1947 in France

"See also:"
1946 in France,
other events of 1947,
1948 in France.

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Events from the year 1947 in France.

Events

*16 January - Vincent Auriol is inaugurated as President of France.
*10 February - Paris peace treaties are signed between the World War II Allies and Italy, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Finland.
*28 February - United States gives France a military base in Casablanca.
*29 March - Nationalist "tribesmen" began a revolt (Malagasy Uprising) in the eastern part of Madagascar, against French rule.
*6 May - In Moramanga, the military machine-gun Mouvement Democratique de la Renovation Malagache (MDRM) officials detained in wagons, killing 124 to 160 people.
*11 July - "Exodus (ship)" departs France to Palestine with 4,500 Jewish Holocaust survivor refugees.
*July - Five North-African regiments arrive in Madagascar.
*27 August - When the French government lowers the bread ration to 200 grams, it causes riots in Verdun and Le Mans.
*30 August - Fire at a cinema in Rueil, a suburb of Paris, kills 87.
*7 October - Operation Lea begins in Vietnam, an attempt by the French to crush the Viet Minh.
*10 November - The arrest of four steel workers in Marseille begins a communist riot that spreads to Paris.
*20 November - Paul Ramadier resigns as Prime Minister of France - he is succeeded by Robert Schuman. Schuman calls 80,000 reservists to quell rioting miners.
*27 November - In Paris, police occupy the editorial offices of communist newspapers.
*3 December - French communist strikers derail the Paris-Tourcoing Express train because of false rumours that it was transporting soldiers - 21 dead.
*4 December - Interior minister Jules Moch secures emergency measures against riots after six days of violent arguments in the national assembly.
*9 December - Labour unions call off the general strike and begin negotiations with the French government.
*22 December - Operation Lea ends with a tactical success for the French forces.

port

*25 June - Tour de France begins.
*20 July - Tour de France ends, won by Jean Robic.

Births

*16 January - Juliet Berto, actress (d.1990).
*17 January - Alain Payet, adult film director (d.2007).
*1 April - Alain Connes, mathematician.
*4 July - Jacques Morali, music producer (d.1991).
*24 July - Jacques Fouroux, international rugby union player, coach (d.2005).
*9 October - France Gall, singer.
*28 November - Michel Berger, singer and songwriter (d.1992).
*2 December - Isaac Bitton, drummer.

Full date unknown

*Jean-Jacques Laffont, economist (d.2004).
*Marc Sautet, philosopher and writer (d.1998).

Deaths

*23 January - Pierre Bonnard, painter and printmaker (b.1867).
*24 November - Léon-Paul Fargue, poet and essayist (b.1876).
*7 December - Tristan Bernard, playwright, novelist, journalist and lawyer (b.1866).

Full date unknown

*Mary Bonaparte, eldest daughter of Prince Napoléon Bonaparte of Canino (b.1870).

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