1900 in France

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Events from the year 1900 in France.

Incumbents[]

Events[]

  • 31 March – The length of a workday for women and children is limited to 11 hours by law.
  • 1 April – Every French policeman is assigned to carry a gun.[clarification needed]
  • 14 April – Paris World Exhibition opens.
  • 21 April – Battle of Kousséri takes place in Chad, linking all French possessions in Western Africa.
  • 27 June – Treaty of Paris is signed between the Spanish Empire and the French Empire by which Río Muni is relieved of all conflicting claims.
  • 19 July – The first line of the Métro is inaugurated in Paris.[3]
  • First Michelin Guide published.

Arts and literature[]

  • 2 February – First performance of Gustave Charpentier's opera, Louise.
  • 21 November – Claude Monet's paintings shown at Gallery Durand-Ruel in Paris

Sport[]

  • 14 May-28 October - Olympic Games held in Paris.[4]

Births[]

January to March[]

  • 3 January – Marcel Gobillot, cyclist and Olympic medallist (died 1981)
  • 5 January – Yves Tanguy, surrealist painter (died 1955)
  • 9 January – Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie, journalist, politician and French Resistance member (died 1969)
  • 11 January – Benoît Fauré, cyclist (died 1980)
  • 24 January – René Guillot, author (died 1969)
  • 4 February – Jacques Prévert, poet and screenwriter (died 1977)
  • 11 February – Raymond Cambefort, one of the last three fully verified World War I veterans living in France (died 2008)
  • 21 February – Madeleine Renaud, actress (died 1994)
  • 6 March – Henri Jeanson, writer and journalist (died 1970)
  • 8 March – Pierre David-Weill, investment banker (died 1975)
  • 19 March – Frédéric Joliot-Curie, physicist and Nobel laureate (died 1958)[5]

April to June[]

  • 13 April – Pierre Molinier, painter and photographer (died 1976)
  • 15 April – Pierre Nord, writer, spy and resistance member (died 1985)
  • 20 April – Jacques Adnet, designer, architect and interior designer (died 1984)
  • 27 April – Marcel Légaut, philosopher and mathematician (died 1990)
  • 28 April
    • Maurice Thorez, communist politician (died 1964)
    • Jean Vaysse, rugby union player (died 1974)
  • 17 May – Achille Souchard, cyclist (died 1976)
  • 22 May – Yvonne de Gaulle, married to Charles de Gaulle (died 1979)
  • 14 June – Roger Bourdin, baritone (died 1973)
  • 29 June – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, pilot and writer (died 1944)

July to December[]

  • 4 July – Robert Desnos, surrealist poet (died 1945)
  • 12 July – Marcel Paul, trade unionist and communist politician (died 1982)
  • 17 July – Marcel Dalio, actor (died 1983)
  • 19 July – Pierre Coquelin de Lisle, sport shooter and Olympic gold medallist (died 1980)
  • 26 July – Jacques Février, pianist (died 1979)
  • 11 August – Georges Limbour, writer (died 1970)
  • 6 September – Marc Bernard, writer (died 1983).
  • 30 September – Pierre Yvert, philatelic editor (died 1964)
  • 9 October – Henri Lauvaux, athlete and Olympic medallist (died 1970)
  • 13 October – Ghislaine Marie Françoise Dommanget, actress and Princess of Monaco (died 1991)
  • November – Émile Gagnan, engineer and inventor (died 1979)
  • 15 December – Hellé Nice, model, dancer and motor racing driver (died 1984)

Full date unknown[]

  • Suzanne Dechevaux-Dumesnil, lover and later married to Samuel Beckett (died 1989)
  • Georges Neveux, dramatist and poet (died 1982)

Deaths[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Émile Loubet - president of France". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  2. ^ "René Waldeck-Rousseau - French politician". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  3. ^ Grescoe, Taras (19 November 2000). "Secrets of The Paris Metro". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Paris 1900 Olympic Games". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  5. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1935". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
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