1889 in France

"See also:"
1888 in France,
other events of 1889,
1890 in France.

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Events from the year 1889 in France.

Events

*31 March - The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated.
*6 May - Exposition Universelle opens in Paris, along with the Eiffel Tower.
*22 September - Legislative election held.
*6 October - Legislative election held.
*31 October - Exposition Universelle closes.
*Moulin Rouge built and opened in Paris.
*Defense minister Georges Boulanger attempts a coup but is forced to flee the country.

Births

January to June

*20 January - Jean Odin, politician (d.1975).
*2 February - Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, general, military hero of World War II (d.1952).
*24 February - Suzanne Bianchetti, actress (d.1936).
*17 April - Marcel Boussac, entrepreneur and horse breeder (d.1980).
*17 May - Marcel Moyse, flautist (d.1984).
*24 May - Théophile Marie Brébant, military officer (d.1965).

July to December

*5 July - Jean Cocteau, poet, novelist, dramatist, designer and filmmaker (d.1963).
*July - Georges Bonnet, politician (d.1973).
*7 August - Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu, Admiral (d.1964).
*7 August - Léon Brillouin, physicist (d.1969).
*20 October - Suzanne Duchamp, painter (d.1963).
*25 October - Abel Gance, film director, producer, writer, actor and editor (d.1981).
*6 November - Gabriel Hanot, soccer player and journalist (d.1968).
*26 November - Albert Dieudonné, actor, screenwriter, film director and novelist (d.1976).
*5 December - Marie-Louise Damien, singer and actress (d.1978).
*7 December - Gabriel Marcel, philosopher (d.1973).
*17 December - Antoine Béthouart, General (d.1982).

Full date unknown

*Alfred Janniot, sculptor (d.1969).
*Marthe Richard, prostitute, spy and politician (d.1982).

Deaths

*16 March - Edmond Henri Adolphe Schérer, theologian, critic and politician (b.1815).
*9 April - Jean-Baptiste Arban, cornetist and conductor (b.1825).
*23 April - Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, novelist and short story writer (b.1808).
*19 August - Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, writer (b.1838).
*29 September - Louis Faidherbe, general and colonial administrator (b.1818).
*25 October - Émile Augier, dramatist (b.1820).
*14 December - Jean Baptiste Lucien Buquet, entomologist (b.1807).
*31 December - Ernest Cosson, botanist (b.1819).

Full date unknown

*Philippe Ricord, physician (b.1800).

References