1862 in France

"See also:"
1861 in France,
other events of 1862,
1863 in France.

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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 Mexico.
*5 May - Battle of Puebla, victory for the Mexican Army against the French occupational forces.

Arts and Literature

*3 April - The first two volumes of Les Misérables by Victor Hugo is published.
*15 May - The remainder of Les Misérables is published.

Births

*28 March - Aristide Briand, statesman, Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner (d.1932).
*6 April - Georges Darien, writer (d.1921).
*22 August - Claude Debussy, composer (d.1918).
*19 October - Auguste Lumière, filmmaker (d.1954).
*7 December - Paul Adam, novelist (d.1920).
*8 December - Georges Feydeau, playwright (d.1921).

Deaths

*11 January - Jean Philibert Damiron, philosopher (b.1794).
*7 February - Prosper Ménière, scientist (b.1799).
*11 February - Jules Lequier, philosopher (b.1814).
*17 March - Fromental Halévy, composer (b.1799).
*9 April - Charles Deval, ophthalmologist (b.1806).
*18 June - Jean-Baptiste Pallegoix, vicar apostolic of Eastern Siam (b.1805).
*5 July - Étienne-Denis Pasquier, statesman (b.1767).
*September - Mathieu-Richard-Auguste Henrion, magistrate, historian and journalist (b.1805).

Full date unknown

*Louis Alfred Becquerel, physicist and medical researcher (b.1814).
*Antoine Fauchery, photographer (b.1823).
*Louis Petitot, sculptor (b.1794).

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