1858 in France
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Events from the year 1858 in France.
1857 in France
1857 in France
See also:1856 in France,other events of 1857,1858 in France.----Events from the year 1857 in France.-Events:*3 March - France and the United Kingdom formally declare war on China in the Second Opium War.*21 June - Legislative election held....
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other events of 1858,
1859 in France
1859 in France
See also:1858 in France,other events of 1859,1860 in France.----Events from the year 1859 in France.-Events:*26 March - A French amateur astronomer claims to have noticed a planet closer to the Sun than Mercury - later named Vulcan....
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Events from the year 1858 in France.
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- 14 January - Felice OrsiniFelice OrsiniFelice Orsini was an Italian revolutionary and leader of the Carbonari who tried to assassinate Napoleon III, Emperor of the French.-Early:Felice Orsini was born at Meldola in Romagna, then part of the Papal States....
and his accomplices fail to assassinate Napoleon IIINapoleon III of FranceLouis-Napoléon Bonaparte was the President of the French Second Republic and as Napoleon III, the ruler of the Second French Empire. He was the nephew and heir of Napoleon I, christened as Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte...
in Paris but their bombsOrsini bombAn Orsini bomb is a spherical bomb which instead of a fuse or timing device, is surrounded by many small "horns" filled with mercury fulminate. On impact at any angle, these would ignite or detonate the main charge. The bomb was invented by the Italian nationalist Felice Orsini, who, with...
kill 156 bystanders. Executed on March 13 of the same year by the guillotineGuillotineThe guillotine is a device used for carrying out :executions by decapitation. It consists of a tall upright frame from which an angled blade is suspended. This blade is raised with a rope and then allowed to drop, severing the head from the body...
. - 11 February - The Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to St Bernadette of LourdesLourdesLourdes is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Midi-Pyrénées region in south-western France.Lourdes is a small market town lying in the foothills of the Pyrenees, famous for the Marian apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes occurred in 1858 to Bernadette Soubirous...
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Births
- 6 January - Sébastien FaureSébastien FaureSébastien Faure was a French anarchist . He was a main proponent of the anarchist organizational form known as synthesis anarchism.- Biography :Before becoming a free-thinker, he was a seminarist...
, anarchistAnarchism in FranceThinker Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, who grew up during the Restoration was the first self-described anarchist. French anarchists fought in the Spanish Civil War as volunteers in the International Brigades. French anarchism reached its height in the late 19th century...
, (d.19421942 in France1941 in France,other events of 1942,1943 in France.----Events from the year 1942 in France.-Events:*19 February - Riom Trial begins, attempt by Vichy France regime to prove that the leaders of the French Third Republic had been responsible for France's defeat by Germany in 1940.*28 March - British...
). - 9 January - Maurice CouetteMaurice CouetteMaurice Marie Alfred Couette was a French physicist known for his studies of fluidity.-Biography:Couette was born in Tours, France, as the only child of Alfred Ernest Couette, a cloth merchant....
, physicistPhysicistA physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...
(d.19431943 in FranceSee also:1942 in France,other events of 1943,1944 in France.----Events from the year 1943 in France.-Events:*22 January - Battle of Marseille begins...
). - 21 January - Mélanie BonisMélanie BonisMélanie Hélène Bonis, known as Mel Bonis was a prolific French classical composer...
, composer (d.19371937 in FranceSee also:1936 in France,other events of 1937,1938 in France.----Events from the year 1937 in France.-Events:*1 May - General strike in Paris.*21 June - Coalition government of Léon Blum resigns.-Sport:*30 June - Tour de France begins....
). - 7 February - Amédée-François LamyAmédée-François LamyAmédée-François Lamy was born at Mougins, in the French département of Alpes-Maritimes on February 7, 1858 and died in the battle of Kousséri on April 22, 1900....
, military officer (d.19001900 in FranceSee also:1899 in France,other events of 1900,1901 in France.----Events from the year 1900 in France.Women felt that they should not vote because politics were outside of women's interest.From 1900-1914 there were 3 presidernts: Emilie Loubet...
). - 15 April - Émile DurkheimÉmile DurkheimDavid Émile Durkheim was a French sociologist. He formally established the academic discipline and, with Karl Marx and Max Weber, is commonly cited as the principal architect of modern social science and father of sociology.Much of Durkheim's work was concerned with how societies could maintain...
, sociologist (d.19171917 in FranceSee also:1916 in France,other events of 1917,1918 in France.----Events from the year 1917 in France.-Events:*9 April - Battle of Arras, a British offensive, begins....
). - 19 May - Roland BonaparteRoland BonaparteRoland Bonaparte, 6th Prince of Canino and Musignano was a French prince and president of the Société de Géographie from 1910 until his death.-Biography:...
, prince, president of the Société de GéographieSociété de GéographieThe Société de Géographie , is the world's oldest geographical society. It was founded in 1821 . Since 1878, its headquarters has been at 184 Boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris. The entrance is marked by two gigantic caryatids representing Land and Sea...
(d.19241924 in FranceSee also:1923 in France,other events of 1924,1925 in France.----Events from the year 1924 in France.-Events:*29 March - Third Ministry of Raymond Poincaré starts....
). - 28 August - Charles le BargyCharles le BargyCharles Gustave Auguste le Bargy was a French actor and early film director.He was born at La Chapelle...
, actor and film director (d.19361936 in FranceSee also:1935 in France,other events of 1936,1937 in France.----Events from the year 1936 in France.-Events:*25 March - Second London Naval Treaty is signed by the governments of France, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America....
). - August - Guy d'HardelotGuy d'HardelotGuy d'Hardelot was the pen name of Helen Rhodes , a French composer, pianist, and teacher.- Biography :...
, composer, pianistPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
and teacher (d.19361936 in FranceSee also:1935 in France,other events of 1936,1937 in France.----Events from the year 1936 in France.-Events:*25 March - Second London Naval Treaty is signed by the governments of France, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America....
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- André AntoineAndré Antoine (actor)André Antoine was a French actor, theatre manager, film director, author, and critic who is considered the father of modern mise en scène in France.-Biography:...
, actor-manager (d.19431943 in FranceSee also:1942 in France,other events of 1943,1944 in France.----Events from the year 1943 in France.-Events:*22 January - Battle of Marseille begins...
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Deaths
- 15 January - Antoine Maurice Apollinaire d'ArgoutAntoine Maurice Apollinaire d'ArgoutAtoine Maurice Apollinaire, Comte d'Argout was a French statesman, minister and governor of the Bank of France.- Life :...
, statesman, minister and governor of the Bank of France (b.1782). - 27 March - Jean Guillaume Audinet-ServilleJean Guillaume Audinet-ServilleJean Guillaume Audinet-Serville was a French entomologist, born on November 11, 1775 in Paris. He died on March 27 , 1858 in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre....
, entomologist (b.17751775 in FranceSee also:1774 in France,other events of 1775,1776 in France.----Events from the year 1775 in France.-January to June:*20 January - André-Marie Ampère, physicist ....
). - 9 April - Auguste François ChomelAuguste François ChomelAuguste François Chomel was a French pathologist who was born in Paris. He was a professor at the Hôpital de la Charité in Paris, and in 1827 succeeded René Laënnec as chair of clinical medicine of the Faculté de Paris.Chomel was an important member of the pathological anatomy movement of early...
, pathologist (b.17881788 in FranceSee also:1787 in France,other events of 1788,1789 in France.----Events from the year 1788 in France.-Events:*7 June - Riots broke out in Grenoble, the Day of the Tiles.*21 July - Assembly of Vizille, the meeting of the Estates....
). - 3 May - Julien Auguste Pélage BrizeuxJulien Auguste Pélage BrizeuxJulien Auguste Pélage Brizeux was a French poet. He was said to belong to a family of Irish origin, long settled in Brittany...
, poet (b.18031803 in FranceSee also:1802 in France,other events of 1803,1804 in France.----Events from the year 1803 in France.-Events:*30 January - Monroe and Livingston sail for Paris to discuss, and possibly buy, New Orleans: they end completing the Louisiana Purchase....
). - 21 May - Charles-Louis HavasCharles-Louis HavasCharles-Louis Havas was a French writer, translator, and founder of the news agency Agence France-Presse .Born at Rouen, Havas can be regarded as the founder of the concept of a press agency. He translated information from abroad for the French national press, aware of their growing interest in...
, writer and founder of Agence France-PresseAgence France-PresseAgence France-Presse is a French news agency, the oldest one in the world, and one of the three largest with Associated Press and Reuters. It is also the largest French news agency. Currently, its CEO is Emmanuel Hoog and its news director Philippe Massonnet...
(b.1783). - 10 July - Auguste de MontferrandAuguste de MontferrandAuguste de Montferrand was a French Neoclassical architect who worked primarily in Russia. His two best known works are the Saint Isaac's Cathedral and the Alexander Column in St. Petersburg.-Family:...
, architectArchitectAn architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
(b.1786). - 3 December - Joseph Marie Elisabeth DurocherJoseph Marie Elisabeth DurocherJoseph Marie Élisabeth Durocher was a French geologist.Educated at the École Polytechnique and École des Mines in Paris, he qualified as a mining engineer...
, geologist (b.18171817 in FranceSee also:1816 in France,other events of 1817,1818 in France.----Events from the year 1817 in France.-Births:*2 January - François Chabas, egyptologist .*3 February - Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse, geologist and mineralogist ....
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- Joseph Paul GaimardJoseph Paul GaimardJoseph Paul Gaimard was a French naval surgeon and naturalist.Along with Jean René Constant Quoy he served as naturalist on the ships L'Uranie under Louis de Freycinet 1817-1820, and L'Astrolabe under Jules Dumont d'Urville 1826-1829...
, naturalistNatural historyNatural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards observational rather than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research published in magazines than in academic journals. Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study...
(b.17961796 in FranceSee also:1795 in France,other events of 1796,1797 in France.----Events from the year 1796 in France.-Events:*9 March - Widow Joséphine de Beauharnais marries General Napoléon Bonaparte....
). - Joseph-Marie, comte PortalisJoseph-Marie, comte PortalisJoseph-Marie, comte Portalis was a French diplomat and statesman.He was the son of the jurist Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis. He entered the diplomatic service, and obtaining the favour of Louis XVIII filled many important offices...
, diplomatDiplomatA diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization. The main functions of diplomats revolve around the representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state, as well as the promotion of information and...
and statesmanStatesmanA statesman is usually a politician or other notable public figure who has had a long and respected career in politics or government at the national and international level. As a term of respect, it is usually left to supporters or commentators to use the term...
(b.1778). - Ambroise Roux-AlphéranAmbroise Roux-AlphéranAmbroise Roux-Alphéran , aka Ambroise-Thomas Roux-Alphéran, was a French historian and clerk of the court of Aix-en-Provence under the Restoration.-Biography:...
, historian (b.1776).