1860 in France
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See also: 1859 in France, other events of 1860, 1861 in France.
Events from the year 1860 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 23 January - Cobden-Chevalier Treaty Free Trade treaty is signed between the United Kingdom and France.
- 9 April - Typesetter Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville has his daughter sing the song "Au Clair de la Lune" on his phonautograph; producing the world's earliest known sound recording. However, it would not be rediscovered until 2008.
- 18 October - At the end of the Second Opium War, British and French troops enter the Forbidden City in Beijing.
- 24 October - Convention of Peking signed by Chinese with Britain and France.
[edit] Arts and Literature
[edit] Births
- 11 February - Rachilde, author (d.1953).
- 25 June - Gustave Charpentier, composer (d.1956).
- 16 August - Jules Laforgue, poet (d.1887).
- 20 August - Raymond Poincaré, statesman, five times Prime Minister of France, President of France (d.1934).
[edit] Deaths
- 29 January - Stéphanie de Beauharnais, consort of Karl, Grand Duke of Baden (b.1789).
- 14 March - Louis Antoine Jullien, conductor (b.1812).
- 24 June - Jérôme Bonaparte, youngest brother of Napoleon, who made him king of Westphalia (b.1784).
- 22 August - Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, painter (b.1803).
- 17 December - Désirée Clary, wife of King Charles XIV of Sweden and a one-time fiancée of Napoleon Bonaparte (b.1777).
