1889 in France

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Events from the year 1889 in France.

Incumbents

January – Defense minister Georges Boulanger contemplates a coup but is forced to flee the country.
4 February – The Tribunal Civil de la Seine orders the winding up of the Panama Canal Company.
31 March – The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated.
6 May – Exposition Universelle opens in Paris.
28 May – Rubber tyre company Michelin is registered by Édouard and André Michelin.
22 September – Legislative election held.
6 October
- Legislative election held.
- Moulin Rouge built and opened in Paris.
31 October – Exposition Universelle closes.
The fashion house of Lanvin is established in Paris by Jeanne Lanvin.

20 January – Jean Odin, politician (died 1975)
2 February – Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, general, military hero of World War II (died 1952)
24 February – Suzanne Bianchetti, actress (died 1936)
17 April – Marcel Boussac, entrepreneur and horse breeder (died 1980)
17 May – Marcel Moyse, flautist (died 1984)
24 May – Théophile Marie Brébant, military officer (died 1965)
13 June – Alfred Janniot, sculptor (died 1969)

5 July – Jean Cocteau, poet, novelist, dramatist, designer and filmmaker (died 1963)
22/23 July – Georges Bonnet, politician (died 1973)
7 August
- Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu, Admiral (died 1964)
- Léon Brillouin, physicist (died 1969)
15 August – Marthe Richard, prostitute, spy and politician (died 1982)
20 October – Suzanne Duchamp, painter (died 1963)
25 October – Abel Gance, film director, producer, writer, actor and editor (died 1981)
6 November – Gabriel Hanot, soccer player and journalist (died 1968)
26 November – Albert Dieudonné, actor, screenwriter, film director and novelist (died 1976)
5 December – Marie-Louise Damien, singer and actress (died 1978)
7 December – Gabriel Marcel, philosopher (died 1973)
17 December – Antoine Béthouart, General (died 1982)

23 January – Alexandre Cabanel, painter (born 1823)
16 March – Edmond Henri Adolphe Schérer, theologian, critic and politician (born 1815)
9 April – Jean-Baptiste Arban, cornetist and conductor (born 1825)
20 April – Charles Friedel, chemist and mineralogist (born 1832)
23 April – Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, novelist and short story writer (born 1808)
24 April - Zulma Carraud, children's author (born 1796)^[1]
10 July – Joseph Projectus Machebeuf, French-American Catholic missionary and the first Bishop of Denver (born 1812)
19 August – Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, writer (born 1838)
29 September – Louis Faidherbe, general and colonial administrator (born 1818)
22 October – Philippe Ricord, physician (born 1800)
25 October – Émile Augier, dramatist (born 1820)
14 December – Jean Baptiste Lucien Buquet, entomologist (born 1807)
31 December – Ernest Cosson, botanist (born 1819)

^ "Zulma Carraud". Les Bibliothèques de Châteauroux (in French). Retrieved 5 November 2017.