1914 in France

none December 2020 1914 Events from the year 1914 in France. Incumbents President: Raymond Poincaré President of the Council of Ministers: until 9 June: Gaston Doumergue 9 June-13 June: Alexandre Ribot starting 13 June: René Viviani Events 16 March – The wife of minister Joseph Caillaux shoots Gaston Calmette, the editor of Le Figaro because he threatened to publish Caillaux's love letters to her during his previous marriage; she is later acquitted by a jury. 26 April – French legislative election held. 10 May – French legislative election held. c. June – Blaise Diagne of Senegal becomes the first Black African representative in the French Parliament.Toure Maelenn-Kegni 2009-02-27 Blaise Diagne (1872-1934) https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/diagne-blaise-1872-1934/ 2025-04-06 BlackPast.org en-US 28 July – Henriette Caillaux, wife of minister Joseph Caillaux, is acquitted of the murder of Gaston Calmette by reason of crime passionnel.The Guide to American Law: Everyone's Legal Encyclopedia https://books.google.com/books?id=j8mVAAAAMAAJ 1983 West Publishing Company 978-0-314-73224-8 209 April 20, 2021 December 7, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231207124152/https://books.google.com/books?id=j8mVAAAAMAAJ live 31 July – Jean Jaurès assassinated by a French nationalist fanatic 3 August – Germany declares war on France. 9 August – Battle of Mulhouse begins, the opening attack of World War I by the French army against Germany. 19 August – Battle of Dornach (1914) 26 August – Allies withdraw from Le Cateau to Saint-Quentin, after Battle of Le Cateau. 29 August – French Fifth Army attack St. Quentin. 30 August – French Fifth Army retreat from St. Quentin. 2 September – The village of Moronvilliers is occupied by the Germans. 5 September London Agreement: No member of the Triple Entente (France, the United Kingdom or Russia) may seek a separate peace with the Central Powers. The First Battle of the Marne begins: 50 km north-east of Paris, the French 6th Army under General Maunoury attacks German forces closing on the city. Over 2,000,000 fight (500,000 are killed/wounded) in the Allied victory. A French and British counterattack at the Marne ends the German advance on Paris. 6–8 September – French Army troops are rushed from Paris to join the First Battle of the Marne using Renault Type AG taxicabs. 13 September – The conclusion of the Battle of Grand Couronné ends the Battle of the Frontiers, with the north-east segment of the Western Front stabilising. 25 September – Battle of Albert begins as part of the Race to the Sea. 27 September – First Battle of Artois begins. 28 September – The First Battle of the Aisne ends indecisively. 30 September – British Indian Army Expeditionary Force A arrives at Marseille for service on the Western Front. 1 October – Battle of Arras begins. 4 October – Lens is lost, as French Tenth Army fails to hold back the Germans. 5 October – Aerial combat of 5 October 1914 4 November – Britain and France declare war on the Ottoman Empire. 20 December – First Battle of Champagne begins. December – Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzky, who writes under the nom de plume "Guillaume Apollinaire", enlists in the French Army to fight in World War I and becomes a French citizenhttps://archive.org/details/randomhousebooko00aust The Random House Book of Twentieth-Century French Poetry; with translations by American and British poets Random House 1982 0-394-52197-8 Auster, Paul New York after an August attempt at enlistment has been rejected. Literature Anatole France - La Révolte des anges Raymond Roussel - Locus Solus Music Gabriel Fauré - Barcarolle No. 11 Maurice Ravel - À la manière de Borodine / Chabrier Erik Satie Sports et divertissements Peccadilles importunes Igor Stravinsky - Le rossignol Sports 28 June – The 12th Tour de France begins. Births January to March 4 January – Jean-Pierre Vernant, historian and anthropologist (died 2007) 9 January – Lucien Bodard, reporter and writer on events in Asia (died 1998) 10 January – Pierre Cogan, cyclist (died 2013) 3 February – Michel Thomas, linguist, language teacher and decorated war veteran (died 2005) 17 February – René Vietto, cyclist (died 1988) 19 February – Jacques Dufilho, actor (died 2005) 28 February – Élie Bayol, motor racing driver (died 1995) 21 March – Paul Tortelier, cellist and composer (died 1990) April to June 4 April – Marguerite Duras, writer and film director (died 1996) 17 April – Janine Micheau, lyric soprano opera singer (died 1976) 25 April – Claude Mauriac, author and journalist (died 1996) 26 April – Lilian Rolfe, heroine of World War II (died 1945) 27 April – Albert Soboul, historian (died 1982) 28 April – Michel Mohrt, editor, essayist, novelist and historian (died 2011) 8 May – Romain Gary, novelist, film director, World War II aviator and diplomat (died 1980) 14 May – Maurice Kriegel-Valrimont, militant communist, resistance fighter and politician (died 2006) 18 May Pierre Balmain, fashion designer (died 1982) Marcel Bernard, tennis player (died 1994) 16 June Louis Gabrillargues, soccer player (died 1994) Colette Maze, pianist (died 2023) 26 June – Antoine Argoud, twice attempted to assassinate Charles de Gaulle (died 2004) 30 June – Agnès-Marie Valois, French nun and nurse (died 2018) July to September 5 July – Alain de Boissieu, Army chief-of-staff (died 2006) 5 July – Jean Tabaud, artist (died 1996) 21 July – Philippe Ariès, medievalist and historian (died 1984) 30 July – André Nocquet, aikido teacher (died 1999) 31 July – Louis de Funès, actor (died 1983) 19 August Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury, politician and Prime Minister of France (died 1993) Raymond Marcellin, politician (died 2004) 20 August – Yann Goulet, sculptor, Breton nationalist and war-time collaborationist with Nazi Germany (died 1999) 30 August – Jean Bottéro, historian (died 2007) 13 September – Henri Curiel, political activist (assassinated 1978) 23 September – Maurice Limat, science fiction author (died 2002) 24 September – Jean-Michel Guilcher, ethnologist (died 2017)Peigné Thierry L'ethnologue breton Jean-Michel Guilcher est décédé http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/bretagne/finistere/brest/ethnologue-breton-jean-michel-guilcher-est-decede-1222989.html March 29, 2017 France 3 Bretagne March 28, 2017 October to December 9 October – Guy Charmot, resistance fighter and doctor (died 2019) 22 October – André Neher, Jewish scholar and philosopher (died 1988) 13 November – Henri Langlois, pioneer of film preservation and restoration (died 1977) 21 November – Henri Laborit, physician, writer and philosopher (died 1995) 4 December – Claude Renoir, cinematographer (died 1993) 5 December – Odette Joyeux, actress and writer (died 2000) 18 December – Aimé Teisseire, military officer (died 2008) Deaths 18 January – Georges Picquart, army officer and Minister of War, exposed the truth in the Dreyfus Affair (born 1854) 30 January – Paul Déroulède, author and politician (born 1846) 13 February – Alphonse Bertillon, police officer and forensic scientist (born 1853) 25 March – Frédéric Mistral, poet, shared the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1904 (born 1830) 31 July – Jean Jaurès, socialist and pacifist (assassinated) (born 1859) 3 August – Louis Couturat, logician, mathematician, philosopher and linguist (born 1868) 4 August – Hubertine Auclert, feminist and campaigner for women's suffrage (born 1848) 4 August – Jules Lemaître, critic and dramatist (born 1853) 3 September – Albéric Magnard, composer (born 1865) 5 September – Charles Péguy, poet, essayist and editor (born 1873)PN Review https://books.google.com/books?id=bImRAAAAIAAJ 1983 Department of English, University of Manchester 12. 6 September – Alfred Mayssonnié, rugby union player (killed in action) (born 1884) 16 September – Louis Bach, Association football player (killed in action) (born 1883) 23 September – Gaston Lane, rugby union player (killed in action) (born 1883) 26 September – Alain-Fournier (Lt Henri-Alban Fournier), novelist (killed in action) (born 1886) 2 October – Joé Anduran, rugby union player (killed in action) (born 1882) 25 December – Jean Alfred Fournier, dermatologist (born 1832) References 1914 France France Category:1910s in France Category:Years of the 20th century in France