1926 in France

See also: 1925 in France, other events of 1926, 1927 in France.

Events from the year 1926 in France.

Events

• 9 May - French navy bombards Damascus because of Druze riots.
• 24 November - The village of Rocquebillier in French Riviera is almost destroyed in a massive hail.

Arts and literature

• Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts institutes the Prix Puvis de Chavannes, named after co-founder and first president, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes.

Sport

• 20 June - Tour de France begins.
• 18 July - Tour de France ends, won by Lucien Buysse of Belgium.

Births

January to June

• 17 January - Robert Filliou, artist (died 1987).
• 2 February - Philippe Chatrier, tennis player (died 2000).
• 11 February - Paul Bocuse, chef.
• 19 March - Henri René Guieu, science fiction writer (died 2000).
• 13 April - André Testut, motor racing driver (died 2005).
• 5 June - Claude Berge, mathematician (died 2002).
• 12 June - Jean-Pierre Munch, cyclist (died 1996).
• 26 June - Jérôme Lejeune, paediatrician and geneticist (died 1994).

July to December

• 14 August - René Goscinny, author, editor and humorist (died 1977).
• 17 August - Jean Poiret, actor, director and screenwriter (died 1992).
• 15 September - Jean-Pierre Serre, mathematician.
• 17 September - Jean-Marie Lustiger, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Paris and Cardinal (died 2007).
• 15 October - Michel Foucault, philosopher, historian, critic and sociologist (died 1984).
• 3 November - Paul Rebeyrolle, painter (died 2005).
• 21 December - Georges Boudarel, academic and Communist militant (died 2003).

Full date unknown

• Pierre Broué, historian and Trotskyist (died 2005).
• Raymond Hains, artist and photographer (died 2005).
• Pierre Villette, composer (died 1998).

Deaths

• 14 January - René Boylesve, author (born 1867).
• 28 February - Alphonse Louis Nicolas Borrelly, astronomer (born 1842).
• 2 July - Émile Coué, psychologist and pharmacist (born 1857).
• 21 September - Léon Charles Thévenin, telegraph engineer (born 1857).
• 5 December - Claude Monet, painter (born 1840).

Full date unknown

• Georges Bénédite, Egyptologist (born 1857).
• Jean-Camille Formigé, architect (born 1845).

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