1997 in France

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Events from the year 1997 in France.

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27 January – It is revealed that French museums had nearly 2,000 pieces of art that had been stolen by Nazis.
25 May – Legislative Election held.
1 June – Legislative Election held.
31 August – Diana, Princess of Wales is killed in a car crash in Paris.^[1]
3 November – In France, striking truck drivers blockade ports during a pay dispute.

6 September – A Jean Michel Jarre Oxygene in Moscow concert, celebrating the city's 850th anniversary, draws 3.5 million people.

12 January – Jean-Edern Hallier, author (b. 1936).
8 March – Gershon Liebman, French rabbi (b. 1905)
16 March – Jean-Dominique Bauby, journalist, author and editor (b. 1952).
19 March – Jacques Foccart, politician (b. 1913).
19 March – Eugène Guillevic, poet (b. 1907).
6 April – Pierre-Henri Teitgen, lawyer, professor and politician (b. 1908).
16 April – Roland Topor, illustrator, painter, writer and filmmaker (b. 1938).
20 April – Jean Louis, costume designer (b. 1907).
3 May – Sébastien Enjolras, motor racing driver (b. 1976).
25 June – Jacques-Yves Cousteau, naval officer, explorer, ecologist, filmmaker, scientist, photographer and researcher (b. 1910).

12 July – François Furet, historian (b. 1927).
4 August – Jeanne Calment, supercentenarian and the oldest living person ever documented in history (b. 1875).
16 August – Jacques Pollet, motor racing driver (b. 1922).
25 September – Jean Françaix, composer, pianist, and orchestrator (b. 1912).

1 November – Roger Marche, international soccer player (b. 1924).
13 November – James Couttet, alpine skier (b. 1921).
16 November – Georges Marchais, head of the French Communist Party (b. 1920).
25 November – Monique Serf, singer (b. 1930).
28 November – Georges Marchal, actor (b. 1920).
30 November – Françoise Prévost, actress (b. 1930).
1 December – Stéphane Grappelli, jazz violinist (b. 1908).
7 December – Fernand Cornez, cyclist (b. 1907).
13 December – David Rousset, writer and political activist (b. 1912).
18 December – Michel Quoist, priest and writer (b. 1921).
25 December – Anita Conti, explorer, photographer and first French female oceanographer (b. 1899).

[1]
"1997: Princess Diana dies in Paris crash". BBC News. 31 August 1997. Retrieved 8 October 2022.

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