Events from the year 1894 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- 4 January â Franco-Russian Alliance: A military alliance is established between France and the Russian Empire, pledged to remain so as long as the Triple Alliance (1882) exists.
- 12 February â ÃÂre des attentats: Café Terminus attack â In one of the first acts of modern terrorism, anarchist ÃÂmile Henry throws a bomb into the Café Terminus in Paris, killing one person and injuring at least seventeen.
- 15 February (04:51 GMT) â French anarchist Martial Bourdin attempts to destroy the Royal Observatory, London, England with a bomb.
- 22 June â Dahomey becomes a French colony.
- 23 June â International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne, Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
- 24 June â Assassination of Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France.
- 15 August â Sante Geronimo Caserio is executed for the assassination of Marie François Sadi Carnot.
- 15 October â Alfred Dreyfus is arrested for spying: Dreyfus affair begins.
- 5 November â Crédit Agricole established.
- 7 November â The Masonic Grand Lodge de France is founded, splitting from the larger and older Grand Orient de France.
- 19 December â Trial and conviction of Alfred Dreyfus begins at the Cherche-Midi prison and lasts four days.
- 22 December â Alfred Dreyfus is convicted of treason.
- 31 December â Dreyfus' appeal to the military court of revision â a formality â is rejected.
- Venus of Brassempouy is discovered.
- ÃÂmile Delahaye produces the first Delahaye automobile in Tours.
- Paul Cézanne paints Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier.
Literature
Music
Births
January to June
- 12 January â Georges Carpentier, boxer (died 1975)
- 18 January â Romain Bellenger, cyclist (died 1981)
- 6 February â André Marchal, organist and organ teacher (died 1980)
- 14 March â Marie-Simone Capony, teacher, fifth-oldest person in the world (died 2007)
- 26 March â Albert Achard, World War I flying ace (died 1972)
- 9 April â Jean Gounot, gymnast and Olympic medallist (died 1978)
- 23 April â Georges Renavent, actor (died 1969)
- 10 May â Paul Dujardin, water polo player and Olympic medallist (died 1959)
- 27 May â Louis-Ferdinand Céline, writer (died 1961)
- 2 June â Jean Gachet, boxer and Olympic medallist (died 1968)
- 13 June â Jacques Henri Lartigue, photographer and painter (died 1986)
July to September
October to December
Full date unknown
Deaths
- 29 January â Armand Gautier, painter and lithographer (born 1825)
- 3 February â Edmond Frémy, chemist (born 1814)
- 6 February â Maria Deraismes, author and pioneer for women's rights (born 1828)
- 9 February â Maxime Du Camp, writer and photographer (born 1822)
- 14 February â Jacques-Léonard Maillet, sculptor (born 1823)
- 20 May â Philippe ÃÂdouard Foucaux, Tibetologist (born 1811)
- 25 June â Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France (assassinated) (born 1837)
- 1 July â Jean-Joseph Carriès, sculptor, ceramist, and miniaturist (born 1855)
- 2 September â Pauline Duvernay, dancer (born 1813)
- 8 November â Louis Figuier, scientist and writer (born 1819)
- 7 December â Ferdinand de Lesseps, developer of the Suez Canal (born 1805)
Full date unknown
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