1900 in France

Events

The first Guide Michelin is published for motorists in France.
2 February – First performance of Gustave Charpentier's opera, Louise.
31 March – The length of a workday for women and children is limited to 11 hours by law.
1 April – Every French policeman is assigned to carry a gun.^{[clarification needed]}
14 April–12 November – Exposition Universelle, a world's fair, is staged in Paris.
21 April – Battle of Kousséri: French troops decisively defeat forces of the Kanem–Bornu Empire in Chad (although the commanders on both sides are killed), achieving the objective of linking all French possessions in Western Africa.
27 June – Treaty of Paris is signed between the Spanish Empire and the French Empire by which Río Muni is relieved of all conflicting claims.
19 July – The first line of the Paris Métro is inaugurated.^[3]
21 November – Claude Monet's paintings shown at Gallery Durand-Ruel in Paris

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Births

3 January – Marcel Gobillot, cyclist and Olympic medallist (died 1981)
5 January – Yves Tanguy, surrealist painter (died 1955)
6 January – Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie, journalist, politician and French Resistance member (died 1969)
7 January – Suzanne Dechevaux-Dumesnil, lover and later married to Samuel Beckett (died 1989)
8 January – François de Menthon, politician and professor of law (died 1984)
11 January – Benoît Fauré, cyclist (died 1980)
22 January – René Pellos, artist (died 1998)
24 January – René Guillot, author (died 1969)
4 February – Jacques Prévert, poet and screenwriter (died 1977)
11 February – Raymond Cambefort, one of the last three fully verified World War I veterans living in France (died 2008)
21 February – Madeleine Renaud, actress (died 1994)
6 March – Henri Jeanson, writer and journalist (died 1970)
8 March – Pierre David-Weill, investment banker (died 1975)
19 March – Frédéric Joliot-Curie, physicist and Nobel laureate (died 1958)^[5]

13 April – Pierre Molinier, painter and photographer (died 1976)
15 April – Pierre Nord, writer, spy and resistance member (died 1985)
20 April – Jacques Adnet, designer, architect and interior designer (died 1984)
27 April – Marcel Légaut, philosopher and mathematician (died 1990)
28 April
- Maurice Thorez, communist politician (died 1964)
- Jean Vaysse, rugby union player (died 1974)
17 May – Achille Souchard, cyclist (died 1976)
22 May – Yvonne de Gaulle, married to Charles de Gaulle (died 1979)
14 June – Roger Bourdin, baritone (died 1973)
22 June – Henriette Alimen, paleontologist and geologist (died 1996)
29 June – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, pilot and writer (died 1944)

4 July – Robert Desnos, surrealist poet (died 1945)
12 July – Marcel Paul, trade unionist and communist politician (died 1982)
17 July – Marcel Dalio, actor (died 1983)
19 July – Pierre Coquelin de Lisle, sport shooter and Olympic gold medallist (died 1980)
26 July – Jacques Février, pianist (died 1979)
11 August – Georges Limbour, writer (died 1970)
26 August – Georges Neveux, Ukrainian-born dramatist and poet (died 1982)
6 September – Marc Bernard, writer (died 1983).
30 September – Pierre Yvert, philatelic editor (died 1964)
9 October – Henri Lauvaux, athlete and Olympic medallist (died 1970)
13 October – Ghislaine Marie Françoise Dommanget, actress and Princess of Monaco (died 1991)
21 October – Andrée Boisson, Olympic fencer (died 1973)
November – Émile Gagnan, engineer and inventor (died 1979)
15 December – Hellé Nice, model, dancer and motor racing driver (died 1984)
23 December – Marie Bell, actress and stage director (died 1985)

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Incumbents