1934 in France
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Events from the year 1934 in France.
Events
- 6 February - an anti-parliamentarist demonstration organised in Paris by far-right leagues, finished in a riot and led to a political crisis.
- 9 February - Gaston Doumergue forms a new government.
- 9 October - King Alexander of Yugoslavia and French foreign minister, Louis Barthou, are assassinated during the king's state visit in Marseilles.
Sport
- 6 April - The French Rugby League was formed.
- 3 July - Tour de France begins.
- 29 July - Tour de France ends, won by Antonin Magne.
Births
- 1 January - Asher Peres, French-born Israeli physicist, considered a pioneer in quantum information theory (died 2005)
- 8 January - Jacques Anquetil, cyclist, five times Tour de France winner (died 1987)
- 25 January - Jean-Pierre Yvaral, artist (died 2002)
- 27 February - Vincent Fourcade, interior designer (died 1992)
- 15 April - Solange Fernex, pacifist activist and politician (died 2006)
- 17 May - Pierre Clastres, anthropologist and ethnographer (died 1977)
- 4 June - Pierre Eyt, Cardinal (died 2001)
- 26 July - Jean Marie Balland, Roman Catholic Cardinal (died 1998)
- 21 August - Paul-André Meyer, mathematician (died 2003)
- 16 September - Paul-Louis Halley, billionaire businessman (died 2003)
- 28 September - Brigitte Bardot, actress and animal rights activist
Deaths
- 28 May - Eugenie Besserer, actress (born 1868)
- 15 June - Alfred Bruneau, composer (born 1857)
- 8 July - Benjamin Baillaud, astronomer (born 1848)
- 25 July - François Coty, perfume manufacturer (born 1874)
- 27 July - Hubert Lyautey, Marshal of France (born 1854)
- 15 October - Raymond Poincaré, statesman, five times Prime Minister of France, President of France (born 1860)
- 2 November - Edmond James de Rothschild, philanthropist (born 1845)
- 12 November — Walther Bensemann, German-Jewish association football pioneer (born 1873)
- 17 November - Gaëtan Gatian de Clérambault, psychiatrist (born 1872)
- 4 December - Paul-Albert Besnard, painter (born 1849)
Full date unknown
- Fernand Lataste, zoologist (born 1847)
