See also: 1892 in France, other events of 1893, 1894 in France.

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Events from the year 1893 in France.

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

[edit] Events

• 10 March - Côte d'Ivoire becomes a French colony.
• 20 August - Legislative election held.
• 3 September - Legislative election held.
• 10 October - First car number plates in Paris.

[edit] Births

[edit] January to June

• 3 February - Gaston Julia, mathematician (d.1978).
• 5 February - Arsène Roux, Arabist and Berberologist (d.1971).
• 15 March - Jules Moch, politician (d.1985).
• 21 March - Marcel Rey-Golliet, boxer (d.1967).
• 3 April - Bernard Faÿ, historian (d.1978).
• 17 April - Marguerite Broquedis, tennis player (d.1983).
• 12 May - René Mourlon, athlete and Olympic medallist (d.1977).
• 14 May - Louis Verneuil, playwright and screenwriter (d.1952).

[edit] July to December

• 28 July - Alfred Eluère, rugby union player (d.1985).
• 15 August - Eugène Criqui, world champion boxer (d.1977).
• 15 August - Pierre Dac, humorist and French Resistance activist (d.1975).
• 17 August - Jean Laigret, biologist (d.1966).
• 19 October - Henri Mignet, aircraft designer and builder (d.1965).
• 1 November - Pierre Deley, pioneering pilot (d.1981).
• 5 November - Raymond Loewy, industrial designer (d.1986).
• 3 December - Edmond Decottignies, weightlifter and Olympic gold medallist (d.1963).
• 8 December - Pierre Etchebaster, real tennis player (d.1980).
• 31 December - Robert Jacquinot, cyclist (d.1980).

[edit] Deaths

• 10 January - Alexis André, missionary priest in Canada (b.1832).
• 4 April - Alphonse Pyrame de Candolle, botanist (b.1806).
• 12 April - Alfred-Henri-Amand Mame, printer and publisher (b.1811).
• 16 August - Jean-Martin Charcot, neurologist and professor of anatomical pathology (b.1825).
• 17 October - Patrice de Mac-Mahon, duc de Magenta, general and politician, first President of the Third Republic (b.1808).
• 18 October - Charles Gounod, composer (b.1818).
• 4 November - Pierre Tirard, politician (b.1827).
• 8 November - Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie, geographer (b.1815).

[edit] Full date unknown

• Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot, naturalist and entomologist (b.1818).
• Joséphine-Félicité-Augustine Brohan, actress (b.1824).
• Nicolas Édouard Delabarre-Duparcq, military critic and historian (b.1819).
• Alphonse Beau de Rochas, engineer (b.1815).
• Gabriel-Hippolyte Destailleur, architect (b.1822).
• Auguste-Barthélemy Glaize, painter (b.1807).
• Gustave Nadaud, songwriter and chansonnier (b.1820).
• Félix Esquirou de Parieu, statesman (b.1815).

[edit] References