← 1914 1913 1912 1915 in France → 1916 1917 1918
Decades:	1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s
See also:	History of France Timeline of French history List of years in France

Events from the year1915 in France.

• President:Raymond Poincaré
• President of the Council of Ministers:René Viviani (until 29 October),Aristide Briand (starting 29 October)

• 19 January –Georges Claude patents theneon discharge tube for use inadvertising.
• 27 January – French military casualties begin arriving at theHôpital Temporaire d'Arc-en-Barrois, established earlier in the month by British volunteers.
• 2 April –Croix de guerre instituted as a military decoration.^[1]
• 18 April –Roland Garros lands his aircraft behind enemy lines and is taken prisoner.
• 9 May –Second Battle of Artois starts.
• 15 May – Second Battle of Artois ends in stalemate.
• July –Adrian helmet first issued to the French Army.
• 10 September – Satirical weekly newspaperLe Canard enchaîné first published.
• 15 September –Third Battle of Artois begins.
• 25 September
  • Battle of Loos begins, a major British offensive on theWestern Front; first British use of poison gas during World War I.
  • Second Battle of Champagne begins.
• 28 September – Battle of Loos ends with British retreat.
• 16 October – France declares war onBulgaria.
• 4 November – Third Battle of Artois ends.
• 6 November – Second Battle of Champagne ends.

• 13 January –Antoine Guillaumont,archaeologist andSyriac scholar (died 2000)
• 14 January –André Frossard,journalist andessayist (died 1995)
• 31 January –Henri Dobert, mechanical or electrician worker, World War II resistant (died 1943)^[2]
• 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 andPrime Minister (died 2000)
• 24 March –Eugène Martin, motor racing driver (died 2006)

• 2 April –Jean Sauvagnargues, politician and Minister (died 2002)
• 3 April –Paul Touvier, convicted ofcrime against humanity forcollaborationism inVichy France (died 1996)
• 20 April –Émile Muller, politician (died 1988)
• 6 May –Achille Zavatta, clown and circus operator (died 1993)
• 12 May –Frère Roger, founder of theTaizé community (died 2005)
• 21 June –Jean Bastien, soccer player (died 1969)

• 31 July –Henri Decaë, cinematographer (died 1987)
• 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 –André François, 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 –André Claveau, singer (died 2003)
• 19 December –Édith Piaf, singer (died 1963)

• 8 April –Louis Pergaud, novelist (killed in action) (born 1882)
• 10 May –Gaston Cros, army officer and archaeologist (killed in action) (born 1861)
• 5 June –Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, painter and sculptor (killed in action) (born 1891)
• 25 July –Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau, socialite, model forPortrait of Madame X (born 1859)
• 31 August –Adolphe Pégoud, French acrobatic pilot, World War I fighter ace (killed in action) (born 1889)
• 15 September –Alfred Agache, painter (born 1843)
• 31 August –Adolphe Pégoud, acrobatic pilot, World War I fighter ace (killed in action) (born 1889)
• 11 October –Jean Henri Fabre,entomologist (born 1823)
• 25 November –Michel Bréal,philologist (born 1832)

• List of French films of 1915

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