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See also:1861 in France,other events of 1862,1863 in France.----Events from the year 1862 in France.-Events:*6 January - French, Spanish and British forces arrive in Veracruz, Mexico, beginning the French intervention in Mexico....
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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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- 15 January - French forces bombard VeracruzVeracruzVeracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave , is one of the 31 states that, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided in 212 municipalities and its capital city is...
, during 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...
. - 16 March - French siege of PueblaPuebla, PueblaThe city and municipality of Puebla is the capital of the state of Puebla, and one of the five most important colonial cities in Mexico. Being a planned city, it is located to the east of Mexico City and west of Mexico's main port, Veracruz, on the main route between the two.The city was founded...
begins. - 14 April - Treaty of HuéTreaty of Hué (1863)The Treaty of Huế was signed on April 14, 1863 between representatives of Vietnam and the French Empire. Based on the terms of the accord, three Vietnamese ports were opened . Moreover, freedom of missionary activity was permitted and Vietnam's foreign affairs were under French imperial protection...
is signed between VietnamVietnamVietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
and the French EmpireFrench colonial empireThe French colonial empire was the set of territories outside Europe that were under French rule primarily from the 17th century to the late 1960s. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the colonial empire of France was the second-largest in the world behind the British Empire. The French colonial empire...
. - 30 April - Battle of CamarónBattle of CamarónThe Battle of Camarón, which occurred 30 April 1863 between the French Foreign Legion and the Mexican army, is regarded by the Legion as a defining moment in its history...
, between the French Foreign LegionFrench Foreign LegionThe French Foreign Legion is a unique military service wing of the French Army established in 1831. The foreign legion was exclusively created for foreign nationals willing to serve in the French Armed Forces...
and the MexicanMexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
army. Mexican victory, but successful French delaying action. - 17 May - Puebla surrenders to the French.
- 31 May - Legislative electionFrench legislative election, 1863The 1863 general election elected the third legislature of the French Second Empire. The first round was held on 31 May, the second round on 14 June.-Results:- Sources :*...
held. - 7 June - French troops enter Mexico CityMexico CityMexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
. - 14 June - Legislative electionFrench legislative election, 1863The 1863 general election elected the third legislature of the French Second Empire. The first round was held on 31 May, the second round on 14 June.-Results:- Sources :*...
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Births
- 1 January - Pierre de CoubertinPierre de CoubertinPierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin was a French educationalist and historian, founder of the International Olympic Committee, and is considered the father of the modern Olympic Games...
, historian and founder of the International Olympic CommitteeInternational Olympic CommitteeThe International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
(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....
). - 26 May - Charles-Victor LangloisCharles-Victor LangloisCharles-Victor Langlois was a French historian and paleographer, who specialized in the study of the Middle Ages and taught at the Sorbonne....
, historian and paleographerPalaeographyPalaeography, also spelt paleography is the study of ancient writing. Included in the discipline is the practice of deciphering, reading, and dating historical manuscripts, and the cultural context of writing, including the methods with which writing and books were produced, and the history of...
(d.19291929 in FranceSee also:1928 in France,other events of 1929,1930 in France.----Events from the year 1929 in France.-Events:*24 July - Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré resigns for medical reasons - he is succeeded by Aristide Briand....
). - 7 July - Marguerite AudouxMarguerite AudouxMarguerite Audoux was a French novelist.- Biography :Marguerite Donquichote, who took her mother's name, Audoux, in 1895, was orphaned by age three, following the death of her mother and abandonment by her father...
, novelist (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....
). - 12 July - Albert CalmetteAlbert CalmetteLéon Charles Albert Calmette ForMemRS was a French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist, and an important officer of the Pasteur Institute. He discovered the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, an attenuated form of Mycobacterium used in the BCG vaccine against tuberculosis...
, physicianPhysicianA physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
, bacteriologistBacteriologyBacteriology is the study of bacteria. This subdivision of microbiology involves the identification, classification, and characterization of bacterial species...
and immunologistImmunologyImmunology is a broad branch of biomedical science that covers the study of all aspects of the immune system in all organisms. It deals with the physiological functioning of the immune system in states of both health and diseases; malfunctions of the immune system in immunological disorders ; the...
(d.19331933 in FranceSee also:1932 in France,other events of 1933,1934 in France.----Events from the year 1933 in France.-Events:*30 January - Édouard Daladier forms a government in France....
). - 8 November - René VivianiRené VivianiJean Raphaël Adrien René Viviani was a French politician of the Third Republic, who served as Prime Minister for the first year of World War I. He was born in Sidi Bel Abbès, in French Algeria. In France he sought to protect the rights of socialists and trade union workers.-Biography:His...
, politician, Prime MinisterPrime Minister of FranceThe Prime Minister of France in the Fifth Republic is the head of government and of the Council of Ministers of France. The head of state is the President of the French Republic...
(d.19251925 in FranceSee also:1924 in France,other events of 1925,1926 in France.----Events from the year 1925 in France.-Events:*21 May to 25 october International Exhibition of Hydropower and Tourism in Grenoble....
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Deaths
- 21 February - Pierre-Nolasque BergeretPierre-Nolasque BergeretPierre-Nolasque Bergeret was a French painter, pioneer lithographer and designer who studied with Jacques-Louis David....
, painter, lithographer and designer (b.1782). - 25 February - Laure Cinti-DamoreauLaure Cinti-DamoreauLaura Cinti-Damoreau was a French soprano particularly associated with Rossini roles.- Life and career :...
, soprano (b.18011801 in FranceSee also:1800 in France,other events of 1801,1802 in France.----Events from the year 1801 in France.-Events:*9 February - Treaty of Lunéville signed between the French First Republic and the Holy Roman Empire, ending the war with Austria....
). - 30 March - Auguste BravaisAuguste BravaisAuguste Bravais was a French physicist, well known for his work in crystallography...
, physicist (b.18111811 in FranceSee also:1810 in France,other events of 1811,1812 in France.----Events from the year 1811 in France.-Events:*19 February - Peninsular War: Battle of the Gebora, French routed Spanish forces....
). - 30 April - Jean DanjouJean DanjouJean Danjou was a decorated captain in the French Foreign Legion. He commanded the two lieutenants and 62 legionnaires who fought the legendary Battle of Camarón during the French intervention in Mexico. He was killed during the battle.-Education:Jean Danjou was born in Chalabre into a family with...
, French Foreign LegionFrench Foreign LegionThe French Foreign Legion is a unique military service wing of the French Army established in 1831. The foreign legion was exclusively created for foreign nationals willing to serve in the French Armed Forces...
(b.18281828 in FranceSee also:1827 in France,other events of 1828,1829 in France.----Events from the year 1828 in France.-Events:*4 January - Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac succeeds Jean-Baptiste Guillaume Joseph, comte de Villèle as Prime Minister of France....
). - 13 August - Eugène DelacroixEugène DelacroixFerdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school...
, painter (b.17981798 in FranceSee also:1797 in France,other events of 1798,1799 in France.----Events from the year 1798 in France.-Events:*10 February - The Papacy is removed from power by the French General Louis Alexandre Berthier....
). - 17 September - Alfred de VignyAlfred de VignyAlfred Victor de Vigny was a French poet, playwright, and novelist.-Life:Alfred de Vigny was born in Loches into an aristocratic family...
, poet, playwright and novelist (b.17971797 in FranceSee also:1796 in France,other events of 1797,1798 in France.----Events from the year 1797 in France.-Events:*14 January-15 January - Battle of Rivoli, decisive French victory over Austria....
). - 13 October - Philippe Antoine d'OrnanoPhilippe Antoine d'OrnanoPhilippe Antoine d'Ornano, 1st Comte d'Ornano was a French soldier and political figure who rose to the rank of Marshal of France. He was made Count d'Ornano of the French Empire in 1808...
, 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.1784). - 16 November - Louis-René VillerméLouis-René VillerméLouis-René Villermé was a French doctor who later in life became an economist who wrote about social issues....
, doctor and economist (b.1782). - 17 December - Émile SaissetÉmile SaissetÉmile Edmond Saisset was a French philosopher.He was born at Montpellier. He studied philosophy at the École Normale Supérieure, and carried on the eclectic tradition of his master along with Ravaisson and Jules Simon...
, 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....
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- Étienne-Jean DelécluzeÉtienne-Jean DelécluzeEtienne-Jean Delécluze was a French painter and critic.From 1797 on, he was a pupil of Jacques-Louis David, as he describes in his biography of David...
, painter and critic (b.1781). - Pierre-Médard DiardPierre-Médard DiardPierre-Médard Diard was a French naturalist and explorer.Diard studied zoology and anatomy under Georges Cuvier and assisted him in researches on the development of the foetus and on the eggs of quadrupeds. In 1816, he traveled to the East Indies....
, naturalist and explorer (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....
). - Frédéric MonodFrédéric MonodFrédéric Monod was a French Protestant pastor.The brother of Adolphe Monod, he was greatly influenced by Robert Haldane. Along with Count Gasparin, Monod founded the Union of the Evangelical Churches of France; his son, Théodore, followed in his footsteps.Naturalist and explorer Théodore André...
, Protestant pastor (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....
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