1905 in France

"See also:"
1904 in France,
other events of 1905,
1906 in France.

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Events from the year 1905 in France.

Events

*31 March - German emperor William II asserts German equality with France in Morocco, triggering the Tangier or First Moroccan Crisis.
*13 May - Mata Hari debuts in Paris.
*9 December - 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State is passed.

Arts and Literature

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*9 July - The third Tour de France begins.
*30 July - Tour de France ends, won by Louis Trousselier.

Births

January to March

*17 January - Louis Armand, engineer (d.1971).
*21 January - Christian Dior, fashion designer (d.1957).
*7 February - Paul Nizan, philosopher and writer (d.1940).
*8 February - Andre Richaume, archetier/bowmaker (d.1966).
*3 March - Marie Glory, actress.
*14 March - Raymond Aron, philosopher, sociologist and political scientist (d.1983).
*20 March - Jean Galia (d. 1949), boxer and pioneering rugby footballer

April to June

*2 April - Edmond Jouhaud, one of four generals who staged the Algiers putsch of 1961 (d.1995).
*4 April - Eugène Bozza, composer (d.1991).
*5 April - Waldeck Rochet, politician (d.1983).
*13 April - Pierre Schneiter, politician (d.1979).
*14 April - Jean Pierre-Bloch, French Resistance member (d.1999).
*6 May - René Dreyfus, motor racing driver (d.1993).
*14 May - Jean Daniélou, theologian and historian (d.1974).
*15 May - Albert Dubout, cartoonist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor (d.1976).
*20 June - Hélène Bouvier, operatic mezzo-soprano (d.1978).
*21 June - Jacques Goddet, sports journalist and Tour de France director (d.2000).
*21 June - Jean-Paul Sartre, philosopher, dramatist, novelist and critic (d.1980).

July to September

*25 July - Georges Grignard, motor racing driver (d.1977).
*29 July - Pierre Braunberger, producer and actor (d.1990).
*8 August - André Jolivet, composer (d.1974).
*9 August - Pierre Klossowski, writer, translator and artist (d.2001).
*5 September - Maurice Challe, General (d.1979).

October to December

*10 October - Armand Marcelle, rower and Olympic medallist (d.1974).
*11 October - Jean-Marie Villot, Cardinal (d.1979).
*24 October - Pierre Frank, Trotskyist leader (d.1984).
*18 November - Paul Paillole, soldier (d.1992).
*29 November - Marcel Lefebvre, Roman Catholic archbishop (d.1991).
*22 December - Pierre Brasseur, actor (d.1972).
*25 December - Étienne Mattler, international soccer player (d.1986).
*31 December - Guy Mollet, politician (d.1975).

Full date unknown

*Jacques Baron, poet (d.1986).
*Pierre Chevalier, caver and mountaineer (d.2001).
*Jeanne-Marie Darré, pianist (d.1999).
*André Giriat, rower and Olympic medallist (d.1967).
*Albert-Félix de Lapparent, palaeontologist and Jesuit priest (d.1975).
*Henri Lurie, engineer and philosopher (d.1994).
*René Maheu, professor of philosophy and Director General of UNESCO (d.1975).
*René de Possel, mathematician (d.1974).
*René Taupin, translator, critic and academic (d.1981).

Deaths

January to June

*4 February - Louis-Ernest Barrias, sculptor (b.1841).
*24 March - Jules Verne, author (b.1828).
*26 May - Alphonse James de Rothschild, banker and philanthropist (b.1827).
*1 June - Émile Delahaye, automotive pioneer (b.1843).
*4 June - Edme-Armand-Gaston d'Audiffret-Pasquier, politician (b.1823).

July to December

*9 August - Placide Louis Chapelle, Archbishop in Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans (b.1842).
*19 August - William-Adolphe Bouguereau, painter (b.1825).
*13 September - René Goblet, politician, Prime Minister of France (b.1828).
*14 September - Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, explorer (b.1852).
*25 September - Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, politician (b.1853).
*12 December - François Paul Meurice, dramatist (b.1818).

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