1948 in France explained

Events from the year 1948 in France.

Incumbents

• President

• President of the Council of Ministers

• • • • • • until 24 July: Robert Schuman 24 July-2 September: André Marie 2 September-11 September: Robert Schuman
  • starting 11 September: Henri Queuille

Events

• 17 March – Treaty of Brussels, is signed by Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, aimed mainly at defending against possible German rearmament.
• 5 September – Robert Schuman becomes Prime Minister of France.
• 7 October – Citroën 2CV economy car introduced at the Paris Motor Show.

Sport

• 30 June – Tour de France begins.
• 25 July – Tour de France ends, won by Gino Bartali of Italy.

Births

• 17 February – Philippe Khorsand, actor (died 2008)
• 10 March – Jean-Pierre Adams, international soccer player (died 2021)
• 11 March – Dominique Sanda, actress
• 9 April – Bernard-Marie Koltès, playwright and director (died 1989)
• 20 June – Véronique de Montchalin, politician
• 30 July – Jean Reno, actor
• 3 August – Jean-Pierre Raffarin, former Prime Minister of France
• 8 October – Claude Jade, actress (died 2006)
• 27 December – Gérard Depardieu, actor
• Full date unknown:
  • Bernard Drubay, sailor^[1]

Deaths

• 7 January – Jean-Baptiste Chabot, priest and Syriac scholar (born 1860)
• 15 January – Henri-Alexandre Deslandres, astronomer (born 1853)
• 12 February – Caroline Lacroix, courtesan (born 1883)
• 4 March
  • Antonin Artaud, dramatist, poet, actor and director (born 1896; cancer)
  • Lucien Rouzet, physicist and inventor (born 1886)
• 12 March – Antoine Lacroix, mineralogist and geologist (born 1863)
• 5 July – Georges Bernanos, author (born 1888)
• 6 July – René de Labarrière, first UN soldier killed in action (born 1899; killed by landmine)
• 31 July – Georges Blondel, historian (born 1856)
• 25 September – Pierre Frondaie, poet, novelist and playwright (born 1884)
• 11 October – André Bloch, mathematician (born 1893; leukaemia)

See also

• List of French films of 1948

Notes and References

1. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/dr/bernard-drubay-1.html . 16 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130207031235/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/dr/bernard-drubay-1.html . 7 February 2013 .