1951 in France

none August 2022 1951 Events from the year 1951 in France. Incumbents President: Vincent Auriol President of the Council of Ministers: until 10 March: René Pleven 10 March-11 August: Henri Queuille starting 11 August: René Pleven Events 13 January – Battle of Vĩnh Yên begins in Vietnam.Gras Yves Histoire de la guerre d'Indochine 1992 Editions Denoël 2-207-23958-6 [Paris] 26705985 17 January – Battle of Vĩnh Yên ends in decisive defeat for the Việt Minh forces. 23 March – Battle of Mạo Khê begins. 28 March – Battle of Mạo Khê ends in the defeat of Việt Minh forces. April – Magazine Cahiers du cinéma is first published. 18 April – Treaty of Paris adopted, establishing European Coal and Steel Community. 17 June – Legislative Election is held to elect the second National Assembly of the Fourth Republic. 11 August – René Pleven becomes Prime Minister of France. 10 November – Battle of Hòa Bình begins. December – Engagements in the Battle of Hòa Bình continue. Sport The 1951 French rugby league tour of Australia and New Zealand is conducted.The Sydney Morning Herald - Google News Archive Search https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2CBVAAAAIBAJ&pg=3968,4148602 2022-10-13 news.google.com 4 July – Tour de France begins. 29 July – Tour de France ends, won by Hugo Koblet of Switzerland. Births 10 January – Nicolas Philibert, film director and actor 13 January – Bernard Loiseau, chef (died 2003) 6 February – Jacques Villeret, actor (died 2005) 23 September – Nathalie Gautier, politician (died 2006) 11 October – Jean-Jacques Goldman, singer and songwriter 6 November – Alain Etchegoyen, philosopher and novelist (died 2007) Deaths 7 January René Guénon, orientalist and philosopher (born 1886) Lucien Cuénot, biologist (born 1866) 26 January – Henri Bard, international soccer player (born 1892) 19 February – André Gide, author and winner of Nobel Prize in literature in 1947 (born 1869) 2 June – Émile Chartier, philosopher, journalist and pacifist (born 1868) 21 June – Gustave Sandras, artistic gymnast (born 1872) 23 July – Philippe Pétain, Marshal of France, later Chief of State of Vichy France (born 1856) 11 November – César Vezzani, opera singer (born 1888) See also List of French films of 1951 References 1951 France France Category:1950s in France Category:Years of the 20th century in France