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Events from the year 1905 in France.
Incumbents
- President: Émile Loubet[1]
- President of the Council of Ministers:
- until 12 March: Emile Combes
- 12 March-25 October: Maurice Rouvier
- starting 25 October: Georges Clemenceau
Events
- 24 January – Maurice Rouvier forms a government as the new Prime Minister of France.
- February – Fierce storm on the Calvados coast.
- 31 March – German emperor William II asserts German equality with France in Morocco, triggering the Tangier or First Moroccan Crisis.
- 13 May – Mata Hari debuts in Paris.
- 14 July – The government of France institutes its first government assistance program for elderly and disabled persons.
- October – The Fauvist artists, notably Henri Matisse, first exhibit, at the Salon d'Automne in Paris.
- 9 December – 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State is passed, enacting laïcité.
- Louis Delâge produces the first Delage automobile in Levallois-Perret.
- Renault Type AG taxicab begins production at Billancourt and 1,500 are ordered for use in Paris.
Arts
Film
Literature
Music
Sport
- 9–30 July – Third Tour de France, won by Louis Trousselier.
Births
January to March
- 17 January – Louis Armand, engineer (died 1971)
- 21 January – Christian Dior, fashion designer (died 1957)
- 7 February
- Paul Nizan, philosopher and writer (died 1940)
- René de Possel, mathematician (died 1974)
- 8 February – Andre Richaume, archetier/bowmaker (died 1966)
- 3 March – Marie Glory, actress (died 2009)
- 14 March – Raymond Aron, philosopher, sociologist and political scientist (died 1983)
- 20 March – Jean Galia (died 1949), boxer and pioneering rugby footballer
- 28 March – René Maheu, professor of philosophy and Director General of UNESCO (died 1975)
April to June
- 2 April – Edmond Jouhaud, one of four generals who staged the Algiers putsch of 1961 (died 1995)
- 4 April – Eugène Bozza, composer (died 1991)
- 5 April – Waldeck Rochet, politician (died 1983)
- 13 April – Pierre Schneiter, politician (died 1979)
- 14 April – Jean Pierre-Bloch, French Resistance member (died 1999)
- 24 April – Pierre Chevalier, caver and mountaineer (died 2001)
- 6 May – René Dreyfus, motor racing driver (died 1993)
- 14 May – Jean Daniélou, theologian and historian (died 1974)
- 15 May – Albert Dubout, cartoonist, illustrator, painter and sculptor (died 1976)
- 11 June – Paul Wormser, Olympic fencer (died 1944)
- 20 June – Hélène Bouvier, operatic mezzo-soprano (died 1978)
- 21 June
- Jacques Goddet, sports journalist and Tour de France director (died 2000)
- Jean-Paul Sartre, philosopher, dramatist, novelist and critic (died 1980)
July to September
- 25 July – Georges Grignard, motor racing driver (died 1977)
- 29 July – Pierre Braunberger, producer and actor (died 1990)
- 30 July – Jeanne-Marie Darré, pianist (died 1999)
- 8 August – André Jolivet, composer (died 1974)
- 9 August – Pierre Klossowski, writer, translator and artist (died 2001)
- 20 August – André Giriat, rower and Olympic medallist (died 1967)
- 2 September – Marcel Galey, footballer (died 1991)
- 5 September – Maurice Challe, general (died 1979)
October to December
- 8 October – André Rollet, footballer (died 1985)
- 10 October – Armand Marcelle, rower and Olympic medallist (died 1974)
- 11 October – Jean-Marie Villot, cardinal (died 1979)
- 23 October – Claude de Cambronne, aircraft manufacturer (died 1993)
- 24 October – Pierre Frank, Trotskyist leader (died 1984)
- 18 November – Paul Paillole, soldier (died 1992)
- 29 November – Marcel Lefebvre, Roman Catholic archbishop (died 1991)
- 22 December – Pierre Brasseur, actor (died 1972)
- 25 December – Étienne Mattler, international soccer player (died 1986)
- 31 December – Guy Mollet, politician (died 1975)
Full date unknown
- Jacques Baron, poet (died 1986).
- Albert-Félix de Lapparent, palaeontologist and Jesuit priest (died 1975)
- René Taupin, translator, critic and academic (died 1981)
Deaths
January to June
- 4 February – Louis-Ernest Barrias, sculptor (born 1841)
- 5 February – Antoine Alphonse Chassepot, gunsmith and inventor (born 1833)
- 24 March – Jules Verne, author (born 1828)
- 26 May – Alphonse James de Rothschild, banker and philanthropist (born 1827)
- 1 June – Émile Delahaye, automotive pioneer (born 1843)
- 4 June – Edme-Armand-Gaston d'Audiffret-Pasquier, politician (born 1823)
July to December
- 9 August – Placide Louis Chapelle, Archbishop in Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans (born 1842)
- 19 August – William-Adolphe Bouguereau, painter (born 1825)
- 13 September – René Goblet, politician, Prime Minister of France (born 1828)
- 14 September – Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, explorer (born 1852)
- 25 September – Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, politician (born 1853)
- 12 December – François Paul Meurice, dramatist (born 1818)
See also
References
- Whyte, G. (12 October 2005). The Dreyfus Affair: A Chronological History. Springer. p. 472. ISBN 978-0-230-58450-1.