1846 in France
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1845 in France
1845 in France
See also:1844 in France,other events of 1845,1846 in France.----Events from the year 1845 in France.-Events:*12 October - The Société Mathématique de France was founded....
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1847 in France
1847 in France
See also:1846 in France,other events of 1847,1848 in France.----Events from the year 1847 in France.-Events:*15 April - French vessels dispatched by Admiral Cécille bombarded Đà Nẵng in response to the persecution of Roman Catholic missionaries.*21 December - Abd al-Kader surrenders and is...
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Events from the year 1846 in France
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The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Events
- 1 August - Legislative electionFrench legislative election, 1846The 1846 general election organized the seventh legislature of the July Monarchy. The election was held on 1 August.Only citizens paying taxes were eligible to vote.-Results:The legislature ended with the French Revolution of 1848.- Sources :*...
held for the seventh legislature of the July MonarchyJuly MonarchyThe July Monarchy , officially the Kingdom of France , was a period of liberal constitutional monarchy in France under King Louis-Philippe starting with the July Revolution of 1830 and ending with the Revolution of 1848...
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Births
- 1 January - Léon DenisLéon DenisLéon Denis was a notable spiritist philosopher, and besides Gabriel Delanne and Camille Flammarion, one of the principal exponents of spiritism after the death of Allan Kardec...
, spiritist philosopher and researcher (d.19271927 in FranceSee also:1926 in France,other events of 1927,1928 in France.----Events from the year 1927 in France.-Events:*20 May-21 May - First solo non-stop Trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris by Charles Lindbergh....
). - 4 April - Comte de LautréamontComte de LautréamontComte de Lautréamont was the pseudonym of Isidore Lucien Ducasse , an Uruguayan-born French poet....
, poet (d.18701870 in FranceSee also:1869 in France,other events of 1870,1871 in France.----Events from the year 1870 in France.-Events:*20 April - Constitutional referendum reaffirmed the status of the Second French Empire....
). - 8 May - Émile GalléÉmile GalléÉmile Gallé was a French artist who worked in glass, and is considered to be one of the major forces in the French Art Nouveau movement.- Biography :...
, artist (d.19041904 in FranceSee also:1903 in France,other events of 1904,1905 in France.----Events from the year 1904 in France.-Events:*8 April - Entente cordiale, a series of agreements signed between the United Kingdom and France.-Sport:...
). - 21 May - Luc-Olivier MersonLuc-Olivier MersonLuc-Olivier Merson was a French academic painter and illustrator also known for his postage stamp and currency designs....
, painter and illustrator (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...
). - 11 July - Léon BloyLéon BloyLéon Bloy , was a French novelist, essayist, pamphleteer and poet.-Biography:Bloy was born in Notre-Dame-de-Sanilhac, in the arondissement of Périgueux, Dordogne. He was the second of six sons of Voltairean freethinker and stern disciplinarian Jean Baptiste Bloy and his wife Anne-Marie Carreau,...
, novelNovelA novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
ist, essayEssayAn essay is a piece of writing which is often written from an author's personal point of view. Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. The definition...
ist, pamphleteer and poetPoetryPoetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
(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....
). - 21 August - Étienne BazeriesÉtienne BazeriesÉtienne Bazeries was a French military cryptanalyst active between 1890 and the First World War. He is best known for developing the "Bazeries Cylinder", an improved version of Thomas Jefferson's cipher cylinder. It was later refined into the US Army M-94 cipher device. Historian David Kahn...
, military cryptanalyst (d.19311931 in FranceSee also:1930 in France,other events of 1931,1932 in France.----Events from the year 1931 in France.-Events:*27 January - Pierre Laval forms a government in France....
). - 2 September - Paul DéroulèdePaul Déroulède- Early life :Déroulède was born in Paris. He was published first as a poet in the magazine Revue nationale, with the pseudonym "Jean Rebel". In 1869 he produced, at the Théâtre Français, a one-act drama in verse named Juan Strenner.- Military career :...
, author and politician (d.19141914 in FranceSee also:1913 in France,other events of 1914,1915 in France.----Events from the year 1914 in France.-Events:*16 March - Wife of French minister Joseph Caillaux shoots Gaston Calmette, the editor of Le Figaro because he threatened to publish Caillaux's love letters to her during his previous marriage...
). - 24 October - Denis Jean Achille LuchaireDenis Jean Achille LuchaireDenis Jean Achille Luchaire , French historian, was born in Paris.In 1879 he became a professor at Bordeaux and in 1889 professor of mediaeval history at the Sorbonne; in 1895 he became a member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques, where he obtained the Jean Reynaud prize just before...
, historianHistorianA historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
(d.19081908 in FranceSee also:1907 in France,other events of 1908,1909 in France.----Events from the year 1908 in France.-Events:*12 January - A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time....
). - 28 October - Albert Dubois-PilletAlbert Dubois-PilletAlbert Dubois-Pillet , was a French painter and army officer.He graduated from the École Impériale Militaire at Saint-Cyr in 1867, and fought the Franco-Prussian War, during which he was made prisoner by the Germans...
, painter and army officer (d.18901890 in FranceSee also:1889 in France,other events of 1890,1891 in France.----Events from the year 1890 in France.-Events:*2 January - Steamship Persia wrecked off Corsica: 130 lives lost.*21 February - First Franco-Dahomean War begins....
). - 28 October - Auguste EscoffierAuguste EscoffierGeorges Auguste Escoffier was a French chef, restaurateur and culinary writer who popularized and updated traditional French cooking methods. He is a legendary figure among chefs and gourmands, and was one of the most important leaders in the development of modern French cuisine...
, chefChefA chef is a person who cooks professionally for other people. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who cooks for a living, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation.-Etymology:The word "chef" is borrowed ...
, restaurateurRestaurateurA restaurateur is a person who opens and runs restaurants professionally. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who owns a restaurant, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspects of the restaurant business.-Etymology:The word...
and culinary writer (d.19351935 in France1934 in France,other events of 1935,1936 in France.----Events from the year 1935 in France.-Events:*4 January - Foreign Minister Pierre Laval went to Rome to meet Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini....
). - 30 October - Victor, 5th duc de BroglieVictor, 5th duc de BroglieLouis-Alphonse-Victor, 5th duc de Broglie, called Victor de Broglie was a French aristocrat.-Biography:...
, aristocrat (d.19061906 in FranceSee also:1905 in France,other events of 1906,1907 in France.----Events from the year 1906 in France.-Events:*16 January - Algeciras Conference begins, to mediate the First Moroccan Crisis between France and Germany....
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Deaths
- 17 June - Jean-Gaspard DeburauJean-Gaspard DeburauJean-Gaspard Deburau, sometimes Debureau —born Jan Kašpar Dvořák—was a celebrated Bohemian-French mime...
, actorActorAn actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and mimeMime artistA mime artist is someone who uses mime as a theatrical medium or as a performance art, involving miming, or the acting out a story through body motions, without use of speech. In earlier times, in English, such a performer was referred to as a mummer...
(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....
). - 25 July - Louis BonaparteLouis BonaparteLouis Napoléon Bonaparte, Prince Français, Comte de Saint-Leu , King of Holland , was the fifth surviving child and the fourth surviving son of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino...
, brother of Napoleon I of FranceNapoleon I of FranceNapoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815...
(b.1778). - 16 August - Sylvain Charles ValéeSylvain Charles ValéeSylvain-Charles, comte Valée , born in Brienne-le-Château, was a Marshal of France.Upon the outbreak of the French Revolution, Valée enlisted in the French revolutionary army and was sent to serve in the Army of the Nord...
, Marshal of FranceMarshal of FranceThe Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements...
(b.1773). - 22 December - Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-VincentJean Baptiste Bory de Saint-VincentJean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent was a French naturalist. He was born at Agen...
, 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.1778).
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- Thérèse AlbertThérèse AlbertMadame Albert was a French actress whose maiden name was Therese Vernet....
, actress (b. c1805). - Jacques-Antoine-Adrien DelortJacques-Antoine-Adrien DelortJacques-Antoine-Adrien Delort was a French general and deputy.A National Guardsman at the age of 16 in 1789, he died a Lieutenant General, aide-de-camp to the King and a Peer of France...
, generalGeneralA general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
and deputy (b.1773). - Ambroise-Louis-Marie d'HozierAmbroise-Louis-Marie d'HozierAmbroise-Louis-Marie d'Hozier , nephew of Louis-Pierre d'Hozier, was the last of the juges d'armes of France.He held the position of president of the cour des comptes, aides et finances of Normandy, and was therefore generally known as President d'Hozier, to distinguish him from the other members...
, last of the juges d'armes of FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
(b.1764). - Joseph Balthasar, Comte SiméonJoseph Balthasar, Comte SiméonJoseph Balthasar, Comte Siméon , was a French politician.He was the son of Joseph Jérôme, Comte Siméon. He entered the diplomatic service under the Empire. At the Restoration he was successively prefect of Var, Doubs and Pas de Calais. He was director-general of fine arts in 1828, and had a great...
, politician (b.1781).