1858 in France
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See also: 1857 in France, other events of 1858, 1859 in France.
Events from the year 1858 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 14 January - Felice Orsini and his accomplices fail to assassinate Napoleon III in Paris but their bombs kill 156 bystanders. Executed on March 13 of the same year by the guillotine.
- 11 February - The Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to St Bernadette of Lourdes.
[edit] Births
- 6 January - Sébastien Faure, anarchist, (d.1942).
- 9 January - Maurice Couette, physicist (d.1943).
- 21 January - Mélanie Bonis, composer (d.1937).
- 7 February - Amédée-François Lamy, military officer (d.1900).
- 15 April - Émile Durkheim, sociologist (d.1917).
- 19 May - Roland Bonaparte, prince, president of the Société de Géographie (d.1924).
- 28 August - Charles le Bargy, actor and film director (d.1936).
- August - Guy d'Hardelot, composer, pianist and teacher (d.1936).
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- André Antoine, actor-manager (d.1943).
[edit] Deaths
- 15 January - Antoine Maurice Apollinaire d'Argout, statesman, minister and governor of the Bank of France (b.1782).
- 27 March - Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville, entomologist (b.1775).
- 21 May - Charles-Louis Havas, writer and founder of Agence France-Presse (b.1783).
- 10 July - Auguste de Montferrand, architect (b.1786).
- 3 December - Joseph Marie Elisabeth Durocher, geologist (b.1817).
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- Joseph-Marie, comte Portalis, diplomat and statesman (b.1778).
- Ambroise Roux-Alphéran, historian (b.1776).
