1889 in France

Events from the year 1889 in France.

Events

31 March - The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated.
6 May - Exposition Universelle opens in Paris, along with the Eiffel Tower.
22 September - Legislative election held.
6 October - Legislative election held.
31 October - Exposition Universelle closes.
Moulin Rouge built and opened in Paris.
Defense minister Georges Boulanger attempts a coup but is forced to flee the country.

20 January - Jean Odin, politician (died 1975).
2 February - Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, general, military hero of World War II (died 1952).
24 February - Suzanne Bianchetti, actress (died 1936).
17 April - Marcel Boussac, entrepreneur and horse breeder (died 1980).
17 May - Marcel Moyse, flautist (died 1984).
24 May - Théophile Marie Brébant, military officer (died 1965).

5 July - Jean Cocteau, poet, novelist, dramatist, designer and filmmaker (died 1963).
July - Georges Bonnet, politician (died 1973).
7 August - Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu, Admiral (died 1964).
7 August - Léon Brillouin, physicist (died 1969).
20 October - Suzanne Duchamp, painter (died 1963).
25 October - Abel Gance, film director, producer, writer, actor and editor (died 1981).
6 November - Gabriel Hanot, soccer player and journalist (died 1968).
26 November - Albert Dieudonné, actor, screenwriter, film director and novelist (died 1976).
5 December - Marie-Louise Damien, singer and actress (died 1978).
7 December - Gabriel Marcel, philosopher (died 1973).
17 December - Antoine Béthouart, General (died 1982).

16 March - Edmond Henri Adolphe Schérer, theologian, critic and politician (born 1815).
9 April - Jean-Baptiste Arban, cornetist and conductor (born 1825).
23 April - Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, novelist and short story writer (born 1808).
10 July - Joseph Projectus Machebeuf, French-American Catholic missionary and the first Bishop of Denver (born 1812).
19 August - Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, writer (born 1838).
29 September - Louis Faidherbe, general and colonial administrator (born 1818).
22 October - Philippe Ricord, physician (born 1800).
25 October - Émile Augier, dramatist (born 1820).
14 December - Jean Baptiste Lucien Buquet, entomologist (born 1807).
31 December - Ernest Cosson, botanist (born 1819).

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