1887 in France
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Events from the year 1887 in France.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Jules Grévy (until 12 December), Marie François Sadi Carnot (starting 12 December)
- President of the Council of Ministers:
- until 30 May: René Goblet
- 30 May-12 December: Maurice Rouvier
- starting 12 December: Pierre Tirard
Events
[edit]- 28 January – Construction of foundation of the Eiffel Tower starts in Paris. On 1 July, work on the iron superstructure begins.
- 11 January – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the French Academy of Medicine by Dr. Joseph Grancher.[1]
- 23 February – The French Riviera is hit by a powerful earthquake originating in Liguria, killing around 2,000 along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.[2]
- 21–28 April – The Schnaebele incident nearly leads to war between France and Germany.
- The Lebel Model 1886 rifle is first issued to the French army, the first military firearm to use smokeless powder ammunition.
Births
[edit]January to June
[edit]- 17 January – Marcel Godivier, cyclist (died 1963)
- 18 March – Alfred Vaucher, theologian, church historian and bibliographer (died 1993)
- 16 April – Paul Marie André Richaud, Cardinal (died 1968)
- 31 May – Saint-John Perse, poet and diplomat, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960 (died 1975)
- 13 June – André François-Poncet, politician and diplomat (died 1978)
July to December
[edit]- 2 July – Marcel Tabuteau, oboist (died 1966)
- 28 July – Marcel Duchamp, artist (died 1968)
- 16 September – Nadia Boulanger, composer and conductor (died 1979)
- 30 September – Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert, General (died 1981)
- 5 October – René Cassin, jurist and judge, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1968 (died 1976)
- 11 October – Pierre Jean Jouve, writer, novelist and poet (died 1976)
- 13 November – Jean de Limur, film director (died 1976)
- 31 December – Gaston Modot, actor (died 1970)
Deaths
[edit]- 2 August – Joseph-Louis Lambot, inventor of ferro-cement (born 1814)
- 14 August – Jules Pasdeloup, conductor (born 1819)
- 20 August – Jules Laforgue, poet (born 1860)
- 21 October – Bernard Jauréguiberry, Admiral and statesman (born 1815)
Full date unknown
[edit]- Jules Desnoyers, geologist and archaeologist (born 1800)
- Honoré Jacquinot, surgeon and zoologist (born 1815)
References
[edit]- ^ Gelfand, Toby (2002). "11 January 1887, the Day Medicine Changed: Joseph Grancher's Defense of Pasteur's Treatment for Rabies". Bulletin of the History of Medicine. 76 (4): 698–718. ISSN 0007-5140.
- ^ "Séisme ligure de 1887 - Azurseisme". www.azurseisme.com. Retrieved 2024-02-17.