1908 in France
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See also: 1907 in France, other events of 1908, 1909 in France.
Events from the year 1908 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 12 January - A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time.
- 21 March - Henri Farman pilots the first passenger flight.
[edit] Sport
- 13 July - Tour de France begins.
- 9 August - Tour de France ends, won by Lucien Petit-Breton.
[edit] Births
[edit] January to June
- 9 January - Simone de Beauvoir, author and philosopher (d.1986).
- 12 January - Jean Delannoy, actor, screenwriter and film director.
- 26 January - Stéphane Grappelli, jazz violinist (d.1997).
- 12 February - Jean Effel, painter, illustrator and journalist (d.1982).
- 26 February - Jean-Pierre Wimille, motor racing driver and resistance member (d.1949).
- 29 February - Balthus, artist (d.2001).
- 14 March - Maurice Merleau-Ponty, phenomenological philosopher (d.1961).
- 12 April — André Martinet, linguist (d.1999).
[edit] July to December
- 5 July — Henri, comte de Paris, Orléanist claimant to the French throne (d.1999).
- 22 August - Henri Cartier-Bresson, photographer (d.2004).
- 28 August - Robert Merle, novelist (d.2004).
- 19 September - Paul Bénichou, writer, critic and literary historian (d.2001).
- 25 September - Roger Beaufrand, Olympic gold medal winning cyclist (d.2007).
- 16 November - Sœur Emmanuelle, nun and aid worker.
- 10 December - Olivier Messiaen, composer, organist and ornithologist (d.1992).
[edit] Deaths
- 7 May - Ludovic Halévy, author and playwright (b.1834).
- 25 August - Henri Becquerel, physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b.1852).
- 14 November - Denis Jean Achille Luchaire, historian (b.1846).
- 5 December - Ernest Hébert, painter (b.1817).
[edit] Full date unknown
- Marie-Louis-Antoine-Gaston Boissier, classical scholar (b.1823).
- Victor André Cornil, pathologist (b.1837).
