1991 in France

See also: 1990 in France, other events of 1991, 1992 in France.

Events from the year 1991 in France.

Events

• 16 March - Citroën launches it compact ZX range of hatchbacks and estates. It partly replaces the larger BX, which will be completely replaced within the next two years by a larger model.
• 15 May - Édith Cresson becomes France's first female premier.
• 29 May - Olympique Marseille lose the European Cup final to Yugoslav champions Red Star Belgrade on penalties after a 0-0 draw in Bari, Italy.^[1]
• 5 September - Peugeot launches the all-new 106 supermini, designed as a low-price alternative to the eight-year-old 205.^[2]

Arts and literature

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Sport

• 6 July - Tour de France begins.
• 7 July - French Grand Prix is won by Nigel Mansell of the United Kingdom.
• 28 July - Tour de France ends, won by Miguel Indurain of Spain.

Births

• 9 February - Alexandre Briancon, figure skater.
• 6 July - Victoire Thivisol, actress.

Deaths

January to March

• 7 January - Henri Louveau, motor racing driver (b.1910).
• 24 February - Georges Capdeville, soccer referee (b.1899).
• 2 March - Serge Gainsbourg, poet, singer-songwriter, actor and director (b.1928).
• 12 March - Étienne Decroux, actor and mime (b.1898).
• 25 March - Marcel Lefebvre, Roman Catholic archbishop (b.1905).
• 29 March - Guy Bourdin, photographer (b.1928).
• 30 March - Silvia Monfort, actress and theatre director (b.1923).

April to June

• 3 April - Robert Veyron-Lacroix, harpsichordist and pianist (b.1922).
• 6 April - Louis Joxe, statesman and Minister (b.1901).
• 26 April - Leo Arnaud, composer of film scores (b.1904).
• 30 April - André Badonnel, entomologist (b.1898).
• 30 April - Ghislaine Marie Françoise Dommanget, actress and Princess of Monaco (b.1900).
• 8 May - Jean Langlais, composer and organist (b.1907).
• 20 May - Michel Gauquelin, psychologist and statistician (b.1928).
• 7 June - Antoine Blondin, writer (b.1922).
• 10 June - Jean Bruller, writer and illustrator (b.1902).
• 28 June - Jacques Corrèze, businessman and politician (b.1912).
• 29 June - Henri Lefebvre, sociologist and philosopher (b.1901).

July to September

• 27 July - Pierre Brunet, figure skater (b.1902).
• 29 July - Christian de Castries, military officer (b.1902).
• 5 August - Gaston Litaize, organist and composer (b.1909).
• 28 August - Pierre Guillaumat, politician and Minister (b.1909).
• 4 September - Henri de Lubac, Jesuit priest and theologian (b.1896).
• 5 September - Raymond Dronne, politician (b.1908).
• 17 September - Zino Francescatti, violinist (b.1902).
• 28 September - Eugène Bozza, composer (b.1905).

October to December

• 9 November - Yves Montand, actor and singer (b.1921).
• 15 November - Jacques Morali, music producer (b.1947).
• 26 November - François Billetdoux, playwright and novelist (b.1927).
• 9 December - Gisèle Lestrange, graphic artist (b.1927).
• 13 December - André Pieyre de Mandiargues, writer (b.1909).
• 20 December - Gaston Waringhien, linguist, lexicographer and Esperantist (b.1901).
• 27 December - Hervé Guibert, writer (b.1955).

Full date unknown

• Antoine Berman, translator and historian (b.1942).
• Claude Cahen, orientalist (b.1909).
• Louis Henry, historian (b.1911).

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