- 1840 in France
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1839 in France ,
other events of 1840,1841 in France .----
Events from the year
1840 inFrance .Events
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20 January -Dumont D'Urville discoversAdélie Land ,Antarctica .
*1 March -Adolphe Thiers becomes prime minister.
*30 September - The frigate "Belle-Poule" arrives inCherbourg , bringing back the remains ofNapoléon fromSaint Helena . He is buried in theInvalides .Arts and Literature
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11 February -Gaetano Donizetti 's opera "La Fille du Regiment" premieres inParis .Births
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2 April -Émile Zola , writer (d.1902).
*22 April -Odilon Redon , painter and printmaker (d.1916).
*13 May -Alphonse Daudet , novelist (d.1897).
*20 October -Désiré-Magloire Bourneville , neurologist (d.1909).
*12 November -Auguste Rodin , sculptor (d.1917).
*14 November -Claude Monet , painter (d.1926).Full date unknown
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Louis-Émile Bertin , naval engineer (d.1924).Deaths
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13 February -Nicolas Joseph Maison ,Marshal of France and Minister of War (b.1770).
*22 March -Étienne Bobillier , mathematician (b.1798).
*25 April -Siméon Denis Poisson , mathematician and physicist (b.1781).
*7 June -Népomucène Lemercier , poet and dramatist (b.1771).
*20 June -Pierre-Joseph Redouté , painter and botanist (b.1759).
*7 September -Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre MacDonald ,Marshal of France (b.1765).References
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