1884 in France
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Events from the year 1884 in France.
Contents
Events
- June – At Bac Le, Chinese forces attack a French column sent to occupy Tonkin in accordance with earlier treaties, starting the Sino-French War.
- 6 June – Treaty of Hué is signed between representatives of Vietnam and the French Empire.
- 29 July – Société des Artistes Indépendants is founded in Paris
- 23 August – Naval Battle of Foochow in which Chinese fleet was destroyed by the French.
- 1 October – French begin occupation of Keelung (Jilong).
- 23 November – Siege of Tuyen Quang begins in Indochina. French Foreign Legion besieged by forces of the Empire of China.
Births
January to June
- 5 January – Arnaud Denjoy, mathematician (died 1974)
- 7 February – Achille Liénart, Cardinal (died 1973)
- 24 March – Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant, Cardinal (died 1972)
- 26 March – Paul Legentilhomme, military officer (died 1975)
- 31 March – Henri Queuille, Radical-Socialist politician and Prime Minister of France (died 1970)
- 13 June – Étienne Gilson, Thomistic philosopher and historian of philosophy (died 1978)
- 18 June – Édouard Daladier, Radical-Socialist politician and Prime Minister of France (died 1970)
- 19 June – Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, writer and artist (died 1974)
- 27 June – Gaston Bachelard, philosopher (died 1962)
- 30 June – Georges Duhamel, author (died 1966)
July to December
- 7 July – André Dunoyer de Segonzac, painter and graphic artist (died 1974)
- 10 July – Pierre Larquey, actor (died 1962)
- 3 August – Georges Boillot, motor racing driver and World War I fighter pilot (died 1916)
- 25 August – Léon Poirier, film director, screenwriter and film producer (died 1968)
- 27 August – Vincent Auriol, politician, President of France (died 1966)
- 4 September – Henri Meslot, athlete (died 1973)
- 24 September – Gustave Garrigou, cyclist and 1911 Tour de France winner (died 1963)
- 4 October – Félix Gouin, politician (died 1977)
- 27 October – André Le Troquer, politician and lawyer (died 1963)
- 2 December – Jean Paulhan, writer, literary critic and publisher (died 1968)
Full date unknown
- Jean Decoux, Governor-General of French Indochina (died 1963)
- Jacques Maroger, painter (died 1962)
Deaths
- 3 February – Eugène Rouher, statesman (born 1814).
- 4 April – Adolphe Dugléré, chef (born 1805).
- 10 April – Jean-Baptiste Dumas, chemist (born 1800).
- 6 May -
- Judah P. Benjamin, American-born United States Senator from Louisiana from 1853 till 1861 (born 1811)
- Marie-Alphonse Ratisbonne, Jew who became a Jesuit Catholic priest and missionary (born 1814).
Full date unknown
- Jean-Augustin Barral, agronomist (born 1819).
- Eugène Pelletan, writer, journalist and politician (born 1813).
