1891 in France

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Events from the year 1891 in France.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 3.1 January to June 3.2 July to December 3.3 Full date unknown 4 References

[edit] Events

• 1 May - Nine killed and thirty wounded when troops fire on workers' May Day demonstration in support of eight-hour workday in Fourmies.
• 27 August - France and Russia conclude defensive alliance.

[edit] Births

• 26 September - Charles Münch, conductor and violinist (d.1968).

[edit] Deaths

[edit] January to June

• 16 January - Léo Delibes, composer (b.1836).
• 15 March - Théodore de Banville, poet and writer (b.1823).
• 29 March - Georges-Pierre Seurat, painter (b.1859).
• 24 May - Joseph Roumanille, poet (b.1818).

[edit] July to December

• 29 August - Pierre Lallement, bicycle inventor (b. c1843).
• 5 September - Elie Delaunay, painter (b.1828).
• 30 September - Georges Ernest Boulanger, general and politician (b.1837).
• 3 October - Édouard Lucas, mathematician (b.1842).
• 10 November - Arthur Rimbaud, poet (b.1854).
• December - Émile Bayard, illustrator (b.1837).

[edit] Full date unknown

• Eugène Bouchut, physician (b.1818).

[edit] References