1904 in France explained

Events from the year 1904 in France.

Incumbents

• President

Émile Loubet^[1]

• President of the Council of Ministers

Emile Combes

Events

• 23 February - First launch of a French diesel-powered submarine, Aigrette.^{[2] [3]}
• 8 April - Entente cordiale, a series of agreements signed between the United Kingdom and France.^{[4] [5]}
• Global cosmetics companies are founded in Paris: Coty, by François Coty,^[6] and Garnier, by Alfred Amour Garnier.^[7]

Arts and literature

• Summer - Henri Matisse paints Luxe, Calme et Volupté at Saint-Tropez; it will be considered foundational in his own oeuvre and the starting point of Fauvism.^[8]

Sport

• 2 July - The second Tour de France begins.
• 24 July - Tour de France ends, won by Henri Cornet.

Births

January to March

• 7 January - Pierre Allain, climber (died 2000)
• 13 January - Jean de Beaumont, sport shooter (died 2002)^[9]
• 14 January - Henri-Georges Adam, engraver and sculptor (died 1967)^[10]
• 4 February - Georges Sadoul, journalist and cinema writer (died 1967)^[11]
• 11 February - Lucile Randon, supercentenarian (died 2023)^[12]
• 15 February - Louis Robert, historian and author (died 1985)^[13]
• 24 February - Gaston Marie Jacquier, Roman Catholic prelate (died 1976)^[14]
• 27 February - André Leducq, cyclist, twice Tour de France winner (died 1980)^[15]
• 1 March - Paul Dubreil, mathematician (died 1994)^[16]
• 13 March - René Dumont, agronomist, sociologist and environmental politician (died 2001)^[17]

April to June

• 12 April - Arsène Alancourt, cyclist (died 1965)
• 13 April - Yves Congar, priest and theologian (died 1995)^[18]
• 21 April
  • Jean Hélion, painter and author (died 1987)^[19]
  • Gabriel Loire, stained glass artist (died 1996)^[20]
• 25 April - René Cogny, General (died 1968)^{[21] [22]}
• 17 May - Jean Gabin, actor (died 1976)^[23]
• 18 May - François Marty, Roman Catholic Cardinal (died 1994)
• 19 May - Daniel Guérin, anarchist and author (died 1988)
• 25 May - Marcel Thil, world champion boxer (died 1968)
• 8 June - Jean-Jérôme Adam, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Libreville (died 1981)
• 11 June - Gaston Charlot, chemist (died 1994)
• 29 June - Jean Berveiller, composer and organist (died 1976)

July to September

• 2 July - René Lacoste, tennis player (died 1996)
• 8 July - Henri Cartan, mathematician. (died 2008)
• 24 July - Leo Arnaud, composer of film scores (died 1991)
• 4 September - Christian-Jaque, filmmaker (died 1994)
• 7 September - Henri Pinault, Roman Catholic Bishop of Chengdu (died 1987)
• 18 September - Jean Dasté, actor and theatre director (died 1994)

October to December

• 8 October - Yves Giraud-Cabantous, motor racing driver (died 1973)
• 13 October - Antoine Gilles Menier, businessman and municipal politician (died 1967)
• 14 October - Christian Pineau, French Resistance leader and politician (died 1995)
• 12 November
  • Henri-Irénée Marrou, historian (died 1977)
  • Jacques Tourneur, film director (died 1977)
• 22 November - Louis Néel, physicist, the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1970 (died 2000)^[24]
• 6 December - Ève Curie, author and writer, daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie (died 2007)
• 12 December - Nicolas de Gunzburg, magazine editor (died 1981)
• 21 December - Jean René Bazaine, painter, stained glass window designer and writer (died 2001)
• 31 December - Charles Fauvel, aircraft designer (died 1979)

Full date unknown

• Raymond Molinier, Trotskyist (died 1994)

Deaths

• 10 January - Jean-Léon Gérôme, painter and sculptor (born 1824)^{[25] [26]}
• 26 January - Émile Deschanel, author and politician (born 1819)^[27]
• 3 February - Marie Firmin Bocourt, zoologist and artist (born 1819)^[28]
• 19 May - Auguste Molinier, historian (born 1851)
• 27 June - Anatole Jean-Baptiste Antoine de Barthélemy, archaeologist and numismatist (born 1821)
• 25 August - Henri Fantin-Latour, painter and lithographer (born 1836)
• 23 September - Émile Gallé, artist (born 1846)
• 4 October - Frédéric Bartholdi, sculptor, designer of the Statue of Liberty (born 1834)

Full date unknown

• Paul Adolphe Marie Prosper Granier de Cassagnac, journalist and politician (born 1843)

See also

• List of French films before 1910

Notes and References

1. Book: Whyte . G. . The Dreyfus Affair: A Chronological History . 12 October 2005 . Springer . 978-0-230-58450-1 . 472 . en.
2. Web site: AIGRETTE . Navires de la Grande Guerre . https://web.archive.org/web/20160316214653/http://www.navires-14-18.com/fichiers/A/AIGRETTE_MN_V0.pdf . 16 March 2016 . Dufeil . Yves . Le Bel . Franck . Terraillon . Marc . 17 April 2008 . fr . 26 December 2021.
3. Web site: Q 038 L' Aigrette . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029223832/http://sous-marin.france.pagesperso-orange.fr/Q038.htm . 29 October 2013 . Sous-marins Français . fr . 26 December 2021.
4. Web site: Entente Cordiale Table of Contents . 2000 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20040812065412/http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/entente_toc.html . 12 August 2004 . 14 February 2022.
5. Web site: BBC - History : British History Timeline . . 8 October 2020.
6. News: Wohl. Jessica. Coty has staying power in bid for Avon. 2018-05-01. Reuters. 2012-04-02. 2021-02-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20210202005550/https://www.reuters.com/article/coty-avon-company-idUSL2E8F28HB20120402. live.
7. Web site: Our Heritage. Garnier. 2023-02-22. en.
8. Book: Dempsey, Amy. 2002. Styles, Schools and Movements: An Encyclopedic Guide to Modern Art. 66–69. London. Thames & Hudson.
9. Web site: Jean, Count de Beaumont . . OlyMADMen . 17 December 2021.
10. Henri-Georges Adam . Dictionary of Art & Artist . 17 December 2021.
11. Web site: Georges Sadoul: BIOGRAPHIE simplifiée . Collet . J. . Georges Sadoul: Simplified BIOGRAPHY . 14 February 2004 . fr . 26 December 2021.
12. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-updates/worlds-oldest-person-lucile-randon-dies-at-the-age-of-118/articleshow/97081252.cms World’s oldest person, Lucile Randon dies at the age of 118
13. Web site: Louis Robert . Professeurs disparus . https://web.archive.org/web/20070203214752/http://www.college-de-france.fr/default/EN/all/ins_dis/p1110984172464.htm . 3 February 2007 . . 16 March 2005 . fr . 26 December 2021.
14. https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bjacquier.html Bishop Gaston-Marie Jacquier †
15. Web site: André Leducq . Olympedia . OlyMADMen . 26 December 2021.
16. Web site: Paul Dubreil (1904 - 1994) - Biography . O'Connor . J J . Robertson . E F . Edmund F. Robertson . . October 2016 . School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland . 19 January 2022.
17. Book: Notice de personne "Dumont, René (1904-2001)" . Person notice "Dumont, René (1904-2001)" . 10 December 2010 . . fr . 19 January 2022.
18. Encyclopedia: Groppe . Elizabeth T. . Yves Congar . . 18 June 2021 . 17 March 2022.
19. Book: Notice de personne "Hélion, Jean (1904-1987)" . Person notice "Hélion, Jean (1904-1987)" . 2 June 2010 . Bibliothèque nationale de France . fr . 18 February 2022.
20. Book: Notice de personne "Loire, Gabriel (1904-1996)" . Person notice "Loire, Gabriel (1904-1996)" . 7 January 2013 . Bibliothèque nationale de France . fr . 18 February 2022.
21. Web site: Cogny, René (1904-1968) . IdRef . fr . 18 February 2022.
22. Encyclopedia: Cogny, René . Dommen . Arthur J. . The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History . Tucker . Spencer C. . Spencer C. Tucker . etal . Second . I: A – G . . . 2011 . 222–223 . 978-1-85109-961-0 . 18 February 2022 . Google Books.
23. Web site: Jean Gabin Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos . Ankeny . Jason . AllMovie, Netaktion LLC . 15 March 2022.
24. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1970 . NobelPrize.org . 22 November 2021.
25. News: DEATH CALLS GREAT PAINTER AND SCULPTOR . . 95 . 42 . 11 January 1904 . Page 3, column 1 . 20 December 2021 . California Digital Newspaper Collection.
26. Web site: Jean-Léon Gérôme - Biography and Legacy . TheArtStory . The Art Story Foundation . 15 December 2021.
27. Book: Notice de personne "Deschanel, Émile (1819-1904)" . Person notice "Deschanel, Émile (1819-1904)" . 17 August 2010 . Bibliothèque nationale de France . fr . 17 December 2021.
28. Book: Notice de personne "Bocourt, Firmin (1819-1904)" . Person notice "Bocourt, Firmin (1819-1904)" . 22 August 2014 . Bibliothèque nationale de France . fr . 17 March 2022.