1856 in France
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See also: 1855 in France, 1857 in France.
Events from the year 1856 in France.
Events
- 30 March - Treaty of Paris is signed by Russia and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, the Kingdom of Sardinia, France, and the United Kingdom, settling the Crimean War.
Births
- 1 February - Louis-Anne-Jean Brocq, dermatologist (died 1928).
- 16 March - Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial, only child of Emperor Napoleon III of France and his Empress consort Eugénie de Montijo (died 1879).
- 24 April - Philippe Pétain, Marshal of France, later Chief of State of Vichy France (died 1951).
- 25 May - Louis Franchet d'Espérey, general during World War I (died 1942).
- 5 June - Gabrielle Réjane, actress (died 1920).
- 1 September - Louis-Ernest Dubois, Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Paris (died 1929).
- 29 October - Jacques Curie, physicist (died 1941).
Full date unknown
- Eugène Louis Bouvier, entomologist and carcinologist (died 1944).
- Thérèse Humbert, fraudster (died 1918).
Deaths
January to June
- 4 January - Pierre Jean David, sculptor (born 1788).
- 29 February - Auguste Chapdelaine, Christian missionary to China (born 1814).
- March - Louise Rosalie Allan-Despreaux, actress (born 1810).
- 27 April - Louis Joseph César Ducornet, painter (born 1806).
- 3 May - Adolphe Adam, composer and music critic (born 1803).
- 12 May - Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, mathematician, physicist and astronomer (born 1786).
- 13 May - Jean Zuléma Amussat, surgeon (born 1796).
- 14 May - Théodore Guérin (Saint Theodora), missionary (born 1798).
July to December
- 8 October - Théodore Chassériau, painter (born 1819).
- 12 October - Jean Bachelot La Pylaie, botanist, explorer and archaeologist (born 1786).
- 4 November - Hippolyte Delaroche, painter (born 1797).
- 9 November - Étienne Cabet, philosopher and utopian socialist (born 1788).
- 25 December - Princess Elisabeth of Savoy-Carignan (born 1800).
Full date unknown
- Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Duchesne, painter and miniaturist (born 1770).
- Charles de Steuben, painter (born 1788).
References
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