1890 in France
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Events from the year 1890 in France.
Events
- 2 January – Steamship Persia wrecked off Corsica: 130 lives lost.
- 21 February – First Franco-Dahomean War begins.
- 1 March – Léon Bourgeois succeeds Ernest Constans as Minister of the Interior.
- 4 March – Battle of Cotonou, attack on French positions repulsed.
- 4 October – First Franco-Dahomean War ends in French victory.
Arts and literature
- Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts is founded. Pierre Puvis de Chavannes is president and co-founder.
Births
January to June
- 19 January – Élise Rivet, nun and World War II heroine (died 1945)
- 1 February – Germaine Lubin, soprano (died 1979)
- 24 March – Robert Schurrer, athlete and Olympic medallist (died 1972)
- 6 April – André-Louis Danjon, astronomer (died 1967)
- 29 May – Robert Desoille, psychotherapist (died 1966)
- 12 June – Théophile Alajouanine, neurologist (died 1980)
July to December
- 4 July – Jacques Carlu, architect and designer (died 1976)
- 27 July – Jacques Forestier, rheumatologist (died 1978)
- 15 August – Jacques Ibert, composer (died 1962)
- 23 August – Marcelle Lalou, Tibetologist (died 1967)
- 25 September – Honoré Barthélemy, cyclist (died 1964)
- 22 November – Charles de Gaulle, general, statesman, President (died 1970)
- 29 November – Maurice Genevoix, author (died 1980)
- 2 December – Jean Médecin, lawyer and politician (died 1965)
- 25 December – André Lesauvage, sailor and Olympic gold medallist (died 1971)
Full date unknown
- Jules Gros, Breton linguist (died 1992)
- Rita Jolivet, actress of American parentage (died 1971)
- Eugène Séguy, entomologist (died 1985)
Deaths
- 25 January – Jean Gailhac, priest (born 1802)
- 13 July – Auguste Jean François Grenier, doctor and entomologist (born 1814)
- 29 July – Vincent van Gogh Dutch painter (born 1853)
- 18 August – Albert Dubois-Pillet, painter and army officer (born 1846)
- 19 October – Émile Léonard Mathieu, mathematician (born 1835)
- 11 November – Marie-Charles David de Mayréna, adventurer (born 1842)
- 19 December – Eugène Lami, painter and lithographer (born 1800)
Full date unknown
- Alphonse de Polignac, mathematician (born 1817)
References
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