1862 in France

none December 2025 1862 Events from the year 1862 in France. Incumbents Monarch – Napoleon IIIhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-III-emperor-of-France Napoleon III Encyclopædia Britannica 5 December 2025 Events 6 January - French, Spanish and British forces arrive in Veracruz, Mexico, beginning the French intervention in Mexico. 22 March - the vietnamese emperor Tu Duc suffers a heavy military defeat; French troops capture the provincial capital Vĩnh Long April - Tu Duc agrees to the Treaty of Saigon 5 June - This treaty is signed. It establishes the colony French Indochina 5 May - Battle of Puebla, victory for the Mexican Army against the French occupational forces. Arts and literature 3 April - The first two volumes of Les Misérables by Victor Hugo is published. 15 May - The remainder of Les Misérables is published. Births 28 March - Aristide Briand, statesman, Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner (died 1932) 6 April - Georges Darien, writer (died 1921) 22 August - Claude Debussy, composer (died 1918) 19 October - Auguste Lumière, filmmaker (died 1954) 7 December - Paul Adam, novelist (died 1920) 8 December - Georges Feydeau, playwright (died 1921) Deaths 11 January - Jean Philibert Damiron, philosopher (born 1794) 7 February - Prosper Ménière, scientist (born 1799) 11 February - Jules Lequier, philosopher (born 1814) 17 March - Fromental Halévy, composer (born 1799) 9 April - Charles Deval, ophthalmologist (born 1806) 18 June - Jean-Baptiste Pallegoix, vicar apostolic of Eastern Siam (born 1805) 5 July - Étienne-Denis Pasquier, statesman (born 1767) September - Mathieu-Richard-Auguste Henrion, magistrate, historian and journalist (born 1805) Full date unknown Louis Alfred Becquerel, physicist and medical researcher (born 1814) Antoine Fauchery, photographer (born 1823) Louis Petitot, sculptor (born 1794) References 1862 France France Category:1860s in France Category:Years of the 19th century in France