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Events
- 31 March - The length of a workday for women and children is limited to 11 hours by law.
- 1 April - Every French policeman is assigned to carry a gun.
- 14 April - Paris World Exhibition opens.
- 21 April - Battle of Kousséri takes place in Chad, linking all French possessions in Western Africa.
- 27 June - Treaty of Paris is signed between the Spanish Empire and the French Empire by which Río Muni was relieved of all conflicting claims.
- 19 July - The first line of the Métro is inaugurated in Paris.
Arts and Literature
- 2 February - First performance of Gustave Charpentier's opera, Louise.
Sport
- Olympic Games held in Paris.
Births
- 5 January - Yves Tanguy, surrealist painter (d.1955).
- 4 February - Jacques Prévert, poet and screenwriter (d.1977).
- 11 February - Raymond Cambefort, one of the last three fully verified World War I veterans living in France (d.2008).
- 19 March - Frédéric Joliot-Curie, physicist and Nobel laureate (d.1958).
- 29 June - Antoine de Saint-Exupery, pilot and writer (d.1944).
- 4 July - Robert Desnos, surrealist poet (d.1945).
Deaths
- 5 April - Joseph Louis François Bertrand, mathematician (b.1822).
- 22 April - Amédée-François Lamy, military officer (b.1858).
- 18 May - Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, philosopher and archaeologist (b.1813).
- 16 June - François d'Orléans, prince de Joinville, admiral (b.1818).
Full date unknown
- Jules Adenis, dramatist and opera librettist (b.1823).
- Victor Auguste, baron Duperré, colonial administrator (b.1825).
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