1842 in France
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Events from the year 1842 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 8 May - Versailles train crash at Meudon, results in the deaths of at least 55 passengers.
- 9 July - Legislative election held.
[edit] Births
[edit] January to June
- 31 January - Marie-Charles David de Mayréna, adventurer (d.1890).
- 13 March - Joseph Valentin Boussinesq, mathematician and physicist (d.1929).
- 18 March - Stéphane Mallarmé, poet and critic (d.1898).
- 25 March - Jean Marie Charles Abadie, ophthalmologist (d.1932).
- 4 April - Édouard Lucas, mathematician (d.1891).
- 17 April - Maurice Rouvier, statesman (d.1911).
- 10 June - Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouy, painter and sculptor (d.1923).
[edit] July to December
- 14 August - Jean Gaston Darboux, mathematician (d.1917).
- 25 August - Édouard Louis Trouessart, zoologist (d.1927).
- 28 August - Placide Louis Chapelle, Archbishop in Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans (d.1905).
- 30 September - Auguste-René-Marie Dubourg, Archbishop of Rennes and Cardinal (d.1921).
- 6 October - Gustave Charles Fagniez, historian and economist (d.1927).
- 8 December - Alphonse Louis Nicolas Borrelly, astronomer (d.1926).
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- Auguste Bouché-Leclercq, historian (d.1923).
[edit] Deaths
- 19 January - Joseph Jérôme, Comte Siméon, jurist and politician (b.1749).
- 23 March - Stendhal, writer (b.1783).
- 30 March - Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun, painter (b.1755).
- 4 April - Jean Moufot, mathematician and philosopher (b.1784).
- 8 May - Jules Dumont d'Urville, explorer and naval officer, killed in Versailles train crash (b.1790).
- 15 May - Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases, soldier and official (b.1766).
- 13 July - Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Prince Royal of France (b.1810).
- 25 July - Dominique Jean Larrey, military surgeon (b.1766).
- 20 October - Alexandre de Laborde, antiquary, liberal politician and writer (b.1773).
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- Jean-Baptiste Prosper Jollois, engineer (b.1776).
- Charles Berny d'Ouvillé, miniaturist (b.1775).
