1885 in France

"See also:"
1884 in France,
other events of 1885,
1886 in France.

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Events from the year 1885 in France.

Events

*28 February - Siege of Tuyen Quang ends, as French Foreign Legion is relieved after being besieged by forces of the Empire of China.
*23 March - Battle of Zhennan Pass in Vietnam, significant battle of the Sino-French War and French defeat. Led to the Tonkin Affair, a major political crisis.
*28 March - French abandon Lang Son.
*9 June - Sino-French War ends as treaty is signed.
*14 October - Legislative Election held.
*18 October - Legislative Election held.

Births

January to June

*8 January - Charles Basle, motor racing driver (d.1962).
*22 January - Eugène Christophe, cyclist (d.1970).
*28 January - Maurice Brocco, cyclist (d.1965).
*1 February - Camille Chautemps, politician and three times Prime Minister of France (d.1963).
*6 March - Yvonne Gall, operatic soprano (d.1972).
*16 March - Fernand Baldet, astronomer (d.1964).
*6 April - Jules Goux, motor racing driver (d.1965).
*5 June - Georges Mandel, politician and Resistance leader (executed) (d.1944).
*27 June - Pierre Montet, Egyptologist (d.1966).

July to December

*5 July - André Lhote, sculptor and painter (d.1962).
*26 July - André Maurois, author and man of letters (d.1967).
*26 August - Jules Romains, poet and writer (d.1972).
*31 August - Lucien Chopard, entomologist (d.1971).
*11 October - François Mauriac, author, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (d.1970).
*25 October - Xavier Lesage, horse rider and Olympic gold medallist (d.1969).
*10 November - Lou Albert-Lasard, painter (d.1969).
*23 December - Pierre Brissaud, illustrator, painter and engraver (d.1964).

Full date unknown

*Marcel Allain, writer (d.1970).
*Camille Arambourg, paleontologist (d.1970).
*Roland Dorgelès, novelist (d.1973).
*Yves le Prieur, naval officer and inventor (d.1963).

Deaths

*16 January - Edmond François Valentin About, novelist, publicist and journalist (b.1828).
*18 April - Marc Monnier, writer (b.1827).
*3 May - Paul-Quentin Desains, physicist (b.1817).
*18 May - Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville, painter (b.1835).
*22 May - Victor Hugo, poet, playwright, novelist and statesman (b.1802).
*June - Amédée Courbet, admiral (b.1828).
*29 July - Henri Milne-Edwards, zoologist (b.1800).
*17 December - Augustus Thébaud, Jesuit educator and publicist (b.1807).
*24 December - Louis Prosper Gachard, man of letters (b.1800).

References