1884 in France

"See also:"
1883 in France,
other events of 1884,
1885 in France.

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Events from the year 1884 in France.

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.
*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 (d.1974).
*7 February - Achille Liénart, Cardinal (d.1973).
*24 March - Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Tisserant, Cardinal (d.1972).
*26 March - Paul Legentilhomme, military officer (d.1975).
*31 March - Henri Queuille, Radical-Socialist politician and Prime Minister of France (d.1970).
*13 June - Étienne Gilson, Thomistic philosopher and historian of philosophy (d.1978).
*18 June - Édouard Daladier, Radical-Socialist politician and Prime Minister of France (d.1970).
*19 June - Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, writer and artist (d.1974).
*27 June - Gaston Bachelard, philosopher (d.1962).
*30 June - Georges Duhamel, author (d.1966).

July to December

*7 July - André Dunoyer de Segonzac, painter and graphic artist (d.1974).
*10 July - Pierre Larquey, actor (d.1962).
*3 August - Georges Boillot, motor racing driver and World War I fighter pilot (d.1916).
*25 August - Léon Poirier, film director, screenwriter and film producer (d.1968).
*27 August - Vincent Auriol, politician, President of France (d.1966).
*4 September - Henri Meslot, athlete (d.1973).
*24 September - Gustave Garrigou, cyclist and 1911 Tour de France winner (d.1963).
*4 October - Félix Gouin, politician (d.1977).
*27 October - André Le Troquer, politician and lawyer (d.1963).
*2 December - Jean Paulhan, writer, literary critic and publisher (d.1968).

Full date unknown

*Jean Decoux, Governor-General of French Indochina (d.1963).
*Jacques Maroger, painter (d.1962).

Deaths

*3 February - Eugène Rouher, statesman (b.1814).
*4 April - Adolphe Dugléré, chef (b.1805).
*10 April - Jean-Baptiste Dumas, chemist (b.1800).
*6 May - Marie-Alphonse Ratisbonne, Jew who became a Jesuit Catholic priest and missionary (b.1814).

Full date unknown

*Jean-Augustin Barral, agronomist (b.1819).
*Eugène Pelletan, writer, journalist and politician (b.1813).

References