1843 in France

See also: 1842 in France, other events of 1843, 1844 in France.

Events from the year 1843 in France.

Events

April–June

• May 16 – The battle of Smala, a French victory over Algerian forces, led by Henri d'Orléans, duc d'Aumale (see also; Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri, French conquest of Algeria).

Date unknown

• Sanwi, a traditional kingdom located in the south-east corner of present-day Côte d'Ivoire becomes a protectorate of Louis Philippe.

Births

January to June

• 10 February - Philippe Alexandre Jules Künckel d'Herculais, entomologist (d.1918).
• 14 February - Louis Diémer, pianist and composer (d.1919).
• 5 March - Hugh Antoine d'Arcy, poet, writer and pioneer executive in the American motion picture industry (d.1925).
• 14 March - Leon Dehon, clergyman (d.1925).
• 29 March - Paul Ferrier, dramatist (d.1928).
• 21 May - Édouard-Henri Avril, painter and commercial artist (d.1928).
• 19 June - Charles-Edouard Lefebvre, composer (d.1917).
• 26 June - Paul Arène, poet and writer (d.1896).

July to December

• 13 July - Jean Marie Antoine de Lanessan, statesman and naturalist (d.1919).
• 17 August - Alexandre Lacassagne, physician and criminologist (d.1924).
• 29 August - Alfred Agache, painter (d.1915).
• 6 September - Yves Guyot, politician and economist (d.1928).
• 13 September - Louis Duchesne, priest, philologist, teacher and historian (d.1922).
• 21 September - Gabriel Paul Othenin de Cléron, comte d'Haussonville, politician and author (d.1924).
• 29 September - Jacques-Joseph Grancher, pediatrician (d.1907).
• 16 October - Émile Delahaye, automotive pioneer (d.1905).
• 12 December - Marcel Deprez, electrical engineer (d.1918).

Full date unknown

• Paul Adolphe Marie Prosper Granier de Cassagnac, journalist and politician (d.1904).

Deaths

• 4 January - Hippolyte de Bouchard, sailor and corsair (b. c1780).
• 11 January - Antoine Bournonville, ballet dancer, actor, singer and choreographer (b.1760).
• 2 March - François-Joseph-Philippe de Riquet, nobleman (b.1771).
• 24 May - Sylvestre François Lacroix, mathematician (b.1765).
• 7 June - Alexis Bouvard, astronomer (b.1767).
• 25 June - Marie Anne Lenormand, professional fortune-teller (b.1772).
• 4 September - Léopoldine Hugo, daughter of Victor Hugo (b.1824).
• 11 September - Joseph Nicollet, geographer and mathematician (b.1786).
• 19 September - Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, mathematician, mechanical engineer and scientist (b.1792).
• 24 October - Antoine Berjon, painter and designer (b.1754).
• 11 December - Casimir Delavigne, poet and dramatist (b.1793).

Full date unknown

• Claude Louis Séraphin Barizain, actor (b.1783).
• Casimir, Comte de Montrond, diplomatic agent (b.1768).
• Gaspard de Chabrol, prefect of the Seine (b.1773).
• Jean-Pierre Cortot, sculptor (b.1787).
• Auguste Defauconpret, writer and translator (b.1767).
• Albert Gaspard Grimod, general and nobleman (b.1772).
• Pierre-Philippe Thomire, sculptor (b.1751).

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