Events from the year 1931 in France.
Incumbents President: Gaston Doumergue (until 13 June), Paul Doumer (starting 13 June) President of the Council of Ministers: Theodore Steeg (until 27 January), Pierre Laval (starting 27 January)
Events 27 January – Pierre Laval forms a government in France. 6 May – Paris Colonial Exposition opens. 13 May – Paul Doumer elected president of France. 14 June – Overloaded pleasure craft Saint-Philibert, carrying trippers home to Nantes from Île de Noirmoutier, sinks at the mouth of the river Loire and over 450 drown. 8 November- French police launch a large scale raid against Corsican bandits.
Births
January to June 7 February – Serge Danot, animator (died 1991) 26 February – Jacques Rouxel, animator (died 2004) 6 March – Nicolas Barone, cyclist (died 2003) 22 May – Francis Méano, French footballer (died 1953) 24 May – Michael Lonsdale, actor (died 2020) 3 June – Jean Bouise, actor (died 1989) 5 June – Jacques Demy, film director (died 1990) 30 June – Joseph Thomin, racing cyclist (died 2018)
July to December 1 July – Leslie Caron, actress 3 July – Claude-Henri Chouard, surgeon 4 July – Sébastien Japrisot, author, screenwriter and film director (died 2003) 6 July – Louis Mexandeau, politician (died 2023) 24 July – Éric Tabarly, sailor (died 1998) 23 August – Coccinelle, transsexual actress and entertainer (died 2006) 13 October – Raymond Kopa, footballer (died 2017) 25 October – Annie Girardot, actress (died 2011) 5 November – Thérèse Aillaud, politician (died 2015) 6 November – André Trochut, cyclist (died 1996) 17 November – Pierre Nora, historian (died 2025) 12 December – Christian Metz, film theorist (died 1993) 18 December – André S. Labarthe, French actor (died 2018) 28 December – Guy Debord, Marxist theorist, writer and filmmaker (died 1994)
Deaths 3 January – Joseph Joffre, general (born 1852) 7 January - Joseph Bernard, sculptor (born 1866) 1 February – Emmanuel d'Orléans, noble from the House of Orléans (born 1872) 4 February – Dominique-Marie Gauchet, admiral (born 1853) 31 March – Henri Béraldi, bibliophile and publisher (born 1849) 7 May – Anne Boutiaut Poulard, cook (born 1851) 22 June – Armand Fallières, politician, President of France (born 1841) 11 July – Jean-Louis Forain, Impressionist artist (born 1852) 2 November – Alexandre Darracq, automobile manufacturer (born 1855) 7 November – Étienne Bazeries, military cryptanalyst (born 1846) 2 December – Vincent d'Indy, composer (born 1851) 13 December – Gustave Le Bon, psychologist (born 1841)
See also Interwar France
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