1898 in France

Events from the year 1898 in France.

Events

13 January - Emile Zola's J'accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair.
7 February - Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'accuse.
23 February - Zola is imprisoned after writing J'accuse which was a letter accusing the French government of anti-Semitism and wrongfully placing Alfred Dreyfus in jail.
8 May - Legislative election held.
22 May - Legislative election held.
September - Fashoda Incident between Britain and France in Eastern Africa.
10 October - French military mission left for Chad (see: Battle of Togbao).
November - Voulet-Chanoine Mission, military mission from Senegal to Chad.
10 December - The Treaty of Paris ending the Spanish-American War is signed in Paris.
26 December - Marie and Pierre Curie announce discovery of a substance they call radium.

First performance of Ubu Roi by Alfred Jarry

27 January - Robert Levasseur, rugby union player (d.1974).
8 February - Jean Charlot, painter and illustrator (d.1979).
11 February - Henri de la Falaise, translator, film director and film producer (d.1972).
18 February - Adolphe Jauréguy, rugby union player (d.1977).
4 March - Georges Dumézil, philologist (d.1986).
8 March - Georges Gimel, painter (d.1962).

6 April - Jeanne Hébuterne, artist and subject for Amedeo Modigliani (d.1920).
15 May - Arletty, singer and actress (d.1992).
16 May - Jean Fautrier, painter and sculptor (d.1964).
4 June - Émilienne Moreau-Evrard, hero of World War I and in French resistance during World War II (d.1971).
15 June - André Debry, one of the last surviving French veterans of World War I (d.2005).
29 June - Yvonne Lefébure, pianist (d.1986).

10 October - Lilly Daché, milliner and fashion designer (d.1989).
10 October - Marie Pierre Kœnig, general and politician (d.1970).
14 October - Maurice Martenot, cellist and inventor (d.1980).
25 October - René-Yves Creston, artist, designer and ethnographer (d.1964).
27 October - Élisabeth d'Ayen, tennis player (d.1969).
31 October - Édouard Depreux, journalist, essayist and politician (d.1981).
11 November - René Clair, filmmaker (d.1981).
17 November - Maurice Journeau, composer (d.1999).
5 December - Henri Gouhier, philosopher, historian of philosophy and literary critic (d.1994).