• Source: 1939 in France

      • Events from the year 1939 in France.


      Incumbents


      President: Albert Lebrun
      President of the Council of Ministers: Édouard Daladier


      Events


      27 February – United Kingdom and France recognize Franco's government in Spain.
      17 June – Last public guillotining in France – murderer Eugen Weidmann.
      3 September – United Kingdom, France, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany.


      Sport


      10 July – Tour de France begins.
      30 July – Tour de France ends, won by Sylvère Maes of Belgium.


      Births


      1 February – Claude François, singer-songwriter (died 1978)
      29 March – Roland E. Arnall, businessman and diplomat in the United States (died 2008)
      3 April – François de Roubaix, film score composer (died 1975)
      9 May – Pierre Desproges, humorist (died 1988)
      24 June – Brigitte Fontaine, singer, writer and poet
      22 July – Warda Al-Jazairia, born Warda Mohammed Ftouki, singer (died 2012 in Egypt)
      31 July – France Nuyen, actress
      9 August – Bulle Ogier, actress
      30 September – Jean-Marie Lehn, chemist, shared Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1987
      6 November – Maurice Bourgue (died 2023)
      30 December – Odile Bailleux, harsichordist and organist (died 2024)


      Deaths


      23 February – Jules-Felix Coutan, sculptor (born 1848)
      29 March – Henri Bénard, physicist (born 1874)
      5 April – Clémentine Delait, bearded lady (born 1865)
      16 September – Otto Wels, German politician (born 1873)
      14 October – Polaire (Emilie Marie Bouchaud), singer and actress (born 1874)
      5 November – Charles Barrois, geologist and palaeontologist (born 1851)


      See also


      List of French films of 1939


      References

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