1917 in France

"See also:"
1916 in France,
other events of 1917,
1918 in France.

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Events from the year 1917 in France.

Events

*9 April - Battle of Arras, a British offensive, begins.
*16 April - Second Battle of the Aisne begins, the main action of the French Nivelle Offensive.
*29 April - Architect of the Second Battle of the Aisne and the French Commander-in-Chief, General Robert Nivelle, is sacked.
*9 May - Second Battle of the Aisne ends in failure, leading to desertions.
*27 May - French Army desertions turned to mutiny as up to 30,000 soldiers left the front line and reserve trenches and returned to the rear
*16 May - Battle of Arras ends.
*8 June - French military authorities took action with mass arrests, followed by mass trials.
*15 August - Anglo-Canadian offensive, Battle of Hill 70 starts.
*25 August - Battle of Hill 70 ends.
*15 November - Georges Clemenceau becomes prime minister of France.
*20 November, British campaign, Battle of Cambrai 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 (d.1992).
*24 January - Marcel Hansenne, middle distance runner (d.2002).
*16 April - Lucienne Delyle, singer (d.1962).
*22 April - Yvette Chauviré, prima ballerina assoluta.
*25 April - Jean Lucas, motor racing driver (d.2003).
*29 May - Élie de Rothschild, banker (d.2007).
*31 May - Jean Rouch, filmmaker and anthropologist (d.2004).

July to December

*18 July - Henri Salvador, singer (d.2008).
*25 July - Philippe De Lacy, actor (d.1995).
*27 July - Bourvil, actor and singer (d.1970).
*15 August - Philippe Viannay, journalist (d.1986).
*24 September - Jean Hermil, Roman Catholic bishop of Viviers (d.2006).
*20 October - Jean-Pierre Melville, filmmaker (d.1973).
*30 October - Maurice Trintignant, motor racing driver (d.2005).
*5 November - Jacqueline Auriol, aviatrix who set several world speed records (d.2000).
*11 November - Madeleine Damerment, World War II heroine (executed) (d.1944).
*19 November - Philippe Ragueneau, journalist and writer (d.2003).

Full date unknown

*Philippe Charbonneaux, product designer (d.1998).
*Bernard Destremau, tennis player (d.2002).
*Annette Laming-Emperaire, archeologist (d.1977).
*Maurice Lauré, creator of "taxe sur la valeur ajoutée" (TVA) (d.2001).
*Jean-Etienne Marie, composer (d.1989).
*Paul Tessier, surgeon (d.2008).

Deaths

January to June

*16 February - Octave Mirbeau, journalist, art critic, pamphleteer, novelist and playwright (b.1848).
*23 February - Jean Gaston Darboux, mathematician (b.1842).
*26 February - Joseph Jules Dejerine, neurologist (b.1849).
*10 May - Louis Théophile Joseph Landouzy, neurologist (b.1845).
*30 June - Antonio de La Gandara, painter and draughtsman (b.1861).

July to December

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

Full date unknown

*Auguste Chauveau, professor and veterinarian (b.1827).
*Carolus-Duran, painter (b.1837).
*François-Victor Équilbecq, author (b.1872).

References