1905 in France

Events from the year 1905 in France.

Events

• 31 March - German emperor William II asserts German equality with France in Morocco, triggering the Tangier or First Moroccan Crisis.
• 13 May - Mata Hari debuts in Paris.
• 9 December - 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State is passed, enacting laïcité.

Arts and literature

• October - The Fauvist artists, notably Henri Matisse, first exhibit, at the Salon d'Automne in Paris.

Sport

• 9–30 July - Third Tour de France, won by Louis Trousselier.

Births

January to March

• 17 January - Louis Armand, engineer (died 1971)
• 21 January - Christian Dior, fashion designer (died 1957)
• 7 February
  • Paul Nizan, philosopher and writer (died 1940)
  • René de Possel, mathematician (died 1974)
• 8 February - Andre Richaume, archetier/bowmaker (died 1966)
• 3 March - Marie Glory, actress
• 14 March - Raymond Aron, philosopher, sociologist and political scientist (died 1983)
• 20 March - Jean Galia (died 1949), boxer and pioneering rugby footballer
• 28 March - René Maheu, professor of philosophy and Director General of UNESCO (died 1975)

April to June

• 2 April - Edmond Jouhaud, one of four generals who staged the Algiers putsch of 1961 (died 1995)
• 4 April - Eugène Bozza, composer (died 1991)
• 5 April - Waldeck Rochet, politician (died 1983)
• 13 April - Pierre Schneiter, politician (died 1979)
• 14 April - Jean Pierre-Bloch, French Resistance member (died 1999)
• 24 April - Pierre Chevalier, caver and mountaineer (died 2001)
• 6 May - René Dreyfus, motor racing driver (died 1993)
• 14 May - Jean Daniélou, theologian and historian (died 1974)
• 15 May - Albert Dubout, cartoonist, illustrator, painter and sculptor (died 1976)
• 20 June - Hélène Bouvier, operatic mezzo-soprano (died 1978)
• 21 June - Jacques Goddet, sports journalist and Tour de France director (died 2000)
• 21 June - Jean-Paul Sartre, philosopher, dramatist, novelist and critic (died 1980)

July to September

• 25 July - Georges Grignard, motor racing driver (died 1977)
• 29 July - Pierre Braunberger, producer and actor (died 1990)
• 30 July - Jeanne-Marie Darré, pianist (died 1999)
• 8 August - André Jolivet, composer (died 1974)
• 9 August - Pierre Klossowski, writer, translator and artist (died 2001)
• 20 August - André Giriat, rower and Olympic medallist (died 1967)
• 5 September - Maurice Challe, General (died 1979)

October to December

• 10 October - Armand Marcelle, rower and Olympic medallist (died 1974)
• 11 October - Jean-Marie Villot, Cardinal (died 1979)
• 24 October - Pierre Frank, Trotskyist leader (died 1984)
• 18 November - Paul Paillole, soldier (died 1992)
• 29 November - Marcel Lefebvre, Roman Catholic archbishop (died 1991)
• 22 December - Pierre Brasseur, actor (died 1972)
• 25 December - Étienne Mattler, international soccer player (died 1986)
• 31 December - Guy Mollet, politician (died 1975)

Full date unknown

• Jacques Baron, poet (died 1986).
• Albert-Félix de Lapparent, palaeontologist and Jesuit priest (died 1975)
• René Taupin, translator, critic and academic (died 1981)

Deaths

January to June

• 4 February - Louis-Ernest Barrias, sculptor (born 1841)
• 24 March - Jules Verne, author (born 1828)
• 26 May - Alphonse James de Rothschild, banker and philanthropist (born 1827)
• 1 June - Émile Delahaye, automotive pioneer (born 1843)
• 4 June - Edme-Armand-Gaston d'Audiffret-Pasquier, politician (born 1823)

July to December

• 9 August - Placide Louis Chapelle, Archbishop in Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans (born 1842)
• 19 August - William-Adolphe Bouguereau, painter (born 1825)
• 13 September - René Goblet, politician, Prime Minister of France (born 1828)
• 14 September - Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, explorer (born 1852)
• 25 September - Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, politician (born 1853)
• 12 December - François Paul Meurice, dramatist (born 1818)