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See also:
1910 in France
,
other events of 1911
,
1912 in France
.
Events from the year
1911 in
France
.
Contents
1
Incumbents
2
Events
3
Arts and literature
4
Sport
5
Births
5.1
January to June
5.2
July to September
5.3
October to December
5.4
Full date unknown
6
Deaths
7
References
Incumbents
Events
1 July -
Agadir Crisis
, sparked by deployment of
German
gunboat to the
Moroccan
port of
Agadir
.
25 September - French battleship
Liberté
explodes at anchor in
Toulon
.
21 December - First robbery of the
Bonnot gang
.
Champagne Riots
.
Arts and literature
22 August - Theft of
Mona Lisa
discovered in
Louvre
. (
Vincenzo Peruggia
is captured and the painting returned 1913).
7 September - Poet
Guillaume Apollinaire
is arrested and jailed on suspicion of stealing the
Mona Lisa
from the
Louvre
. He is later released.
Sport
2 July - The ninth
Tour de France
begins.
30 July - Tour de France ends, won by
Gustave Garrigou
.
Births
January to June
5 January -
Jean-Pierre Aumont
, actor (d.
2001
).
15 January -
Jean Talairach
,
neurosurgeon
(d.
2007
).
16 January -
Roger Lapébie
, cyclist, won the
1937 Tour de France
(d.
1996
).
18 January -
Charles Delaunay
, author, jazz expert, co-founder and long-term leader of the Hot club de France (d.
1988
).
22 January -
André Roussin
, playwright (d.
1987
).
24 January -
René Barjavel
, author, journalist and critic (d.
1985
).
30 January -
René Duverger
,
weightlifter
and Olympic gold medallist (d.
1983
).
2 February -
Jean-Jacques Grunenwald
,
organist
,
composer
and
architect
(d.
1982
).
14 February -
Jean-Louis Nicot
, Air Force officer involved in the
Algiers putsch
(d.
2004
).
7 April -
Hervé Bazin
, writer (d.
1996
).
9 April -
Paul Coste-Floret
, politician (d.
1979
).
2 May -
Edmond Pagès
, cyclist (d.
1987
).
17 May -
André Jaunet
, flautist (d.
1988
).
24 May -
Michel Pécheux
,
fencer
(d.
1985
).
6 June -
Jean Cayrol
, poet and publisher (d.
2005
).
15 June -
Joseph Alcazar
, international soccer player (d.
1979
).
July to September
5 July -
Georges Pompidou
, President of France (d.
1974
).
23 July -
Jean Fontenay
, cyclist (d.
1975
).
18 August -
Jacques Wertheimer
, businessman (d.
1996
).
25 August -
André Leroi-Gourhan
,
archaeologist
,
paleontologist
,
paleoanthropologist
and
anthropologist
(d.
1986
).
7 September -
Henri de France
, pioneering
television
inventor (d.
1986
).
October to December
12 October -
Louis de Guiringaud
, politician and Minister (d.
1982
).
13 October -
André Navarra
,
cellist
and
cello
teacher (d.
1988
).
1 November -
Henri Troyat
, author, biographer, historian and novelist (d.
2007
).
22 November -
Georges Bégué
,
engineer
and
Special Operations Executive
agent (d.
1993
).
8 December -
Sauveur Ducazeaux
, cyclist (d.
1987
).
21 December -
Yves Godard
, military officer (d.
1975
).
25 December -
Louise Bourgeois
, artist and sculptor.
28 December -
Gustave Malécot
, mathematician (d.
1998
).
29 December -
Bernard Saint-Hillier
, General (d.
2004
).
Full date unknown
Yolande Beekman
,
World War II
heroine (executed) (d.
1944
).
Louis Dumont
,
anthropologist
(d.
1998
).
André Guinier
, physicist (d.
2000
).
René Hardy
,
French Resistance
member (d.
1987
).
André-Georges Haudricourt
,
anthropologist
and
linguist
(d.
1996
).
Louis Henry
, historian (d.
1991
).
Laurette Séjourné
,
archeologist
and
ethnologist
(d.
2003
).
Deaths
24 March -
Rodolphe-Madeleine Cleophas Dareste de la Chavanne
,
jurist
(b.
1824
).
7 June -
Maurice Rouvier
, statesman (b.
1842
).
8 December -
Alphonse Legros
, painter and etcher (b.
1837
).
References
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