1901 in France
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See also: 1900 in France, other events of 1901, 1902 in France.
Events from the year 1901 in France.
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[edit] Events
[edit] Arts and Literature
- 17 March - A showing of 71 Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris, 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.
[edit] Sport
- 1 January - The French rugby team plays its first Test against the New Zealand All Blacks.
[edit] Births
- 24 January - Adolphe Mouron Cassandre, painter (d.1968).
- 31 May - Charles Brunier, convicted murderer and veteran of the First and Second World Wars who claimed to have been the inspiration for Papillon (d.2007).
- 31 July - Jean Dubuffet, painter and sculptor (d.1985).
- 18 August — Jean Guitton, Catholic philosopher and theologian (d.1999).
- 25 September — Robert Bresson, film director (d.1999).
[edit] Deaths
- 9 February - Louis-Nicolas Ménard, man of letters (b.1822).
- 9 September - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, painter (b.1864).
[edit] Full date unknown
- Casimir Marie Gaudibert, astronomer and selenographer (b.1823).
- Ernest de Jonquières, mathematician (b.1820).
