1903 in France
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Events from the year 1903 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- 10 August – Paris Métro train fire kills 84 people mostly at Couronnes station.
Sport
- 1 July – First Tour de France begins.
- 19 July – Tour de France ends, won by Maurice Garin.
Births
January to March
- 16 January – William Grover-Williams, motor racing driver and war hero.
- 13 February – Georges Simenon, writer (died 1989)
- 21 February
- Anaïs Nin, writer (died 1977)
- Raymond Queneau, poet and novelist (died 1976)
- 27 February – Fernand Gambiez, General and military historian (died 1989)
- 8 March – Jean d'Eaubonne, art director (died 1970)
- 9 March – André Godinat, cyclist (died 1979)
April to June
- 8 May – Fernandel, actor (died 1971)
- 15 May – Germaine Dieterlen, anthropologist (died 1999)
- 22 May – Yves Rocard, physicist (died 1992)
- 2 June – Max Aub, author, playwright and literary critic (died 1972)
- 18 June – Raymond Radiguet, author (died 1923)
- 25 June – Pierre Brossolette, journalist and Resistance fighter (died 1944)
- 28 June – André Maschinot, soccer player (died 1963)
July to September
- 25 July – André Fleury, composer, pianist and organist (died 1995)
- 15 August – Pascal Pia, writer, journalist, illustrator and scholar (died 1979)
- 19 August – Claude Dauphin, actor (died 1978)
- 29 August – Jean Follain, author, poet and lawyer (died 1971)
October to December
- 1 October – Pierre Veyron, motor racing driver (died 1970)
- 10 October – Ferdinand Le Drogo, cyclist (died 1976)
- 16 October – Cécile de Brunhoff, storyteller (died 2003)
- 19 October – Jean Delsarte, mathematician (died 1968)
- 23 October – The French Angel, professional wrestler (died 1954)
- 24 October – Charlotte Perriand, architect and designer (died 1999)
- 1 November – Jean Tardieu, artist, musician, poet and author (died 1995)
- 3 November – Charles Rigoulot, weightlifter, professional wrestler, race car driver and actor (died 1962)
- 9 November – Léon-Étienne Duval, Cardinal (died 1996)
- 15 November – Lucien Rebatet, author, journalist and intellectual (died 1972)
- 27 November – Julien Moineau, cyclist (died 1980)
- 30 November – Claude Arrieu, composer (died 1990)
- 17 December – Roland de Vaux, priest and archaeologist (died 1971)
- 23 December – Armand Blanchonnet, cyclist and Olympic gold medallist (died 1968)
Full date unknown
- Maryse Choisy, philosophical writer (died 1979)
- Pierre Naville, writer and sociologist (died 1993)
Deaths
- 28 January
- Augusta Holmès, composer (born 1847)
- Robert Planquette, composer of songs and operettas (born 1848)
- 5 March – Gaston Paris, writer and scholar (born 1839)
- 14 March – Ernest Legouvé, dramatist (born 1807)
- 28 March – Émile Baudot, telegraph engineer (born 1845)
- 8 May – Paul Gauguin, painter (born 1848)
- 16 May – Sibyl Sanderson, American operatic soprano (born 1864 in the United States)
- 13 November – Camille Pissarro, painter (born 1830)
Full date unknown
- Jean-Jules Allasseur, sculptor (born 1818)
- Louis-Arsène Delaunay, actor (born 1826)
See also
References
- ^ a b Whyte, G. (12 October 2005). The Dreyfus Affair: A Chronological History. Springer. p. 472. ISBN 978-0-230-58450-1.