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1924 in France

Explore 12 historical events and records for France in 1924.

Historical records for France in 1924

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October

Geneva Protocol

Herriot, Edouard ยท Geneva ยท Prime Minister of France ยท Warfare / League of Nations

Supports the Geneva Protocol for arbitration and security.

Other events (month unknown)

Ecole Normale Superieure

Sartre, Jean-Paul ยท Paris ยท Student ยท Humanities / Philosophy

Sartre enters the Ecole Normale Superieure and joins an influential philosophical generation.

Education

Leclerc, Jacques Philippe ยท St Cyr ยท Warfare / Military

Graduates from St Cyr

Election

Poincare, Raymond ยท Prime Minister of France ยท Government / Government of France

Defeated by Radicals & Socialists

Entr'acte

Clair, Rene ยท Director ยท Arts / Cinema

Directs Entr'acte.

League Delegate

Cassin, Rene Samuel ยท Warfare / League of Nations

As French delegate to the League of Nations from 1924 to 1938, Cassin pressed for progress on disarmament and in developing institutions to aid the resolution of international conflicts

Matter Waves

de Broglie, Louis Victor ยท Paris ยท Theoretical Physicist ยท Science / Physics

Proposes that material particles possess wave properties.

Minister of Commerce

Flandin, Gaston-Pierre-Etienne ยท Minister of Commerce ยท Government / Government of France

Appointed Minister of Commerce

Minister of Interior

Chautemps, Camille ยท Minister of Interior ยท Government / Government of France

Appointed Minister of the Interior, 1st term

President of France

Doumergue, Gaston ยท President of France ยท Government / Government of France

Appointed President of France

President of France

Painleve, Paul ยท President of France ยท Government / Government of France

Appointed President of the Chamber of Deputies

Wave Nature of Electrons

de Broglie, Louis Victor ยท Paris ยท Theoretical Physicist ยท Science / Physics

Introduces the wavelength relation later confirmed by electron diffraction.

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