1894 in France
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Events from the year 1894 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 15 February - 04:51 GMT, French anarchist Martial Bourdin attempts to destroy the Royal Greenwich Observatory, London, England with a bomb.
- 14 May - Meteor shower in Southern France.
- 22 June - Dahomey becomes a French colony.
- 23 June - International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne, Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
- 24 June - Assassination of Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France.
- 15 August - Sante Geronimo Caserio is executed for the assassination of Marie François Sadi Carnot.
- 15 October - Alfred Dreyfus is arrested for spying: Dreyfus affair begins.
- 19 December - Trial and conviction of Alfred Dreyfus begins at the Cherche-Midi prison, and lasts four days.
- 22 December - Alfred Dreyfus is convicted of treason.
- 31 December - Dreyfus appeal to the military court of revision — a formality — is rejected.
[edit] Births
- 14 March - Marie-Simone Capony, teacher, fifth-oldest person in the world (d.2007).
- 27 May - Louis-Ferdinand Céline, writer (d.1961).
- 25 July - Yvonne Printemps, singer and actress (d.1977).
- 15 September - Jean Renoir, film director (d.1979).
- 25 October - Claude Cahun, photographer and writer (d.1954).
- 25 December - Maurice Floquet, France's oldest man on record (d.2006).
[edit] Deaths
- 6 February - Maria Deraismes, author and pioneer for women's rights (b.1828).
- 9 February - Maxime Du Camp, writer and photographer (b.1822).
- 14 February - Jacques-Léonard Maillet, sculptor (b.1823).
- 25 June - Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France (assassinated) (b.1837).
- 1 July - Jean-Joseph Carriès, sculptor, ceramist, and miniaturist (b.1855).
- 2 September - Pauline Duvernay, dancer (b.1813).
