1931 in France
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See also: | Other events of 1931 History of France • Timeline • Years |
Events from the year 1931 in France.
Incumbents
- President: Gaston Doumergue (until 13 June), Paul Doumer (starting 13 June)
- President of the Council of Ministers: Theodore Steeg (until 27 January), Pierre Laval (starting 27 January)
Events
- 27 January - Pierre Laval forms a government in France.
- 6 May - Paris Colonial Exposition opens.
- 13 May - Paul Doumer elected president of France.
- 14 June - Overloaded pleasure craft Saint-Philibert, carrying trippers home to Nantes from Île de Noirmoutier, sinks at the mouth of the river Loire and over 450 drown.
- 8 November- French police launch a large scale raid against Corsican bandits.
Births
January to June
- 7 February - Serge Danot, animator (died 1991)
- 26 February - Jacques Rouxel, animator (died 2004)
- 6 March - Nicolas Barone, cyclist (died 2003)
- 3 June - Jean Bouise, actor (died 1989)
- 5 June - Jacques Demy, film director (died 1990)
- 30 June - Joseph Thomin, racing cyclist (died 2018)
July to December
- 1 July - Leslie Caron, actress
- 3 July - Claude-Henri Chouard, surgeon
- 4 July - Sébastien Japrisot, author, screenwriter and film director (died 2003)
- 6 July - Louis Mexandeau, politician
- 24 July - Éric Tabarly, sailor (died 1998)
- 23 August - Coccinelle, transsexual actress and entertainer (died 2006)
- 13 October - Raymond Kopa, footballer (died 2017)
- 25 October - Annie Girardot, actress (died 2011)
- 6 November - André Trochut, cyclist (died 1996)
- 12 December - Christian Metz, film theorist (died 1993)
- 18 December - André S. Labarthe, French actor (died 2018)
- 28 December - Guy Debord, Marxist theorist, writer and filmmaker (died 1994)
Deaths
- 1 February - Emmanuel d'Orléans, noble from the House of Orléans (born 1872)
- 4 February – Dominique-Marie Gauchet, admiral (born 1853)
- 31 March - Henri Béraldi, bibliophile and publisher (born 1849)
- 7 May - Anne Boutiaut Poulard, cook (born 1851)
- 22 June - Armand Fallières, politician and President of France (born 1841)
- 11 July - Jean-Louis Forain, Impressionist artist (born 1852)
- 7 November - Étienne Bazeries, military cryptanalyst (born 1846)
- 2 December - Vincent d'Indy, composer (born 1851)
- Full date unknown - Alexandre Darracq, automobile manufacturer (born 1855)
See also
References
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