See also: 1886 in France, other events of 1887, 1888 in France.

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Events from the year 1887 in France.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 2.1 January to June 2.2 July to December 2.3 Full date unknown 3 Deaths 3.1 Full date unknown 4 References

[edit] Events

• 11 January - Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the French Academy of Medicine by Dr. Joseph Grancher.
• 21 April-28 April - Schnaebele incident nearly leads to war between France and Germany.
• 23 February - The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000 along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

[edit] Births

[edit] January to June

• 17 January - Marcel Godivier, cyclist (d.1963).
• 18 March - Alfred Vaucher, theologian, church historian and bibliographer (d.1993).
• 16 April - Paul Marie André Richaud, Cardinal (d.1968).
• 31 May - Saint-John Perse, poet and diplomat, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960 (d.1975).
• 13 June - André François-Poncet, politician and diplomat (d.1978).

[edit] July to December

• 2 July - Marcel Tabuteau, oboist (d.1966).
• 28 July - Marcel Duchamp, artist (d.1968).
• 16 September - Nadia Boulanger, composer and conductor (d.1979).
• 30 September - Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert, General (d.1981).
• 5 October - René Cassin, jurist and judge, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1968 (d.1976).
• 13 November - Jean de Limur, film director (d.1976).
• 31 December - Gaston Modot, actor (d.1970).

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• Pierre Jean Jouve, writer, novelist and poet (d.1976).

[edit] Deaths

• 2 August - Joseph-Louis Lambot, inventor of ferro-cement (b.1814).
• 20 August - Jules Laforgue, poet (b.1860).
• 21 October - Bernard Jauréguiberry, Admiral and statesman (b.1815).

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• Jules Desnoyers, geologist and archaeologist (b.1800).
• Honoré Jacquinot, surgeon and zoologist (b.1815).
• Jules Etienne Pasdeloup, conductor (b.1819).

[edit] References