1936 in France

"See also:"
1935 in France,
other events of 1936,
1937 in France.

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Events from the year 1936 in France.

Events

*25 March - Second London Naval Treaty is signed by the governments of France, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.
*26 April - Legislative Election held.
*3 May - Legislative Election held, resulting in the election of the Popular Front.
*26 May - A general strike is initiated in Le Havre.
*7 June - Matignon Agreements are signed between the CGPF employers trade union confederation, the CGT trade union and the French state during a general strike initiated after the election of the Popular Front.

port

*7 July - Tour de France begins.
*2 August - Tour de France ends, won by Sylvère Maes of Belgium.

Births

*15 February - Jean-Gabriel Albicocco, film director (d.2001).
*23 February - Roger Rivière, cyclist (d.1976).
*12 April - Jean-Claude Vrinat, restaurateur (d.2008).
*1 March - Jean-Edern Hallier, author (d.1997).
*7 March - Georges Perec, novelist, filmmaker and essayist (d.1982).
*1 May - Danièle Huillet, filmmaker (d.2006).
*20 June - Jean-Daniel Pollet, film director and screenwriter (d.2004).
*1 August - Yves Saint Laurent, fashion designer (d.2008).
*4 August - Claude Ballot-Léna, motor racing driver (d.1999).
*12 October - Pascale Audret, actress (d.2000).
*28 December - Jacques Mesrine, gangster (d.1979).

Deaths

*7 January - Guy d'Hardelot, composer, pianist and teacher (b.1858).
*5 February - Charles le Bargy, actor and film director (b.1858).
*28 February - Charles Nicolle, bacteriologist who won the 1928 Nobel Prize in Medicine (b.1866).
*16 March - Marguerite Durand, actress, journalist and suffragette (b.1864).
*23 May - Henri de Régnier, poet (b.1864).
*15 July - Charles Binet, Archbishop of Besançon and Cardinal (b.1869).
*1 August - Louis Blériot, inventor, engineer and aviation pioneer (b.1872).
*23 August - Juliette Adam, writer (b.1836).
*17 October - Suzanne Bianchetti, actress (b.1889).

Full date unknown

*Georges Garnier, soccer player (b.1878).

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