See also: 1914 in France, other events of 1915, 1916 in France.

Events from the year 1915 in France.

Events

• 19 January - Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
• 9 May - Second Battle of Artois starts.
• 15 May - Second Battle of Artois ends in stalemate.
• 15 September - Third Battle of Artois begins.
• 25 September - Battle of Loos begins, a major British offensive on the Western Front, first British use of poison gas during World War I.
• 25 September - Second Battle of Champagne begins.
• 28 September - Battle of Loos ends with British retreat.
• 4 November - Third Battle of Artois ends.
• 6 November - Second Battle of Champagne ends.

Sport

Births

January to March

• 14 January - Andr Frossard, journalist and essayist (died 1995).
• 18 February - Marcel Landowski, composer, biographer and arts administrator (died 1999).
• 1 March - Gustave Choquet, mathematician (died 2006).
• 7 March - Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Gaullist politician and Prime Minister (died 2000).
• 24 March - Eug ne Martin, motor racing driver (died 2006).

April to June

• 2 April - Jean Sauvagnargues, politician and Minister (died 2002).
• 3 April - Paul Touvier, convicted of crime against humanity for his Collaborationist role during Vichy France (died 1996).
• 20 April - mile Muller, politician (died 1988).
• 6 May - Achille Zavatta, clown and circus operator (died 1993).
• 12 May - Fr re Roger, founder of the Taiz community (died 2005).
• 21 June - Jean Bastien, soccer player (died 1969).

July to December

• 19 August - Alphonse Antoine, cyclist (died 1999).
• 22 October - Jules Bigot, soccer player and manager (died 2007).
• 22 October - Jean Despeaux, boxer, Olympic gold-medallist (died 1989).
• 9 November - Andr Fran ois, cartoonist (died 2005).
• 12 November - Roland Barthes, literary critic and philosopher (died 1980).
• 17 November - Michel Arnaud, General (died 1990).
• November - Jean Neuberth, abstract painter (died 1966).
• 17 December - Andr Claveau, singer (died 2003).
• 19 December - dith Piaf, singer (died 1963).

Full date unknown

• Denise Bloch, heroine of World War II (died 1945).
• Henri Deca , cinematographer (died 1987).
• Antoine Guillaumont, archaeologist and Syriac scholar (died 2000).

Deaths

• 15 September - Alfred Agache, painter (born 1843).
• Michel Br al, philologist (born 1832).

References

fr:1915 en France