1893 in France
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Events from the year 1893 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 10 March - Côte d'Ivoire becomes a French colony.
- 20 August - Legislative election held.
- 3 September - Legislative election held.
- 10 October - First car number plates in Paris.
[edit] Births
[edit] January to June
- 3 February - Gaston Julia, mathematician (d.1978).
- 5 February - Arsène Roux, Arabist and Berberologist (d.1971).
- 15 March - Jules Moch, politician (d.1985).
- 21 March - Marcel Rey-Golliet, boxer (d.1967).
- 3 April - Bernard Faÿ, historian (d.1978).
- 17 April - Marguerite Broquedis, tennis player (d.1983).
- 12 May - René Mourlon, athlete and Olympic medallist (d.1977).
- 14 May - Louis Verneuil, playwright and screenwriter (d.1952).
[edit] July to December
- 28 July - Alfred Eluère, rugby union player (d.1985).
- 15 August - Eugène Criqui, world champion boxer (d.1977).
- 15 August - Pierre Dac, humorist and French Resistance activist (d.1975).
- 17 August - Jean Laigret, biologist (d.1966).
- 19 October - Henri Mignet, aircraft designer and builder (d.1965).
- 1 November - Pierre Deley, pioneering pilot (d.1981).
- 5 November - Raymond Loewy, industrial designer (d.1986).
- 3 December - Edmond Decottignies, weightlifter and Olympic gold medallist (d.1963).
- 8 December - Pierre Etchebaster, real tennis player (d.1980).
- 31 December - Robert Jacquinot, cyclist (d.1980).
[edit] Deaths
- 10 January - Alexis André, missionary priest in Canada (b.1832).
- 4 April - Alphonse Pyrame de Candolle, botanist (b.1806).
- 12 April - Alfred-Henri-Amand Mame, printer and publisher (b.1811).
- 16 August - Jean-Martin Charcot, neurologist and professor of anatomical pathology (b.1825).
- 17 October - Patrice de Mac-Mahon, duc de Magenta, general and politician, first President of the Third Republic (b.1808).
- 18 October - Charles Gounod, composer (b.1818).
- 4 November - Pierre Tirard, politician (b.1827).
- 8 November - Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie, geographer (b.1815).
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- Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot, naturalist and entomologist (b.1818).
- Joséphine-Félicité-Augustine Brohan, actress (b.1824).
- Nicolas Édouard Delabarre-Duparcq, military critic and historian (b.1819).
- Alphonse Beau de Rochas, engineer (b.1815).
- Gabriel-Hippolyte Destailleur, architect (b.1822).
- Auguste-Barthélemy Glaize, painter (b.1807).
- Gustave Nadaud, songwriter and chansonnier (b.1820).
- Félix Esquirou de Parieu, statesman (b.1815).
