1912 in France

none December 2020 1912 Events from the year 1912 in France. Incumbents President: Armand Fallières President of the Council of Ministers: Joseph Caillaux (until 21 January), Raymond Poincaré (starting 21 January) Events 13 January – Raymond Poincaré forms a coalition government, beginning his first term of office as Prime Minister on 21 January. 30 March – Treaty of Fez, Sultan Abdelhafid gives up the sovereignty of Morocco, making it a protectorate of France. 10 April – Titanic embarks passengers from tenders at Cherbourg Harbour for the only time. Arts and literature Pierre Bonnard - La Femme au chat Georges Braque - Fruit Dish and Glass Robert Delaunay - Fenêtres ouvertes simultanément Ière partie 3e motif Marcel Duchamp - Nu descendant un escalier n° 2 Albert Gleizes Les Baigneuses Le Dépiquage des Moissons L'Homme au balcon Les ponts de Paris (Passy) Henri Matisse La Conversation Les Poissons rouges La Petite Mulâtresse Paysage marocain (Acanthes) Le Rifain assis Vue sur la baie de Tanger La Fenêtre à Tanger Zorah sur la terrasse Jean Metzinger Au Vélodrome L'Oiseau bleu Danseuse au café Man with a Pipe Femme à l'Éventail La Femme au Cheval Claude Monet - Saint-Georges Majeur au Crépuscule Francis Picabia La Procession, Séville La Source Pablo Picasso Bouteille, Verre, et Fourchette Violon et Raisins Film André Calmettes - Richard III Alice Guy-Blaché - L'Américanisé Georges Méliès - À la conquête du pôle Louis Mercanton & Henri Desfontaines - Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth Literature Anatole France - Les dieux ont soif Maurice Leblanc - The Crystal Stopper Louis Pergaud - La Guerre des boutons Music Claude Debussy - Khamma (piano score only) Paul Dukas - La Péri Reynaldo Hahn - Le Dieu bleu Jules Massenet - Roma Maurice Ravel - Daphnis et Chloé Camille Saint-Saëns - Triptyque, Op. 136 Erik Satie Véritables Préludes flasques (pour un chien) Prélude de la porte héroïque du ciel Sport 26 June – 1912 French Grand Prix, won by Georges Boillot driving a Peugeot.Higham, Peter (1995). The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. Guinness Publishing. p. 194. 0-85112-642-1. 30 June–28 July – 10th Tour de France, won by Odiel Defraye. Births January to March 6 January – Jacques Ellul, philosopher, sociologist, theologian (died 1994) 15 January – Michel Debré, politician and first Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic (died 1996) 18 January – David Rousset, writer and political activist (died 1997) 3 February – Jacques Soustelle, anthropologist (died 1990) 7 February – Alfred Desenclos, composer (died 1971) 7 February – Amédée Fournier, cyclist (died 1992) 11 February – Jacques Corrèze, businessman and politician (died 1991) 12 February – Pierre Jaminet, cyclist (died 1968) 20 February – Pierre Boulle, novelist (died 1994) 25 March – Jean Vilar, actor (died 1971) 28 March – Léon Damas, poet and politician (died 1978) April to June 12 April – Georges Franju, filmmaker (died 1987) 14 April – Robert Doisneau, photographer (died 1994) 19 April – Raymond Pichard, Dominican priest and television presenter (died 1992) 21 April – Marcel Camus, film director (died 1982) 28 April – Odette Sansom, World War II heroine (died 1995) 16 May – Alfred Aston, international soccer player (died 2003) 23 May – Jean Françaix, composer, pianist, and orchestrator (died 1997) 29 May – Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, fourth managing director of the International Monetary Fund (died 1994) 30 May – Roger Courtois, international soccer player (died 1972) 8 June – Roger Michelot, boxer (died 1993) 15 June – Alix Combelle, swing jazz tenor saxophonist, clarinetist and bandleader (died 1978) 22 June – Raymonde Allain, model and actress (died 2008) 29 June Lucie Aubrac, World War II Resistance fighter (died 2007) Émile Peynaud, oenologist and researcher (died 2004) July to December 13 July – Suzanne Haïk-Vantoura, organist, music teacher, composer and music theorist (died 2000) 18 July – Max Rousié, rugby league and rugby union footballer (died 1959) 20 July – Lucette Destouches, classical dancer (died 2019) 5 August Jacques Delannoy, footballer (died 1958) Abbé Pierre, priest and founder of Emmaus movement (died 2007) 26 August – Léo Marjane, born Thérèse Maria Léonie Gendebien, popular singer (died 2016) 8 September – Marie-Dominique Philippe, Dominican philosopher and theologian (died 2006) 14 September – Jean Lescure, poet (died 2005) 3 November – Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier, member of the French Resistance (died 1996) 13 November – Claude Pompidou, philanthropist, wife of President of France Georges Pompidou (died 2007) 21 November – Pierre Grimal, historian and classicist (died 1996) 23 November – Paul Rivière, Resistance fighter and politician (died 1998) 10 December – René Toribio, Guadeloupean politician (died 1990) Full date unknown Gérard Albouy, milliner (died 1985) Paul Petard, botanist (died 1980) Deaths 16 January – Alfred Jules Émile Fouillée, philosopher (born 1838) 14 April – Henri Brisson, statesman and Prime minister of France (born 1835) 12 June – Frédéric Passy, economist, joint winner (with Henry Dunant) of first Nobel Peace Prize, 1901 (born 1822) 16 June – Henri Jean Baptiste Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu, publicist and historian (born 1842) 17 July – Henri Poincaré, mathematician, theoretical physicist and philosopher of science (born 1854) 12 September – Pierre-Hector Coullié, Archbishop of Lyon (born 1829) Full date unknown Magloire-Désiré Barthet, Vicar Apostolic of Senegambia (born 1832) Félicien Henry Caignart de Saulcy, entomologist (born 1832) See also List of French films of 1912 References 1912 France France Category:1910s in France Category:Years of the 20th century in France