1948 in France

Events from the year 1948 in France.

Incumbents

• President: Vincent Auriol
• President of the Council of Ministers:
• until 24 July: Robert Schuman
• 24 July-2 September: André Marie
• 2 September-11 September: Robert Schuman
• starting 11 September: Henri Queuille

Events

• 17 March – Treaty of Brussels, is signed by Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, aimed mainly at defending against possible German rearmament.
• 5 September – Robert Schuman becomes Prime Minister of France.
• 7 October – Citroën 2CV economy car introduced at the Paris Motor Show.

Sport

• 30 June – Tour de France begins.
• 25 July – Tour de France ends, won by Gino Bartali of Italy.

Births

• 17 February – Philippe Khorsand, actor (died 2008)
• 10 March – Jean-Pierre Adams, international soccer player (died 2021)
• 11 March – Dominique Sanda, actress
• 9 April – Bernard-Marie Koltès, playwright and director (died 1989)
• 20 June – Véronique de Montchalin, politician
• 19 July – Bernard Drubay, sailor
• 30 July – Jean Reno, actor
• 3 August – Jean-Pierre Raffarin, former Prime Minister of France
• 18 September – Jean-Louis Pichon, stage director and opera manager (died 2025)
• 8 October – Claude Jade, actress (died 2006)
• 27 December – Gérard Depardieu, actor

Deaths

• 7 January – Jean-Baptiste Chabot, priest and Syriac scholar (born 1860)
• 15 January – Henri-Alexandre Deslandres, astronomer (born 1853)
• 12 February – Caroline Lacroix, courtesan (born 1883)
• 4 March
• Antonin Artaud, dramatist, poet, actor and director (born 1896; cancer)
• Lucien Rouzet, physicist and inventor (born 1886)
• 12 March – Antoine Lacroix, mineralogist and geologist (born 1863)
• 5 July – Georges Bernanos, author (born 1888)
• 6 July – René de Labarrière, first UN soldier killed in action (born 1899; killed by landmine)
• 31 July – Georges Blondel, historian (born 1856)
• 25 September – Pierre Frondaie, poet, novelist and playwright (born 1884)
• 11 October – André Bloch, mathematician (born 1893; leukaemia)

See also

• List of French films of 1948

References