- 1861 in France
"See also:"
1860 in France ,
other events of 1861,1862 in France .----
Events from the year
1861 inFrance .Events
*News of
Henri Mouhot 's discovery ofAngkor Wat is published.Births
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15 February -Charles Édouard Guillaume , physicist, awardedNobel Prize in Physics in 1920 (d.1938).
*21 February -Pierre de Bréville , composer (d.1949).
*30 October -Antoine Bourdelle , sculptor (d.1929).
*2 November -Maurice Blondel , philosopher (d.1949.
*8 December -Georges Méliès , filmmaker (d.1938).
*16 December -Antonio de La Gandara , painter and draughtsman (d.1917).Full date unknown
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Jacques Émile Blanche , painter (d.1942).Deaths
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5 February -Pierre Bosquet ,Marshal of France (b.1810).
*10 April -Édouard Ménétries , entomologist (b.1802).
*14 July -Frédéric de Lafresnaye , ornithologist (b.1783).
*24 August -Pierre Berthier , geologist and mining engineer (b.1782).
*22 September -Rose Chéri , actress (b.1824).
*10 November -Henri Mouhot , naturalist and explorer (b.1826).
*10 November -Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire , zoologist (b.1805).
*15 November -David Carcassonne , physician (b.1789).
*20 November -Pierre Frédéric Sarrus ,mathematician (b.1798).
*21 November -Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire , ecclesiastic, preacher, journalist and political activist (b.1802).Full date unknown
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Hippolyte André Jean Baptiste Chélard , composer, violinist and conductor (b.1789).References
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