1947 in France

Events from the year 1947 in France.

Incumbents

President: Léon Blum, Vincent Auriol
President of the Council of Ministers:
* until 22 January: Léon Blum
* 22 January – 24 November: Paul Ramadier
* starting 24 November: Robert Schuman

Events

16 January – Vincent Auriol is inaugurated as President of France.
10 February – Paris peace treaties are signed between the World War II Allies and Italy, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Finland.
12 February – Christian Dior introduces The "New Look" in women's fashion, in Paris.
28 February – United States gives France a military base in Casablanca.
29 March – Malagasy Uprising: Nationalist "tribesmen" began a revolt in the eastern part of Madagascar against French rule.
6 May – Malagasy Uprising: In Moramanga, the French military machine-gun Mouvement démocratique de la rénovation malgache officials detained in wagons, killing 124 to 160 mostly unarmed activists.
11 July – SS Exodus departs France for Palestine with 4,500 Jewish Holocaust survivor refugees.
27 July – Ocean Liberty explodes in Brest harbour causing at least 26 deaths and extensive damage.
July – Five North-African regiments arrive in Madagascar to assist in quelling the Malagasy Uprising.
27 August – Government lowering of the bread ration to 200 grammes causes riots in Verdun and Le Mans.
30 August – Fire at a cinema in Rueil, a suburb of Paris, kills 87.
September – Festival d'Avignon first staged.
7 October – Operation Léa begins in Vietnam, an attempt by the French to crush the Viet Minh.
10 November – The arrest of four steel workers in Marseille begins a communist riot that spreads to Paris.
20 November – Paul Ramadier resigns as Prime Minister of France – he is succeeded by Robert Schuman. Schuman calls 80,000 reservists to quell rioting miners.
27 November – In Paris, police occupy the editorial offices of communist newspapers.
3 December – French communist strikers derail the Paris-Tourcoing express train because of false rumours that it is transporting soldiers – 21 dead.
4 December – Interior minister Jules Moch secures emergency measures against riots after six days of violent arguments in the National Assembly of France.
9 December – Labour unions call off the general strike and begin negotiations with the French government.
22 December – Operation Lea ends with a tactical success for the French forces.

Sport

25 June – Tour de France begins.
20 July – Tour de France ends, won by Jean Robic.

Births

1 January – F. R. David, musician
16 January – Juliet Berto, actress
17 January – Alain Payet, adult film director
31 January – Bernard Guignedoux, football player and manager
25 February – Marc Sautet, philosopher and writer
1 April – Alain Connes, mathematician
4 April – Jacques Frantz, actor
7 April – Michèle Torr, singer
10 April – Daniel Bilalian, journalist and television presenter
13 April – Jean-Jacques Laffont, economist
15 June – Alain Aspect, quantum physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics
4 July – Jacques Morali, music producer
10 July – Michel Étiévent, journalist, historian and writer
24 July – Jacques Fouroux, international rugby union player, coach
30 July – Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, virologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine*2 *2 August – Marie-Laure de Decker, photographer
3 September – Gérard Houllier, football manager
20 September – Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, television news presenter
28 September – Bernard Charvin, alpine skier
9 October – France Gall, singer
21 October – Dominique Braye, politician
28 November – Michel Berger, singer and songwriter
1 December – Henri Bréchu, alpine skier
2 December – Isaac Bitton, drummer

Deaths

23 January – Pierre Bonnard, painter and printmaker
19 February – Pierre Besnard, revolutionary syndicalist
15 March – Jean-Richard Bloch, critic, novelist and playwright
13 April – Jean Chassagne, racing driver
14 June – Albert Marquet, painter
21 September – Marcel Astier, politician
24 November – Léon-Paul Fargue, poet and essayist
7 December – Tristan Bernard, playwright, novelist, journalist and lawyer

Full date unknown

Mary Bonaparte, eldest daughter of Prince Napoléon Bonaparte of Canino