1853 in France

Events from the year 1853 in France.

Events

6 December - Taiping Rebellion: French minister de Bourboulon arrives at the Heavenly Capital aboard the Cassini.

23 April - Jules Auguste Lemire, priest and social reformer (died 1928).
27 April - Jules Lemaître, critic and dramatist (died 1914).
21 May - Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, politician (died 1905).
14 July - Henri Menier, businessman and adventurer (died 1913).
24 July - Henri-Alexandre Deslandres, astronomer (died 1948).
9 September - Pierre Marie, neurologist (died 1940).
30 October - Louise Abbéma, painter and designer (died 1927).
17 December - Pierre Paul Émile Roux, physician, bacteriologist and immunologist (died 1933).
26 December - René Bazin, novelist (died 1932).

20 February - Jean-François Bayard, playwright (born 1796).
3 April - Louis Gustave le Doulcet, comte de Pontécoulant, politician (born 1764).
11 April - Louis-Emmanuel Jadin, composer, pianist and harpsichordist (born 1768).
23 April - Auguste Laurent, chemist (born 1807).
27 May - Jean Marie Pardessus, lawyer (born 1772).
May - Henri-Bernard Dabadie, baritone (born 1797).
3 September - Augustin Saint-Hilaire, botanist and traveller (born 1799).
10 October - Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, architect, interior decorator and designer (born 1762).