List of events * 1898 * 1897 * 1896 * 1895 * 1894 | 1899 France | * 1900 * 1901 * 1902 * 1903 * 1904 | | | Decades:| * 1870s * 1880s * 1890s * 1900s * 1910s See also:| Other events of 1899 History of France • Timeline • Years Events from the year 1899 in France. ## Contents * 1 Incumbents * 2 Events * 3 Arts and literature * 4 Sport * 5 Births * 5.1 January to March * 5.2 April to June * 5.3 July to September * 5.4 October to December * 5.5 Full date unknown * 6 Deaths * 6.1 Full date unknown * 7 See also * 8 References ## Incumbents[edit] * President: Félix Faure (until 18 February), Émile Loubet (starting 18 February) * President of the Council of Ministers: Charles Dupuy (until 22 June), Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau (starting 22 June) ## Events[edit] * 18 February – Emile Loubet is elected president following the death of Felix Faure. * 16 April – Battle of Lougou, French victory in Niger. * 20 June – Right-wing nationalist movement Action Française formed by Maurice Pujo and Henri Vaugeois. * 17 July – The French Bretonnet-Braun mission is destroyed in the Battle of Togbao, in Chad, by the warlord Rabih az-Zubayr. * 19 September – Alfred Dreyfus is pardoned. * 28 October – Battle of Kouno, indecisive battle between French forces and a Muslim army led by Rabih az-Zubayr in Chad. * Automobile manufacturer Renault established by Louis Renault and his brothers Marcel and Fernand. ## Arts and literature[edit] * 21 January – Actress Sarah Bernhardt, having taken over management of the Paris theatre which she renames the Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt, opens in the title rôle of Victorien Sardou's La Tosca. On 20 May she premières a French adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet with herself in the title rôle, one of the first successful female actresses to tackle a male part. * Henri Matisse paints Still Life with Compote, Apples and Oranges. * Camille Pissarro takes an apartment overlooking the Tuileries Garden in Paris and produces a series of paintings of the view. ## Sport[edit] * 31 August – The Olympique de Marseille association football club is founded.[1] * 21 September – Henri François Béconnais sets the 1 km speed record (48 seconds) in a Soncin automobile at Achères.[2] ## Births[edit] ### January to March[edit] * 6 January – Alphonse Castex, rugby union player (died 1969) * 7 January – Francis Poulenc, composer (died 1963) * 12 January – Pierre Bernac, baritone (died 1979) * 15 January – Louis Guilloux, writer (died 1980) * 20 January – Pierre Gandon, illustrator and engraver of postage stamps (died 1990) * 23 January – Pierre Grany, athlete (died 1968) * 7 February – René Crabos, rugby union player (died 1964) * 15 February – Georges Auric, composer (died 1983) * 21 February – Yvonne Vallée, actress (died 1996) * 9 March – Jules Dewaquez, soccer player (died 1971) * 25 March – Jacques Audiberti, playwright, poet and novelist (died 1965) * 28 March – Bernard Delaire, last French naval veteran of the First World War (died 2007) ### April to June[edit] * 7 April – Robert Casadesus, pianist (died 1972) * 11 April – Clément Dupont, rugby union player (died 1993) * 8 May – Jacques Heim, fashion designer (died 1967) * 14 May * Pierre Victor Auger, physicist (died 1993) * Pierre Petiteau, rugby union player (died 1974) * 15 May – Jean-Étienne Valluy, general (died 1970) * 17 May – Anita Conti, explorer, photographer and first French female oceanographer (died 1997) * 24 May – Suzanne Lenglen, tennis player (died 1938) * 20 June – Jean Moulin, prefect and Resistance leader (died in custody 1943) ### July to September[edit] * 5 July * Marcel Achard, playwright, screenwriter and author (died 1974) * Marcel Arland, novelist, literary critic and journalist (died 1986) * 7 July – Jean-Albert Grégoire, car pioneer (died 1992) * 14 July – Marie-Hélène Cardot, French resistance leader and politician (died 1977) * 19 July – Germaine Sablon, singer and actress (died 1985) * 26 July – Édouard Bader, rugby union player (died 1983) * 9 August – Armand Salacrou, dramatist (died 1989) * 14 August – Adolphe Bousquet, rugby union player (died 1972) * 28 August – Charles Boyer, actor (died 1978) * 9 September – Brassaï, photographer, sculptor and filmmaker (died 1984) * 14 September – Youenn Drezen, Breton nationalist writer and activist (died 1972) ### October to December[edit] * 1 October – Joseph Guillemot, athlete and Olympic gold medallist (died 1975) * 5 October – Georges Bidault politician and resistance leader (died 1983) * 8 October – Edmond Michelet, politician (died 1970) * 24 October – Philippe Kieffer, Naval officer (died 1962) * 30 October – Georges Capdeville, soccer referee (died 1991) * 8 December * Fernand Arnout, weightlifter and Olympic medallist (died 1974) * François Borde, rugby union player (died 1987) * 9 December – Jean de Brunhoff, writer and illustrator (died 1937) ### Full date unknown[edit] * Marcel Fétique, bowmaker (died 1977) * Henri-Robert Petit, journalist, Collaborationist under the Vichy regime and far-right activist (died 1985) ## Deaths[edit] * 16 February – Félix Faure, President of France (born 1841)[3] * 16 May – Francisque Sarcey, journalist and drama critic (born 1827) * 10 June – Ernest Chausson, composer (born 1855) * 5 July – Hippolyte Lucas, entomologist (born 1814) * 11 July – Charles Joseph Marty-Laveaux, literary scholar (born 1823) * 14 July – Jean-François Klobb, colonial officer (born 1857) * 20 July – Charlotte de Rothschild, socialite and painter (born 1825) * 25 September – Francisque Bouillier, philosopher (born 1813) * 28 November – Virginia Oldoini, Mistress of Napoleon III and significant figure in the early history of photography. (born 1837) ### Full date unknown[edit] * Henri Delaborde, art critic and painter (born 1811) ## See also[edit] * List of French films before 1910 ## References[edit] 1. ^ Auclair, Philippe (2015-01-06). "Only in Marseille: where ultras rule and temptation is never far away". The Guardian. London. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-11-06. 2. ^ Histoire de la marque. 3. ^ "Félix Faure | president of France". Encyclopedia Britannica. 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