1868 in France
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Events from the year 1868 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 31 May - The first bicycle race is held at Parc de Saint-Cloud, Paris.[citation needed]
- 18 August - Helium is discovered by astronomer Pierre Janssen (and independently by Joseph Norman Lockyer on August 20).
- October - French Military Mission is ordered to leave Japan by Imperial decree.
[edit] Arts and Literature
- Establishment of the Académie Julian - a major art school in Paris, France that admitted women.
[edit] Births
- 17 January - Louis Couturat, logician, mathematician, philosopher, and linguist (d.1914).
- 3 March - Émile Chartier, philosopher, journalist and pacifist (d.1951).
- 28 April - Émile Bernard, painter (d.1941).
- 6 May - Gaston Leroux, journalist, detective and novelist (d.1927).
- 18 June - Georges Lacombe, sculptor and painter (d.1916).
- 27 July - Eugène Apert, pediatrician (d.1940).
- 6 August - Paul Claudel, poet, dramatist and diplomat (d.1955).
- 19 November - Gustave-Auguste Ferrié, radio pioneer and army general (d.1932).
- 25 December - Eugenie Besserer, actress (d.1934).
[edit] Deaths
- 8 February - Jacques Camou, general (b.1792).
- 11 February - Léon Foucault, physicist (b.1819).
- 14 June - Claude Servais Mathias Pouillet, physicist (b.1791).
- 28 August - Antoine Clot, physician (b.1793).
- December - Pierre Carmouche, playwright (b.1797).
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- Jean-François Barrière, historian (b.1786).
- Mary Euphrasia Pelletier, Roman Catholic nun (b.1796).
- Étienne Serres, physician and embryologist (b.1786).
