1851 in France

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1851
in
France

Decades:
  • 1830s
  • 1840s
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
See also:Other events of 1851
History of France  • Timeline  • Years

Events from the year 1851 in France.

Events[]

  • 1 July - Serial poisoner Hélène Jégado is arrested in Rennes.
  • 17 July- Victor Hugo uses the phrase United States of Europe in a speech to the National Assembly.
  • 2 December - French coup d'état of 1851 is staged by President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, dissolving the National Assembly.
  • 6 December - Trial of Hélène Jégado begins; she is eventually sentenced to death and executed by guillotine.
  • 21 December - Constitutional referendum held, approving President Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, who had been limited to a single four-year term, serving for ten additional years.
  • Messageries Maritimes merchant shipping company founded as Messageries nationales, initially for service to the Middle East.
  • The Charles Heidsieck champagne house is established.

Births[]

  • 27 March - Vincent d'Indy, composer (died 1931)
  • 6 April - Guillaume Bigourdan, astronomer (died 1932)
  • 15 April - Anne Boutiaut Poulard, cook (died 1931)
  • 21 April - Charles Barrois, geologist and palaeontologist (died 1939)
  • 6 May - Aristide Bruant, singer, comedian and nightclub owner (died 1925)
  • 21 May - Léon Bourgeois, politician, Prime Minister, awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1920 (died 1925)
  • 29 June - Jane Dieulafoy, born Jeanne Magre, archaeologist and novelist (died 1916)
  • 30 September - Auguste Molinier, historian (died 1904)
  • 2 October - Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France, military theorist and writer (died 1929)

Deaths[]

  • 28 February - Guillaume Dode de la Brunerie, Marshal of France, (born 1775)
  • 19 October - Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte of France, eldest child of King Louis XVI of France (born 1778)
  • 26 November - Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Marshal General of France and three times Prime Minister of France (born 1769)

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