1896 in France

See also: 1895 in France, 1897 in France.

Events from the year 1897 in France.

Events

Births

January to June

• 4 January - André Masson, artist (died 1987).
• 19 February - André Breton, writer, poet, and surrealist theorist (died 1966).
• 20 February - Henri de Lubac, Jesuit priest and theologian (died 1991).
• 19 March - Jean Wiener, pianist and composer (died 1982).
• 18 April - Job de Roincé, journalist and writer (died 1981).
• 20 April - Henry de Montherlant, essayist, novelist and playwright (died 1972).

July to September

• 16 July - Léon Weil, World War I veteran (died 2006).
• 18 July - Jean Dufay, astronomer (died 1967).
• 21 July - Jean Rivier, composer (died 1987).
• 27 July - Henri Longchambon, politician (died 1969).
• 12 August - Alexis Tendil, World War I veteran (died 2005).
• 23 August - Jacques Rueff, economist and adviser to the French Government (died 1978).
• 1 September - André Hunebelle, film director (died 1985).
• 14 September - Georges Piot, rower and Olympic medallist (died 1980).
• September - Elsa Triolet, writer (died 1970).

October to December

• 2 October - Jacques Duclos, politician (died 1975).
• 8 October - Julien Duvivier, film director (died 1967).
• 15 October - Célestin Freinet, pedagogue, and educational reformer (died 1966).
• 18 November - Pierre Couderc, screenwriter, actor, acrobat and film producer (died 1966).
• 29 December - Philippe Étancelin, motor racing driver (died 1981).

Full date unknown

• Marie Besnard, accused serial poisoner (died 1980).
• Albert Besson, hygienist and physician (died 1965).
• Adrienne Bolland, test pilot and first woman to fly over the Andes (died 1975).
• Lisette de Brinon, socialite and collaborator (died 1982).
• Louis Renou, indologist (died 1966).

Deaths

January to June

• 8 January - Paul Verlaine, poet (born 1844).
• 26 February - Arsène Houssaye, novelist and poet (born 1815).
• 5 May - Auguste Sallé, traveller and entomologist (born 1820).
• 29 May - Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, geologist (born 1814).
• 26 June - Louis, Duke of Nemours, second son of King Louis-Philippe of France (born 1814).

July to December

• 10 July - Joseph-Christian-Ernest Bourret, Cardinal (born 1827).
• 16 July - Edmond de Goncourt, writer, critic and book publisher (born 1822).
• 18 September - Hippolyte Fizeau, physicist (born 1819).
• 7 October - Louis Jules Trochu, soldier and statesman (born 1815).
• 26 October - Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, statesman (born 1827).
• 17 December - Paul Arène, poet and writer (born 1843).

Full date unknown

• Élie-Abel Carrière, botanist (born 1818).

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