1948 in France
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Events from the year 1948 in France.
Incumbents
- President: Vincent Auriol
- President of the Council of Ministers:
- until 24 July: Robert Schuman
- 24 July-2 September: André Marie
- 2 September-11 September: Robert Schuman
- starting 11 September: Henri Queuille
Events
- 17 March - Treaty of Brussels, is signed by Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, aimed mainly at defending against possible German rearmament.
- 5 September - Robert Schuman becomes Prime Minister of France.
- 7 October - Citroën 2CV economy car introduced at the Paris Motor Show.
Sport
- 30 June - Tour de France begins.
- 25 July - Tour de France ends, won by Gino Bartali of Italy.
Births
- 17 February - Philippe Khorsand, actor (died 2008)
- 10 March - Jean-Pierre Adams, international soccer player
- 11 March - Dominique Sanda, actress
- 9 April - Bernard-Marie Koltès, playwright and director (died 1989)
- 30 July - Jean Reno, actor
- 3 August - Jean-Pierre Raffarin, former Prime Minister of France
- 8 October - Claude Jade, actress (died 2006)
- 27 December - Gérard Depardieu, actor
Deaths
- 7 January - Jean-Baptiste Chabot, priest and Syriac scholar (born 1860)
- 15 January - Henri-Alexandre Deslandres, astronomer (born 1853)
- 12 February - Caroline Lacroix, courtesan (born 1883)
- 4 March
- Antonin Artaud, dramatist, poet, actor and director (born 1896; cancer)
- Lucien Rouzet, physicist and inventor (born 1886)
- 12 March - Antoine Lacroix, mineralogist and geologist (born 1863)
- 5 July - Georges Bernanos, author (born 1888)
- 6 July - René de Labarrière, first UN soldier killed in action (born 1899; killed by landmine)
- 31 July - Georges Blondel, historian (born 1856)
- 25 September - Pierre Frondaie, poet, novelist and playwright (born 1884)
- 11 October - André Bloch, mathematician (born 1893; leukaemia)
See also
References
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