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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 (died 2021)
  • 11 March – Dominique Sanda, actress
  • 9 April – Bernard-Marie Koltès, playwright and director (died 1989)
  • 20 June – Véronique de Montchalin, politician
  • 19 July – Bernard Drubay, sailor
  • 30 July – Jean Reno, actor
  • 3 August – Jean-Pierre Raffarin, former Prime Minister of France
  • 18 September – Jean-Louis Pichon, stage director and opera manager (died 2025)
  • 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)

References

References

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