1862 in France
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Events from the year 1862 in France.
1861 in France
1861 in France
See also:1860 in France,other events of 1861,1862 in France.----Events from the year 1861 in France.-Births:*15 February - Charles Édouard Guillaume, physicist, awarded Nobel Prize in Physics in 1920 ....
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other events of 1862,
1863 in France
1863 in France
See also:1862 in France,other events of 1863,1864 in France.----Events from the year 1863 in France.-Events:*15 January - French forces bombard Veracruz, during the French intervention in Mexico.*16 March - French siege of Puebla begins....
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Events from the year 1862 in France.
Events
- 6 January - French, Spanish and British forces arrive in Veracruz, Mexico, beginning the French intervention in MexicoFrench intervention in MexicoThe French intervention in Mexico , also known as The Maximilian Affair, War of the French Intervention, and The Franco-Mexican War, was an invasion of Mexico by an expeditionary force sent by the Second French Empire, supported in the beginning by the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Spain...
. - 5 May - Battle of PueblaBattle of PueblaThe Battle of Puebla took place on 5 May 1862 near the city of Puebla during the French intervention in Mexico. The battle ended in a victory for the Mexican Army over the occupying French forces...
, victory for the Mexican Army against the French occupational forces.
Arts and literature
- 3 April - The first two volumes of Les MisérablesLes MisérablesLes Misérables , translated variously from the French as The Miserable Ones, The Wretched, The Poor Ones, The Wretched Poor, or The Victims), is an 1862 French novel by author Victor Hugo and is widely considered one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century...
by Victor HugoVictor HugoVictor-Marie Hugo was a Frenchpoet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and exponent of the Romantic movement in France....
is published. - 15 May - The remainder of Les MisérablesLes MisérablesLes Misérables , translated variously from the French as The Miserable Ones, The Wretched, The Poor Ones, The Wretched Poor, or The Victims), is an 1862 French novel by author Victor Hugo and is widely considered one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century...
is published.
Births
- 28 March - Aristide BriandAristide BriandAristide Briand was a French statesman who served eleven terms as Prime Minister of France during the French Third Republic and received the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize.- Early life :...
, statesman, Prime Minister and Nobel Peace PrizeNobel Peace PrizeThe Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.-Background:According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who...
winner (d.19321932 in FranceSee also:1931 in France,other events of 1932,1933 in France.----Events from the year 1932 in France.-Events:*1 May - Legislative Election held.*6 May - Paul Gorguloff assassinates President Paul Doumer in Paris...
). - 6 April - Georges DarienGeorges DarienGeorges Darien , , was a French writer associated with anarchism and an outspoken advocate of Georgism.- Life :...
, writer (d.19211921 in FranceSee also:1920 in France,other events of 1921,1922 in France.----Events from the year 1921 in France.-Events:Before touching on the principal events which took place in France in the course of the year 1921, it is necessary to recall one or two of the outstanding facts of 1920 in France.The most...
). - 22 August - Claude DebussyClaude DebussyClaude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...
, composer (d.19181918 in FranceSee also:1917 in France,other events of 1918,1919 in France.----Events from the year 1918 in France.-Events:*21 March - Second Battle of the Somme begins....
). - 19 October - Auguste LumièreAuguste and Louis LumièreThe Lumière brothers, Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas and Louis Jean , were among the earliest filmmakers in history...
, filmmaker (d.19541954 in FranceSee also:1953 in France,other events of 1954,1955 in France.----Events from the year 1954 in France.-Events:*25 January - The foreign ministers of the United States, Britain, France and the Soviet Union meet at the Berlin Conference....
). - 7 December - Paul Adam, novelist (d.19201920 in FranceSee also:1919 in France,other events of 1920,1921 in France.----Events from the year 1920 in France.-Events:At the opening of the year 1920, France was in a stronger position than she had been in for several generations...
). - 8 December - Georges FeydeauGeorges FeydeauGeorges Feydeau was a French playwright of the era known as the Belle Époque. He is remembered for his many lively farces.-Biography:Georges Feydeau was born in Paris, the son of novelist Ernest-Aimé Feydeau and Léocadie Bogaslawa Zalewska. At the age of twenty, Feydeau wrote his first comic...
, playwright (d.19211921 in FranceSee also:1920 in France,other events of 1921,1922 in France.----Events from the year 1921 in France.-Events:Before touching on the principal events which took place in France in the course of the year 1921, it is necessary to recall one or two of the outstanding facts of 1920 in France.The most...
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Deaths
- 11 January - Jean Philibert DamironJean Philibert DamironJean-Philibert Damiron was a French philosopher.-Biography:Damiron was born at Belleville. At nineteen he entered the normal school, where he studied under Eugène Burnouf, Abel-Francois Villemain, and Victor Cousin...
, philosopher (b.17941794 in FranceSee also:1793 in France,other events of 1794,1795 in France.----Events from the year 1794 in France.-Events:*4 February - The French Republic abolishes slavery....
). - 7 February - Prosper MénièreProsper MénièreProsper Ménière , born in Angers, France. Ménière was lycée and university educated where he excelled at humanities and classics. He completed his gold medal in medical studies at Hôtel-Dieu de Paris in 1826, and his M.D...
, scientist (b.1799). - 11 February - Jules LequierJules LequierJules Lequier was a French philosopher from Brittany. He wrote in favour of dynamic divine omniscience, wherein God's knowledge of the future is one of possibilities rather than actualities...
, philosopher (b.18141814 in FranceSee also:1813 in France,other events of 1814,1815 in France.----Events from the year 1814 in France.-Events:*26 January - First Battle of St-Dizier, French victory over Russian forces....
). - 17 March - Fromental HalévyFromental HalévyJacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy, usually known as Fromental Halévy , was a French composer. He is known today largely for his opera La Juive.-Early career:...
, composer (b.1799). - 9 April - Charles DevalCharles DevalCharles Deval was a French ophthalmologist born in Constantinople, He was the son of dragoman Constantin Deval...
, ophthalmologist (b.18061806 in FranceSee also:1805 in France,other events of 1806,1807 in France.----Events from the year 1806 in France.-Events:*6 February - Battle of San Domingo, British naval victory over French squadron.*February - France invaded the Kingdom of Naples....
). - 18 June - Jean-Baptiste PallegoixJean-Baptiste PallegoixJean-Baptiste Pallegoix, M.E.P. was vicar apostolic of Eastern Siam.Born in Combertault, France, he was consecrated as a priest of the Société des Missions Etrangères on May 31, 1828. On June 3, 1838 he was assigned as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Siam and titular bishop of Mallus...
, vicar apostolic of Eastern Siam (b.18051805 in FranceSee also:1804 in France,other events of 1805,1806 in France.----Events from the year 1805 in France.-Events:*22 July - Battle of Cape Finisterre, British defeat of Franco-Spanish fleet....
). - 5 July - Étienne-Denis PasquierÉtienne-Denis PasquierÉtienne-Denis, duc de Pasquier , Chancelier de France, , was a French statesman...
, statesman (b.1767). - September - Mathieu-Richard-Auguste HenrionMathieu-Richard-Auguste HenrionMathieu-Richard-Auguste Henrion was a Baron, French magistrate, historian, and journalist. After completing his studies in law, he became a member of the Paris Bar as avocat à la cour royale...
, magistrate, historian and journalist (b.18051805 in FranceSee also:1804 in France,other events of 1805,1806 in France.----Events from the year 1805 in France.-Events:*22 July - Battle of Cape Finisterre, British defeat of Franco-Spanish fleet....
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- Louis Alfred BecquerelLouis Alfred BecquerelLouis Alfred Becquerel was a French physicist and medical researcher.Becquerel was born in Paris. He was the oldest son of Antoine César Becquerel, and brother of Alexandre Edmond Becquerel.Becquerel died in Paris.-Selected works:...
, 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...
and medical researcher (b.18141814 in FranceSee also:1813 in France,other events of 1814,1815 in France.----Events from the year 1814 in France.-Events:*26 January - First Battle of St-Dizier, French victory over Russian forces....
). - Antoine FaucheryAntoine FaucheryAntoine Fauchery was a French adventurer, writer and photographer with republican sympathies. He participated in the national uprising in Poland in 1848, opened a photographic studio in Melbourne, Australia in 1858, and was commissioned to accompany the French forces as they progressed to Beijing...
, photographer (b.18231823 in FranceSee also:1822 in France,other events of 1823,1824 in France.----Events from the year 1823 in France.-Events:*17 April - French forces, authorised by the Congress of Verona, enter Spain following the capture of Ferdinand VII of Spain by armed revolutionary liberals.*23 May - Rebel government...
). - Louis PetitotLouis PetitotLouis-Messidor'-Lebon Petitot was a French sculptor, who was born and died in Paris. He was the pupil and son-in-law of the sculptor Pierre Cartellier....
, sculptor (b.17941794 in FranceSee also:1793 in France,other events of 1794,1795 in France.----Events from the year 1794 in France.-Events:*4 February - The French Republic abolishes slavery....
).