1889 in France

Events from the year 1889 in France.

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Incumbents

Events

27 January – Former defense minister General Georges Boulanger contemplates a coup.
4 February – The Tribunal Civil de la Seine orders the winding up of the Panama Canal Company.
17 February – César Franck's Symphony in D minor is premièred at the Paris Conservatoire under the baton of Jules Garcin.
22 February – Charles Floquet's government falls on the question of constitutional revision and Pierre Tirard returns to office as Prime Minister.
31 March – The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris. At 300 m, its height exceeds the previous tallest structure in the world by 130 m.
1 April – Georges Boulanger flees to Brussels to avoid arrest for treason.
6 May – Exposition Universelle opens in Paris, with the Eiffel Tower as its entrance arch. The Galerie des machines, at 111 m, spans the longest interior space in the world at this time. The Exposition marks the centenary of the French Revolution.
8 May – Vincent van Gogh moves from Arles to the Saint-Paul asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, where in June he paints The Starry Night.
28 May – The Michelin rubber tire company is registered by Édouard and André Michelin in Clermont-Ferrand.
26 June – Bangui is founded in the French Congo.
June – The Volpini Exhibition is staged by Paul Gauguin and other "peintures du Groupe impressioniste et synthétiste" in Paris.
14 July – International Workers Congresses of Paris open, and establish the Second International.
22 September – Legislative election first round held.
6 October
* Legislative election second round held. The result is a victory for the Moderate Republicans and a decisive defeat for the Boulangists.
* The Moulin Rouge cabaret opens in Paris.
31 October – Exposition Universelle closes.
17 November – The Brazilian Imperial Family is forced into exile in France.
The fashion house of Lanvin is established in Paris by Jeanne Lanvin.

Literature

Music

Claude Debussy - Petite Suite
Gabriel Fauré - Shylock
César Franck - Symphony in D minor
Jules Massenet - Esclarmonde
Camille Saint-Saëns - Les cloches du soir
Erik Satie - ''Ogives''

Births

January to June

20 January – Jean Odin, politician
2 February – Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, general, military hero of World War II
24 February – Suzanne Bianchetti, actress
17 April – Marcel Boussac, entrepreneur and horse breeder
17 May – Marcel Moyse, flautist
24 May – Théophile Marie Brébant, military officer
13 June – Alfred Janniot, sculptor

July to December

5 July – Jean Cocteau, poet, novelist, dramatist, designer and filmmaker
22/23 July – Georges Bonnet, politician
7 August
* Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu, Admiral
* Léon Brillouin, physicist
15 August – Marthe Richard, prostitute, spy and politician
20 October – Suzanne Duchamp, painter
25 October – Abel Gance, film director, producer, writer, actor and editor
6 November – Gabriel Hanot, soccer player and journalist
26 November – Albert Dieudonné, actor, screenwriter, film director and novelist
5 December – Marie-Louise Damien, singer and actress
7 December – Gabriel Marcel, philosopher
17 December – Antoine Béthouart, General

Deaths

23 January – Alexandre Cabanel, painter
16 March – Edmond Henri Adolphe Schérer, theologian, critic and politician
9 April – Jean-Baptiste Arban, cornetist and conductor
20 April – Charles Friedel, chemist and mineralogist
23 April – Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, novelist and short story writer
24 April – Zulma Carraud, children's author
10 July – Joseph Projectus Machebeuf, French-American Catholic missionary and the first Bishop of Denver
19 August – Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, writer
29 September – Louis Faidherbe, general and colonial administrator
22 October – Philippe Ricord, physician
25 October – Émile Augier, dramatist
14 December – Jean Baptiste Lucien Buquet, entomologist
31 December – Ernest Cosson, botanist