- 1842 in France
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1841 in France ,
other events of 1842,1843 in France .----
Events from the year
1842 inFrance .Events
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8 May -Versailles train crash atMeudon , results in the deaths of at least 55 passengers.
*9 July - Legislative election held.Births
January to June
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31 January -Marie-Charles David de Mayréna , adventurer (d.1890).
*13 March -Joseph Valentin Boussinesq ,mathematician andphysicist (d.1929).
*18 March -Stéphane Mallarmé , poet and critic (d.1898).
*25 March -Jean Marie Charles Abadie ,ophthalmologist (d.1932).
*4 April -Édouard Lucas ,mathematician (d.1891).
*17 April -Maurice Rouvier , statesman (d.1911).
*10 June -Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouy , painter and sculptor (d.1923).July to December
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14 August -Jean Gaston Darboux ,mathematician (d.1917).
*25 August -Édouard Louis Trouessart ,zoologist (d.1927).
*28 August -Placide Louis Chapelle , Archbishop inRoman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans (d.1905).
*30 September -Auguste-René-Marie Dubourg , Archbishop of Rennes and Cardinal (d.1921).
*6 October -Gustave Charles Fagniez , historian and economist (d.1927).
*8 December -Alphonse Louis Nicolas Borrelly ,astronomer (d.1926).Full date unknown
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Auguste Bouché-Leclercq , historian (d.1923).Deaths
January to June
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19 January -Joseph Jérôme, Comte Siméon ,jurist and politician (b.1749).
*23 March -Stendhal , writer (b.1783).
*30 March -Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun , painter (b.1755).
*8 May -Jules Dumont d'Urville , explorer and naval officer, killed inVersailles train crash (b.1790).
*15 May -Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases , soldier and official (b.1766).July to December
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13 July -Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans ,Prince Royal ofFrance (b.1810).
*19 July -Pierre Joseph Pelletier ,chemist (b.1788).
*25 July -Dominique Jean Larrey , military surgeon (b.1766).
*20 October -Alexandre de Laborde , antiquary, liberal politician and writer (b.1773).Full date unknown
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Jean-Baptiste Prosper Jollois ,engineer (b.1776).
*Charles Berny d'Ouvillé ,miniaturist (b.1775).References
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