- 1894 in France
"See also:"
1893 in France ,
other events of 1894,1895 in France .----
Events from the year
1894 inFrance .Events
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15 February - 04:51GMT , Frenchanarchist Martial Bourdin attempts to destroy theRoyal Greenwich Observatory ,London ,England with a bomb.
*14 May -Meteor shower in Southern France.
*22 June -Dahomey becomes a French colony.
*23 June -International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne,Paris , at the initiative of BaronPierre de Coubertin .
*24 June - Assassination ofMarie François Sadi Carnot ,President of France .
*15 August -Sante Geronimo Caserio is executed for the assassination ofMarie François Sadi Carnot .
*15 October -Alfred Dreyfus is arrested for spying:Dreyfus affair begins.
*19 December -Trial and conviction of Alfred Dreyfus begins at theCherche-Midi prison , and lasts four days.
*22 December -Alfred Dreyfus is convicted of treason.
*31 December - Dreyfus appeal to the military court of revision — a formality — is rejected.Births
January to June
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12 January -Georges Carpentier , boxer (d.1975).
*18 January -Romain Bellenger , cyclist (d.1981).
*6 February -André Marchal ,organist and organ teacher (d.1980).
*14 March -Marie-Simone Capony , teacher, fifth-oldest person in the world (d.2007).
*26 March -Albert Achard ,World War I flying ace (d.1972).
*9 April -Jean Gounot , gymnast and Olympic medallist (d.1978).
*23 April -Georges Renavent , actor (d.1969).
*10 May -Paul Dujardin ,water polo player and Olympic medallist (d.1959).
*27 May -Louis-Ferdinand Céline , writer (d.1961).
*2 June -Jean Gachet , boxer and Olympic medallist (d.1968).
*13 June -Jacques Henri Lartigue ,photographer and painter (d.1986).July to September
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25 July -Yvonne Printemps , singer and actress (d.1977).
*19 August -André Lefèbvre ,automobile engineer (d.1963).
*27 August -André Lurçat , architect (d.1970).
*3 September -Marie Dubas , music-hall singer and comedienne (d.1972).
*3 September -André Hébuterne , painter (d.1992).
*8 September -Andrée Vaurabourg , pianist and teacher (d.1980).
*14 September -Pierre-Marie Théas , Bishop (d.1977).
*15 September -Jean Renoir , film director (d.1979).October to December
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25 October -Claude Cahun , photographer and writer (d.1954).
*30 October -Jean Rostand ,biologist andphilosopher (d.1977).
*4 November -Gabriel Auphan , Admiral (d.1982).
*7 December -Louis Béguet ,rugby union player (d.1983).
*25 December -Maurice Floquet ,France 's oldest man on record (d.2006).Full date unknown
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Félix Amiot ,aircraft constructor (d.1974).
*Paul Baudoin , politician and Minister (d.1964).
*René Laforgue , psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (d.1962).
*Georges Miquelle , cellist (d.1977).Deaths
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3 February -Edmond Frémy ,chemist (b.1814).
*6 February -Maria Deraismes , author and pioneer forwomen's rights (b.1828).
*9 February -Maxime Du Camp ,writer and photographer (b.1822).
*14 February -Jacques-Léonard Maillet , sculptor (b.1823).
*25 June -Marie François Sadi Carnot ,President of France (assassinated) (b.1837).
*1 July -Jean-Joseph Carriès , sculptor, ceramist, and miniaturist (b.1855).
*2 September -Pauline Duvernay , dancer (b.1813).
*7 December -Ferdinand de Lesseps , developer of theSuez Canal (b.1805).Full date unknown
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Jacques Claude Demogeot , man of letters (b.1808).
*Philippe Édouard Foucaux , Tibetologist (b.1811).
*Louis Figuier , scientist and writer (b.1819).
*Armand Gautier, painter and lithographer (b.1825).References
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