1933 in France

See also: 1932 in France, other events of 1933, 1934 in France.

Events from the year 1933 in France.

Events

• 30 January - Édouard Daladier forms a government in France.
• 15 July - Four-Power Pact is signed by the Britain, France, Germany, and Italy.
• 30 August - Air France begins operations with 250 planes.
• 24 December - Lagny-Pomponne Railroad Disaster between Lagny and Pomponne (east of Paris) leaves over 200 dead, second worst railroad disaster in French history.

Sport

• 27 June - Tour de France begins.
• 23 July - Tour de France ends, won by Georges Speicher.

Births

January to June

• 8 January - Jean-Marie Straub, filmmaker.
• 17 January - Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (died 2003).
• 17 January - Dalida, singer (died 1987).
• 15 March - Philippe de Broca, film director (died 2004).
• 30 March - Jean-Claude Brialy, actor and director (died 2007).
• 1 April - Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, physicist.
• 21 May - Maurice André, trumpeter (died 2012).
• 22 June - Jacques Martin, television presenter and producer (died 2007).
• 27 June - René-Jean Jacquet, soccer player (died 1993).

July to December

• 18 July - Cécile Guillame, first woman who engraved French postal stamps (died 2004).
• 18 July - Jean Yanne, humorist, actor and film director (died 2003).
• 30 November - Jeanloup Sieff, photographer (died 2000).
• December - An exhibition match between Great Britain and Australia at Paris' Stade Pershing inspires the beginnings of rugby league in France.^[1]

Deaths

• 12 February - Henri Duparc, composer (born 1848).
• 5 October - Renée Adorée, actress (born 1898).
• 29 October - Albert Calmette, physician, bacteriologist and immunologist (born 1863).
• 3 November - Pierre Paul Émile Roux, physician, bacteriologist and immunologist (born 1853).

Full date unknown

• Maurice de la Taille, priest and writer (born 1872).

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