1998 in France
See also: 1997 in France, other events of 1998, 1999 in France.
Events from the year 1998 in France.
Events
- 6 February - The French prefect Claude Erignac is assassinated in the streets of Ajaccio, Corsica.
- 15 March - Cantonales Elections held.
- 15 March - Regional Elections held.
- 22 March - Cantonales Elections held.
- 11 May - The first euro coins are minted in Pessac, France. Because the final specifications for the coins were not finished in 1998, they will have to be melted and minted again in 1999.
Arts and Literature
Sport
- 10 June - 1998 FIFA World Cup begins in France.
- 28 June - French Grand Prix takes place, won by Michael Schumacher of Germany.
- 11 July - Tour de France begins in Dublin, Ireland.
- 12 July - World Cup ends, won by France.
- 2 August - Tour de France ends, won by Marco Pantani of Italy.
Births
Deaths
January to June
- 18 January - Georges Coudray, politician (b.1902).
- 6 February - Marcela Delpastre, author (b.1925).
- 1 March - Jean Marie Balland, Roman Catholic Cardinal (b.1934).
- 30 March - Michèle Arnaud, singer, producer, and director (b.1919).
- 13 April - Patrick de Gayardon, skydiver, skysurfer and a BASE jumper (b.1960).
- 19 April - Armand Jammot, television producer (b.1922).
- 27 April - Anne Desclos, journalist and novelist (b.1907).
- 29 June - Louis Hostin, weightlifter and Olympic champion (b.1908).
- 30 June - Léon Arthur Elchinger, Bishop of Strasbourg (b.1908).
- June - Jean Emile Charon, nuclear physicist (b.1920).
July to December
- 4 July - Roger Calmel, composer (b.1920).
- 6 August - André Weil, mathematician (b.1906).
- 6 October - Jean-François Jenny-Clark, double bass player (b.1944).
- 11 November - Gérard Grisey, composer (b.1946).
- 13 November - Edwige Feuillère, actress (b.1907).
Full date unknown
- Maurice Bardèche, essayist, literary and art critic, journalist and Neo-Fascist (b.1907).
- Lucien Bodard, reporter and writer on events in Asia (b.1914).
- Jean-Pierre Brucato, soccer player (b.1944).
- Philippe Charbonneaux, product designer (b.1917).
- Louis Dumont, anthropologist (b.1911).