- 1896 in France
"See also:"
1895 in France ,
other events of 1896,1897 in France .----
Events from the year
1897 inFrance .Events
Births
January to June
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4 January -André Masson , artist (d.1987).
*19 February -André Breton ,writer ,poet , andsurrealist theorist (d.1966).
*20 February -Henri de Lubac ,Jesuit priest and theologian (d.1991).
*19 March -Jean Wiener , pianist and composer (d.1982).
*18 April -Job de Roincé , journalist and writer (d.1981).
*20 April -Henry de Montherlant , essayist, novelist and playwright (d.1972).July to September
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16 July -Léon Weil ,World War I veteran (d.2006).
*18 July -Jean Dufay ,astronomer (d.1967).
*21 July -Jean Rivier , composer (d.1987).
*27 July -Henri Longchambon , politician (d.1969).
*12 August -Alexis Tendil ,World War I veteran (d.2005).
*23 August -Jacques Rueff ,economist and adviser to theFrench Government (d.1978).
*1 September -André Hunebelle , film director (d.1985).
*14 September -Georges Piot , rower and Olympic medallist (d.1980).
*September -Elsa Triolet , writer (d.1970).October to December
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2 October -Jacques Duclos , politician (d.1975).
*8 October -Julien Duvivier , film director (d.1967).
*15 October -Célestin Freinet , pedagogue, and educational reformer (d.1966).
*18 November -Pierre Couderc ,screenwriter ,actor ,acrobat andfilm producer (d.1966).
*29 December -Philippe Étancelin , motor racing driver (d.1981).Full date unknown
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Marie Besnard , accused serial poisoner (d.1980).
*Albert Besson , hygienist andphysician (d.1965).
*Adrienne Bolland , test pilot and first woman to fly over theAndes (d.1975).
*Lisette de Brinon , socialite and collaborator (d.1982).
*Louis Renou ,indologist (d.1966).Deaths
January to June
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8 January -Paul Verlaine , poet (b.1844).
*26 February -Arsène Houssaye , novelist and poet (b.1815).
*5 May -Auguste Sallé , traveller andentomologist (b.1820).
*29 May -Gabriel Auguste Daubrée ,geologist (b.1814).
*26 June -Louis, Duke of Nemours , second son of KingLouis-Philippe of France (b.1814).July to December
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10 July -Joseph-Christian-Ernest Bourret , Cardinal (b.1827).
*16 July -Edmond de Goncourt , writer, critic and book publisher (b.1822).
*18 September -Hippolyte Fizeau , physicist (b.1819).
*7 October -Louis Jules Trochu , soldier and statesman (b.1815).
*26 October -Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour , statesman (b.1827).
*17 December -Paul Arène , poet and writer (b.1843).Full date unknown
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Élie-Abel Carrière ,botanist (b.1818).References
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