1923 In France

Events from the year 1923 in France.

Incumbents

*President: Alexandre Millerand
*President of the Council of Ministers: Raymond Poincare

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

*26 May – The inaugural 24 hours of Le Mans race is won by André Lagache and René Léonard.
*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 (died 1962)
*13 February – Philippe de Chérisey, writer, radio humorist and actor (died 1985)
*February – André Gorz, journalist and social philosopher (died 2007)
*24 February – Lucien Braun, historian and philosopher (died 2020)
*22 March – Marcel Marceau, mime artist (died 2007)
*1 April – Jean Catoire, composer (died 2005)
*5 April – Léon Fleuriot, linguist and historian (died 1987)
*9 April – Albert Decourtray, Roman Catholic cardinal (died 1994)
*9 May – Claude Piéplu, actor (died 2006)
*10 May – Jean-Claude Pecker, astronomer (died 2020)
*27 May – Nicole Stéphane, actress, producer and director (died 2007)
*7 June – Jean Baratte, soccer player and manager (died 1986)
*10 June – Madeleine Lebeau, film actress (died 2016)
*16 June – Silvia Monfort, actress and theatre director (died 1991)
*18 June – Jean Delumeau, historian (died 2020)
*24 June
** Geneviève Asse, painter (died 2021)
** Marc Riboud, photographer (died 2016)
*27 June – Jacques Berthier, composer (died 1994)

July to December

*3 July – Charles Hernu, politician (died 1990)
*6 July – Madame Claude (Fernande Grudet), brothel keeper (died 2015)
*23 July – Claude Luter, jazz clarinetist (died 2006)
*1 August – Jean Prat, international rugby player (died 2005)
*2 August – Jean Rosenthal, translator (died 2020)
*23 August – Georges Perros, writer (died 1978)
*2 September – René Thom, mathematician (died 2002)
*13 September – Edouard Boubat, photographer (died 1999)
*12 October – Bernard Pingaud, writer (died 2020)
*30 October – Anne Beaumanoir, neurophysiologist (died 2022)
*7 November – Gilles Lapouge, writer and journalist (died 2020)
*16 November – Marc Camoletti, playwright (died 2003)
*18 November – Jean Cluzel, politician (died 2020)
*24 November – Paul Haeberlin, chef and restaurateur (died 2008)
*29 November – Christian Beullac, politician and Minister (died 1986)
*10 December – Simone Chrisostome, resistance member and holocaust survivor (died 2021)
*13 December – Jacques Renaud, racing cyclist (died 2020)
*25 December – Noël Vandernotte, coxswain (died 2020)
*31 December – Michel de Salzmann, psychiatrist (died 2001)

Full date unknown

* François Ozenda, painter (died 1976).

Deaths

*19 February – Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouy, painter and sculptor (born 1842)
*22 February – Théophile Delcassé, Statesman (born 1852)
*26 March – Sarah Bernhardt, actress (born 1844)
*28 March – Michel-Joseph Maunoury, military leader (born 1847)
*10 June – Pierre Loti, sailor and writer (born 1850)
*14 June – Isabelle Bogelot, philanthropist and campaigner (born 1838)
*19 July – Auguste Bouché-Leclercq, historian (born 1842)
*23 July – Charles Dupuy, politician, three times prime minister (born 1851)
*6 August – Joséphine Berthault, artist (born 1853)
*13 August – Bernard Gravier, Olympic fencer
*13 October – Émile Bergerat, poet, playwright and essayist (born 1845)
*5 November – Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, aristocrat, novelist and poet (born 1880)
*12 December – Raymond Radiguet, author (born 1903)
*27 December – Gustave Eiffel, structural engineer and architect, designer of the Eiffel Tower (born 1832)
*31 December – Édouard Stephan, astronomer (born 1837)

Full date unknown

*Charles Jean Baptiste Collin-Mezin, maker of violins, violas, cellos, basses and bows (born 1841).

See also

* List of French films of 1923

References

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