- 1887 in France
"See also:"
1886 in France ,
other events of 1887,1888 in France .----
Events from the year
1887 inFrance .Events
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11 January -Louis Pasteur 's anti-rabies treatment is defended in theFrench Academy of Medicine by Dr. Joseph Grancher.
*23 February - TheFrench Riviera is hit by a largeearthquake , killing around 2,000 along the coast of theMediterranean Sea .Births
January to June
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17 January -Marcel Godivier , cyclist (d.1963).
*18 March -Alfred Vaucher , theologian, church historian and bibliographer (d.1993).
*16 April -Paul Marie André Richaud , Cardinal (d.1968).
*31 May -Saint-John Perse , poet and diplomat, awarded theNobel Prize for Literature in 1960 (d.1975).
*13 June -André François-Poncet , politician and diplomat (d.1978).July to December
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2 July -Marcel Tabuteau , oboist (d.1966).
*28 July -Marcel Duchamp , artist (d.1968).
*16 September -Nadia Boulanger , composer and conductor (d.1979).
*30 September -Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert , General (d.1981).
*5 October -René Cassin , jurist and judge, received theNobel Peace Prize in 1968 (d.1976).
*13 November -Jean de Limur , film director (d.1976).
*31 December -Gaston Modot , actor (d.1970).Full date unknown
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Pierre Jean Jouve , writer, novelist and poet (d.1976).Deaths
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2 August -Joseph-Louis Lambot , inventor of ferro-cement (b.1814).
*20 August -Jules Laforgue , poet (b.1860).
*21 October -Bernard Jauréguiberry , Admiral and statesman (b.1815).Full date unknown
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Jules Desnoyers ,geologist andarchaeologist (b.1800).
*Honoré Jacquinot ,surgeon andzoologist (b.1815).
*Jules Etienne Pasdeloup , conductor (b.1819).References
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