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1872 in France
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France
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
- 3 January - Battle of BapaumeBattle of Bapaume (1871)The Battle of Bapaume was a battle during the Franco-Prussian War which defeated French attempts to relieve the besieged city of Péronne. The battle was fought on January 3, 1871 near the town of Bapaume....
. Prussian victory in continuing Franco-Prussian WarFranco-Prussian WarThe Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the 1870 War was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia. Prussia was aided by the North German Confederation, of which it was a member, and the South German states of Baden, Württemberg and...
. - 10 January - Besieged city of PéronnePéronnePéronne is the name or part of the name of several communes in France:* Péronne, Saône-et-Loire, in the Saône-et-Loire département* Péronne, Somme, in the Somme département* Péronne-en-Mélantois, in the Nord département...
surrenders to Prussian forces. - 10 January-12 January - Battle of Le MansBattle of Le MansThe Battle of Le Mans was a Prussian victory during the Franco-Prussian War which ended French resistance in western France.-Background:After the victory at the Battle of Orleans , Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia marched his army further to the west towards Le Mans. Antoine Chanzy had under his...
, ends French resistance in western France. - 15 January-17 January - Battle of the LisaineBattle of the LisaineThe Battle of the Lisaine was fought from 15 January to 17 January 1871 between Prussian and French forces. The French were led by Charles Denis Bourbaki, and were attempting to relieve the Siege of Belfort. Early in the morning the French forces under Bourbaki with only a few thousand men against...
. Prussian victory. - 19 January - Battle of St. QuentinBattle of St. Quentin (1871)The Battle of St. Quentin was a battle of the Franco-Prussian War in which Prussian forces defeated French attempts to relieve the besieged city of Paris....
. Prussian victory defeated French attempts to relieve the besieged city of ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. - 19 January-20 January - Battle of BuzenvalBattle of BuzenvalThe Battle of Buzenval, also known as the Battle of Mont Valerien, was part of the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War. On January 19 1871, the day after Wilhelm I was proclaimed German Emperor, Louis Jules Trochu attacked the Germans west of Paris in Buzenval Park...
. Prussian victory. - 28 January - Siege of ParisSiege of ParisThe Siege of Paris, lasting from September 19, 1870 – January 28, 1871, and the consequent capture of the city by Prussian forces led to French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War and the establishment of the German Empire as well as the Paris Commune....
ends, with the city falling to Prussian forces. - 8 February - Legislative electionFrench legislative election, February 1871French legislative elections to elect the first legislature of the French Third Republic were held on 8 February 1871.This election was held during an explosive situation in the country: following the Franco-Prussian War, 43 departments were occupied. Thus, all public meetings were outlawed...
held. - 15 February - Armistice signed between France and Prussia.
- 18 February - Siege of BelfortSiege of BelfortThe Siege of Belfort was a 103-day military assault and blockade of the city of Belfort, France by Prussian forces during the Franco-Prussian War...
ends with surrender of French garrison. - 18 March - The army sent by ThiersAdolphe ThiersMarie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers was a French politician and historian. was a prime minister under King Louis-Philippe of France. Following the overthrow of the Second Empire he again came to prominence as the French leader who suppressed the revolutionary Paris Commune of 1871...
to seize the cannons stored on the Butte Montmartre refuses to shoot on the crowd and fraternises with the civilians and the National GuardNational Guard (France)The National Guard was the name given at the time of the French Revolution to the militias formed in each city, in imitation of the National Guard created in Paris. It was a military force separate from the regular army...
. Beginning of the Paris CommuneParis CommuneThe Paris Commune was a government that briefly ruled Paris from March 18 to May 28, 1871. It existed before the split between anarchists and Marxists had taken place, and it is hailed by both groups as the first assumption of power by the working class during the Industrial Revolution...
. - 26 March - The Paris CommuneParis CommuneThe Paris Commune was a government that briefly ruled Paris from March 18 to May 28, 1871. It existed before the split between anarchists and Marxists had taken place, and it is hailed by both groups as the first assumption of power by the working class during the Industrial Revolution...
is formally established. - Treaty of VersaillesTreaty of Versailles of 1871The Treaty of Versailles of 1871 ended the Franco-Prussian War and was signed by Adolphe Thiers, of the French Third Republic, and Otto von Bismarck, of the German Empire on February 26, 1871. This was a preliminary treaty used to solidify the initial armistice of January 27, 1871 between the two...
ends the Franco-Prussian WarFranco-Prussian WarThe Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the 1870 War was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia. Prussia was aided by the North German Confederation, of which it was a member, and the South German states of Baden, Württemberg and...
. - 10 May - Treaty of FrankfurtTreaty of Frankfurt (1871)The Treaty of Frankfurt was a peace treaty signed in Frankfurt on 10 May 1871, at the end of the Franco-Prussian War.- Summary :The treaty did the following:...
is signed confirming the frontiers. - 21 May-30 May - Government troops invade Paris CommuneParis CommuneThe Paris Commune was a government that briefly ruled Paris from March 18 to May 28, 1871. It existed before the split between anarchists and Marxists had taken place, and it is hailed by both groups as the first assumption of power by the working class during the Industrial Revolution...
and crush the rebellion. - 2 July - Legislative election held.
- 31 August - Adolphe ThiersAdolphe ThiersMarie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers was a French politician and historian. was a prime minister under King Louis-Philippe of France. Following the overthrow of the Second Empire he again came to prominence as the French leader who suppressed the revolutionary Paris Commune of 1871...
becomes President. - 27 October - Henry, Count of Chambord, refuses to be crowned 'King Henry V of France' until France abandons its tricolour and returns to the old Bourbon flag.
Births
- 7 January - Émile BorelÉmile BorelFélix Édouard Justin Émile Borel was a French mathematician and politician.Borel was born in Saint-Affrique, Aveyron. Along with René-Louis Baire and Henri Lebesgue, he was among the pioneers of measure theory and its application to probability theory. The concept of a Borel set is named in his...
, mathematician and politician (d.19561956 in FranceSee also:1955 in France,other events of 1956,1957 in France.----Events from the year 1956 in France.-Events:*2 January - Legislative Election held.*2 March - Morocco declares its independence from France....
). - 6 May - Victor GrignardVictor GrignardFrançois Auguste Victor Grignard was a Nobel Prize-winning French chemist.Grignard was the son of a sail maker. After studying mathematics at Lyon he transferred to chemistry and discovered the synthetic reaction bearing his name in 1900...
, chemist, shared the Nobel Prize in ChemistryNobel Prize in ChemistryThe Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, physics, literature,...
in 1912 (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....
). - 27 May - Georges RouaultGeorges RouaultGeorges Henri Rouault[p] was a French Fauvist and Expressionist painter, and printmaker in lithography and etching.-Childhood and education:Rouault was born in Paris into a poor family...
, painter and printmaker (d.19581958 in FranceSee also:1957 in France,other events of 1958,1959 in France.----Events from the year 1958 in France.-Events:*13 May - Crisis caused by putsch attempt in Algiers involving French officers....
). - 10 July - Marcel ProustMarcel ProustValentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust was a French novelist, critic, and essayist best known for his monumental À la recherche du temps perdu...
, novelist, essayist and critic (d.19221922 in FranceSee also:1921 in France,other events of 1922,1923 in France.----Events from the year 1922 in France.-Events:The year 1922 was signalized at its opening by the conference of Cannes, between France, the United Kingdom, and Belgium, which met to consider the situation created by Germany's declaration...
). - 29 August - Albert LebrunAlbert LebrunAlbert François Lebrun was a French politician, President of France from 1932 to 1940. He was the last president of the Third Republic. He was a member of the center-right Democratic Republican Alliance .-Biography:...
, politician and President of France (d.19501950 in FranceSee also:1949 in France,other events of 1950,1951 in France.----Events from the year 1950 in France.-Events:*11 February - Two Vietcong battalions attack a French base in French Indochina.*12 February - Pro-communist riots in Paris....
). - 30 October - Paul ValéryPaul ValéryAmbroise-Paul-Toussaint-Jules Valéry was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher. His interests were sufficiently broad that he can be classified as a polymath...
, poet, essayist and philosopher (d.19451945 in FranceSee also:1944 in France,other events of 1945,1946 in France.----Events from the year 1945 in France.-Events:*6 February - Writer Robert Brasillach executed for collaboration with the Germans....
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Deaths
- 3 April - Gustave FlourensGustave FlourensGustave Flourens was a French Revolutionary leader and writer, son of the physiologist Jean Pierre Flourens...
, revolutionary leader and writer (b.18381838 in FranceSee also:1837 in France,other events of 1838,1839 in France.----Events from the year 1838 in France.-Births:*2 April - Léon Gambetta, statesman .*20 May - Jules Méline, statesman, Prime Minister ....
). - 8 April - Jean-Baptiste GuimetJean-Baptiste GuimetJean-Baptiste Guimet , French industrial chemist, was born at Voiron, Isère.He studied at the École Polytechnique in Paris, and in 1817 entered the Administration des Poudres et Salpêtres...
, industrial chemist (b.17951795 in FranceSee also:1794 in France,other events of 1795,1796 in France.----Events from the year 1795 in France.-Events:*16 January - French occupy Utrecht, Netherlands.*17 January - Revolution breaks out in Amsterdam....
). - 13 May - Daniel AuberDaniel AuberDaniel François Esprit Auber was a French composer.-Biography:The son of a Paris print-seller, Auber was born in Caen in Normandy. Though his father expected him to continue in the print-selling business, he also allowed his son to learn how to play several musical instruments...
, composer (b.1782). - June - Charles Antoine LemaireCharles Antoine LemaireCharles Antoine Lemaire , was a French botanist and botanical author, noted for his publications on Cactaceae....
, botanist and botanical author (b.18001800 in FranceSee also:1799 in France,other events of 1800,1801 in France.----Events from the year 1800 in France.-Events:*January - Constitutional Referendum held which ratified a new constitution.*13 February - Foundation of the Banque de France....
). - 20 July - François DelsarteFrançois DelsarteFrançois Alexandre Nicolas Chéri Delsarte was a French musician and teacher.Delsarte was born in Solesmes, Nord. He was a pupil of the Paris Conservatory, was for a time tenor singer in the Opéra Comique, and composed a few songs. However, he is chiefly known as a teacher in singing and...
, musician and teacher (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....
). - 5 August - Paul-Martin Gallocher de LagalisseriePaul-Martin Gallocher de LagalisseriePaul-Martin Gallocher de Lagalisserie was a French engineer. He was the son of Martin Pierre Gallocher de Lagalisserie and Marie Delphine Théodore Ménager.-Notable projects:...
, engineer (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....
). - 9 September - Louis Édouard Bouët-WillaumezLouis Edouard Bouët-WillaumezLouis Edouard Bouët-Willaumez was a French admiral.He was born Louis Edouard Bouët, the son of a businessman in Maison-Lafitte, near Paris...
, admiral (b.18081808 in FranceSee also:1807 in France,other events of 1808,1809 in France.----Events from the year 1808 in France.-Events:*22 January - The Bragança Portuguese Royal Family arrives in Brazil, having fled the French army....
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- Jean-François CailJean-François CailJean-François Cail was a French entrepreneur and industrialist who was a key figure in French industrialization. He started his career in 1824 as a factory worker making machinery for the sugar industry. The firm expanded and was renamed Derosne-Cail in 1832. It manufactured a variety of...
, entrepreneur and industrialist (b.1804). - Louis Dominique GirardLouis Dominique GirardLouis Dominique Girard was a French hydraulic engineer.A friend and colleague of Léon Foucault, Girard was most notable for his work with impulse turbines...
, hydraulic engineerEngineerAn engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...
(b.18151815 in FranceSee also:1814 in France,other events of 1815,1816 in France.----Events from the year 1815 in France.-Events:*3 January - Austria, Britain, and Bourbon-restored France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussia and Russia....
). - Antoine Léon Morel-FatioAntoine Léon Morel-FatioAntoine Léon Morel-Fatio was a French naval painter, peintre officiel de la Marine, curator of the naval and ethnographic museum of the Louvre, and mayor of the 20th arrondissement of Paris.- Biography :...
, painter (b.18101810 in FranceSee also:1809 in France,other events of 1810,1811 in France.----Events from the year 1810 in France.-Events:*6 January - Treaty of Paris ends war between France and Sweden....
). - Félix Marie Charles TexierFélix Marie Charles TexierFélix Marie Charles Texier was a French historian and archaeologist.Trained as an architect at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he was appointed inspector of public works in 1827...
, historian and archaeologist (b.18021802 in FranceSee also:1801 in France,other events of 1802,1802 in France.----Events from the year 1802 in France.-Events:*23 February - Haitian Revolution: Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres, French victory....
). - Jeanne Villepreux-PowerJeanne Villepreux-PowerJeanne Villepreux-Power was a pioneering female French marine biologist who in 1832 was the first person to create aquaria for experimenting with aquatic organisms....
, marine biologist (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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