Events from the year 1951 in France.
Incumbents President: Vincent Auriol President of the Council of Ministers: until 10 March: René Pleven 10 March-11 August: Henri Queuille starting 11 August: René Pleven
Events 13 January – Battle of Vĩnh Yên begins in Vietnam. 17 January – Battle of Vĩnh Yên ends in decisive defeat for the Việt Minh forces. 23 March – Battle of Mạo Khê begins. 28 March – Battle of Mạo Khê ends in the defeat of Việt Minh forces. April – Magazine Cahiers du cinéma is first published. 18 April – Treaty of Paris adopted, establishing European Coal and Steel Community. 17 June – Legislative Election is held to elect the second National Assembly of the Fourth Republic. 11 August – René Pleven becomes Prime Minister of France. 10 November – Battle of Hòa Bình begins. December – Engagements in the Battle of Hòa Bình continue.
Sport The 1951 French rugby league tour of Australia and New Zealand is conducted. 4 July – Tour de France begins. 29 July – Tour de France ends, won by Hugo Koblet of Switzerland.
Births 10 January – Nicolas Philibert, film director and actor 13 January – Bernard Loiseau, chef (died 2003) 6 February – Jacques Villeret, actor (died 2005) 23 September – Nathalie Gautier, politician (died 2006) 11 October – Jean-Jacques Goldman, singer and songwriter 6 November – Alain Etchegoyen, philosopher and novelist (died 2007)
Deaths 7 January René Guénon, orientalist and philosopher (born 1886) Lucien Cuénot, biologist (born 1866) 26 January – Henri Bard, international soccer player (born 1892) 19 February – André Gide, author and winner of Nobel Prize in literature in 1947 (born 1869) 2 June – Émile Chartier, philosopher, journalist and pacifist (born 1868) 21 June – Gustave Sandras, artistic gymnast (born 1872) 23 July – Philippe Pétain, Marshal of France, later Chief of State of Vichy France (born 1856) 11 November – César Vezzani, opera singer (born 1888)
See also List of French films of 1951
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