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1887 in France
See also:
1886 in France
,
other events of 1887
,
1888 in France
.
Events from the year
1887 in
France
.
Contents
1
Events
2
Births
2.1
January to June
2.2
July to December
2.3
Full date unknown
3
Deaths
3.1
Full date unknown
4
References
Events
11 January -
Louis Pasteur
's anti-
rabies
treatment is defended in the
French Academy of Medicine
by Dr. Joseph Grancher.
21 April-28 April -
Schnaebele incident
nearly leads to war between France and Germany.
23 February - The
French Riviera
is hit by a large
earthquake
, killing around 2,000 along the coast of the
Mediterranean Sea
.
Births
January to June
17 January -
Marcel Godivier
, cyclist (d.
1963
).
18 March -
Alfred Vaucher
, theologian, church historian and bibliographer (d.
1993
).
16 April -
Paul Marie André Richaud
, Cardinal (d.
1968
).
31 May -
Saint-John Perse
, poet and diplomat, awarded the
Nobel Prize for Literature
in 1960 (d.
1975
).
13 June -
André François-Poncet
, politician and diplomat (d.
1978
).
July to December
2 July -
Marcel Tabuteau
, oboist (d.
1966
).
28 July -
Marcel Duchamp
, artist (d.
1968
).
16 September -
Nadia Boulanger
, composer and conductor (d.
1979
).
30 September -
Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert
, General (d.
1981
).
5 October -
René Cassin
, jurist and judge, received the
Nobel Peace Prize
in 1968 (d.
1976
).
13 November -
Jean de Limur
, film director (d.
1976
).
31 December -
Gaston Modot
, actor (d.
1970
).
Full date unknown
Pierre Jean Jouve
, writer, novelist and poet (d.
1976
).
Deaths
2 August -
Joseph-Louis Lambot
, inventor of
ferro-cement
(b.
1814
).
20 August -
Jules Laforgue
, poet (b.
1860
).
21 October -
Bernard Jauréguiberry
, Admiral and statesman (b.
1815
).
Full date unknown
Jules Desnoyers
,
geologist
and
archaeologist
(b.
1800
).
Honoré Jacquinot
,
surgeon
and
zoologist
(b.
1815
).
Jules Etienne Pasdeloup
,
conductor
(b.
1819
).
References