1917 in France

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This is a list of events from 1917 in France.

Incumbents[]

  • President: Raymond Poincaré
  • President of the Council of Ministers:
    • until 20 March: Aristide Briand
    • 20 March-12 September: Alexandre Ribot
    • 12 September-16 November: Paul Painlevé
    • starting 16 November: Georges Clemenceau

Events[]

  • 13 February – Dutch dancer Mata Hari is arrested in Paris for spying for Germany.
  • 9 April – Battle of Arras, a British Empire offensive, begins.
  • 16 April – Second Battle of the Aisne begins, the main action of the French Nivelle Offensive.
  • 26 April – The Agreement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, between France, Italy and the United Kingdom, to settle interests in the Middle East, is signed.
  • 29 April – Architect of the Second Battle of the Aisne and French Commander-in-Chief, General Robert Nivelle, is dismissed and replaced on 15 May by Philippe Pétain.
  • 3 May – 1917 French Army mutinies begin when the French 2nd Division refuses to follow orders to attack.
  • 9 May – Second Battle of the Aisne ends in failure, leading to desertions.
  • 27 May – 1917 French Army mutinies: French Army desertions turn to mutiny as up to 30,000 soldiers leave the front line and reserve trenches and return to the rear at Missy-aux-Bois.
  • 16 May – Battle of Arras ends.
  • 1 June – 1917 French Army mutinies: A French infantry regiment seizes Missy-aux-Bois, and declares an anti-war military government. Other French army troops soon apprehend them.
  • 8 June – 1917 French Army mutinies: French military authorities take action with mass arrests, followed by mass trials.
  • 15 August – Battle of Hill 70, an Anglo-Canadian offensive, starts on the outskirts of Lens in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region.
  • 25 August – Battle of Hill 70 ends.
  • 15 October – Mata Hari is executed by firing squad at Vincennes for spying.
  • 15 November – Georges Clemenceau becomes prime minister of France.
  • 20 November – Battle of Cambrai, a British campaign, begins. First successful use of tanks in a combined arms operation.
  • 6 December – Battle of Cambrai ends.

Births[]

January to June[]

  • 3 January – Pierre Dervaux, operatic conductor and composer (died 1992)
  • 24 January – Marcel Hansenne, middle-distance runner (died 2002)
  • 11 February – Bernard Destremau, tennis player (died 2002)
  • 16 April – Lucienne Delyle, singer (died 1962)
  • 22 April – Yvette Chauviré, prima ballerina assoluta (died 2016)
  • 25 April – Jean Lucas, motor racing driver (died 2003)
  • 29 May – Élie de Rothschild, banker (died 2007)
  • 31 May – Jean Rouch, filmmaker and anthropologist (died 2004)

July to December[]

  • 14 June – Gilbert Prouteau, poet (died 2012)
  • 18 July – Henri Salvador, singer (died 2008)
  • 25 July – Philippe De Lacy, actor (died 1995)
  • 27 July – Bourvil, actor and singer (died 1970)
  • 15 August – Philippe Viannay, journalist (died 1986)
  • 17 August – Paul Tessier, surgeon (died 2008)
  • 24 September – Jean Hermil, Roman Catholic bishop of Viviers (died 2006)
  • 20 October – Jean-Pierre Melville, filmmaker (died 1973)
  • 22 October – Annette Laming-Emperaire, archeologist (died 1977)
  • 30 October – Maurice Trintignant, motor racing driver (died 2005)
  • 5 November – Jacqueline Auriol, aviator, holder of several world speed records (died 2000)
  • 11 November – Madeleine Damerment, World War II heroine (executed) (died 1944)
  • 19 November – Philippe Ragueneau, journalist and writer (died 2003)
  • 22 November – Jean-Étienne Marie, composer (died 1989)
  • 24 November – Maurice Lauré, creator of taxe sur la valeur ajoutée (TVA) (died 2001)

Full date unknown[]

  • Philippe Charbonneaux, industrial designer (died 1998)

Deaths[]

January to June[]

  • 4 January – Auguste Chauveau, professor and veterinarian (born 1827)
  • 20 January – Amédée Bollée (Amédée père), bell-founder (born 1844)
  • 5 February – Édouard Drumont, journalist and writer (born 1844)
  • 16 February – Octave Mirbeau, journalist, art critic, pamphleteer, novelist and playwright (born 1848)
  • 17 February – Carolus-Duran, painter (born 1837)
  • 23 February – Jean Gaston Darboux, mathematician (born 1842)
  • 26 February – Joseph Jules Dejerine, neurologist (born 1849)
  • 16 March — Friedrich Manschott, German World War I flying ace (born 1893)
  • 6 April — Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Prince of Prussia (born 1893)
  • 10 April – Louis Édouard Fournier, painter (born 1857)
  • 10 May – Louis Théophile Joseph Landouzy, neurologist (born 1845)
  • 25 May – René Dorme, World War I fighter ace (born 1894; killed in action)[1]
  • 30 June – Antonio de La Gandara, painter and draughtsman (born 1861)

July to December[]

  • 3 August – Stéphane Javelle, astronomer (born 1864)
  • 8 September – Charles-Edouard Lefebvre, composer (born 1843)
  • 20 September – Émile Boirac, philosopher (born 1851)
  • 27 September – Edgar Degas, artist (born 1834)
  • 3 November – Léon Bloy, novelist, essayist, pamphleteer and poet (born 1846)
  • 5 November – Henri Amédée de Broglie, nobleman (born 1849)
  • 15 November – Émile Durkheim, sociologist (born 1858)
  • 17 November – Auguste Rodin, sculptor (born 1840)
  • 20 December – Lucien Petit-Breton, cyclist, winner of 1907 and 1908 Tour de France (born 1882)

Full date unknown[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Over the Front: The Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918, pp. 151-152
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