1923 in France
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Events from the year 1923 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 11 January - Occupation of the Ruhr begins by French and Belgian troops to force Germany to pay its reparation payments.
- September - Resultant strikes called off by German government and followed by a state of emergency.
- October - Rhenish Republic is proclaimed at Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle).
[edit] Arts and Literature
- March - Antigone by Jean Cocteau appears on a Paris stage. Settings by Pablo Picasso, music by Arthur Honegger, and costumes by Gabrielle Chanel. Antonin Artaud played the part of Tiresias.
[edit] Sport
- 24 June - Tour de France begins.
- 22 July - Tour de France ends, won by Henri Pélissier.
[edit] Births
- February - André Gorz, journalist and social philosopher (d.2007).
- 22 March - Marcel Marceau, mime artist (d.2007).
- 9 May - Claude Piéplu, actor (d.2006).
- 27 May - Nicole Stéphane, actress, producer and director (d.2007).
- 23 July - Claude Luter, jazz clarinetist (d.2006).
- 13 September — Edouard Boubat, photographer (d.1999).
[edit] Deaths
- 19 February - Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouy, painter and sculptor (b.1842).
- 22 February - Théophile Delcassé, Statesman (b.1852).
- 26 March - Sarah Bernhardt, actress (b.1844).
- 28 March - Michel-Joseph Maunoury, military leader (b.1847).
- 10 June - Pierre Loti, sailor and writer (b.1850).
- 12 December - Raymond Radiguet, author (b.1903).
- 31 December - Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan, astronomer (b.1837).
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- Auguste Bouché-Leclercq, historian (b.1842).
- Charles Jean Baptiste Collin-Mezin, maker of violins, violas, cellos, basses and bows (b.1841).
