education system is voted, amidst student protests numbering hundreds of thousands. - 6 April - First mental 13th root calculation of a 200-digit number, computed by Alexis LemaireAlexis LemaireAlexis Lemaire is a mental calculation world recordholder. He holds a Ph.D in Computer Science related to artificial intelligence from the University of Reims...
. - 15 April - At least 21 people die and around 50 are injured in a devastating fire at a hotel in central Paris.
- 27 April - First flight of Airbus A380Airbus A380The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine jet airliner manufactured by the European corporation Airbus, a subsidiary of EADS. It is the largest passenger airliner in the world. Due to its size, many airports had to modify and improve facilities to accommodate it...
in ToulouseToulouseToulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
. - 28 April - Sales begin of the Peugeot 1007Peugeot 1007The Peugeot 1007 is a hatchback produced by the French automobile manufacturer Peugeot from 2004 to 2009. It was based on the same platform as the Peugeot 206 and Citroën C3.-Design:...
mini MPV. - 16 May - PentecostPentecostPentecost is a prominent feast in the calendar of Ancient Israel celebrating the giving of the Law on Sinai, and also later in the Christian liturgical year commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Christ after the Resurrection of Jesus...
Monday ceases to be a statutory holiday, leading to strong protests. - 29 May - French referendum on the European ConstitutionFrench referendum on the European ConstitutionThe French referendum on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe was held on 29 May 2005 to decide whether France should ratify the proposed Constitution of the European Union...
votes resoundingly to reject it. - 31 May - A new government, headed by Dominique de VillepinDominique de VillepinDominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin is a French politician who served as the Prime Minister of France from 31 May 2005 to 17 May 2007....
, is nominated. - June - The Peugeot 307Peugeot 307The Peugeot 307 is a small family car produced by the French Peugeot manufacturer since 2001. It was awarded the European Car of the Year title for 2002, and continues to be offered in China and certain South American markets through 2009 despite the French launch of the 308 in September...
gets facelifted. - 28 June - Official announcement that ITERITERITER is an international nuclear fusion research and engineering project, which is currently building the world's largest and most advanced experimental tokamak nuclear fusion reactor at Cadarache in the south of France...
will be built in CadaracheCadaracheThe CEA Cadarache facility is a French scientific research centre which specialises in nuclear energy research. It is located in the commune of Saint-Paul-lès-Durance, Bouches-du-Rhône, in the southern region of Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur...
, Southern France. - 5 July - Laurence ParisotLaurence ParisotLaurence Parisot is the head of the French MEDEF employers' union since the 5 July 2005...
becomes the president of the Mouvement des Entreprises de FranceMouvement des Entreprises de FranceThe Mouvement des Entreprises de France or MEDEF is the largest union of employers in France. It was formerly known as the Conseil National du Patronat Français or CNPF .It has more than 700,000 member firms, 90% are from SME, with fewer than 50 employees...
. - 2 August - Air France Flight 358Air France Flight 358Air France Flight 358, a flight from Paris, France, to Toronto, Canada, using an Airbus A340 airliner, departed Paris without incident at 11:53 UTC 2 August 2005, later touching down on runway 24L-06R at Toronto Pearson International Airport at 20:01 UTC...
bursts into flames after skidding off the end of runway in TorontoTorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, all passengers survive. - 11 August - Ariane 5GSAriane 5Ariane 5 is, as a part of Ariane rocket family, an expendable launch system used to deliver payloads into geostationary transfer orbit or low Earth orbit . Ariane 5 rockets are manufactured under the authority of the European Space Agency and the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales...
launches Thaïcom-4/iPStar-1, the heaviest telecommunications satellite to date at 6505 kg, into orbit. - 16 August - West Caribbean Airways Flight 708West Caribbean Airways Flight 708West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 was a West Caribbean Airways charter flight which crashed in a mountainous region in northwest Venezuela on the morning of Tuesday, 16 August 2005, killing all 152 passengers and eight crew....
crashes in VenezuelaVenezuelaVenezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
, killing 160, mostly French citizens from MartiniqueMartiniqueMartinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of . Like Guadeloupe, it is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. To the northwest lies Dominica, to the south St Lucia, and to the southeast Barbados...
. - 16 August - Assassination of Frère RogerFrère RogerFrère Roger , baptised Roger Louis Schütz-Marsauche, also known as Brother Roger, was the founder and prior of the Taizé Community, an ecumenical monastic community....
, founder of the Taizé communityTaizé CommunityThe Taizé Community is an ecumenical monastic order in Taizé, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France. It is composed of about 100 brothers who come from Protestant, Eastern Orthodox and Catholic traditions. The brothers come from about 30 countries across the world. The monastic order has a strong...
. - September - New Renault ClioRenault ClioThe Renault Clio is a supermini car produced by the French automobile manufacturer Renault. Originally launched in 1990, it is currently in its third generation...
is launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show. - 3 September - Jacques ChiracJacques ChiracJacques René Chirac is a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He previously served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988 , and as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.After completing his studies of the DEA's degree at the...
is hospitalized for a "small vascular incident" affecting his eyesight. - 27 October - 2005 civil unrest in France2005 civil unrest in FranceThe 2005 civil unrest in France of October and November was a series of riots by mostly Muslim North African youths in Paris and other French cities, involving mainly the burning of cars and public buildings at night starting on 27 October 2005 in Clichy-sous-Bois...
begins, and will last until 17 November. - November - The Renault Clio 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...
. - 8 November - PresidentPresident of the French RepublicThe President of the French Republic colloquially referred to in English as the President of France, is France's elected Head of State....
Jacques ChiracJacques ChiracJacques René Chirac is a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He previously served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988 , and as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.After completing his studies of the DEA's degree at the...
declares a state of emergency on the 12th day of the French civil unrest. - 16 November - Ariane 5Ariane 5Ariane 5 is, as a part of Ariane rocket family, an expendable launch system used to deliver payloads into geostationary transfer orbit or low Earth orbit . Ariane 5 rockets are manufactured under the authority of the European Space Agency and the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales...
launches Spaceway-F2 and Telkom-2, the rocket's heaviest dual payload to date, at more than 8000 kg. - 18 November - Partial privatization of Électricité de FranceÉlectricité de FranceÉlectricité de France S.A. is the second largest French utility company. Headquartered in Paris, France, with €65.2 billion in revenues in 2010, EDF operates a diverse portfolio of 120,000+ megawatts of generation capacity in Europe, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.EDF is one of...
. - 27 November - Surgeons in France carry out the first human face transplantFace transplantA face transplant is a still-experimental procedure to replace all or part of a person's face. The world's first full face transplant was completed in Spain in 2010.-Beneficiaries of face transplant:...
on Isabelle DinoireIsabelle DinoireIsabelle Dinoire, born 1967, was the first person to undergo a partial face transplant, after her Labrador dog mauled her in May 2005.-Personal life:Dinoire lives in Valenciennes, northern France, and she is the mother of two children....
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Arts and literature
- 17 March - René GirardRené GirardRené Girard is a French historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science. His work belongs to the tradition of anthropological philosophy...
is elected to the Académie FrançaiseAcadémie françaiseL'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
. - 24 March - Celebration of the 100-years anniversary of the death of Jules VerneJules VerneJules Gabriel Verne was a French author who pioneered the science fiction genre. He is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea , A Journey to the Center of the Earth , and Around the World in Eighty Days...
. - 31 March - Launch of Digital terrestrial televisionDigital terrestrial televisionDigital terrestrial television is the technological evolution of broadcast television and advance from analog television, which broadcasts land-based signals...
, with 14 new channels. - 2 July - Live 8 concert, ParisLive 8 concert, ParisOn 2 July 2005, a Live 8 concert was held at the Palais de Versailles, Paris, France.The event is also referred to as "Live 8 Paris" or "Live 8 France"...
at the Palais de VersaillesPalace of VersaillesThe Palace of Versailles , or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France. In French it is the Château de Versailles....
. - 26 August - Jean Michel JarreJean Michel JarreJean Michel André Jarre is a French composer, performer and music producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient and New Age genres, and known as an organiser of outdoor spectacles of his music featuring lights, laser displays, and fireworks.Jarre was raised in Lyon by his mother and...
's "Space of Freedom" concert is held in GdańskGdanskGdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...
, Poland, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the creation of Solidarność.
Sport
- 8 May - Olympique LyonnaisOlympique LyonnaisOlympique Lyonnais is a French association football club based in Lyon. They play in France's highest football division, Ligue 1. The club was formed as Lyon Olympique Universitaire in 1899, according to many supporters and sport historians, but was nationally established as a club in 1950. The...
wins the Ligue 1Ligue 1Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....
. - 2 July - Tour de France2005 Tour de FranceThe 2005 Tour de France was the 92nd Tour de France, taking place from July 2 to July 24, 2005. It comprised 21 stages over 3592.5 km, the winner's average speed was 41.654 km/h. The first stages were held in the département of the Vendée, for the third time in 12 years. The 2005 Tour was...
begins. - 3 July - French Grand Prix2005 French Grand PrixThe 2005 French Grand Prix was a Formula One race, held on July 1– July 3, 2005, at Magny-Cours.-Report:The 2005 French Grand Prix was the tenth race of the 2005 season and after the Indygate debacle, Formula One returned to Europe for the busiest month in its 56-year history, with Magny-Cours...
won by Fernando AlonsoFernando AlonsoFernando Alonso Díaz is a Spanish Formula One racing driver and a two-time World Champion, who is currently racing for Ferrari....
of Spain. - 6 July - Paris loses the bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games to London.
- 24 July - Lance ArmstrongLance ArmstrongLance Edward Armstrong is an American former professional road racing cyclist who won the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times, after having survived testicular cancer. He is also the founder and chairman of the Lance Armstrong Foundation for cancer research and support...
wins a record seventh straight Tour de France before his scheduled retirement. - Sébastien LoebSébastien LoebSébastien Loeb is a French rally driver currently driving for the Citroën World Rally Team in the World Rally Championship...
wins the World Rally ChampionshipWorld Rally ChampionshipThe World Rally Championship is a rallying series organised by the FIA, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer. The driver's world championship and manufacturer's world championship are separate championships, but based on the same point system. The series currently consists of 13...
with a record 10 victories. - Ladji DoucouréLadji DoucouréLadji Doucouré is a French athlete of Malian and Senegalese descent. He was a football player and decathlete before specializing in hurdling.-Career:...
becomes world champion of 110 metres hurdles and 4x100 metres relay at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics2005 World Championships in AthleticsThe 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland , the site of the first IAAF World Championships in 1983. One theme of the 2005 championships was paralympic sports, some of... - Vincent Riou wins the Vendée GlobeVendée GlobeThe Vendée Globe is a round-the-world single-handed yacht race, sailed non-stop and without assistance. The race was founded by Philippe Jeantot in 1989, and since 1992 has taken place every four years....
race in 87 days.
January
- 3 January - Claude MeillassouxClaude MeillassouxClaude Meillassoux was a French neo-Marxist economic anthropologist and Africanist.Meillassoux, a student of Georges Balandier, did fieldwork among the Guro of the Côte d'Ivoire: his thesis was published in 1964. In the 1970s he criticised Marshall Sahlins's use of the notion of "domestic mode of...
, economic anthropologist and Africanist (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....
). - 5 January - René Le HénaffRené Le HénaffRené Le Hénaff was a French film editor and director. As a film editor he did work for Marcel Carné and René Clair. As a director one of his better known worked from 1935 to 1950. He effectively retired from both occupations in 1968....
, film editor and director (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:...
). - 7 January - Pierre DaninosPierre DaninosPierre Daninos was a French writer and humorist.Daninos wrote Les carnets du Major Thompson, which was published in 1954, and was followed by many sequels. The books in the series pretended to be the observations of a retired British officer living in France, and were witty collections of...
, writer and humorist (b.19131913 in FranceSee also:1912 in France,other events of 1913,1914 in France.----Events from the year 1913 in France.-Events:*3 February - Trial of the remnants of the Bonnot gang begins....
). - 8 January - Jacqueline JoubertJacqueline JoubertJacqueline Joubert was a French television continuity announcer, producer and director....
, television presenter (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...
). - 8 January - Michel ThomasMichel ThomasMichel Thomas was a polyglot linguist, language teacher and decorated war veteran. He survived imprisonment in several different Nazi concentration camps after serving in the Maquis of the French Resistance and worked with the U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps during World War II...
, linguist, language teacher and decorated war veteran (b.19141914 in FranceSee also:1913 in France,other events of 1914,1915 in France.----Events from the year 1914 in France.-Events:*16 March - Wife of French minister Joseph Caillaux shoots Gaston Calmette, the editor of Le Figaro because he threatened to publish Caillaux's love letters to her during his previous marriage...
). - 10 January - Georges BernierGeorges BernierGeorges Bernier , more commonly known as Le Professeur Choron, was a French humorist and founder of Hara Kiri magazine.-Early years:...
, also known as Le Professeur Choron, humorist (b.19291929 in FranceSee also:1928 in France,other events of 1929,1930 in France.----Events from the year 1929 in France.-Events:*24 July - Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré resigns for medical reasons - he is succeeded by Aristide Briand....
). - 11 January - Fernand CazenaveFernand CazenaveFernand Cazenave was a former French rugby union international and national coach.Cazenave played six times for France as a winger in the 1950s...
, international rugby union player and coach (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....
). - 15 January - Michel MoineMichel Moinethumb|right|210px|Michel Moine holding a can that contained 400 ancient gold coins . The can was unearthed in an old lady's cellar.Michel Moine was a French journalist and parapsychologist. He was the director of the news division of RTL from 1958 to 1967, and then of RMC from 1967 to 1982...
, journalist and parapsychologist (b.19201920 in FranceSee also:1919 in France,other events of 1920,1921 in France.----Events from the year 1920 in France.-Events:At the opening of the year 1920, France was in a stronger position than she had been in for several generations...
). - 27 January - Aurélie NemoursAurélie NemoursAurélie Nemours was a Parisian painter.She made abstract geometrical paintings and was highly influenced by cubism....
, painter (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...
). - 28 January - Jacques VilleretJacques VilleretJacques Villeret was a French actor.-Early life and Family:Born Jacky Boufroura in Loches, Indre-et-Loire, France, to an Algerian father and a French mother, he is most famous internationally for his role as François Pignon in Le Dîner de Cons, both on the stage and in the later film...
, actor (b.19511951 in FranceSee also:1950 in France,other events of 1951,1952 in France.----Events from the year 1951 in France.-Events:*13 January - Battle of Vinh Yen begins in Vietnam.*17 January - Battle of Vinh Yen ends in decisive defeat for the Viet Minh forces....
). - 28 January - Karen LancaumeKaren LancaumeKaren Lancaume was a French pornographic film actress. She appeared in around 40 movies between 1996 and 2002. She is best known internationally for her starring role as Nadine in the controversial 2000 film, Baise-moi...
, adult film star (b.19731973 in FranceSee also:1972 in France,other events of 1973,1974 in France.----Events from the year 1973 in France.-Events:*4 March - Legislative Election held.*11 March - Legislative Election held....
).
February
- 6 February - Hubert CurienHubert CurienHubert Curien was a French physicist and a key figure in European science politics, as the President of CERN , the first chairman of the European Space Agency , and second President of the Academia Europæa and a President of Fondation de France.-Biography:Born in Cornimont, Vosges in Lorraine,...
, physicist (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....
). - 7 February - Madeleine RebériouxMadeleine RebériouxMadeleine Rebérioux was a French historian whose specialty was the French Third Republic. She is also a historian of the Labour movement. From 1991 to 1995 she was President of the Ligue des droits de l'homme and had been a signatory to the Manifesto of the 121. She was an officer of the Légion...
, historian (b.19201920 in FranceSee also:1919 in France,other events of 1920,1921 in France.----Events from the year 1920 in France.-Events:At the opening of the year 1920, France was in a stronger position than she had been in for several generations...
). - 7 February - Paul RebeyrollePaul RebeyrollePaul Rebeyrolle was a French painter.-Life and works:As a child he had tuberculosis of the bone, which caused for long periods of immobility. Later he studied in Limoges and joined the French Communist Party...
, painter (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....
). - 10 February - Humbert BalsanHumbert BalsanHumbert Balsan, born Humbert Jean René Balsan was a French film producer and chairman of the European Film Academy. He was renowned for securing financing and distribution for diverse and often challenging films.In February 2005, Balsan was found dead in the offices of his production company,...
, film producer (b.19541954 in FranceSee also:1953 in France,other events of 1954,1955 in France.----Events from the year 1954 in France.-Events:*25 January - The foreign ministers of the United States, Britain, France and the Soviet Union meet at the Berlin Conference....
). - 10 February - Jean CayrolJean CayrolJean Cayrol was a French poet, publisher, and member of the Académie Goncourt. He is perhaps best known for writing the narration in Alain Resnais's 1955 documentary film, Night and Fog...
, poet and publisher (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....
). - 11 February - Raymond HermantierRaymond HermantierRaymond Hermantier was a French actor.Raymond Hermantier aspired to acting since the age of 17. His training was interrupted by WWII during which he served in the Free French Forces, until the liberation of Paris. Decorated by General Charles de Gaulle, he resumed his acting career immediately...
, actor (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....
). - 13 February - Maurice TrintignantMaurice TrintignantMaurice Bienvenu Jean Paul Trintignant was a motor racing driver and vintner from France. He competed in the Formula One World Championship for fourteen years, between 1950 and 1964, one of the longest careers in the early years of F1...
, motor racing driver (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....
). - 15 February - Pierre BacheletPierre BacheletPierre Bachelet was a French singer-songwriter with a gentle romantic voice.Bachelet spent part of his childhood in Calais and developed a lifelong appreciation of the North of France, which inspired his hit song "Les corons" .His other hit songs include "Elle est d'ailleurs" , "Écris-moi" ,...
, singer songwriter (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....
). - 22 February - Simone SimonSimone SimonSimone Thérèse Fernande Simon was a French film actress who began her film career in 1931.-Early life:Born in Béthune, Pas-de-Calais France, she was the daughter of Henri Louis Firmin Champmoynat, a French engineer, airplane pilot in World War II, who died in a concentration camp, and Erma Maria...
, actress (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...
). - 25 February - Jean PratJean PratJean Prat was French rugby union footballer. He was awarded the Légion d'honneur in 1959. He played over 50 times for France and is a member of both the International Rugby Hall of Fame and IRB Hall of Fame, being inducted in 2001 and 2011 respectively...
, international rugby player (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....
).
March
- 1 March - Edouard SternEdouard SternÉdouard Stern was a Jewish banker who lived in France. Born in Paris, he was son of the banker Antoine Jean Elie Stern and Christiane Laroche, and was a personal friend of French President Nicolas Sarkozy...
, banker (b.19541954 in FranceSee also:1953 in France,other events of 1954,1955 in France.----Events from the year 1954 in France.-Events:*25 January - The foreign ministers of the United States, Britain, France and the Soviet Union meet at the Berlin Conference....
). - 15 March - Jean-Pierre GenetJean-Pierre GenetJean-Pierre Genet was a professional road bicycle racer from Brest, France from 1964 to 1976. During this time he stayed with one cycling team, the Mercier team of Raymond Poulidor. He rode 13 editions of the Tour de France where he won three stages, once each in 1968, 1971 and 1974...
, cyclist (b.19401940 in FranceSee also:1939 in France,other events of 1940,1941 in France.----Events from the year 1940 in France.-Events:*21 March - Édouard Daladier resigns as Prime Minister...
).
April
- 8 April - Maurice LafontMaurice LafontMaurice Lafont was a French football defender. He was part of the French national team during the 1958 FIFA World Cup tournament.-External links:*...
, international soccer player (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....
). - 11 April - André FrançoisAndré FrançoisAndré François , born André Farkas, was a Hungarian-born French cartoonist.He was born to a Hungarian Jewish family in Temesvár, Austria-Hungary , He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest . He moved to Paris in 1934 and entered to the atelier of the famous poster artist Adolphe Cassandre...
, cartoonist (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....
). - 11 April - Lucien LaurentLucien LaurentLucien Laurent was a French association football player. He is famous for having scored the first ever FIFA World Cup goal.-Career:Laurent was born in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, near Paris....
, international soccer player, scored the first ever World Cup goal (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....
).
May
- 3 May - Pierre MoerlenPierre MoerlenPierre Moerlen was a French drummer and percussionist, best known for his work with Gong and Mike Oldfield.-Biography:...
, drummerDrummerA drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
and percussionist (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....
). - 5 May - Claude JulienClaude Julien (journalist)Claude Julien was a French journalist, editor of French newspaper of record Le Monde in 1969 and editor-in-chief then director of Le Monde diplomatique....
, journalist and editor (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....
). - 13 May - Eddie BarclayEddie BarclayEddie Barclay was a French music producer whose singers included Jacques Brel and Charles Aznavour. He founded Barclay Records.-Life:...
, music producer (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...
). - 20 May - Paul Ricœur, philosopher (b.19131913 in FranceSee also:1912 in France,other events of 1913,1914 in France.----Events from the year 1913 in France.-Events:*3 February - Trial of the remnants of the Bonnot gang begins....
).
June
- 29 June - François-Xavier VerschaveFrançois-Xavier VerschaveFrançois-Xavier Verschave was primarily known as one of the founders of the French NGO Survie , over which he presided since 1995, and as coiner of the term Françafrique, an expression designating the specific form of neocolonialism which has been endured by the former French Colonies.Verschave...
, one of founders of the NGO SurvieSurvie NGOSurvie is a non-governmental organization founded in 1984 to fight hunger and corruption in the Third World. It has since became a federation of departmental associations, composed of 1,600 paying members, about a 100 activists and six employees...
(b.19451945 in FranceSee also:1944 in France,other events of 1945,1946 in France.----Events from the year 1945 in France.-Events:*6 February - Writer Robert Brasillach executed for collaboration with the Germans....
).
July
- 2 July - Pierre MichelotPierre MichelotPierre Michelot was a French bebop and hard bop double bass player.Born in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris, Michelot studied piano from 1936 until 1938, but switched to playing bass at the age of sixteen...
, double bass player (b.19281928 in FranceSee also:1927 in France,other events of 1928,1929 in France.----Events from the year 1928 in France.-Events:*22 April - Legislative Election held.*29 April - Legislative Election held....
). - 6 July - Claude SimonClaude SimonClaude Simon was a French novelist and the 1985 Nobel Laureate in Literature. He was born in Antananarivo, Madagascar, and died in Paris, France....
, novelist, 1985 Nobel Laureate in LiteratureNobel Prize in LiteratureSince 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction"...
(b.19131913 in FranceSee also:1912 in France,other events of 1913,1914 in France.----Events from the year 1913 in France.-Events:*3 February - Trial of the remnants of the Bonnot gang begins....
). - 19 July - Alain BombardAlain BombardAlain Bombard was a French biologist, physician and politician famous for sailing across the Atlantic Ocean in a small boat.Alain Bombard was born in Paris...
, biologist, physician, politician and sailor (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....
). - 19 July - Jean-Michel GaillardJean-Michel GaillardJean-Michel Gaillard was a high-ranking French official. He was, most notably, director general of Antenne 2 , from 1989 to 1991....
, politician (b.19461946 in FranceSee also:1945 in France,other events of 1946,1947 in France.----Events from the year 1946 in France.-Events:*16 January - Charles de Gaulle resigns as a head of a French provisional government....
). - 26 July - Pierre BrouéPierre BrouéPierre Broué was a French historian and Trotskyist. His work covers various topics including the history of the Bolshevik Party, the Spanish Revolution and biographical works on Leon Trotsky...
, historian and TrotskyistTrotskyismTrotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. Trotsky considered himself an orthodox Marxist and Bolshevik-Leninist, arguing for the establishment of a vanguard party of the working-class...
(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....
). - 28 July - Jacques LacarrièreJacques Lacarrière (ice hockey)Jacques Lacarrière was a French ice hockey player who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics and in the 1936 Winter Olympics.In 1928 he participated with the French team in the Olympic tournament....
, ice hockey 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....
).
August
- 3 August - Françoise d'EaubonneFrançoise d'EaubonneFrançoise d'Eaubonne was a French feminist, who introduced the term ecofeminism in 1974....
, feminist writer (b.19201920 in FranceSee also:1919 in France,other events of 1920,1921 in France.----Events from the year 1920 in France.-Events:At the opening of the year 1920, France was in a stronger position than she had been in for several generations...
). - 7 August - Paul Arnaud de FoïardPaul Arnaud de FoïardPaul Marie Félix Jacques René Arnaud de Foïard was a French Army general, he took part in World War II, First Indochina War and Algerian War.-Biography:...
, General (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...
). - 9 August - Colette BessonColette BessonColette Besson was a French athlete, the surprise winner of the 400 m at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.-Athletic career:...
, Olympic athlete (b.19461946 in FranceSee also:1945 in France,other events of 1946,1947 in France.----Events from the year 1946 in France.-Events:*16 January - Charles de Gaulle resigns as a head of a French provisional government....
). - 9 August - François DalleFrançois DalleFrançois Dalle served as CEO of L'Oréal between 1957 and 1984.He became the company's CEO after the death of its founder, Eugène Schueller, in 1957. He oversaw one of the most exciting periods of the company's history in expanding and internationalising the range of brands and managing aggressive...
, businessman - 16 August - Frère RogerFrère RogerFrère Roger , baptised Roger Louis Schütz-Marsauche, also known as Brother Roger, was the founder and prior of the Taizé Community, an ecumenical monastic community....
, founder of the Taizé communityTaizé CommunityThe Taizé Community is an ecumenical monastic order in Taizé, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France. It is composed of about 100 brothers who come from Protestant, Eastern Orthodox and Catholic traditions. The brothers come from about 30 countries across the world. The monastic order has a strong...
(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 August - Henri GenèsHenri GenèsHenri Génès was a French actor and singer. He was the symbol of the good humor of the South West of France, and he played in more than 80 movies in more than 50 years....
, actor and singer (b.19191919 in FranceSee also:1918 in France,other events of 1919,1920 in France.----Events from the year 1919 in France.-Events:*April - Long-Berenger Oil Agreement is concluded between France and the United Kingdom over oil rights....
). - 22 August - Luc FerrariLuc FerrariLuc Ferrari was of an Italian heritage but French born composer, particularly noted for his tape music.-Biography:...
, composer (b.19291929 in FranceSee also:1928 in France,other events of 1929,1930 in France.----Events from the year 1929 in France.-Events:*24 July - Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré resigns for medical reasons - he is succeeded by Aristide Briand....
). - 25 August - Jacques DufilhoJacques DufilhoJacques Dufilho was a French actor.He was born at Bègles and he died at Ponsampère .He was also famous for his collection of Bugatti cars.-Filmography:More than 150 movie, including:...
, actor (b.19141914 in FranceSee also:1913 in France,other events of 1914,1915 in France.----Events from the year 1914 in France.-Events:*16 March - Wife of French minister Joseph Caillaux shoots Gaston Calmette, the editor of Le Figaro because he threatened to publish Caillaux's love letters to her during his previous marriage...
). - 31 August - Stéphane BrueyStéphane BrueyStéphane Bruey was a professional French association football striker. He was part of the French national team during 1958 World Cup tournament. He was of Polish descent.-External links:*...
, international soccer player (b.19321932 in FranceSee also:1931 in France,other events of 1932,1933 in France.----Events from the year 1932 in France.-Events:*1 May - Legislative Election held.*6 May - Paul Gorguloff assassinates President Paul Doumer in Paris...
). - 31 August - André DebryAndré DebryAndré Léon Alphonse Debry was, at age 107, one of the last surviving French veterans of the First World War. He was later created an officer of the Legion d'Honneur, both for his war record, and for his work as principal of a school.Debry was born in Rosières-en-Santerre . He was a soldier in the...
, one of the last surviving French veterans of World War I (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....
).
September
- 9 September - André PousseAndré PousseAndré Pousse was a noted French actor and, in his youth, also a notable cyclist.-Biography:While primarily known as a leading French actor, André Pousse began his professional career as a cyclist...
, actor (b.19191919 in FranceSee also:1918 in France,other events of 1919,1920 in France.----Events from the year 1919 in France.-Events:*April - Long-Berenger Oil Agreement is concluded between France and the United Kingdom over oil rights....
). - 17 September - Jacques LacarrièreJacques LacarrièreJacques Lacarrière was a French writer. He studied moral philosophy, classical literature and Hindu philosophy and literature...
, writer, critic, journalist, and essayist (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....
). - 24 September - André TestutAndré TestutAndré Testut was a racing driver from Monaco. He was born in Lyon, France. He entered 2 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, both in Monaco, in 1958 and 1959. On both occasions he drove his Maserati 250F and both times he failed to qualify.-Complete Formula One World Championship results:...
, motor racing driver (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....
).
October
- 5 October - Alexis TendilAlexis TendilAlexis Tendil was, at age 109, one of the last few surviving French veterans of the First World War...
, World War I veteran (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 ....
). - 25 October - ArmanArmanArman was a French-born American artist. Born Armand Pierre Fernandez in Nice, France, Arman is a painter who moved from using the objects as paintbrushes to using them as the painting itself...
, artist (b.19281928 in FranceSee also:1927 in France,other events of 1928,1929 in France.----Events from the year 1928 in France.-Events:*22 April - Legislative Election held.*29 April - Legislative Election held....
). - 27 October - Jean-Claude IrvoasJean-Claude IrvoasJean-Claude Irvoas was a French employee of a street furniture firm. On October 27, 2005, the day the 2005 Paris suburb riots started, he died when being beaten by a group of youths in Épinay, after he tried to get back his camera the youths just robbed. Irvoas had been photographing a streetlamp...
, murder victim (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...
). - 27 October - Rene Moreau, World War I veteran.
- 28 October - Raymond HainsRaymond HainsRaymond Hains was a French artist and photographer.-Biography:In 1945, Hains briefly enrolled in the sculpture course at the École des Beaux-Arts, Rennes and met Jacques de la Villeglé that same year. He then collaborated with E. Sougez as a photographer for France-Illustration...
, artist and photographer (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....
).
November
- 7 November - Jean-Jacques Le Chenadec, urban violence victim (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....
). - 9 November - Marceau SomerlinckMarceau SomerlinckMarceau Somerlinck was a French football player who played with Lille OSC. He won the Coupe de France a total of five times....
, soccer player (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...
). - November - Dominique ChabocheDominique ChabocheDominique Chaboche was a French far-right wing politician and member of the European Parliament affiliated to the Front National....
, politician and MEP (b.19371937 in FranceSee also:1936 in France,other events of 1937,1938 in France.----Events from the year 1937 in France.-Events:*1 May - General strike in Paris.*21 June - Coalition government of Léon Blum resigns.-Sport:*30 June - Tour de France begins....
).
December
- 4 December - Gloria LassoGloria LassoGloria Lasso was a Spanish-born singer, long based in France. In the fifties, she was one of the major competitors to Dalida....
, singer (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...
). - 17 December - Jacques FourouxJacques FourouxJacques Fouroux was a French rugby union player and coach. He captained France when they won the Grand Slam in 1977, and was the manager when the side repeated the feat in 1981 and 1987.-Player:...
, international rugby union player, coach (b.19471947 in FranceSee also:1946 in France,other events of 1947,1948 in France.----Events from the year 1947 in France.-Events:*16 January - Vincent Auriol is inaugurated as President of France....
).
Full date unknown
- Jean CatoireJean CatoireJean Catoire was a French composer of contemporary classical music.He studied with Olivier Messiaen and developed a personal style that was spiritual in outlook; in this regard his output is comparable to that of the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. He was prolific, producing 604 opus numbers by 1996...
, composer (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....
). - Ernestine ChassebœufErnestine ChassebœufErnestine Chassebœuf was a French letter writer.- Life :Ernestine Chassebœuf spent all her life in Anjou. Born in Botz-en-Mauges, Maine-et-Loire, she married in 1928 Edmond Chassebœuf, who died in 1970...
, letter writer (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...
). - Madeleine GiteauMadeleine GiteauMadeleine Giteau was a French historian and member of the Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient, who devoted a great part of her life to research involving Laotian and Cambodian art, especially Khmer sculpture and iconography....
, historian (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....
). - Jean LescureJean Lescure- Biography :In 1938 Jean Lescure published his first plaquette of poems, "Le voyage immobile", and launched the review "Messages" ....
, poet (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....
). - Laurent-Michel VacherLaurent-Michel VacherLaurent-Michel Vacher was a French-born, French Canadian philosopher, writer, journalist and teacher ....
, philosopher, writer and journalistJournalistA journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
(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....
).