1903 in France
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See also: 1902 in France, other events of 1903, 1904 in France.
Events from the year 1903 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 10 August - Paris Métro train fire kills 84 people mostly at Couronnes station.
[edit] Sport
- 1 July - First Tour de France begins.
- 19 July - Tour de France ends, won by Maurice Garin.
[edit] Births
- 16 January - William Grover-Williams, motor racing driver and war hero.
- 13 February - Georges Simenon, writer (d.1989).
- 21 February - Anaïs Nin, writer (d.1977).
- 21 February - Raymond Queneau, poet and novelist (d.1976).
- 8 May - Fernandel, actor (d.1971).
- 18 June - Raymond Radiguet, author (d.1923).
- 25 June - Pierre Brossolette, journalist and Resistance fighter (d.1944).
- 18 August - Lucienne Boyer, singer (d.1983).
- 16 October - Cecile de Brunhoff, storyteller (d.2003).
- 24 October - Charlotte Perriand, architect and designer (d.1999).
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- Germaine Dieterlen, anthropologist (d.1999).
[edit] Deaths
- 28 January - Augusta Holmès, composer (b.1847).
- 28 January - Robert Planquette, composer of songs and operettas (b.1848).
- 5 March - Gaston Paris, writer and scholar (b.1839).
- 28 March - Émile Baudot, telegraph engineer (b.1845).
- 8 May - Paul Gauguin, painter (b.1848).
- 13 November - Camille Pissarro, painter (b.1830).
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- Jean-Jules Allasseur, sculptor (b.1818).
- Louis Arsene Delaunay, actor (b.1826).
