1842 in France
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See also: 1841 in France, 1843 in France.
Events from the year 1842 in France.
Events
- 8 May - Versailles train crash at Meudon, results in the deaths of at least 55 passengers.
- 9 July - Legislative election held.
Births
January to June
- 31 January - Marie-Charles David de Mayréna, adventurer (died 1890).
- 13 March - Joseph Valentin Boussinesq, mathematician and physicist (died 1929).
- 18 March - Stéphane Mallarmé, poet and critic (died 1898).
- 25 March - Jean Marie Charles Abadie, ophthalmologist (died 1932).
- 4 April - Édouard Lucas, mathematician (died 1891).
- 17 April - Maurice Rouvier, statesman (died 1911).
- 10 June - Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouy, painter and sculptor (died 1923).
July to December
- 14 August - Jean Gaston Darboux, mathematician (died 1917).
- 25 August - Édouard Louis Trouessart, zoologist (died 1927).
- 28 August - Placide Louis Chapelle, Archbishop in Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans (died 1905).
- 30 September - Auguste-René-Marie Dubourg, Archbishop of Rennes and Cardinal (died 1921).
- 6 October - Gustave Charles Fagniez, historian and economist (died 1927).
- 8 December - Alphonse Louis Nicolas Borrelly, astronomer (died 1926).
Full date unknown
- Auguste Bouché-Leclercq, historian (died 1923).
Deaths
January to June
- 19 January - Joseph Jérôme, Comte Siméon, jurist and politician (born 1749).
- 23 March - Stendhal, writer (born 1783).
- 30 March - Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun, painter (born 1755).
- 8 May - Jules Dumont d'Urville, explorer and naval officer, killed in Versailles train crash (born 1790).
- 15 May - Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases, soldier and official (born 1766).
July to December
- 13 July - Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Prince Royal of France (born 1810).
- 19 July - Pierre Joseph Pelletier, chemist (born 1788).
- 25 July - Dominique Jean Larrey, military surgeon (born 1766).
- 20 October - Alexandre de Laborde, antiquary, liberal politician and writer (born 1773).
Full date unknown
- Jean-Baptiste Prosper Jollois, engineer (born 1776).
- Charles Berny d'Ouvillé, miniaturist (born 1775).
References
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