1899 in France
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See also: 1898 in France, other events of 1899, 1900 in France.
Events from the year 1899 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 16 April - Battle of Lougou, French victory in Niger.
- 17 July - The French Bretonnet-Braun mission is destroyed in the Battle of Togbao, in Chad, by the warlord Rabih az-Zubayr.
- 19 September - Alfred Dreyfus is pardoned.
- 28 October - Battle of Kouno, indecisive battle between French forces and a Muslim army led by Rabih az-Zubayr in Chad.
[edit] Arts and Literature
[edit] Births
- 7 January - Francis Poulenc, composer (d.1963).
- 15 February - Georges Auric, composer (d.1983).
- 28 March - Bernard Delaire, last French naval veteran of the First World War (d.2007).
- 7 April - Robert Casadesus, pianist (d.1972).
- 14 May - Pierre Victor Auger, physicist (d.1993).
- 15 May - Jean-Étienne Valluy, general (d.1970).
- 24 May - Suzanne Lenglen, tennis player (d.1938).
- 5 July - Marcel Achard, playwright, screenwriter and author (d.1974).
- 28 August - Charles Boyer, actor (d.1978).
- 9 September - Brassaï, photographer, sculptor and filmmaker (d.1984).
- 5 October - Georges Bidault politician and resistance leader (d.1983).
- 9 December - Jean de Brunhoff, writer and illustrator (d.1937).
[edit] Deaths
- 16 February - Félix Faure, President of France (b.1841).
- 10 June - Ernest Chausson, composer (b.1855).
- 11 July - Charles Joseph Marty-Laveaux, literary scholar (b.1823).
- 14 July - Jean-François Klobb, colonial officer (b.1857).
