1862 in France

See also: 1861 in France, other events of 1862, 1863 in France.

Events from the year 1862 in France.

Events

• 6 January - French, Spanish and British forces arrive in Veracruz, Mexico, beginning the French intervention in Mexico.
• 5 May - Battle of Puebla, victory for the Mexican Army against the French occupational forces.

Arts and literature

• 3 April - The first two volumes of Les Misérables by Victor Hugo is published.
• 15 May - The remainder of Les Misérables is published.

Births

• 28 March - Aristide Briand, statesman, Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner (d.1932).
• 6 April - Georges Darien, writer (d.1921).
• 22 August - Claude Debussy, composer (d.1918).
• 19 October - Auguste Lumière, filmmaker (d.1954).
• 7 December - Paul Adam, novelist (d.1920).
• 8 December - Georges Feydeau, playwright (d.1921).

Deaths

• 11 January - Jean Philibert Damiron, philosopher (b.1794).
• 7 February - Prosper Ménière, scientist (b.1799).
• 11 February - Jules Lequier, philosopher (b.1814).
• 17 March - Fromental Halévy, composer (b.1799).
• 9 April - Charles Deval, ophthalmologist (b.1806).
• 18 June - Jean-Baptiste Pallegoix, vicar apostolic of Eastern Siam (b.1805).
• 5 July - Étienne-Denis Pasquier, statesman (b.1767).
• September - Mathieu-Richard-Auguste Henrion, magistrate, historian and journalist (b.1805).

Full date unknown

• Louis Alfred Becquerel, physicist and medical researcher (b.1814).
• Antoine Fauchery, photographer (b.1823).
• Louis Petitot, sculptor (b.1794).