1849 in France

none 1849 Events from the year 1849 in France. Events 1 January - France's first postage stamp, Ceres, is issued. 16 April - Giacomo Meyerbeer's grand opera Le prophète is premièred by the Paris Opera at the Salle Le Peletier with Pauline Viardot (who has collaborated extensively in the production) in the mezzo-soprano role, her first with the Opera. Stage effects include electric light, ballet on roller skates and the use of saxhorns. The audience includes President Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte (future Emperor), Berlioz and the terminally ill Chopin.Orlando Figes Orlando Figes The Europeans [London] Allen Lane 2019 978-0-241-00489-0https://www.klassikinfo.de/le-prophete-toulouse/ Le Prophète in Toulouse Jungwirth Robert 2017-07-12 Klassikinfo.de de-DE 2020-01-24 27 April - Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Rome to defend it from the French troops of General Oudinot. 13 May - Legislative election held. 3 July - French troops occupy Rome. Roman Republic surrenders. Births 12 January - Jean Béraud, painter and commercial artist (died 1935) 8 February - Henri Amédée de Broglie, nobleman (died 1917) 21 February - Edouard Deville, first to perfect a practical method of photogrammetry (died 1924) 4 April - Félix Balzer, physician (died 1929) 2 June - Paul-Albert Besnard, painter (died 1934) 3 July - Prosper-René Blondlot, physicist (died 1930) 19 July François Victor Alphonse Aulard, historian (died 1928) Ferdinand Brunetière, writer and critic (died 1906) 20 July - Théobald Chartran, painter (died 1907) 3 August - Joseph Jules Dejerine, neurologist (died 1917) 18 August - Benjamin Godard, violinist and composer (died 1895) Deaths 13 April - Théophile Marion Dumersan, writer and numismatist (born 1780) 16 April - Philippe-Frédéric Blandin, physician and surgeon (born 1798) 28 April - René-Primevère Lesson, surgeon and naturalist (born 1794) 11 May - Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Récamier, leader of the literary and political circles (born 1777) 10 June - Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Marshal of France and Governor-General of Algeria (born 1784) 26 August - Jacques Féréol Mazas, composer, conductor and violinist (born 1782) 12 November - Alexis-François Artaud De Montor, diplomat and historian (born 1772) 21 November - François Marius Granet, painter (born 1777) 27 December - Jacques-Laurent Agasse, painter (born 1767) 28 December - Quatremère de Quincy, archaeologist and writer on art (born 1755) References 1849 France France Category:1840s in France Category:Years of the 19th century in France