1899 in France

See also: 1898 in France, other events of 1899, 1900 in France.

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Events from the year 1899 in France.

Contents 1 Events 2 Arts and literature 3 Births 3.1 January to March 3.2 April to June 3.3 July to September 3.4 October to December 3.5 Full date unknown 4 Deaths 4.1 Full date unknown 5 References

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.
• 21 September Henri François Béconnais set the 1 km speed record (48 seconds) in a Soncin automobile on September 21, 1899 at Achères, France.^[1]
• 28 October - Battle of Kouno, indecisive battle between French forces and a Muslim army led by Rabih az-Zubayr in Chad.

Arts and literature

Births

January to March

• 7 January - Francis Poulenc, composer (d.1963).
• 12 January - Pierre Bernac, baritone (d.1979).
• 15 January - Louis Guilloux, writer (d.1980).
• 20 January - Pierre Gandon, illustrator and engraver of postage stamps (d.1990).
• 23 January - Pierre Grany, athlete (d.1968).
• 7 February - René Crabos, rugby union player (d.1964).
• 15 February - Georges Auric, composer (d.1983).
• 21 February - Yvonne Vallée, actress (d.1996).
• 9 March - Jules Dewaquez, soccer player (d.1971).
• 25 March - Jacques Audiberti, playwright, poet and novelist (d.1965).
• 28 March - Bernard Delaire, last French naval veteran of the First World War (d.2007).

April to June

• 7 April - Robert Casadesus, pianist (d.1972).
• 11 April - Clément Dupont, rugby union player (d.1993).
• 14 May - Pierre Victor Auger, physicist (d.1993).
• 14 May - Pierre Petiteau, rugby union player (d.1974).
• 15 May - Jean-Étienne Valluy, general (d.1970).
• 17 May - Anita Conti, explorer, photographer and first French female oceanographer (d.1997).
• 24 May - Suzanne Lenglen, tennis player (d.1938).

July to September

• 5 July - Marcel Achard, playwright, screenwriter and author (d.1974).
• 5 July - Marcel Arland, novelist, literary critic and journalist (d.1986).
• 7 July - Jean-Albert Grégoire, car pioneer (d.1992).
• 19 July - Germaine Sablon, singer and actress (d.1985).
• 26 July - Édouard Bader, rugby union player (d.1983).
• 9 August - Armand Salacrou, dramatist (d.1989).
• 14 August - Adolphe Bousquet, rugby union player (d.1972).
• 28 August - Charles Boyer, actor (d.1978).
• 9 September - Brassaï, photographer, sculptor and filmmaker (d.1984).

October to December

• 1 October - Joseph Guillemot, athlete and Olympic gold medallist (d.1975).
• 5 October - Georges Bidault politician and resistance leader (d.1983).
• 8 October - Edmond Michelet, politician (d.1970).
• 24 October - Philippe Kieffer, Naval officer (d.1962).
• 30 October - Georges Capdeville, soccer referee (d.1991).
• 8 December - Fernand Arnout, weightlifter and Olympic medallist (d.1974).
• 8 December - François Borde, rugby union player (d.1987).
• 9 December - Jean de Brunhoff, writer and illustrator (d.1937).

Full date unknown

• Youenn Drezen, Breton nationalist writer and activist (d.1972).
• Marcel Gaston Fetique, bowmaker (d.1977).
• Henri-Robert Petit, journalist, Collaborationist under the Vichy regime and far-right activist (d.1985).

Deaths

• 16 February - Félix Faure, President of France (b.1841).
• 16 May - Francisque Sarcey, journalist and drama critic (b.1827).
• 10 June - Ernest Chausson, composer (b.1855).
• 5 July - Hippolyte Lucas, entomologist (b.1814).
• 11 July - Charles Joseph Marty-Laveaux, literary scholar (b.1823).
• 14 July - Jean-François Klobb, colonial officer (b.1857).
• 20 July - Charlotte de Rothschild, socialite and painter (b.1825).
• 28 November - Virginia Oldoini, Mistress of Napoleon III and significant figure in the early history of photography. (b. 1837)

Full date unknown

• Francisque Bouillier, philosopher (b.1813).
• Henri Delaborde, art critic and painter (b.1811).

References