1905 in France
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Events from the year 1905 in France.
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Incumbents
- President: Ãmile Loubet[1]
- President of the Council of Ministers:
- until 12 March: Emile Combes
- 12 March-25 October: Maurice Rouvier
- starting 25 October: Georges Clemenceau
Events
- 24 January â Maurice Rouvier forms a government as the new Prime Minister of France.
- February â Fierce storm on the Calvados coast.
- 31 March â German emperor William II asserts German equality with France in Morocco, triggering the Tangier or First Moroccan Crisis.
- 13 May â Mata Hari debuts in Paris.
- 14 July â The government of France institutes its first government assistance program for elderly and disabled persons.
- October â The Fauvist artists, notably Henri Matisse, first exhibit, at the Salon d'Automne in Paris.
- 9 December â 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State is passed, enacting laïcité.
- Louis Delâge produces the first Delage automobile in Levallois-Perret.
- Renault Type AG taxicab begins production at Billancourt and 1,500 are ordered for use in Paris.
Arts
Film
Literature
Music
Sport
- 9â30 July â Third Tour de France, won by Louis Trousselier.
Births
January to March
- 17 January â Louis Armand, engineer (died 1971)
- 21 January â Christian Dior, fashion designer (died 1957)
- 7 February
- Paul Nizan, philosopher and writer (died 1940)
- René de Possel, mathematician (died 1974)
- 8 February â Andre Richaume, archetier/bowmaker (died 1966)
- 3 March â Marie Glory, actress (died 2009)
- 14 March â Raymond Aron, philosopher, sociologist and political scientist (died 1983)
- 20 March â Jean Galia (died 1949), boxer and pioneering rugby footballer
- 28 March â René Maheu, professor of philosophy and Director General of UNESCO (died 1975)
April to June
- 2 April â Edmond Jouhaud, one of four generals who staged the Algiers putsch of 1961 (died 1995)
- 4 April â Eugène Bozza, composer (died 1991)
- 5 April â Waldeck Rochet, politician (died 1983)
- 13 April â Pierre Schneiter, politician (died 1979)
- 14 April â Jean Pierre-Bloch, French Resistance member (died 1999)
- 24 April â Pierre Chevalier, caver and mountaineer (died 2001)
- 6 May â René Dreyfus, motor racing driver (died 1993)
- 14 May â Jean Daniélou, theologian and historian (died 1974)
- 15 May â Albert Dubout, cartoonist, illustrator, painter and sculptor (died 1976)
- 11 June â Paul Wormser, Olympic fencer (died 1944)
- 20 June â Hélène Bouvier, operatic mezzo-soprano (died 1978)
- 21 June
- Jacques Goddet, sports journalist and Tour de France director (died 2000)
- Jean-Paul Sartre, philosopher, dramatist, novelist and critic (died 1980)
July to September
- 25 July â Georges Grignard, motor racing driver (died 1977)
- 29 July â Pierre Braunberger, producer and actor (died 1990)
- 30 July â Jeanne-Marie Darré, pianist (died 1999)
- 8 August â André Jolivet, composer (died 1974)
- 9 August â Pierre Klossowski, writer, translator and artist (died 2001)
- 20 August â André Giriat, rower and Olympic medallist (died 1967)
- 2 September â Marcel Galey, footballer (died 1991)
- 5 September â Maurice Challe, general (died 1979)
October to December
- 8 October â André Rollet, footballer (died 1985)
- 10 October â Armand Marcelle, rower and Olympic medallist (died 1974)
- 11 October â Jean-Marie Villot, cardinal (died 1979)
- 23 October â Claude de Cambronne, aircraft manufacturer (died 1993)
- 24 October â Pierre Frank, Trotskyist leader (died 1984)
- 18 November â Paul Paillole, soldier (died 1992)
- 29 November â Marcel Lefebvre, Roman Catholic archbishop (died 1991)
- 22 December â Pierre Brasseur, actor (died 1972)
- 25 December â Ãtienne Mattler, international soccer player (died 1986)
- 31 December â Guy Mollet, politician (died 1975)
Full date unknown
- Jacques Baron, poet (died 1986).
- Albert-Félix de Lapparent, palaeontologist and Jesuit priest (died 1975)
- René Taupin, translator, critic and academic (died 1981)
Deaths
January to June
- 4 February â Louis-Ernest Barrias, sculptor (born 1841)
- 5 February â Antoine Alphonse Chassepot, gunsmith and inventor (born 1833)
- 24 March â Jules Verne, author (born 1828)
- 26 May â Alphonse James de Rothschild, banker and philanthropist (born 1827)
- 1 June â Ãmile Delahaye, automotive pioneer (born 1843)
- 4 June â Edme-Armand-Gaston d'Audiffret-Pasquier, politician (born 1823)
July to December
- 9 August â Placide Louis Chapelle, Archbishop in Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans (born 1842)
- 19 August â William-Adolphe Bouguereau, painter (born 1825)
- 13 September â René Goblet, politician, Prime Minister of France (born 1828)
- 14 September â Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, explorer (born 1852)
- 25 September â Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, politician (born 1853)
- 12 December â François Paul Meurice, dramatist (born 1818)