Events from the year 1947 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- 16 January â Vincent Auriol is inaugurated as President of France.
- 10 February â Paris peace treaties are signed between the World War II Allies and Italy, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Finland.
- 12 February â Christian Dior introduces The "New Look" in women's fashion, in Paris.
- 28 February â United States gives France a military base in Casablanca.
- 29 March â Malagasy Uprising: Nationalist "tribesmen" began a revolt in the eastern part of Madagascar against French rule.
- 6 May â Malagasy Uprising: In Moramanga, the French military machine-gun Mouvement démocratique de la rénovation malgache (MDRM) officials detained in wagons, killing 124 to 160 mostly unarmed activists.
- 11 July â SS Exodus departs France for Palestine with 4,500 Jewish Holocaust survivor refugees.
- 27 July â Ocean Liberty explodes in Brest harbour causing at least 26 deaths and extensive damage.
- July â Five North-African regiments arrive in Madagascar to assist in quelling the Malagasy Uprising.
- 27 August â Government lowering of the bread ration to 200 grammes causes riots in Verdun and Le Mans.
- 30 August â Fire at a cinema in Rueil, a suburb of Paris, kills 87.
- September â Festival d'Avignon first staged.
- 7 October â Operation Léa begins in Vietnam, an attempt by the French to crush the Viet Minh.
- 10 November â The arrest of four steel workers in Marseille begins a communist riot that spreads to Paris.
- 20 November â Paul Ramadier resigns as Prime Minister of France â he is succeeded by Robert Schuman. Schuman calls 80,000 reservists to quell rioting miners.
- 27 November â In Paris, police occupy the editorial offices of communist newspapers.
- 3 December â French communist strikers derail the Paris-Tourcoing express train because of false rumours that it is transporting soldiers â 21 dead.
- 4 December â Interior minister Jules Moch secures emergency measures against riots after six days of violent arguments in the National Assembly of France.
- 9 December â Labour unions call off the general strike and begin negotiations with the French government.
- 22 December â Operation Lea ends with a tactical success for the French forces.
Sport
Births
- 1 January â F. R. David, musician
- 16 January â Juliet Berto, actress (died 1990)
- 17 January â Alain Payet, adult film director (died 2007)
- 31 January â Bernard Guignedoux, football player and manager (died 2021)
- 25 February â Marc Sautet, philosopher and writer (died 1998)
- 1 April â Alain Connes, mathematician
- 4 April â Jacques Frantz, actor (died 2021)
- 7 April â Michèle Torr, singer
- 10 April â Daniel Bilalian, journalist and television presenter (died 2025)
- 13 April â Jean-Jacques Laffont, economist (died 2004)
- 15 June â Alain Aspect, quantum physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics
- 4 July â Jacques Morali, music producer (died 1991)
- 10 July â Michel ÃÂtiévent, journalist, historian and writer (died 2021)
- 24 July â Jacques Fouroux, international rugby union player, coach (died 2005)
- 30 July â Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, virologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine*2 *2 August â Marie-Laure de Decker, photographer (died 2023)
- 3 September â Gérard Houllier, football manager (died 2020)
- 20 September â Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, television news presenter
- 28 September â Bernard Charvin, alpine skier
- 9 October â France Gall, singer (died 2018)
- 21 October â Dominique Braye, politician
- 28 November â Michel Berger, singer and songwriter (died 1992)
- 1 December â Henri Bréchu, alpine skier
- 2 December â Isaac Bitton, drummer
Deaths
- 23 January â Pierre Bonnard, painter and printmaker (born 1867)
- 19 February â Pierre Besnard, revolutionary syndicalist (born 1886)
- 15 March â Jean-Richard Bloch, critic, novelist and playwright (born 1884)
- 13 April â Jean Chassagne, racing driver (born 1881)
- 14 June â Albert Marquet, painter (born 1875)
- 21 September â Marcel Astier, politician (born 1885)
- 24 November â Léon-Paul Fargue, poet and essayist (born 1876)
- 7 December â Tristan Bernard, playwright, novelist, journalist and lawyer (born 1866)
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