1910 in France

This is a list of events from the year 1910 in France.

Decades:

Incumbents

15 January â Constant rain in Paris causes the Seine to overflow its banks, flooding the city. All but one line of the Paris MÃ©tro becomes filled with water, effectively draining water from the city.
24 April â French legislative election held.
8 May â French legislative election held.
2 July â Demonstrations against public executions.
Cigarette brands Gauloises and Gitanes launched.
Champagne Riots begin.

10 January â Jean Martinon, conductor and composer (died 1976)
25 January â Henri Louveau, motor racing driver (died 1991)
9 February â Jacques Monod, biologist, awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1965 (died 1976)
13 February â Elsa Barraine, composer (died 1999)
14 February â Pierre Marcilhacy, politician (died 1987)
19 February â Mathilde CarrÃ©, French Resistance agent, became a double agent (died 1970)
2 March â Charles Pisot, mathematician (died 1984)

12 April â Irma Rapuzzi, politician (died 2018)
23 April â Simone Simon, actress (died 2005)
30 April
- Pierre Lantier, composer and pianist (died 1998)
- Georges Rose, footballer (died 1997)
4 June â Jacques Berque, Islamic scholar and sociologist (died 1995)
8 June â Fernand Fonssagrives, photographer (died 2003)
11 June â Jacques Cousteau, naval officer, explorer, ecologist, filmmaker, scientist, photographer and researcher (died 1997)
17 June â Raymond PoÃ¯vet, cartoonist (died 1999)
23 June â Jean Anouilh, dramatist (died 1987)
27 June â Pierre Joubert, illustrator (died 2002)

2 July â Louise Laroche, one of the last remaining survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic (died 1998)
5 July â Georges Vedel, public law professor (died 2002)
7 July â Raymond Polin, philosopher (died 2001)
27 July â Julien Gracq, writer (died 2007)
5 August â Bruno Coquatrix, songwriter and music impresario (died 1979)
14 August
- Willy Ronis, photographer (died 2009)
- Pierre Schaeffer, composer, originator of musique concrÃ¨te (died 1995)
29 August â Georges Loinger, resistance fighter (died 2018)
3 September â Maurice Papon, Vichy government official, prefect of police of Paris (died 2007)
8 September â Jean-Louis Barrault, actor, director and mime artist (died 1994)
14 September â Gaston Defferre, politician (died 1986)
29 September â Paule Maurice, composer (died 1967)
8 October â Paulette Dubost, actress (died 2011)
13 November â Jean-Marcel Jeanneney, politician and diplomat (died 2010)
19 December â Jean Genet, writer and political activist (died 1986)
21 December â Rosa Bouglione, circus performer (died 2018)