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See also: 1894 in France, other events of 1895, 1896 in France. Events from the year 1895 in France. Events - 5 January - The military degradation of Alfred Dreyfus takes place on the Champ de Mars, Paris.
- 17 January - F lix Faure was elected President of French Republic after the resignation of Jean Casimir-Perier.
- 17 January - Dreyfus is moved into a military reformatory on the island of R .
- 21 February - Dreyfus is put on board ship to be exiled.
- 15 March - Dreyfus is landed on Devil's Island.
- 28 December - Auguste and Louis Lumi re display the first moving picture film, in Paris.
Births January to June - 29 January - Pierre Gaxotte, historian (died 1982).
- 11 February - Maurice Cottenet, soccer player (died 1972).
- 28 February - Marcel Pagnol, novelist, playwright, and filmmaker (died 1974).
- 2 March - Marcel Carpentier, military officer (died 1977).
- 20 March - Robert Benoist, motor racing driver and war hero (executed) (died 1944).
- 30 March - P re Marie-Beno t, friar who helped smuggle Jews to safety from Nazi-occupied Southern France (died 1990).
- 30 March - Jean Giono, author (died 1970).
- 5 April - Fernand Mourlot, printer and publisher (died 1988).
- 3 May - Gabriel Chevallier, novelist (died 1969).
- 4 May - Ren Mayer, politician and Prime Minister of France (died 1972).
- 11 May - Jacques Brugnon, tennis player (died 1978).
- 9 June - Henri Diamant-Berger, screenwriter, film director and producer (died 1972).
July to December July to September October to December Full date unknown Deaths January to June - 10 January - Benjamin Godard, violinist and composer (born 1849).
- 29 January - Charles Fr d ric Girard, biologist (born 1822).
- 16 February - Andr Garin, missionary and parish priest (born 1822).
- 19 February - Auguste Vacquerie, journalist and man of letters (born 1819).
- 22 April - tienne L opold Trouvelot, artist, astronomer and amateur entomologist, introduced the Gypsy Moth into North America (born 1827).
- 11 May - Auguste-Th odore-Paul de Broglie, professor of apologetics (born 1834).
- 22 May - Claude Marie Dubuis, second Roman Catholic bishop of Texas (born 1817).
- 28 May - Albert L'Ouvrier, socialist statesman (born 1815).
July to December Full date unknown References fr:1895 en France
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