1871 in France

"See also:"
1870 in France,
other events of 1871,
1872 in France.

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Events from the year 1871 in France.

Events

*3 January - Battle of Bapaume. Prussian victory in continuing Franco-Prussian War.
*10 January - Besieged city of Péronne surrenders to Prussian forces.
*10 January-12 January - Battle of Le Mans, ends French resistance in western France.
*15 January-17 January - Battle of the Lisaine. Prussian victory.
*19 January - Battle of St. Quentin. Prussian victory defeated French attempts to relieve the besieged city of Paris.
*19 January-20 January - Battle of Buzenval. Prussian victory.
*28 January - Siege of Paris ends, with the city falling to Prussian forces.
*8 February - Legislative election held.
*15 February - Armistice signed between France and Prussia.
*18 February - Siege of Belfort ends with surrender of French garrison.
*26 March - The Paris Commune is formally established.
*Treaty of Versailles ends the Franco-Prussian War.
*10 May - Treaty of Frankfurt is signed confirming the frontiers.
*21 May-30 May - Government troops invade Paris Commune and crush the rebellion.
*2 July - Legislative election held.
*31 August - Adolphe Thiers becomes President.
*27 October - The Comte de 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 Borel, mathematician and politician (d.1956).
*6 May - Victor Grignard, chemist, shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1912 (d.1935).
*27 May - Georges Rouault, painter and printmaker (d.1958).
*10 July - Marcel Proust, novelist, essayist and critic (d.1922).
*29 August - Albert Lebrun, politician and President of France (d.1950).
*30 October - Paul Valéry, poet, essayist and philosopher (d.1945).

Deaths

*3 April - Gustave Flourens, revolutionary leader and writer (b.1838).
*8 April - Jean-Baptiste Guimet, industrial chemist (b.1795).
*13 May - Daniel Auber, composer (b.1782).
*June - Charles Antoine Lemaire, botanist and botanical author (b.1800).
*20 July - François Delsarte, musician and teacher (b.1811).
*5 August - Paul-Martin Gallocher de Lagalisserie, engineer (b.1805).
*9 September - Louis Édouard Bouët-Willaumez, admiral (b.1808).

Full date unknown

*Jean-François Cail, entrepreneur and industrialist (b.1804).
*Louis Dominique Girard, hydraulic engineer (b.1815).
*Antoine Léon Morel-Fatio, painter (b.1810).
*Félix Marie Charles Texier, historian and archaeologist (b.1802).
*Jeanne Villepreux-Power, marine biologist (b.1794).

References