1884 in France
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Events from the year 1884 in France.
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Incumbents
Events
- 7 March â Eugène Poubelle introduces the dustbin to Paris.[1][2]
- June â At Bắc Lá», Chinese forces attack a French column sent to occupy Tonkin in accordance with earlier treaties, starting the Sino-French War.[3][4]
- 6 June â Treaty of Hué is signed between representatives of Vietnam and the French Empire.[5]
- 29 July â Société des Artistes Indépendants is founded in Paris.
- 23 August â Battle of Fuzhou: Admiral Amédée Courbet's Far East Squadron virtually destroys China's Fujian Fleet.[6]
- 1 October â French begin occupation of Keelung (Jilong).
- 23 November â Siege of Tuyên Quang begins in Indochina: The French Foreign Legion is besieged by forces of the Empire of China.[7]
Literature
Births
January to June
- 5 January â Arnaud Denjoy, mathematician (died 1974)
- 7 February â Achille Liénart, Cardinal (died 1973)
- 24 March â Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant, Cardinal (died 1972)
- 26 March â Paul Legentilhomme, military officer (died 1975)
- 31 March â Henri Queuille, Radical-Socialist politician and Prime Minister of France (died 1970)
- 5 May â Jean Decoux, Governor-General of French Indochina (died 1963)
- 13 June â Ãtienne Gilson, Thomistic philosopher and historian of philosophy (died 1978)
- 18 June â Ãdouard Daladier, Radical-Socialist politician and Prime Minister of France (died 1970)
- 19 June â Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, writer and artist (died 1974)
- 27 June â Gaston Bachelard, philosopher (died 1962)
- 30 June â Georges Duhamel, author (died 1966)
July to December
- 4 July â Pauline Carton, actress (died 1974)
- 7 July â André Dunoyer de Segonzac, painter and graphic artist (died 1974)
- 10 July â Pierre Larquey, actor (died 1962)
- 12 July â Edgar Stehli, French-born American actor (died 1973)
- 3 August â Georges Boillot, motor racing driver and World War I fighter pilot (died 1916)
- 25 August â Léon Poirier, film director, screenwriter and film producer (died 1968)
- 27 August â Vincent Auriol, politician, President of France (died 1966)
- 4 September â Henri Meslot, athlete (died 1973)
- 24 September â Gustave Garrigou, cyclist, 1911 Tour de France winner (died 1963)
- 25 September â Rita Jolivet, American-born actress (died 1971)
- 4 October â Félix Gouin, politician (died 1977)
- 27 October â André Le Troquer, politician and lawyer (died 1963)
- 2 December â Jean Paulhan, writer, literary critic and publisher (died 1968)
Full date unknown
- Jacques Maroger, painter (died 1962)
Deaths
- 3 February â Eugène Rouher, statesman (born 1814)
- 4 April â Adolphe Dugléré, chef (born 1805)
- 10 April â Jean-Baptiste Dumas, chemist (born 1800)
- 6 May
- Judah P. Benjamin, American-born Jewish United States Senator from Louisiana from 1853 to 1861 (born 1811)
- Marie-Alphonse Ratisbonne, Jew who became a Jesuit Catholic priest and missionary (born 1814)
- 10 September â Jean-Augustin Barral, agronomist (born 1819)
- 13 December â Eugène Pelletan, writer, journalist and politician (born 1813)