1917 in France
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This is a list of events from 1917 in France.
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Incumbents
- President: Raymond Poincaré
- President of the Council of Ministers:
- until 20 March: Aristide Briand
- 20 March-12 September: Alexandre Ribot
- 12 September-16 November: Paul Painlevé
- starting 16 November: Georges Clemenceau
Events
- 13 February â Dutch dancer Mata Hari is arrested in Paris for spying for Germany.
- 9 April â Battle of Arras, a British Empire offensive, begins.
- 16 April â Second Battle of the Aisne begins, the main action of the French Nivelle Offensive.
- 26 April â The Agreement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, between France, Italy and the United Kingdom, to settle interests in the Middle East, is signed.
- 29 April â Architect of the Second Battle of the Aisne and French Commander-in-Chief, General Robert Nivelle, is dismissed and replaced on 15 May by Philippe Pétain.
- 3 May â 1917 French Army mutinies begin when the French 2nd Division refuses to follow orders to attack.
- 9 May â Second Battle of the Aisne ends in failure, leading to desertions.
- 27 May â 1917 French Army mutinies: French Army desertions turn to mutiny as up to 30,000 soldiers leave the front line and reserve trenches and return to the rear at Missy-aux-Bois.
- 16 May â Battle of Arras ends.
- 1 June â 1917 French Army mutinies: A French infantry regiment seizes Missy-aux-Bois, and declares an anti-war military government. Other French army troops soon apprehend them.
- 8 June â 1917 French Army mutinies: French military authorities take action with mass arrests, followed by mass trials.
- 15 August â Battle of Hill 70, an Anglo-Canadian offensive, starts on the outskirts of Lens in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region.
- 25 August â Battle of Hill 70 ends.
- 15 October â Mata Hari is executed by firing squad at Vincennes for spying.
- 15 November â Georges Clemenceau becomes prime minister of France.
- 20 November â Battle of Cambrai, a British campaign, begins. First successful use of tanks in a combined arms operation.
- 6 December â Battle of Cambrai ends.
- 12 December â Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne derailment results in at least 675 deaths.
Births
January to June
- 3 January â Pierre Dervaux, operatic conductor and composer (died 1992)
- 24 January â Marcel Hansenne, middle-distance runner (died 2002)
- 11 February â Bernard Destremau, tennis player (died 2002)
- 16 April â Lucienne Delyle, singer (died 1962)
- 22 April â Yvette Chauviré, prima ballerina assoluta (died 2016)
- 25 April â Jean Lucas, motor racing driver (died 2003)
- 29 May â Ãlie de Rothschild, banker (died 2007)
- 31 May â Jean Rouch, filmmaker and anthropologist (died 2004)
July to December
- 14 June â Gilbert Prouteau, poet (died 2012)
- 18 July â Henri Salvador, singer (died 2008)
- 25 July â Philippe De Lacy, actor (died 1995)
- 27 July â Bourvil, actor and singer (died 1970)
- 15 August â Philippe Viannay, journalist (died 1986)
- 17 August â Paul Tessier, surgeon (died 2008)
- 24 September â Jean Hermil, Roman Catholic bishop of Viviers (died 2006)
- 20 October â Jean-Pierre Melville, filmmaker (died 1973)
- 22 October â Annette Laming-Emperaire, archeologist (died 1977)
- 30 October â Maurice Trintignant, motor racing driver (died 2005)
- 5 November â Jacqueline Auriol, aviator, holder of several world speed records (died 2000)
- 11 November â Madeleine Damerment, World War II heroine (executed) (died 1944)
- 19 November â Philippe Ragueneau, journalist and writer (died 2003)
- 22 November â Jean-Ãtienne Marie, composer (died 1989)
- 24 November â Maurice Lauré, creator of taxe sur la valeur ajoutée (TVA) (died 2001)
Full date unknown
- Philippe Charbonneaux, industrial designer (died 1998)
Deaths
January to June
- 4 January â Auguste Chauveau, professor and veterinarian (born 1827)
- 20 January â Amédée Bollée (Amédée père), bell-founder (born 1844)
- 5 February â Ãdouard Drumont, journalist and writer (born 1844)
- 16 February â Octave Mirbeau, journalist, art critic, pamphleteer, novelist and playwright (born 1848)
- 17 February â Carolus-Duran, painter (born 1837)
- 23 February â Jean Gaston Darboux, mathematician (born 1842)
- 26 February â Joseph Jules Dejerine, neurologist (born 1849)
- 16 March â Friedrich Manschott, German World War I flying ace (born 1893 in Germany)
- 6 April â Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Prince of Prussia (born 1893)
- 10 April â Louis Ãdouard Fournier, painter (born 1857)
- 7 May â Albert Ball, English fighter pilot (born 1896 in England)[1]
- 10 May â Louis Théophile Joseph Landouzy, neurologist (born 1845)
- 25 May â René Dorme, World War I fighter ace (born 1894; killed in action)[2]
- 30 June â Antonio de La Gandara, painter and draughtsman (born 1861)
July to December
- 3 August â Stéphane Javelle, astronomer (born 1864)
- 8 September â Charles-Edouard Lefebvre, composer (born 1843)
- 20 September â Ãmile Boirac, philosopher (born 1851)
- 27 September â Edgar Degas, artist (born 1834)
- 3 November â Léon Bloy, novelist, essayist, pamphleteer and poet (born 1846)
- 5 November â Henri Amédée de Broglie, nobleman (born 1849)
- 15 November â Ãmile Durkheim, sociologist (born 1858)
- 17 November â Auguste Rodin, sculptor (born 1840)
- 20 December â Lucien Petit-Breton, cyclist, winner of 1907 and 1908 Tour de France (born 1882)
Full date unknown
- François-Victor Ãquilbecq, author (born 1872)
- Adolphe Chenevière, novelist (born 1855)