1926 in France

"See also:"
1925 in France,
other events of 1926,
1927 in France.

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Events from the year 1926 in France.

Events

*9 May - French navy bombards Damascus because of Druze riots.
*24 November - The village of Rocquebillier in French Riviera is almost destroyed in a massive hail.

Arts and Literature

*Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts institutes the "Prix Puvis de Chavannes", named after co-founder and first president, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes.

port

*20 June - Tour de France begins.
*18 July - Tour de France ends, won by Lucien Buysse of Belgium.

Births

January to June

*17 January - Robert Filliou, artist (d.1987).
*2 February - Philippe Chatrier, tennis player (d.2000).
*11 February - Paul Bocuse, chef.
*19 March - Henri René Guieu, science fiction writer (d.2000).
*13 April - André Testut, motor racing driver (d.2005).
*5 June - Claude Berge, mathematician (d.2002).
*12 June - Jean-Pierre Munch, cyclist (d.1996).
*26 June - Jérôme Lejeune, paediatrician and geneticist (d.1994).

July to December

*14 August - René Goscinny, author, editor and humorist (d.1977).
*17 August - Jean Poiret, actor, director and screenwriter (d.1992).
*15 September - Jean-Pierre Serre, mathematician.
*17 September - Jean-Marie Lustiger, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Paris and Cardinal (d.2007).
*15 October - Michel Foucault, philosopher, historian, critic and sociologist (d.1984).
*3 November - Paul Rebeyrolle, painter (d.2005).
*21 December - Georges Boudarel, academic and Communist militant (d.2003).

Full date unknown

*Pierre Broué, historian and Trotskyist (d.2005).
*Raymond Hains, artist and photographer (d.2005).
*Pierre Villette, composer (d.1998).

Deaths

*14 January - René Boylesve, author (b.1867).
*28 February - Alphonse Louis Nicolas Borrelly, astronomer (b.1842).
*2 July - Émile Coué, psychologist and pharmacist (b.1857).
*21 September - Léon Charles Thévenin, telegraph engineer (b.1857).
*5 December - Claude Monet, painter (b.1840).

Full date unknown

*Georges Bénédite, Egyptologist (b.1857).
*Jean-Camille Formigé, architect (b.1845).

References