1846 in France

"See also:"
1845 in France,
other events of 1846,
1847 in France.

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Events from the year 1846 in France.

Events

*1 August - Legislative election held for the seventh legislature of the July Monarchy.

Births

*1 January - Léon Denis, spiritist philosopher and researcher (d.1927).
*4 April - Comte de Lautréamont, poet (d.1870).
*8 May - Émile Gallé, artist (d.1904).
*21 May - Luc-Olivier Merson, painter and illustrator (d.1920).
*11 July - Léon Bloy, novelist, essayist, pamphleteer and poet (d.1917).
*21 August - Étienne Bazeries, military cryptanalyst (d.1931).
*2 September - Paul Déroulède, author and politician (d.1914).
*24 October - Denis Jean Achille Luchaire, historian (d.1908).
*28 October - Albert Dubois-Pillet, painter and army officer (d.1890).
*28 October - Auguste Escoffier, chef, restaurateur and culinary writer (d.1935).
*30 October - Victor, 5th duc de Broglie, aristocrat (d.1906).

Full date unknown

*Arsène Darmesteter, philologist (d.1888).

Deaths

*17 June - Jean-Gaspard Deburau, actor and mime (b.1796).
*25 July - Louis Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon I of France (b.1778).
*16 August - Sylvain Charles Valée, Marshal of France (b.1773).
*22 December - Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, naturalist (b.1778).

Full date unknown

*Thérèse Albert, actress (b. c1805).
*Jacques-Antoine-Adrien Delort, general and deputy (b.1773).
*Ambroise-Louis-Marie d'Hozier, last of the "juges d'armes" of France (b.1764).
*Joseph Balthasar, Comte Siméon, politician (b.1781).

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