1861 in France
See also: 1860 in France, other events of 1861, 1862 in France.
Events from the year 1861 in France.
Events
Births
Full date unknown
Deaths
- 5 February - Pierre Bosquet, Marshal of France (b.1810).
- 10 April - Édouard Ménétries, entomologist (b.1802).
- 14 July - Frédéric de Lafresnaye, ornithologist (b.1783).
- 24 August - Pierre Berthier, geologist and mining engineer (b.1782).
- 22 September - Rose Chéri, actress (b.1824).
- 10 November - Henri Mouhot, naturalist and explorer (b.1826).
- 10 November - Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, zoologist (b.1805).
- 15 November - David Carcassonne, physician (b.1789).
- 20 November - Pierre Frédéric Sarrus, mathematician (b.1798).
- 21 November - Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, ecclesiastic, preacher, journalist and political activist (b.1802).
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