- 1869 in France
"See also:"
1868 in France ,
other events of 1869,1870 in France .----
Events from the year
1869 inFrance .Events
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23 May - Legislative election held.
*6 June - Legislative election held to elect the fourth legislature of theFrench Second Empire .Births
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8 April -Charles Binet ,Archbishop of Besançon and Cardinal (d.1936).
*12 April -Henri Désiré Landru , serial killer (executed) (d.1922).
*29 July -Paul Aymé , tennis player (d.1962).
*22 November -André Gide ,author and winner ofNobel Prize in literature in 1947 (d.1951).
*31 December -Henri Matisse , artist (d.1954).Full date unknown
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Paul Émile Chabas , painter (d.1937).Deaths
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8 January -Joseph Jean Baptiste Xavier Fournet ,geologist and metallurgist (b.1801).
*8 March -Hector Berlioz , composer (b.1803).
*8 June -Felix-Joseph Barbelin ,Jesuit influential in the development of the Catholic community inPhiladelphia (b.1808).
*7 September -Auguste Simon Paris , notary andentomologist (b.1794).
*13 October -Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve , literary critic (b.1804).
*15 October -Charles Nicholas Aubé ,physician andentomologist (b.1802).Full date unknown
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Jean-Pierre Dantan , sculptor (b.1800).References
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