See also: 1888 in France, other events of 1889, 1890 in France.

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Events from the year 1889 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

• 31 March - The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated.
• 6 May - Exposition Universelle opens in Paris, along with the Eiffel Tower.
• 22 September - Legislative election held.
• 6 October - Legislative election held.
• 31 October - Exposition Universelle closes.
• Moulin Rouge built and opened in Paris.
• Defense minister Georges Boulanger attempts a coup but is forced to flee the country.

[edit] Births

[edit] January to June

• 20 January - Jean Odin, politician (d.1975).
• 2 February - Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, general, military hero of World War II (d.1952).
• 24 February - Suzanne Bianchetti, actress (d.1936).
• 17 April - Marcel Boussac, entrepreneur and horse breeder (d.1980).
• 17 May - Marcel Moyse, flautist (d.1984).
• 24 May - Théophile Marie Brébant, military officer (d.1965).

[edit] July to December

• 5 July - Jean Cocteau, poet, novelist, dramatist, designer and filmmaker (d.1963).
• July - Georges Bonnet, politician (d.1973).
• 7 August - Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu, Admiral (d.1964).
• 7 August - Léon Brillouin, physicist (d.1969).
• 20 October - Suzanne Duchamp, painter (d.1963).
• 25 October - Abel Gance, film director, producer, writer, actor and editor (d.1981).
• 6 November - Gabriel Hanot, soccer player and journalist (d.1968).
• 26 November - Albert Dieudonné, actor, screenwriter, film director and novelist (d.1976).
• 5 December - Marie-Louise Damien, singer and actress (d.1978).
• 7 December - Gabriel Marcel, philosopher (d.1973).
• 17 December - Antoine Béthouart, General (d.1982).

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• Alfred Janniot, sculptor (d.1969).
• Marthe Richard, prostitute, spy and politician (d.1982).

[edit] Deaths

• 16 March - Edmond Henri Adolphe Schérer, theologian, critic and politician (b.1815).
• 9 April - Jean-Baptiste Arban, cornetist and conductor (b.1825).
• 23 April - Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, novelist and short story writer (b.1808).
• 19 August - Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, writer (b.1838).
• 29 September - Louis Faidherbe, general and colonial administrator (b.1818).
• 25 October - Émile Augier, dramatist (b.1820).
• 14 December - Jean Baptiste Lucien Buquet, entomologist (b.1807).
• 31 December - Ernest Cosson, botanist (b.1819).

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• Philippe Ricord, physician (b.1800).

[edit] References