1887 in France

none February 2024 1887 Events from the year 1887 in France. Incumbents President: Jules Grévy (until 12 December), Marie François Sadi Carnot (starting 12 December) President of the Council of Ministers: until 30 May: René Goblet 30 May-12 December: Maurice Rouvier starting 12 December: Pierre Tirard Events 28 January – Construction of foundation of the Eiffel Tower starts in Paris. On 14 February, a letter of protest against its design signed by members of the artistic community is published on the front page of Les Temps newspaper.The Artists Who Hated the Eiffel Tower JSTOR Daily Emily Zarevich 2023-02-17 2025-05-22 https://daily.jstor.org/the-artists-who-hated-the-eiffel-tower/ On 1 July, work on the iron superstructure begins. 11 January – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the French Academy of Medicine by Dr. Joseph Grancher.Gelfand Toby 2002 11 January 1887, the Day Medicine Changed: Joseph Grancher's Defense of Pasteur's Treatment for Rabies https://www.jstor.org/stable/44449391 Bulletin of the History of Medicine 76 4 698–718 0007-5140 19 April 2024 17 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240419054103/https://www.jstor.org/stable/44449391 live 23 February – The French Riviera is hit by a powerful earthquake originating in Liguria, killing around 2,000 along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.Séisme ligure de 1887 - Azurseisme https://www.azurseisme.com/-Seisme-ligure-de-1887-17-.html#:~:text=A%20la%20fin%20du%20XIXe,plus%20de%20250%20bless%C3%A9s%20c%C3%B4t%C3%A9 2024-02-17 www.azurseisme.com 2024-02-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20240217220349/https://www.azurseisme.com/-Seisme-ligure-de-1887-17-.html#:~:text=A%20la%20fin%20du%20XIXe,plus%20de%20250%20bless%C3%A9s%20c%C3%B4t%C3%A9 live 24 February – The first international telephone line in Europe is opened to the public between Brussels and Paris.Today in History: First international telephone line between Brussels and Paris is opened 2023-02-24 Ugo A. Realfonzo The Brussels Times https://www.brusselstimes.com/378395/today-in-history-first-international-telephone-line-between-brussels-and-paris-is-opened 2026-02-24 21–28 April – The Schnaebele incident nearly leads to war between France and Germany. The Lebel Model 1886 rifle is first issued to the French army, the first military firearm to use smokeless powder ammunition. Literature Léon Bloy - Le Désespéré Édouard Dujardin - Les lauriers sont coupés Joris-Karl Huysmans - En rade Pierre Loti - Madame Chrysanthème Guy de Maupassant - Le Rosier de Madame Husson Jules Verne - Le Chemin de France / Nord contre Sud Émile Zola - La Terre Births January to June 17 January – Marcel Godivier, cyclist (died 1963) 18 March – Alfred Vaucher, theologian, church historian and bibliographer (died 1993) 16 April – Paul Marie André Richaud, Cardinal (died 1968) 24 May - Jean de La Varende, Writer (died 1959) 31 May – Saint-John Perse, poet and diplomat, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960 (died 1975) 13 June – André François-Poncet, politician and diplomat (died 1978) July to December 2 July – Marcel Tabuteau, oboist (died 1966) 28 July – Marcel Duchamp, artist (died 1968) 16 September – Nadia Boulanger, composer and conductor (died 1979) 30 September – Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert, General (died 1981) 5 October – René Cassin, jurist and judge, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1968 (died 1976) 11 October – Pierre Jean Jouve, writer, novelist and poet (died 1976) 13 November – Jean de Limur, film director (died 1976) 31 December – Gaston Modot, actor (died 1970) Deaths 2 August – Joseph-Louis Lambot, inventor of ferro-cement (born 1814) 14 August – Jules Pasdeloup, conductor (born 1819) 20 August – Jules Laforgue, poet (born 1860) 21 October – Bernard Jauréguiberry, Admiral and statesman (born 1815) Full date unknown Jules Desnoyers, geologist and archaeologist (born 1800) Honoré Jacquinot, surgeon and zoologist (born 1815) References 1887 France France Category:1880s in France Category:Years of the 19th century in France