Events from the year 1948 in France.
Incumbents
President: Vincent Auriol
President of the Council of Ministers: until 24 July: Robert Schuman 24 July-2 September: André Marie 2 September-11 September: Robert Schuman starting 11 September: Henri Queuille
Events
17 March – Treaty of Brussels, is signed by Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, aimed mainly at defending against possible German rearmament. 5 September – Robert Schuman becomes Prime Minister of France. 7 October – Citroën 2CV economy car introduced at the Paris Motor Show.
Sport
30 June – Tour de France begins. 25 July – Tour de France ends, won by Gino Bartali of Italy.
Births
17 February – Philippe Khorsand, actor (died 2008) 10 March – Jean-Pierre Adams, international soccer player (died 2021) 11 March – Dominique Sanda, actress 9 April – Bernard-Marie Koltès, playwright and director (died 1989) 30 July – Jean Reno, actor 3 August – Jean-Pierre Raffarin, former Prime Minister of France 8 October – Claude Jade, actress (died 2006) 27 December – Gérard Depardieu, actor Full date unknown: Bernard Drubay, sailor
Deaths
7 January – Jean-Baptiste Chabot, priest and Syriac scholar (born 1860) 15 January – Henri-Alexandre Deslandres, astronomer (born 1853) 12 February – Caroline Lacroix, courtesan (born 1883) 4 March Antonin Artaud, dramatist, poet, actor and director (born 1896; cancer) Lucien Rouzet, physicist and inventor (born 1886) 12 March – Antoine Lacroix, mineralogist and geologist (born 1863) 5 July – Georges Bernanos, author (born 1888) 6 July – René de Labarrière, first UN soldier killed in action (born 1899; killed by landmine) 31 July – Georges Blondel, historian (born 1856) 25 September – Pierre Frondaie, poet, novelist and playwright (born 1884) 11 October – André Bloch, mathematician (born 1893; leukaemia)