1958 in France

Incumbents

• President: Rene Coty
• President of the Council of Ministers:
• * until 14 May: Félix Gaillard
• * 14 May-1 June: Pierre Pflimlin
• * starting 1 June: Charles de Gaulle

  Events

• 1 January - Carrefour group set up.
• 13 May - Crisis caused by putsch attempt in Algiers involving French officers.
• 1 June - Charles de Gaulle is brought out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.
• 4 June - Charles de Gaulle visits Algeria.
• 28 September - A majority of 79% says yes to the constitution of the French Fifth Republic.
• 2 October - Guinea declares itself independent from France.
• 3 November - New UNESCO building inaugurated in Paris.
• 23 November - Legislative Election held.
• 25 November - French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community.
• 28 November - Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community.
• 30 November - Legislative Election held, to elect the first National Assembly of the Fifth Republic.
• 1 December - Central African Republic becomes independent from France.
• 21 December - Presidential Election won by Charles de Gaulle.

  Arts and literature

• Yves Klein releases his work IKB74.

  Sport

• 26 June - Tour de France begins.
• 19 July - Tour de France ends, won by Charly Gaul of Luxembourg.

  Births

• 19 January - Thierry Tusseau, international soccer player
• 26 July - Thierry Gilardi, football and rugby commentator
• 31 August - Éric Zemmour, political journalist and author
• 21 September - Bruno Fitoussi, poker player
• 2 October - Didier Sénac, soccer player
• 26 October - Pascale Ogier, actress
• 24 November - Alain Chabat, actor and director

  Deaths

• 13 February - Georges Rouault, painter and printmaker
• 14 August - Frédéric Joliot-Curie, physicist and Nobel laureate
• 22 August - Roger Martin du Gard, author, winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize for Literature
• 11 October - Maurice de Vlaminck, painter, printmaker and author