1923 in France

See also: 1922 in France, other events of 1923, 1924 in France.

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Events from the year 1923 in France.

Contents 1 Events 2 Arts and literature 3 Sport 4 Births 4.1 January to June 4.2 July to December 4.3 Full date unknown 5 Deaths 5.1 Full date unknown 6 References

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).

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.

Sport

• 24 June - Tour de France begins.
• 22 July - Tour de France ends, won by Henri Pélissier.

Births

January to June

• 7 January - Jean Lucienbonnet, motor racing driver (d.1962).
• 13 February - Philippe de Chérisey, writer, radio humorist, and actor (d.1985).
• February - André Gorz, journalist and social philosopher (d.2007).
• 22 March - Marcel Marceau, mime artist (d.2007).
• 5 April - Léon Fleuriot, linguist and historian (d.1987).
• 9 April - Albert Decourtray, Roman Catholic Cardinal (d.1994).
• 9 May - Claude Piéplu, actor (d.2006).
• 27 May - Nicole Stéphane, actress, producer and director (d.2007).
• 7 June - Jean Baratte, soccer player and manager (d.1986).
• 16 June - Silvia Monfort, actress and theatre director (d.1991).
• 27 June - Jacques Berthier, composer (d.1994).

July to December

• 3 July - Charles Hernu, politician and Minister (d.1990).
• 23 July - Claude Luter, jazz clarinetist (d.2006).
• 1 August - Jean Prat, international rugby player (d.2005).
• 23 August - Georges Perros, writer (d.1978).
• 2 September - René Thom, mathematician (d.2002).
• 13 September — Edouard Boubat, photographer (d.1999).
• 16 November - Marc Camoletti, playwright (d.2003).
• 24 November - Paul Haeberlin, chef and restaurateur (d.2008).
• 29 November - Christian Beullac, politician and Minister (d.1986).
• 31 December - Michel de Salzmann, psychiatrist (d.2001).

Full date unknown

• Jean Catoire, composer (d.2005).
• François Ozenda, painter (d.1976).

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).
• 5 November - Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, aristocrat, novelist and poet (b.1880).
• 12 December - Raymond Radiguet, author (b.1903).
• 27 December - Gustave Eiffel, structural engineer and architect, designer of the Eiffel Tower (b.1832).
• 31 December - Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan, astronomer (b.1837).

Full date unknown

• Auguste Bouché-Leclercq, historian (b.1842).
• Charles Jean Baptiste Collin-Mezin, maker of violins, violas, cellos, basses and bows (b.1841).

References