1857 in France
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See also: 1856 in France, other events of 1857, 1858 in France.
Events from the year 1857 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 3 March - France and the United Kingdom formally declare war on China in the Second Opium War.
- 21 June - Legislative election held.
- 5 July - Legislative election held for the second legislature of the French Second Empire.
[edit] Arts and Literature
- 18 April - The Spirits' Book (Le Livre des Esprits in original French), one of The Five Fundamental Works of Spiritism, is published by the French educator Allan Kardec.
[edit] Births
- 4 January - Émile Cohl, caricaturist, cartoonist and animator (d.1938).
- 26 February - Émile Coué, psychologist and pharmacist (d.1926).
- 3 March - Alfred Bruneau, composer (d.1934).
- 22 March - Paul Doumer, President of France (assassinated) (d.1932).
- 30 March - Léon Charles Thévenin, telegraph engineer (d.1926).
- 29 June - Jean-François Klobb, colonial officer (d.1899).
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- Eugène Atget, photographer (d.1927).
- Georges Bénédite, Egyptologist (d.1926).
- Eugène Gley, physiologist and endocrinologist (d.1930).
[edit] Deaths
- 22 February - Joseph Crétin, first Roman Catholic Bishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota (b.1799).
- 2 May - Alfred de Musset, dramatist, poet and novelist (b.1810).
- 11 May - Eugène François Vidocq, criminal, later first director of Sûreté Nationale (b.1775).
- 17 May - Adolphe Dureau de la Malle, geographer, naturalist, historian and artist (b.1777).
- 23 May - Augustin Louis Cauchy, mathematician (b.1789).
- 30 June - Alcide d'Orbigny, naturalist (b.1802).
- 29 July - Charles Lucien Bonaparte, naturalist and ornithologist (b.1803).
- 3 August - Eugène Sue, novelist (b.1804).
- 5 September - Auguste Comte, philosopher (b.1798).
