1851 in France
Events from the year 1851 in France.
Events
- 1 March - Victor Hugo uses the phrase United States of Europe in a speech to the French national assembly.
- 1 July - Serial poisoner Hélène Jégado is arrested in Rennes.
- 2 December - Coup d'État, is staged by President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, dissolving the French National Assembly.
- 6 December - Trial of Hélène Jégado begins; she is eventually sentenced to death and executed by guillotine.
- 21 December - Constitutional referendum held, approving President Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, who had been limited to a single four-year term, serving for ten additional years.
Births
- 27 March - Vincent d'Indy, composer (died 1931).
- 21 April - Charles Barrois, geologist and palaeontologist (died 1939).
- 6 May - Aristide Bruant, singer, comedian and nightclub owner (died 1925).
- 21 May - Léon Bourgeois, politician, Prime Minister, awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1920 (died 1925).
- 30 September - Auguste Molinier, historian (died 1904).
- 2 October - Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France, military theorist and writer (died 1929).
Deaths
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