1897 in France
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See also: 1896 in France, other events of 1897, 1898 in France.
Events from the year 1897 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 9 December - First issue of the feminist newspaper La Fronde is published by Marguerite Durand.
[edit] Arts and Literature
- 28 December - The play Cyrano de Bergerac, by Edmond Rostand, premieres in Paris.
[edit] Births
- 21 January - René Iché, sculptor (d.1954).
- 10 September - Georges Bataille, writer (d.1962).
- 12 September - Irène Joliot-Curie, scientist, shared the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1935 (d.1956).
- 3 October - Louis Aragon, poet and novelist (d.1982).
- 16 October - Louis de Cazenave, at the time of his death, the oldest French poilu still alive (d.2008).
- 7 December - Lazare Ponticelli, last surviving official French veteran of the First World War (d.2008).
[edit] Deaths
- 13 January - Charles Brun, naval engineer (b.1821).
- 5 July - Edmond-Frederic Le Blant, archaeologist and historian (b.1818).
- 30 September - Thérèse de Lisieux, Roman Catholic Carmelite nun, canonised as a saint (b.1873).
- 6 November - Edouard Deldevez, violinist, conductor and composer (b.1817).
- 16 December - Alphonse Daudet, novelist (b.1840).
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- Marie François Oscar Bardy de Fourtou, politician (b.1836).
- Léonard-Léopold Forgemol de Bostquénard, general (b.1821).
- Louis Pierre Mouillard, engineer (b.1834).
