1900 in France

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31 March – The length of a workday for women and children is limited to 11 hours by law.
1 April – Every French policeman is assigned to carry a gun.^{[clarification needed]}
14 April – Paris World Exhibition opens.
21 April – Battle of Kousséri takes place in Chad, linking all French possessions in Western Africa.
27 June – Treaty of Paris is signed between the Spanish Empire and the French Empire by which Río Muni is relieved of all conflicting claims.
19 July – The first line of the Métro is inaugurated in Paris.^[3]
First Michelin Guide published.

3 January – Marcel Gobillot, cyclist and Olympic medallist (died 1981)
5 January – Yves Tanguy, surrealist painter (died 1955)
9 January – Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie, journalist, politician and French Resistance member (died 1969)
11 January – Benoît Fauré, cyclist (died 1980)
24 January – René Guillot, author (died 1969)
4 February – Jacques Prévert, poet and screenwriter (died 1977)
11 February – Raymond Cambefort, one of the last three fully verified World War I veterans living in France (died 2008)
21 February – Madeleine Renaud, actress (died 1994)
6 March – Henri Jeanson, writer and journalist (died 1970)
8 March – Pierre David-Weill, investment banker (died 1975)
19 March – Frédéric Joliot-Curie, physicist and Nobel laureate (died 1958)^[5]

13 April – Pierre Molinier, painter and photographer (died 1976)
15 April – Pierre Nord, writer, spy and resistance member (died 1985)
20 April – Jacques Adnet, designer, architect and interior designer (died 1984)
27 April – Marcel Légaut, philosopher and mathematician (died 1990)
28 April
- Maurice Thorez, communist politician (died 1964)
- Jean Vaysse, rugby union player (died 1974)
17 May – Achille Souchard, cyclist (died 1976)
22 May – Yvonne de Gaulle, married to Charles de Gaulle (died 1979)
14 June – Roger Bourdin, baritone (died 1973)
29 June – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, pilot and writer (died 1944)

4 July – Robert Desnos, surrealist poet (died 1945)
12 July – Marcel Paul, trade unionist and communist politician (died 1982)
17 July – Marcel Dalio, actor (died 1983)
19 July – Pierre Coquelin de Lisle, sport shooter and Olympic gold medallist (died 1980)
26 July – Jacques Février, pianist (died 1979)
11 August – Georges Limbour, writer (died 1970)
6 September – Marc Bernard, writer (died 1983).
30 September – Pierre Yvert, philatelic editor (died 1964)
9 October – Henri Lauvaux, athlete and Olympic medallist (died 1970)
13 October – Ghislaine Marie Françoise Dommanget, actress and Princess of Monaco (died 1991)
November – Émile Gagnan, engineer and inventor (died 1979)
15 December – Hellé Nice, model, dancer and motor racing driver (died 1984)

^ "Émile Loubet - president of France". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
^ "René Waldeck-Rousseau - French politician". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
^ Grescoe, Taras (19 November 2000). "Secrets of The Paris Metro". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
^ "Paris 1900 Olympic Games". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
^ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1935". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

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