1910 in France

"See also:"
1909 in France,
other events of 1910,
1911 in France.

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Events from the year 1910 in France.

Incumbents

Events

*16 January - Constant rain in Paris causes the Seine to overflow its banks, flooding the city. All but one line of the Paris Métro becomes filled with water, effectively draining water from the city.
*24 April - French legislative election held.
*8 May - French legislative election held.
*2 July - Demonstrations in France against public executions.
*Champagne Riots.

port

*3 July - The eighth Tour de France begins.
*31 July - Tour de France ends, won by Octave Lapize.

Births

January to March

*10 January - Jean Martinon, conductor and composer (d.1976).
*25 January - Henri Louveau, motor racing driver (d.1991).
*9 February - Jacques Monod, biologist, awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1965 (d.1976).
*14 February - Pierre Marcilhacy, politician (d.1987).
*19 February - Mathilde Carré, French Resistance agent, became a double agent (d.1970).

April to June

*23 April - Simone Simon, actress (d.2005).
*30 April - Pierre Lantier, composer and pianist (d.1998).
*4 June - Jacques Berque, Islamic scholar and sociologist (d.1995).
*6 June - Hélène de Beauvoir, painter (d.2001).
*8 June - Fernand Fonssagrives, photographer (d.2003).
*11 June - Jacques-Yves Cousteau, naval officer, explorer, ecologist, filmmaker, scientist, photographer and researcher (d.1997).
*23 June - Jean Anouilh, dramatist (d.1987).
*27 June - Pierre Joubert, illustrator (d.2002).

July to December

*2 July - Louise Laroche, one of the last remaining survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic (d.1998).
*5 July - Georges Vedel, public law professor (d.2002).
*7 July - Raymond Polin, philosopher (d.2001).
*27 July - Julien Gracq, writer (d.2007).
*5 August - Bruno Coquatrix, songwriter and music impresario (d.1979).
*7 August - Lucien Hervé, photographer (d.2007).
*14 August - Pierre Schaeffer, composer, inventor of musique concrète (d.1995).
*1 September - Pierre Bézier, engineer (d.1999).
*3 September - Maurice Papon, Vichy government official, prefect of police of Paris (d.2007).
*8 September - Jean-Louis Barrault, actor, director and mime artist (d.1994).
*14 September - Gaston Defferre, politician (d.1986).
*29 October - Aurélie Nemours, painter (d.2005).
*13 November - Jean-Marcel Jeanneney, politician and diplomat.
*19 December - Jean Genet, writer and political activist (d.1986).

Full date unknown

*Ernestine Chassebœuf, letter writer (d.2005).
*Henri Enjalbert, professor of geography (d.1983).
*Paule Maurice, composer (d.1967).
*Charles Pisot, mathematician (d.1984).
*Raymond Poïvet, cartoonist (d.1999).
*René Zazzo, psychologist (d.1995).

Deaths

*5 January - Léon Walras, economist (b.1834).
*February - Marie Henri d'Arbois de Jubainville, historian and philologist (b.1827).
*18 May - Pauline García-Viardot, mezzo-soprano and composer (b.1821).
*27 June - Gustave Emile Boissonade, legal scholar (b.1825).
*21 July - Léopold Victor Delisle, bibliophile and historian (b.1826).
*2 September - Henri Rousseau, painter (b.1844).

Full date unknown

*Gaston du Bousquet, engineer (b.1839).
*Emmanuel Frémiet, sculptor (b.1824).

References