1947 in France

See also: 1946 in France, other events of 1947, 1948 in France.

Events from the year 1947 in France.

Events

• 16 January - Vincent Auriol is inaugurated as President of France.
• 10 February - Paris peace treaties are signed between the World War II Allies and Italy, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Finland.
• 28 February - United States gives France a military base in Casablanca.
• 29 March - Nationalist "tribesmen" began a revolt (Malagasy Uprising) in the eastern part of Madagascar, against French rule.
• 6 May - In Moramanga, the military machine-gun Mouvement Democratique de la Renovation Malagache (MDRM) officials detained in wagons, killing 124 to 160 people.
• 11 July - Exodus (ship) departs France to Palestine with 4,500 Jewish Holocaust survivor refugees.
• July - Five North-African regiments arrive in Madagascar.
• 27 August - When the French government lowers the bread ration to 200 grams, it causes riots in Verdun and Le Mans.
• 30 August - Fire at a cinema in Rueil, a suburb of Paris, kills 87.
• 7 October - Operation Lea begins in Vietnam, an attempt by the French to crush the Viet Minh.
• 10 November - The arrest of four steel workers in Marseille begins a communist riot that spreads to Paris.
• 20 November - Paul Ramadier resigns as Prime Minister of France - he is succeeded by Robert Schuman. Schuman calls 80,000 reservists to quell rioting miners.
• 27 November - In Paris, police occupy the editorial offices of communist newspapers.
• 3 December - French communist strikers derail the Paris-Tourcoing Express train because of false rumours that it was transporting soldiers - 21 dead.
• 4 December - Interior minister Jules Moch secures emergency measures against riots after six days of violent arguments in the National Assembly of France.
• 9 December - Labour unions call off the general strike and begin negotiations with the French government.
• 22 December - Operation Lea ends with a tactical success for the French forces.

Sport

• 25 June - Tour de France begins.
• 20 July - Tour de France ends, won by Jean Robic.

Births

• 16 January - Juliet Berto, actress (died 1990).
• 17 January - Alain Payet, adult film director (died 2007).
• 25 February Marc Sautet, philosopher and writer (died 1998).
• 1 April - Alain Connes, mathematician.
• 13 April - Jean-Jacques Laffont, economist (died 2004).
• 4 July - Jacques Morali, music producer (died 1991).
• 24 July - Jacques Fouroux, international rugby union player, coach (died 2005).
• 9 October - France Gall, singer.
• 28 November - Michel Berger, singer and songwriter (died 1992).
• 2 December - Isaac Bitton, drummer.

Deaths

• 23 January - Pierre Bonnard, painter and printmaker (born 1867).
• 19 February - Pierre Besnard, revolutionary syndicalist (born 1886)
• 15 March - Jean-Richard Bloch, critic, novelist and playwright (born 1884)
• 13 April - Jean Chassagne, racing driver (born 1881)
• 21 September - Marcel Astier, politician (born 1885)
• 24 November - Léon-Paul Fargue, poet and essayist (born 1876).
• 7 December - Tristan Bernard, playwright, novelist, journalist and lawyer (born 1866).

Full date unknown

• Mary Bonaparte, eldest daughter of Prince Napoléon Bonaparte of Canino (born 1870).

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