1869 in France
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See also: 1868 in France, other events of 1869, 1870 in France.
Events from the year 1869 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 23 May - Legislative election held.
- 6 June - Legislative election held to elect the fourth legislature of the French Second Empire.
[edit] Births
- 8 April - Charles Binet, Archbishop of Besançon and Cardinal (d.1936).
- 12 April - Henri Désiré Landru, serial killer (executed) (d.1922).
- 22 November - André Gide, author and winner of Nobel Prize in literature in 1947 (d.1951).
- 31 December - Henri Matisse, artist (d.1954).
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- Paul Émile Chabas, painter (d.1937).
[edit] Deaths
- 8 March - Hector Berlioz, composer (b.1803).
- 8 June - Felix-Joseph Barbelin, Jesuit influential in the development of the Catholic community in Philadelphia (b.1808).
- 13 October - Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, literary critic (b.1804).
