1905 in France

none May 2022 December 2020 1905 Events from the year 1905 in France. Incumbents President: Émile LoubetWhyte G. The Dreyfus Affair: A Chronological History 12 October 2005 Springer 978-0-230-58450-1 472 https://books.google.com/books?id=0_rMCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA472 en President of the Council of Ministers: until 12 March: Emile Combes 12 March-25 October: Maurice Rouvier starting 25 October: Georges Clemenceau Events 24 January – Maurice Rouvier forms a government as the new Prime Minister of France. February – Fierce storm on the Calvados coast. 31 March – German emperor William II asserts German equality with France in Morocco, triggering the Tangier or First Moroccan Crisis. 13 May – Mata Hari debuts in Paris. 14 July – The government of France institutes its first government assistance program for elderly and disabled persons. October – The Fauvist artists, notably Henri Matisse, first exhibit, at the Salon d'Automne in Paris. 9 December – 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State is passed, enacting laïcité. Louis Delâge produces the first Delage automobile in Levallois-Perret. Renault Type AG taxicab begins production at Billancourt and 1,500 are ordered for use in Paris. Arts André Derain - Montagnes à Collioure Henri Matisse La Raie verte Landscape at Collioure Fenêtre ouverte, Collioure Les toits de Collioure La femme au chapeau Jean Metzinger - Baigneuses: Deux nus dans un paysage exotique Pablo Picasso Acrobate et jeune Arlequin Au Lapin Agile Famille d'acrobates avec singe Famille de saltimbanques Garçon à la pipe Jeune femme en chemise Girl on a Ball Les Noces de Pierrette Fillette à la corbeille fleurie Robert Antoine Pinchon - Le Pont aux Anglais, soleil couchant Henri Rousseau - Le lion ayant faim se jette sur l'antilope Paul Signac Le Grand Canal à Venise The Lagoon of Saint Mark, Venice Le Sentier des Douanes Film Alice Guy-Blaché & Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset - Esmeralda Georges Méliès Le Diable noir La Chaise à porteurs enchantée Le Dirigeable fantastique ou le Cauchemar d'un inventeur Les Cartes vivantes L'Île de Calypso Le Palais des mille et une nuits Literature Jules Verne L'Invasion de la mer Le Phare du bout du monde Music Claude Debussy Suite bergamasque La mer Reynaldo Hahn - Le Bal de Béatrice d'Este Maurice Ravel - Sonatine Camille Saint-Saëns - Cello Sonata No. 2 Florent Schmitt - Reflets d'Allemagne Sport 9–30 July – Third Tour de France, won by Louis Trousselier. Births January to March 17 January – Louis Armand, engineer (died 1971) 21 January – Christian Dior, fashion designer (died 1957) 7 February Paul Nizan, philosopher and writer (died 1940) René de Possel, mathematician (died 1974) 8 February – Andre Richaume, archetier/bowmaker (died 1966) 3 March – Marie Glory, actress (died 2009) 14 March – Raymond Aron, philosopher, sociologist and political scientist (died 1983) 20 March – Jean Galia (died 1949), boxer and pioneering rugby footballer 28 March – René Maheu, professor of philosophy and Director General of UNESCO (died 1975) April to June 2 April – Edmond Jouhaud, one of four generals who staged the Algiers putsch of 1961 (died 1995) 4 April – Eugène Bozza, composer (died 1991) 5 April – Waldeck Rochet, politician (died 1983) 13 April – Pierre Schneiter, politician (died 1979) 14 April – Jean Pierre-Bloch, French Resistance member (died 1999) 24 April – Pierre Chevalier, caver and mountaineer (died 2001) 6 May – René Dreyfus, motor racing driver (died 1993) 14 May – Jean Daniélou, theologian and historian (died 1974) 15 May – Albert Dubout, cartoonist, illustrator, painter and sculptor (died 1976) 11 June – Paul Wormser, Olympic fencer (died 1944) 20 June – Hélène Bouvier, operatic mezzo-soprano (died 1978) 21 June Jacques Goddet, sports journalist and Tour de France director (died 2000) Jean-Paul Sartre, philosopher, dramatist, novelist and critic (died 1980) July to September 25 July – Georges Grignard, motor racing driver (died 1977) 29 July – Pierre Braunberger, producer and actor (died 1990) 30 July – Jeanne-Marie Darré, pianist (died 1999) 8 August – André Jolivet, composer (died 1974) 9 August – Pierre Klossowski, writer, translator and artist (died 2001) 20 August – André Giriat, rower and Olympic medallist (died 1967) 2 September – Marcel Galey, footballer (died 1991) 5 September – Maurice Challe, general (died 1979) October to December 8 October – André Rollet, footballer (died 1985) 10 October – Armand Marcelle, rower and Olympic medallist (died 1974) 11 October – Jean-Marie Villot, cardinal (died 1979) 23 October – Claude de Cambronne, aircraft manufacturer (died 1993) 24 October – Pierre Frank, Trotskyist leader (died 1984) 18 November – Paul Paillole, soldier (died 1992) 29 November – Marcel Lefebvre, Roman Catholic archbishop (died 1991) 22 December – Pierre Brasseur, actor (died 1972) 25 December – Étienne Mattler, international soccer player (died 1986) 31 December – Guy Mollet, politician (died 1975) Full date unknown Jacques Baron, poet (died 1986). Albert-Félix de Lapparent, palaeontologist and Jesuit priest (died 1975) René Taupin, translator, critic and academic (died 1981) Deaths January to June 4 February – Louis-Ernest Barrias, sculptor (born 1841) 5 February – Antoine Alphonse Chassepot, gunsmith and inventor (born 1833) 24 March – Jules Verne, author (born 1828) 26 May – Alphonse James de Rothschild, banker and philanthropist (born 1827) 1 June – Émile Delahaye, automotive pioneer (born 1843) 4 June – Edme-Armand-Gaston d'Audiffret-Pasquier, politician (born 1823) July to December 9 August – Placide Louis Chapelle, Archbishop in Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans (born 1842) 19 August – William-Adolphe Bouguereau, painter (born 1825) 13 September – René Goblet, politician, Prime Minister of France (born 1828) 14 September – Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, explorer (born 1852) 25 September – Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, politician (born 1853) 12 December – François Paul Meurice, dramatist (born 1818) See also List of French films before 1910 References 1905 France France Category:1900s in France Category:Years of the 20th century in France