1919 In France

Events from the year 1919 in France.

Incumbents

*President: Raymond Poincaré
*President of the Council of Ministers: Georges Clemenceau

Events

*18 January – The Paris Peace Conference, opens at the Quai d'Orsay, with delegates from 27 nations attending for meetings at the Palace of Versailles (anniversary of the 1871 proclamation of William I as German Emperor at Versailles); for its duration Paris is effectively the center of a world government. On 25 January the Conference agrees to establish the League of Nations.
*March – An automobile brand, Citroën, was established by André Citroën.
*April – Long-Berenger Oil Agreement is concluded between France and the United Kingdom over oil rights.
*1 May '' (Premier Mai)'' – A large left-wing demonstration leads to a violent confrontation with the police.
*28 June – Treaty of Versailles is signed, officially ending World War I and concluding the main sessions of the Paris Peace Conference.
*7 July – First customer takes delivery of a Citroën automobile.
*31 July – Perfumier L'Oréal is registered by Eugène Schueller.
*10 September – Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye is signed, ending World War I with Austria.
*16 November – Legislative Election held.
*17 November – American expatriate Sylvia Beach opens the Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris.
*27 November – Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine is signed.
*30 November – Legislative Election held.

Sport

*29 June – Tour de France begins.
*27 July – Tour de France ends, won by Fermin Lambot of Belgium.

Births

January to June

*6 January – Jacques Laurent, writer and journalist (died 2000)
*15 January – Maurice Herzog, climber and politician (died 2012)
*19 January – Simone Melchior, wife and business partner of Jacques-Yves Cousteau (died 1990)
*18 March
** Michèle Arnaud, singer, producer and director (died 1998)
** Roland Weyl, militant and lawyer (died 2021)
*22 March – Diran Manoukian, Olympic field hockey player (died 2020)
*1 April – Jeannie Rousseau, Allied intelligence agent (died 2017)
*3 April – Marguerite Harl, literary scholar (died 2020)
*7 April – Jackie Sardou, actress (died 1998)
*8 April – André Héléna, writer (died 1972)
*10 April – Cécile Rol-Tanguy, resistance officer (died 2020)
*13 April – René Gallice, soccer player (died 1999)
*21 April – André Bettencourt, Resistance fighter, politician and Minister (died 2007)
*29 April – Gérard Oury, actor, writer and producer (died 2006)
*30 April – François Brigneau, journalist and author (died 2012)
*13 May – Pierre Sudreau, politician (died 2012)
*24 May – Paul Rambié, painter (died 2020)
*7 June – Roger Borniche, detective (died 2020)
*9 June - Georges Bonnet, writer and poet (died 2021)
*21 June
** Tsilla Chelton, actress (died 2012)
** Jean Joyet, painter (died 1994)
*21 June – Guy Lux, game show host and producer (died 2003)

July to September

*2 July – Albert Batteux, international soccer player and manager (died 2003)
*2 July – Henri Genès, actor and singer (died 2005)
*17 July – Jean Leymarie, art historian (died 2006)
*18 July – Daniel du Janerand, painter (died 1990)
*19 July – Solange Troisier, physician (died 2008)
*31 July – Maurice Boitel, painter (died 2007)
*4 August – Michel Déon, writer (died 2016)
*10 August – Sacha Vierny, cinematographer (died 2001)
*11 August – Ginette Neveu, violinist (died 1949)
*9 September – Jacques Marin, actor (died 2001)
*12 September – Jean Prouff, soccer player and manager (died 2008)

October to December

*3 October – Jean Lefebvre, actor (died 2004)
*7 October – Georges Duby, historian (died 1996)
*8 October – André Valmy, actor (died 2015)
*20 October – André Pousse, actor (died 2005)
*26 October – Marcel Le Roy, resistance fighter (died 2020)
*5 November – Félix Gaillard, Radical politician and Prime Minister of France (died 1970)
*10 November – François Périer, actor (died 2002)
*16 November – Georges-Hilaire Dupont, Roman Catholic bishop (died 2020)
*18 November – Andrée Borrel, World War II heroine (executed) (died 1944)
*20 November – Maurice Paul Delorme, prelate (died 2012)
*21 November – Jacques Senard, diplomat (died 2020)
*11 December – Lucien Teisseire, road bicycle racer (died 2007)
*13 December – Huguette Béolet, tennis player
*24 December – Pierre Soulages, painter and sculptor (died 2022)
*25 December – Noëlla Rouget, resistance fighter and teacher (died 2020)
*30 December – François Bordes, scientist, geologist, and archaeologist (died 1981)

Full date unknown

* Pierre Garat, civil servant in Vichy France (died 1976)
* Laure Leprieur, radio personality (died 1999)

Deaths

*2 September – Jean-Pierre Brisset, writer (born 1837)
*30 October – Jules Develle, politician (born 1845)
*7 November – Jean Marie Antoine de Lanessan, statesman and naturalist (born 1843)
*3 December – Pierre-Auguste Renoir, painter (born 1841)
*21 December – Louis Diémer, pianist and composer (born 1843)

See also

* List of French films of 1919

References

{{Year in Europe, 1919

1910s in France