1887 in France
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Events from the year 1887 in France.
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Incumbents
- President: Jules Grévy (until 12 December), Marie François Sadi Carnot (starting 12 December)
- President of the Council of Ministers:
- until 30 May: René Goblet
- 30 May-12 December: Maurice Rouvier
- starting 12 December: Pierre Tirard
Events
- 28 January â Construction of foundation of the Eiffel Tower starts in Paris. On 14 February, a letter of protest against its design signed by members of the artistic community is published on the front page of Les Temps newspaper.[1] On 1 July, work on the iron superstructure begins.
- 11 January â Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the French Academy of Medicine by Dr. Joseph Grancher.[2]
- 23 February â The French Riviera is hit by a powerful earthquake originating in Liguria, killing around 2,000 along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.[3]
- 24 February â The first international telephone line in Europe is opened to the public between Brussels and Paris.[4]
- 21â28 April â The Schnaebele incident nearly leads to war between France and Germany.
- The Lebel Model 1886 rifle is first issued to the French army, the first military firearm to use smokeless powder ammunition.
Literature
Births
January to June
- 17 January â Marcel Godivier, cyclist (died 1963)
- 18 March â Alfred Vaucher, theologian, church historian and bibliographer (died 1993)
- 16 April â Paul Marie André Richaud, Cardinal (died 1968)
- 31 May â Saint-John Perse, poet and diplomat, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960 (died 1975)
- 13 June â André François-Poncet, politician and diplomat (died 1978)
July to December
- 2 July â Marcel Tabuteau, oboist (died 1966)
- 28 July â Marcel Duchamp, artist (died 1968)
- 16 September â Nadia Boulanger, composer and conductor (died 1979)
- 30 September â Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert, General (died 1981)
- 5 October â René Cassin, jurist and judge, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1968 (died 1976)
- 11 October â Pierre Jean Jouve, writer, novelist and poet (died 1976)
- 13 November â Jean de Limur, film director (died 1976)
- 31 December â Gaston Modot, actor (died 1970)
Deaths
- 2 August â Joseph-Louis Lambot, inventor of ferro-cement (born 1814)
- 14 August â Jules Pasdeloup, conductor (born 1819)
- 20 August â Jules Laforgue, poet (born 1860)
- 21 October â Bernard Jauréguiberry, Admiral and statesman (born 1815)
Full date unknown
- Jules Desnoyers, geologist and archaeologist (born 1800)
- Honoré Jacquinot, surgeon and zoologist (born 1815)