1893 in France
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Events from the year 1893 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 10 March - Côte d'Ivoire becomes a French colony.
- 20 August - Legislative election held.
- 3 September - Legislative election held.
- 10 October - First car number plates in Paris.
[edit] Births
- 3 February - Gaston Julia, mathematician (d.1978).
- 14 May - Louis Verneuil, playwright and screenwriter (d.1952).
- 5 November - Raymond Loewy, industrial designer (d.1986).
- 8 December - Pierre Etchebaster, real tennis player (d.1980).
[edit] Deaths
- 17 October - Patrice de Mac-Mahon, duc de Magenta, general and politician, first president of the Third Republic (b.1808).
- 18 October - Charles Gounod, composer (b.1818).
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- Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot, naturalist and entomologist (b.1818).
- Joséphine-Félicité-Augustine Brohan, actress (b.1824).
- Gabriel-Hippolyte Destailleur, architect (b.1822).
- Gustave Nadaud, songwriter and chansonnier (b.1820).
