2018
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in
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
.
Incumbents
*
President
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*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
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Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
–
Emmanuel Macron
Emmanuel Macron (; born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France since 2017. ''Ex officio'', he is also one of the two Co-Princes of Andorra. Prior to his presidency, Macron served as Minister of Econ ...
Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...
–
Édouard Philippe
Édouard Charles Philippe (; born 28 November 1970) is a French politician serving as Mayor of Le Havre since 2020, previously holding the office from 2010 to 2017. He was Prime Minister of France from 15 May 2017 to 3 July 2020 under President ...
Corsica
Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of ...
Wolfgang Schäuble
Wolfgang Schäuble (; born 18 September 1942) is a German lawyer, politician and statesman whose political career has spanned for more than five decades. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), he is one of the longest-serving politi ...
, President of the
Bundestag
The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It is comparable to the United States House of Representatives or the House of Commons ...
, addresses the
National Assembly
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Val-d'Oise's 1st constituency
Val-d'Oise's 1st constituency is one of ten French legislative constituencies in the department of Val-d'Oise
Val-d'Oise (, "Vale of the Oise") is a department in the ÃŽle-de-France region, Northern France. It was created in 1968 followi ...
.
** The Embassy of France in Burkina Faso is targeted during the
2018 Ouagadougou attacks
On 2 March 2018, at least eight heavily armed militants launched an assault on key locations throughout Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso. Targets included the French embassy and the headquarters of Burkina Faso's military.
Backgrou ...
2018 Haute-Garonne's 8th constituency by-election
A by-election was held in Haute-Garonne's 8th constituency on 11 March 2018, with a second round on 18 March as no candidate secured a majority of votes in the first round. The by-election was prompted after the Constitutional Council invalidated ...
Carcassonne and Trèbes attack
On 23 March 2018, there was a series of Islamic terrorism, Islamist terrorist attacks in the towns of Carcassonne and Trèbes in southern France. Redouane Lakdim, a 25-year-old Moroccans in France, French-Moroccan (born 11 April 1992 in Taza, Mo ...
.
**
Murder of Mireille Knoll
Mireille Knoll (28 December 193223 March 2018) was an 85-year-old French Jewish woman, and Holocaust survivor who was murdered in her Paris apartment on 23 March 2018. The murder has been officially described by French authorities as an antisemi ...
.
* 28 March –
** National homage to the lieutenant-colonel (promoted colonel on March 27)
Arnaud Beltrame
Arnaud Jean-Georges Beltrame (; 18 April 1973 – 24 March 2018) was a lieutenant colonel in the French Gendarmerie nationale and deputy commander of the Departmental Gendarmerie's Aude unit, who was murdered by a terrorist at Trèbes after ...
** White March in memory of Mireille Knoll
April
* 3 April – Beginning of a period of intermittent strikes at the French National Railway Company until the end of June to protest against the scheduled end of the railway workers' status
* 8 April –
2018 French residents overseas' 5th constituency by-election
A by-election was held in the fifth constituency for French residents overseas on 8 April 2018, with a second round on 22 April as no candidate secured a majority of votes in the first round. The by-election was called after the Constitutional Co ...
.
* 15 April –
2018 Wallis and Futuna's 1st constituency by-election
A by-election was held in Wallis and Futuna's 1st constituency on 15 April 2018. The by-election was called after the Constitutional Council invalidated the election of Napole Polutele, miscellaneous left candidate in the June 2017 legislativ ...
2018 Cannes Film Festival
The 71st annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 8 to 19 May 2018. Australian actress Cate Blanchett acted as President of the Jury. The Japanese film ''Shoplifters'', directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, won the Palme d'Or.
Asghar Farhadi's psycho ...
2018 French Open
The 2018 French Open was a Grand Slam (tennis), major tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 27 May to 10 June and consisted of events for players in singles, doubles and m ...
.
June
* 24 June – Dismantling of the right-wing extremist terrorist group "Action of the operational forces" (AFO) by the arrest of its 9 members – including its chief – and arrest of the leader of self-proclaimed group "Volontaires pour la France"; seizure of about twenty firearms and dismantling of a clandestine laboratory of homemade explosives. The AFO had planned to carry out attacks in France against Muslims.
July
* 1 July –
Simone Veil
Simone Veil (; ; 13 July 1927 – 30 June 2017) was a French magistrate and politician who served as Health Minister in several governments and was President of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1982, the first woman to hold that office. A ...
and
Antoine Veil
Antoine Veil (, 28 August 1926 – 11 April 2013) was a French civil servant of the '' haut fonctionnaire'' grade.
Veil was born on 28 August 1926 in Blâmont Commune, Meurthe-et-Moselle Department.
Veil died on 11 April 2013.
On 5 July 20 ...
2018 Tour de France
The 2018 Tour de France was the 105th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's three Grand Tours. The -long race consisted of 21 stages, starting on 7 July in Noirmoutier-en-l'ÃŽle, in western France, and concluding on 29 July with the ...
.
* 15 July – France wins the
2018 FIFA World Cup
The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national Association football, football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awa ...
.
* 18 July – Revelations by ''
Le Monde
''Le Monde'' (; ) is a French daily afternoon newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average circulation of 323,039 copies per issue in 2009, about 40,000 of which were sold abroad. It has had its own website si ...
'' mark the beginning of the Benalla affair.
* 30 July – A racist shooting wounds 7 people in
Beaune
Beaune () is the wine capital of Burgundy in the Côte d'Or department in eastern France. It is located between Lyon and Dijon. Beaune is one of the key wine centers in France, and the center of Burgundy wine production and business. The annua ...
, the two suspected shooters are arrested in
Saint-Andiol
Saint-Andiol (; oc, Sant Andiòu) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. In 2019, it had a population of 3,346.
Demographics
See also
* Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône ...
on August 10.
August
* 1 August – Lawmakers vote to outlaw
catcalling
Street harassment is a form of harassment, primarily sexual harassment that consists of unwanted sexualised comments, provocative gestures, honking, wolf-whistlings, indecent exposures, stalking, persistent sexual advances, and touching by st ...
resigns as Minister of Sports for personal reasons.
** Philippe government reshuffle :
François de Rugy
François Henri Goullet de Rugy (; born 6 December 1973) is a French politician who served as President of the National Assembly from 2017 to 2018 and Minister of Ecological and Solidary Transition from 2018 to 2019.
Since 2007, he has repres ...
becomes Minister of State, Minister of Ecological and Inclusive Transition, replacing
Roxana Maracineanu
Roxana Maracineanu (; born 7 May 1975) is a Romanian-born French politician, former swimming champion and television consultant who served as Minister Delegate in charge of Sports in the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex (2020–2022) and ...
Manuel Valls
Manuel Carlos Valls Galfetti (, , ; born 13 August 1962) is a French-Spanish politician who has served as a Barcelona city councillor from 2019 to 2021. He served as Prime Minister of France from 2014 until 2016 under president François Hol ...
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...
Minister of the Interior
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Charles Aznavour
Charles Aznavour ( , ; born Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian, hy, Շահնուր Վաղինակ Ազնավուրեան, ; 22 May 1924 – 1 October 2018) was a French-Armenian singer, lyricist, actor and diplomat. Aznavour was known for his dist ...
, died on October 1.
* 10 October – Two people lose their lives in floods in
because of a Mediterranean episode (178 mm fell).
* 11 October – Resignation of 69 mayors and councilors of the department of
Indre
Indre (; oc, Endre) is a landlocked department in central France named after the river Indre. The inhabitants of the department are known as the ''Indriens'' (masculine; ) and ''Indriennes'' (feminine; ). Indre is part of the current administ ...
maternity ward.
* 15 October – A very violent Mediterranean episode, an indirect consequence of hurricane Leslie, causes exceptional
flash floods
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in the
Aude
Aude (; ) is a Departments of France, department in Southern France, located in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region and named after the river Aude (river), Aude. The departmental council also calls it "Ca ...
, with accumulations of exceptional rains (295 mm in
Trèbes
Trèbes (; oc, Trebes) is a commune in the Aude department, southern France. It is around 7 km east of the centre of Carcassonne.
History
Located on an important river crossing, Trèbes was originally known as Tresmals (Three Fords) but ...
in 12 hours, close to 300 mm in Carcassonne), which kill 15 people (including 9 in
Trèbes
Trèbes (; oc, Trebes) is a commune in the Aude department, southern France. It is around 7 km east of the centre of Carcassonne.
History
Located on an important river crossing, Trèbes was originally known as Tresmals (Three Fords) but ...
). The city of
Trèbes
Trèbes (; oc, Trebes) is a commune in the Aude department, southern France. It is around 7 km east of the centre of Carcassonne.
History
Located on an important river crossing, Trèbes was originally known as Tresmals (Three Fords) but ...
and the villages of
Villegailhenc
Villegailhenc (; oc, Vilagalhenc) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.
In mid-October 2018, Villegailhenc, Conques-sur-Orbiel, and Villardonnel, and Trèbes, along with nearby areas along the river Aude, were devastated w ...
Villardonnel
Villardonnel (; oc, Vilardonèl) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.
Population
2018 flood
In mid-October 2018, Villegailhenc, Conques-sur-Orbiel, and Villardonnel, and Trèbes, along with nearby areas along the river ...
becomes Minister of the Interior, Didier Guillaume Minister of Agriculture,
Franck Riester
Franck Riester (born 3 January 1974) is a French politician who has been serving as Minister Delegate for Parliamentary Relations in the Government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne since July 2022. He previously served as Minister Delegate for ...
Minister of Culture and
Marc Fesneau
Marc Fesneau (; born 11 January 1971) is a French politician who has served as Minister of Agriculture and Food since 20 May 2022 in the government of Élisabeth Borne. A member of the Democratic Movement (MoDem), he previously represented the 1 ...
becomes Minister in charge of Relations with Parliament.
* 17 October – Creation of the
National Assembly
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2018 New Caledonian independence referendum
An independence referendum was held in New Caledonia on 4 November 2018. Voters were given the choice of remaining part of France or becoming an independent country.
Announced in the evening of polling day, the result was 56.4% for maintaining t ...
2018 Strasbourg attack
On the evening of 11 December 2018, a terrorist attack occurred in Strasbourg, France, when a man attacked civilians in the city's busy (Christmas market) with a revolver and a knife, killing five and wounding 11 before fleeing in a taxi. Authori ...
.
* 15 December –
Vaimalama Chaves
Vaimalama Chaves (born 3 December 1994) is a French singer, beauty pageant titleholder, and model who was crowned Miss France 2019. Chaves had previously won Miss Tahiti 2018 and became the fourth representative from French Polynesia to win th ...
Joachim Son-Forget
Joachim Jean-Marie Forget (; born 15 April 1983), known as Joachim Son-Forget ( , ) is a South Korean-born French politician. Holding a doctorate in neuroscience, he also works part-time as a radiologist in Switzerland. He has held Kosovar citiz ...
Lyli Herse
Lysiane (Lyli) Herse (6 January 1928 – 4 January 2018) was a French racing cyclist and coach.
Biography
Herse competed in the first Women's Tour de France in 1955, in which she finished fourth. She won the French national road race titl ...
, racing cyclist (born 1928)
** , writer (born 1957)
* 7 January –
Philippe Marchand
Philippe Marchand (1 September 1939 – 10 January 2018) was a French politician.
He was member of the Parliament and President of the general council of Charente-Maritime. He failed to act to establish the Giacometti Foundation.
He was born ...
, politician (b. 1939)
* 12 January –
**
Pierre Pincemaille
Pierre-Marie François Pincemaille (8 December 1956 – 12 January 2018) was a French organist, improviser, and pedagogue. He was known for his organ improvisations, both in concert and on CD and for his recordings of Charles-Marie Widor's ...
, organist (b. 1956)
**
Jean-Louis Koszul
Jean-Louis Koszul (; January 3, 1921 – January 12, 2018) was a French mathematician, best known for studying geometry and discovering the Koszul complex. He was a second generation member of Bourbaki.
Biography
Koszul was educated at the in ...
, arts patron (b. 1927)
** Claude Prouvoyeur, politician (b. 1927)
* 19 January –
**
Alain Devaquet
Alain Devaquet (4 October 1942 – 19 January 2018) was a French politician who was a minister under Jacques Chirac. A university professor before embarking on his political career with the Rally for the Republic, Devaquet was given the role of ...
, actor (b. 1944)
** Suzanne Citron, historian (b. 1922)
**
Philippe Gondet
Philippe Gondet (17 May 1942 – 21 January 2018) was a French footballer who played as a striker. He played for France during the 1966 FIFA World Cup
The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament ...
, footballer (b. 1942)
*24 January –
Renaud Gagneux
Renaud Gagneux (; 15 May 1947 – 24 January 2018) was a French composer.
Gagneux studied piano with Alfred Cortot and composition with Henri Dutilleux at the École Normale in Paris. In 1966 he went to Cologne to study composition with Karlhe ...
, composer (b. 1947)
*25 January –
Arnaud Giovaninetti
Arnaud Giovaninetti (3 July 1967 – 25 January 2018) was a French actor.
His father Reynald was a composer. Born in Amiens in 1967, Arnaud Giovaninetti was raised in Amiens and attended the and CNSAD. He was married to actress Judith d'Aleazz ...
, actor (b. 1967)
*28 January – Raymond Lory, politician (b. 1926)
Édouard Ferrand
Édouard Ferrand (25 April 1965 – 1 February 2018) was a French politician and a member of National Front.
He was a ''Front National'' MEP and regional councillor in Burgundy
Burgundy (; french: link=no, Bourgogne ) is a historical terri ...
, politician (b. 1965)
*5 February – Mathieu Riboulet, writer and film director (b. 1960)
*6 February –
Bernard Darmet
Bernard Darmet (19 October 1945 – 6 February 2018) was a French cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit at the 1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos OlÃmpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of ...
, racing cyclist (b. 1945)
*9 February –
** Antoine Culioli, linguist (b. 1924)
**
Bernard Koura
Bernard Koura (25 May 1923 – 9 February 2018) was a French painter who was best known for his use of shades of blue. He graduated from École des Beaux-Arts
École des Beaux-Arts (; ) refers to a number of influential art schools in Franc ...
Joseph Bonnel
Joseph Bonnel (4 January 1939 – 13 February 2018) was a French association football, football Midfielder (football), midfielder who represented France national football team, France in the FIFA World Cup 1966. He scored three goals during the ...
Daniel Vernet
Daniel Vernet (21 May 1945 – 15 February 2018) was a French journalist. He was the editor-in-chief of ''Le Monde'', France's centre-left newspaper of record, from 1989 to 1991, and the author of several bools.
Early life
Daniel Vernet was born ...
, journalist and author (b. 1945)
*18 February –
**
Arnaud Geyre
Arnaud Geyre (21 April 1935 – 20 February 2018) was a racing cyclist from France who represented his native country at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the ...
, racing cyclist (b. 1935)
* 27 February –
** Henri Leonetti, footballer (b. 1937)
** Jacqueline Vaudecrane, figure skater (b. 1913)
*28 February –
Pierre Milza
Pierre Milza (16 April 193228 February 2018) was a French historian. His work focused mainly on the history of Italy, the history of Italian immigration to France and the history of fascism, of which he was a recognized specialist.
He was prof ...
, historian (b. 1932)
March
*3 March –
**
Jacques Gernet
Jacques Gernet (; ; 22 December 1921, Algiers, French Algeria – 3 March 2018, Vannes) was an eminent French sinologist of the second half of the 20th century. His best-known work is ''The Chinese Civilization'', a 900-page summary of Chinese h ...
Francis Piasecki
Francis Piasecki (28 July 1951 – 6 March 2018) was a French professional football midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and ...
, footballer (b. 1951)
*8 March – Jean Jolivet, philosopher (b. 1925)
*10 March –
**
Hubert de Givenchy
Count Hubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy (; 21 February 1927 – 10 March 2018) was a French aristocrat and fashion designer who founded the luxury fashion and perfume house of Givenchy in 1952. He is famous for having designed much of the p ...
, fashion designer, founder of the house of
Givenchy
Givenchy (, ) is a French luxury fashion and perfume house. It hosts the brand of haute couture and ready-to-wear clothing, accessories, perfumes and cosmetics of Parfums Givenchy. The house of Givenchy was founded in 1952 by designer Hubert de ...
Jean Michel Larrasket
Jean-Michel Larrasket (, ) (22 May 1950 – 19 March 2018), was a French professor and engineer, as well as vice president for the French Basque Country in the Basque Studies Society.
, engineer (b. 1950)
*24 March –
Arnaud Beltrame
Arnaud Jean-Georges Beltrame (; 18 April 1973 – 24 March 2018) was a lieutenant colonel in the French Gendarmerie nationale and deputy commander of the Departmental Gendarmerie's Aude unit, who was murdered by a terrorist at Trèbes after ...
rejoneador
Rejoneador (, pl. ''rejoneadores''; "lancer") is the name given to a bullfighter who fights the bull on horseback. The ''rejoneo'' is a form of bullfighting in Portugal and in Spanish bullfighting.
Popular culture
Mounted bullfighting is feat ...
Françoise Adret Françoise Adret (7 August 1920 – 1 April 2018) was a French ballet dancer, teacher, choreographer, and company director.
Her professional career, international in scope, albeit centered in France, spanned more than sixty years. She was recognize ...
Paul Sinibaldi
Paul Sinibaldi (3 December 1921 – 2 April 2018) was a French professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Early and personal life
Born in Montemaggiore, Corsica, Sinibaldi's two brothers Pierre and Noël were also footballers.
Siniba ...
Jacques Tixier 250px, Jacques Tixier
Jacques Tixier (1 January 1925 – 3 April 2018) was a French archaeologist and prehistorian notable for his work on prehistory in Qatar, Lebanon, and North Africa. He led the first French archaeological mission to Qatar in 19 ...
, archaeologist and prehistorian (b. 1925)
*6 April –
Jacques Higelin
Jacques Joseph Victor Higelin (; 18 October 1940 – 6 April 2018) was a French pop singer who rose to prominence in the early 1970s.
Early life
Higelin was born on 18 October 1940. His father, Paul, a railway worker and musician of Alsatian de ...
Jean-Claude Malgoire
Jean-Claude Malgoire (25 November 1940 – 14 April 2018) was a French oboist and later conductor.
Early life
Malgoire was born on 25 November 1940 in Avignon, France. His mother was born in Italy.
Malgoire graduated from the Paris Conservatory ...
, conductor (b. 1940)
*18 April – Jean Flori, medieval historian (b. 1936)
*19 April –
**
, nun and World War II nurse (b. 1914)
*21 April – Firmin Le Bourhis, crime fiction writer (b. 1950)
*24 April –
Henri Michel
Henri Louis Michel (28 October 1947 – 24 April 2018) was a French football player and coach. He played as a midfielder for Nantes and the France national team, and later went on to coach various clubs and national teams all over the wor ...
, footballer (b. 1947)
*26 April –
** Jean Duprat, politician (b. 1936)
**
Rose Laurens
Rose Laurens, previously billed as Rose Merryl (born Rose Podwojny; 4 March 1951 – 29 April 2018), was a French singer-songwriter, known for her 1982 single "Africa", a top-three hit in several European countries."Africa", in various singles ...
, literary theorist (b. 1930)
*13 May – Lucien Villa, politician (b. 1922)
*15 May –
Jean-Claude Lamy
Jean-Claude Lamy (born 3 August 1941) was a French journalist, writer and publisher.
Biography
He was born in Valence (Drôme), Valence in the Drôme department. As a journalist, Jean-Claude Lamy joined ''France-Soir'' in the 60s where he staye ...
, journalist (b. 1941)
*17 May –
Nicole Fontaine
Nicole Fontaine (16 January 1942 – 17 May 2018) was a French politician who served as Member of the European Parliament for the Île-de-France from 1984 until 2002 and from 2004 until 2009. She was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement, ...
, lawyer and politician,
President of the European Parliament
President most commonly refers to:
*President (corporate title)
*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
, businessman and politician (b. 1925)
** Yves de Daruvar, military officer and politician (b. 1921)
June
*1 June –
**
Jean-Claude Boulard
Jean-Claude Boulard (28 March 1943 – 1 June 2018) was a French politician. He was mayor of Le Mans from 2001 until his death, senator from 2014 to 2017, and deputy of National Assembly from 1988 to 1993 and again from 1997 to 2002.
Early life
B ...
Saint-Flour
Saint-Flour (; Auvergnat: ''Sant Flor'') is a commune in the Cantal department in the Auvergne region in south-central France, around 100 km south of Clermont-Ferrand. Its inhabitants are called ''Sanflorains''.
Geography
The upper city ...
Françoise Bonnot
Françoise Bonnot (17 August 1939 – 9 June 2018) was a French film editor with more than 40 feature film credits.
Biography
Bonnot was the daughter of Monique Bonnot, a film editor noted for several films directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. In he ...
, film editor,
Oscar
Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to:
People
* Oscar (given name), an Irish- and English-language name also used in other languages; the article includes the names Oskar, Oskari, Oszkár, Óscar, and other forms.
* Oscar (Irish mythology), ...
winner
1970
Events
January
* January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC.
* January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...
Yvette Horner
Yvette Horner ( Hornère; – ) was a French accordionist, pianist and composer known for performing with the Tour de France during the 1950s and 1960s. During her 70-year long career, she gave more than two thousand concerts and released around ...
, accordionist (b. 1922)
*19 June –
Paul John Marx
Bishop Paul John Marx, Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, M.S.C. (12 March 1935 – 19 June 2018) was a French Roman Catholic prelate, who was bishop of Kerema, Kerema, Papua New Guinea from 6 December 1988 until 13 March 2010.
Marx was bo ...
François Corbier
François Corbier (17 October 1944 – 1 July 2018) was a French television presenter and songwriter.
Early life
Corbier was born as Alain Roux in 1944 in Paris.
Career
Corbier began his career as a songwriter in Parisian cabarets, where he worke ...
, songwriter and television presenter (b. 1944)
*2 July –
** Henri Froment-Meurice, diplomat (b. 1923)
**
Maurice Lemaître
Maurice Lemaître (aka Moïse Maurice Bismuth) (23 April 1926, Paris - 2 July 2018) was a French Lettrist painter (known for his use of Hypergraphy), filmmaker, writer and poet. Lemaître was Isidore Isou's right-hand man for nearly half a century ...
François Budet
François Budet (3 October 1940 – 5 July 2018) was a French singer-songwriter, novelist and poet.
References
1940 births
2018 deaths
People from Côtes-d'Armor
French male singer-songwriters
French singer-songwriters
French male noveli ...
, singer-songwriter, novelist, and poet (b. 1940)
**
Claude Lanzmann
Claude Lanzmann (; 27 November 1925 – 5 July 2018) was a French filmmaker known for the Holocaust documentary film ''Shoah'' (1985).
Early life
Lanzmann was born on 27 November 1925 in Paris, France, the son of Paulette () and Armand Lanzmann. ...
, scientific journalist, historian, essayist and novelist (b. 1931)
** Michel Suffran, novelist (b. 1931)
**
Jean-Louis Tauran
Jean-Louis Pierre Tauran (; 5 April 1943 – 5 July 2018) was a French cardinal of the Catholic Church. When he died, he had been the president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue since 2007 and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman ...
, Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1943)
*7 July –
Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma
Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma (Michel Marie Xavier Waldemar Georg Robert Karl Eymar; 4 March 1926 – 7 July 2018) was a French businessman, soldier and racing car driver, who was a member of deposed sovereign ducal House of Bourbon-Parma.
He was ...
, royal, soldier and race car driver (b. 1926)
*12 July –
Claude Seignolle
Claude Seignolle (25 June 1917 – 13 July 2018) was a French author. His main interests were folklore and archaeology before he turned to fiction. He also wrote under the pseudonyms 'Starcante', 'S. Claude' and 'Jean-Robert Dumoulin'.
Early an ...
, writer (b. 1917)
*16 July –
Madeleine Kamman
Madeleine Kamman (22 November 1930 – 16 July 2018) was a French chef and restaurateur, cookery teacher and author of seven cookbooks, who spent most of her working life in America bringing the rigors of French technique to American ingredients an ...
, chef and restaurateur (b. 1931)
*23 July –
Pierre Pican
Pierre Auguste Gratien Pican S.D.B. (27 February 1935 – 23 July 2018) was a French prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Bishop of Bayeux from 1988 to 2010. In 2001, he was given a three-month suspended sentence for failing to notify civi ...
, bishop (b. 1935)
*25 July –
Guy Fallot
Guy Fallot (1927 – 25 July 2018) was a French cellist born in Nancy.
Biography
Guy Fallot's father, Paul Fallot – a geologist and professor at the Collège de France – was also a great music lover and played the violin. The mother of Guy ...
, racing cyclist (b. 1968)
*4 August –
** Josy Moinet, politician,
Senator
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for
Charente-Maritime
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(b. 1929)
**
Arsène Tchakarian
Arsène Tchakarian (21 December 1916 – 4 August 2018) was a Armenians in France, French-Armenian historian, former tailor and member of the French resistance. He was a member of the Manouchian Group of the FTP-MOI, a wing of the larger Francs- ...
, Armenian-born French resistance fighter (b. 1916)
*15 August –
**
Marie-Françoise Bucquet
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Biography
Born in Montivilliers, Marie-Françoise Bucquet began her studies at the Vienna Music Academy and continued this tradition by further studies with ...
, pianist and teacher (b. 1937)
**
Pierre Camou
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, rugby union administrator (b. 1945)
**
François Garnier
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Garnier was born in Beaune, France and was ordained to the priesthood in 1970. He served as coadjutor bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Luç ...
Edmond Haan
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, footballer (b. 1924)
*26 August – Rosa Bouglione, circus performer (b. 1910)
*27 August –
Mirka Mora
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, visual artist (born 1928)
September
*1 September – Jean Seitlinger, politician (born 1924)
*5 September – François Flohic, naval officer (born 1920)
*6 September –
**
Philippe Eidel
Philippe Eidel (22 December 1956 – 6 September 2018) was a French music producer, writer and film music composer.
References
External links
*
Philippe Eidel official web sitePhilippe Eidel
1956 births
2018 deaths
French record produc ...
, music producer (born 1956)
**
Gilbert Lazard
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, linguist and Iranologist (born 1920)
*7 September –
Micheline Rozan
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Early life
Rozan was born into a Jewish family who ...
, stage and film producer (born 1928)
*10 September –
**
Michel Bonnevie
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The France men's national basketball team (french: Équipe ...
, basketball player (born 1921)
**
Paul Virilio
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Sophie Body-Gendrot
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, political scientist, criminologist and sociologist (born 1942)
*29 September – Pascale Casanova, literary critic (born 1959)
*30 September –
December 5
Events Pre-1600
*63 BC – Cicero gives the fourth and final of the Catiline Orations.
* 633 – Fourth Council of Toledo opens, presided over by Isidore of Seville.
* 1033 – The Jordan Rift Valley earthquake destroys multiple ...
1916
Events
Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled.
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December 28
Events Pre-1600
* 418 – A papal conclave begins, resulting in the election of Pope Boniface I.
* 457 – Majorian is acclaimed as Western Roman emperor.
* 484 – Alaric II succeeds his father Euric and becomes king of the Vis ...
–
Georges Loinger
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, French resistance fighter (b.
1910
Events
January
* January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ...
)
See also
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List of French films of 2018
A list of French-produced films scheduled for release in 2018.
Films
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