1936 in France

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1936
in
France

Decades:
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
See also:Other events of 1936
History of France  • Timeline  • Years

Events from the year 1936 in France.

Incumbents[]

  • President: Albert Lebrun
  • President of the Council of Ministers:
    • until 24 January: Pierre Laval
    • 24 January-4 June: Albert Sarraut
    • starting 4 June: Léon Blum

Events[]

  • 25 March - Second London Naval Treaty is signed by the governments of France, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.
  • 26 April - Legislative Election held.
  • 3 May - Legislative Election held, resulting in the election of the Popular Front.
  • 26 May - A general strike is initiated in Le Havre.
  • 7 June - Matignon Agreements are signed between the Confédération générale de la production française (CGPF) employers association, the CGT trade union and the French state during a general strike initiated after the election of the Popular Front.

Sport[]

  • 7 July - Tour de France begins.
  • 2 August - Tour de France ends, won by Sylvère Maes of Belgium.

Births[]

  • 15 February - Jean-Gabriel Albicocco, film director (died 2001)
  • 23 February - Roger Rivière, cyclist (died 1976)
  • 12 April - Jean-Claude Vrinat, restaurateur (died 2008)
  • 1 March - Jean-Edern Hallier, author (died 1997)
  • 7 March - Georges Perec, novelist, filmmaker and essayist (died 1982)
  • 1 May - Danièle Huillet, filmmaker (died 2006)
  • 20 June - Jean-Daniel Pollet, film director and screenwriter (died 2004)
  • 1 August - Yves Saint Laurent, fashion designer (died 2008)
  • 4 August - Claude Ballot-Léna, motor racing driver (died 1999)
  • 12 October - Pascale Audret, actress (died 2000)
  • 28 December - Jacques Mesrine, gangster (died 1979)

Deaths[]

  • 7 January - Guy d'Hardelot, composer, pianist and teacher (born 1858)
  • 5 February - Charles le Bargy, actor and film director (born 1858)
  • 28 February - Charles Nicolle, bacteriologist who won the 1928 Nobel Prize in Medicine (born 1866)
  • 16 March - Marguerite Durand, actress, journalist and suffragette (born 1864)
  • 23 May - Henri de Régnier, poet (born 1864)
  • 15 July - Charles Binet, Archbishop of Besançon and Cardinal (born 1869)
  • 1 August - Louis Blériot, inventor, engineer and aviation pioneer (born 1872)
  • 23 August - Juliette Adam, writer (born 1836)[1]
  • 17 October - Suzanne Bianchetti, actress (born 1889)

Full date unknown[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Crecelius, Kathryn J.; Offen, Karen (1991). "Juliette Adam". In Wilson, Katharina M. (ed.). An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers Volume 1. New York: Garland. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-82408-547-6.
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