1915 in France

"See also:"
1914 in France,
other events of 1915,
1916 in France.

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Events from the year 1915 in France.

Events

*19 January - Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
*9 May - Second Battle of Artois starts.
*15 May - Second Battle of Artois ends in stalemate.
*15 September - Third Battle of Artois begins.
*25 September - Battle of Loos begins, a major British offensive on the Western Front, first British use of poison gas during World War I.
*25 September - Second Battle of Champagne begins.
*28 September - Battle of Loos ends with British retreat.
*4 November - Third Battle of Artois ends.
*6 November - Second Battle of Champagne ends.

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Births

January to March

*14 January - André Frossard, journalist and essayist (d.1995).
*18 February - Marcel Landowski, composer, biographer and arts administrator (d.1999).
*1 March - Gustave Choquet, mathematician (d.2006).
*7 March - Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Gaullist politician and Prime Minister (d.2000).
*24 March - Eugène Martin, motor racing driver (d.2006).

April to June

*2 April - Jean Sauvagnargues, politician and Minister (d.2002).
*3 April - Paul Touvier, convicted of crime against humanity for his Collaborationist role during Vichy France (d.1996).
*20 April - Émile Muller, politician (d.1988).
*6 May - Achille Zavatta, clown and circus operator (d.1993).
*12 May - Frère Roger, founder of the Taizé community (d.2005).
*21 June - Jean Bastien, soccer player (d.1969).

July to December

*19 August - Alphonse Antoine, cyclist (d.1999).
*22 October - Jules Bigot, soccer player and manager (d.2007).
*22 October - Jean Despeaux, boxer, Olympic gold-medallist (d.1989).
*9 November - André François, cartoonist (d.2005).
*12 November - Roland Barthes, literary critic and philosopher (d.1980).
*17 November - Michel Arnaud, General (d.1990).
*November - Jean Neuberth, abstract painter (d.1966).
*17 December - André Claveau, singer (d.2003).
*19 December - Édith Piaf, singer (d.1963).

Full date unknown

*Denise Bloch, heroine of World War II (d.1945).
*Henri Decaë, cinematographer (d.1987).
*Antoine Guillaumont, archaeologist and Syriac scholar (d.2000).

Deaths

*15 September - Alfred Agache, painter (b.1843).
*Michel Bréal, philologist (b.1832).

References