1999 in France

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Events from the year 1999 in France.

Incumbents[]

  • President: Jacques Chirac
  • Prime Minister: Lionel Jospin

Events[]

  • 3 March – ratification of the Amsterdam Treaty by the French National Assembly.
  • 17 March – ratification of the Amsterdam Treaty by the Senate.
  • 24 March – Fire in the Mont Blanc Tunnel kills 39 people, closing the tunnel for nearly three years.
  • 13 June – European Parliament election in France.
  • 11 August – a total solar eclipse occurs in the north of France.
  • September – The Peugeot 607 is launched to replace the unsuccessful decade-old 605.
  • 13 October – Pacte civil de solidarité (a type of civil union) adopted by French Parliament.
  • 12 December – a ship, Erika, breaks up near Penmarc'h spilling 37 000 tons of fuel, causing an oil slick on the Breton, Vendean and coasts. Loire-Atlantique is particularly affected.
  • 26 and 28 December – storms Lothar and Martin cause heavy damage with winds reaching 180 km/h. The total damage includes more than 90 dead, 6 billion euros paid by the insurers and 10,000 km2 of forest devastated.

Arts and literature[]

  • 2 September – Publication of Jean-Marie Guéhenno's "L'avenir de la liberté – La démocratie dans la mondialisation", which examines the problems arising from confrontation between the democracy and globalisation

Sport[]

  • 27 June – French Grand Prix won by Rubens Barrichello of Brazil.
  • 3 July – Tour de France begins.[1]
  • 25 July – Tour de France ends, won by Lance Armstrong of the United States.[1]

Births[]

  • 14 April - Matteo Guendouzi, soccer player

Full date unknown[]

Deaths[]

January[]

  • 6 January — Michel Petrucciani, Jazz pianist (b. 1962).
  • 19 January — Jacques Lecoq, actor, mime and acting instructor (b. 1921).
  • 24 January – Roger Rondeaux, cyclo-cross racer (b. 1920).
  • 25 January – Henri Rochereau, politician and European Commissioner (b. 1908).
  • 26 January – Jeanne-Marie Darré, pianist (b. 1905).

February[]

  • 3 February – Luc Borrelli, soccer player (b. 1965).
  • 12 February – André Devigny, soldier and French Resistance member (b. 1916).
  • 18 February – Andreas Feininger, photographer (b. 1906).

March[]

  • 12 March – André Nocquet, aikido teacher (b. 1914).
  • 17 March – Jean Pierre-Bloch, French Resistance member (b. 1905).
  • 21 March — Jean Guitton, Catholic philosopher and theologian (b. 1901).

May[]

June[]

  • 9 June – Maurice Journeau, composer (b. 1898).
  • 19 June — Henri, comte de Paris, Orléanist claimant to the French throne (b. 1908).
  • 28 June – Louis Ducatel, politician and businessman (b. 1902).
  • 30 June — Edouard Boubat, photographer (b. 1923).

July to October[]

  • 16 July — André Martinet, linguist (b. 1908).
  • 30 July – Hermann Panzo, athlete (b. 1958).
  • 22 August – Yann Goulet, sculptor, Breton nationalist and war-time collaborationist (b. 1914).
  • 30 August – Raymond Poïvet, cartoonist (b. 1910).
  • 14 September – Jehan Buhan, fencer (b. 1912).
  • 15 September – Michel Pinseau, architect (b. 1924).
  • 4 October — Bernard Buffet, painter (b. 1928).
  • 27 October – Charlotte Perriand, architect and designer (b. 1903).

November[]

  • 3 November — Alan Heusaff, Breton nationalist and linguist (b. 1921).
  • 9 November – Claude Ballot-Léna, motor racing driver (b. 1936).
  • 11 November – Alphonse Antoine, cyclist (b. 1915).
  • 21 November – Serge Lang, journalist, alpine skier, and founder of the alpine skiing World Cup (b. 1920).
  • 25 November – Pierre Bézier, engineer (b. 1910).
  • 27 November – Alain Peyrefitte, scholar and politician (b. 1925).

December[]

  • 6 December — Paul Bacon, politician (b. 1907).
  • 18 December — Robert Bresson, film director (b. 1901).
  • 23 December – Marcel Landowski, composer, biographer and arts administrator (b. 1915).
  • 24 December — Maurice Couve de Murville, politician and Prime Minister (b. 1907).
  • 28 December – Pierre Clémenti, actor (b. 1942).
  • 28 December – Louis Féraud, fashion designer and artist (b. 1921).

Full date unknown[]

  • Germaine Dieterlen, anthropologist (b. 1903).
  • Yann Goulet, sculptor, Breton nationalist and war-time collaborationist with Nazi Germany (b. 1914).
  • René Le Hir, Breton nationalist (b. 1920).
  • Laure Leprieur, radio personality (b. 1919).

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Longman, Jeré (10 October 2012). "Lance Armstrong's 1999 Tour de France Triumph Takes a Dark Turn". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
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