1896 in France

"See also:"
1895 in France,
other events of 1896,
1897 in France.

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Events from the year 1897 in France.

Events

Births

January to June

*4 January - André Masson, artist (d.1987).
*19 February - André Breton, writer, poet, and surrealist 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

*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 the French 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

*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 and film producer (d.1966).
*29 December - Philippe Étancelin, motor racing driver (d.1981).

Full date unknown

*Marie Besnard, accused serial poisoner (d.1980).
*Albert Besson, hygienist and physician (d.1965).
*Adrienne Bolland, test pilot and first woman to fly over the Andes (d.1975).
*Lisette de Brinon, socialite and collaborator (d.1982).
*Louis Renou, indologist (d.1966).

Deaths

January to June

*8 January - Paul Verlaine, poet (b.1844).
*26 February - Arsène Houssaye, novelist and poet (b.1815).
*5 May - Auguste Sallé, traveller and entomologist (b.1820).
*29 May - Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, geologist (b.1814).
*26 June - Louis, Duke of Nemours, second son of King Louis-Philippe of France (b.1814).

July to December

*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

*Élie-Abel Carrière, botanist (b.1818).

References