1947 in France

Incumbents

• President: Léon Blum, Vincent Auriol
• President of the Council of Ministers:
• * until 22 January: Léon Blum
• * 22 January – 24 November: Paul Ramadier
• * starting 24 November: Robert Schuman

  Events

• 16 January – Vincent Auriol is inaugurated as President of France.
• 10 February – Paris peace treaties are signed between the World War II Allies and Italy, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Finland.
• 28 February – United States gives France a military base in Casablanca.
• 29 March – Nationalist "tribesmen" began a revolt in the eastern part of Madagascar, against French rule.
• 6 May – In Moramanga, the military machine-gun Mouvement Democratique de la Renovation Malagache officials detained in wagons, killing 124 to 160 people.
• 11 July – Exodus departs France to Palestine with 4,500 Jewish Holocaust survivor refugees.
• 27 July – Ocean Liberty explodes in Brest harbour causing at least 26 deaths and extensive damage.
• July – Five North-African regiments arrive in Madagascar.
• 27 August – When the French government lowers the bread ration to 200 grams, it causes riots in Verdun and Le Mans.
• 30 August – Fire at a cinema in Rueil, a suburb of Paris, kills 87.
• September – Festival d'Avignon first staged.
• 7 October – Operation Lea begins in Vietnam, an attempt by the French to crush the Viet Minh.
• 10 November – The arrest of four steel workers in Marseille begins a communist riot that spreads to Paris.
• 20 November – Paul Ramadier resigns as Prime Minister of France – he is succeeded by Robert Schuman. Schuman calls 80,000 reservists to quell rioting miners.
• 27 November – In Paris, police occupy the editorial offices of communist newspapers.
• 3 December – French communist strikers derail the Paris-Tourcoing Express train because of false rumours that it is transporting soldiers – 21 dead.
• 4 December – Interior minister Jules Moch secures emergency measures against riots after six days of violent arguments in the National Assembly of France.
• 9 December – Labour unions call off the general strike and begin negotiations with the French government.
• 22 December – Operation Lea ends with a tactical success for the French forces.

  Sport

• 25 June – Tour de France begins.
• 20 July – Tour de France ends, won by Jean Robic.

  Births

• 16 January – Juliet Berto, actress
• 17 January – Alain Payet, adult film director
• 25 February Marc Sautet, philosopher and writer
• 1 April – Alain Connes, mathematician
• 13 April – Jean-Jacques Laffont, economist
• 4 July – Jacques Morali, music producer
• 24 July – Jacques Fouroux, international rugby union player, coach
• 20 September – Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, television news presenter
• 9 October – France Gall, singer
• 28 November – Michel Berger, singer and songwriter
• 2 December – Isaac Bitton, drummer

  Deaths

• 23 January – Pierre Bonnard, painter and printmaker
• 19 February – Pierre Besnard, revolutionary syndicalist
• 15 March – Jean-Richard Bloch, critic, novelist and playwright
• 13 April – Jean Chassagne, racing driver
• 21 September – Marcel Astier, politician
• 24 November – Léon-Paul Fargue, poet and essayist
• 7 December – Tristan Bernard, playwright, novelist, journalist and lawyer

  Full date unknown

• Mary Bonaparte, eldest daughter of Prince Napoléon Bonaparte of Canino