1849 in France
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Events from the year 1849 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 1 January - France's first postage stamp, Ceres, is issued.
- 27 April - Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Rome to defend it from the French troops of General Oudinot.
- 13 May - Legislative election held.
- 3 July - French troops occupy Rome. Roman Republic surrenders.
[edit] Births
- 12 January - Jean Béraud, painter and commercial artist (d.1935).
- 8 February - Henri Amédée de Broglie, nobleman (d.1917).
- 21 February - Edouard Deville, first to perfect a practical method of photogrammetry (d.1924).
- 4 April - Félix Balzer, physician (d.1929).
- 2 June - Paul-Albert Besnard, painter (d.1934).
- 3 July - Prosper-René Blondlot, physicist (d.1930).
- 19 July - François Victor Alphonse Aulard, historian (d.1928).
- 19 July - Ferdinand Brunetière, writer and critic (d.1906).
- 3 August - Joseph Jules Dejerine, neurologist (d.1917).
- 18 August - Benjamin Godard, violinist and composer (d.1895).
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- Théobald Chartran, painter (d.1907).
[edit] Deaths
- 13 April - Théophile Marion Dumersan, writer and numismatist (b.1780).
- 11 May - Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Récamier, leader of the literary and political circles (b.1777).
- 10 June - Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Marshal of France and Governor-General of Algeria (b.1784).
- 26 August - Jacques Féréol Mazas, composer, conductor and violinist (b.1782).
- 12 November - Alexis-François Artaud De Montor, diplomat and historian (b.1772).
- 21 November - François Marius Granet, painter (b.1777).
- 27 December - Jacques-Laurent Agasse, painter (b.1767).
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- Quatremère de Quincy, archaeologist and writer on art (b.1755).
