1855 in France

"See also:"
1854 in France,
other events of 1855,
1856 in France.

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Events from the year 1855 in France.

Events

*16 August - Battle of Chernaya River, Russian troops defeated by French and Sardinian forces in the Crimean War.
*7 September - Battle of Malakoff, French victory over Russian forces, part of the Siege of Sevastopol.
*11 September - Siege of Sevastopol ends in Franco-British victory.
*17 October - Battle of Kinburn, combined British Royal Navy and French Navy force engaged Russian forts on shore.

Births

*20 January - Ernest Chausson, composer (d.1899).
*15 February - Jean-Joseph Carriès, sculptor, ceramist, and miniaturist (d.1894).
*18 February - Jean Jules Jusserand, author and diplomat (d.1932).
*16 March - Achille Maffre de Baugé, poet (d.1928).
*27 April - Caroline Rémy de Guebhard, socialist, journalist and feminist (d.1929).
*27 September - Paul Émile Appell, mathematician (d.1930).
*5 November - Léon Teisserenc de Bort, meteorologist (d.1913).
*10 November - Alexandre Darracq, automobile manufacturer (d.1931).

Deaths

*15 January - Henri Braconnot, chemist and pharmacist (b.1780).
*26 January - Gérard de Nerval, poet, essayist and translator (b.1808).
*3 March - Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure, lawyer and Prime Minister (b.1767).
*26 May - Jean Isidore Harispe, Marshal of France (b.1768).
*18 April - Jean-Baptiste Isabey, painter (b.1767).
*10 June - Jacques-Jean Barre, engraver (b.1793).
*2 December - Frédéric Berat, poet and songwriter (b.1801).

Full date unknown

*Raymond Gayrard, sculptor (b.1807).
*Antoine-Geneviève-Héraclius-Agénor de Gramont, aristocrat (b.1789).
*Justin Pierre Marie Macquart, entomologist (b.1776).
*François André Michaux, botanist (b.1770).

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