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Definitions
1866_in_France
1866_in_France
1866 in France
See also:
1865 in France
,
other events of 1866
,
1867 in France
.
Events from the year
1866
in
France
.
Events
31 May
-
Napoleon III
announces the withdrawal of French forces in the
French intervention in Mexico
.
26 July
- French evacuate
Monterrey
.
5 August
- French evacuate
Saltillo
.
14 October
- French troops land at
Ganghwa
Island, Korea as part of
French Campaign against Korea
for the execution of French
Jesuit
priests. It is the first military contact between Korea and a Western force.
Births
29 January
-
Romain Rolland
, writer,
Nobel Prize in Literature
(d.
1944
).
17 May
-
Erik Satie
, composer and pianist (d.
1925
).
6 July
-
Charles Mangin
, general during
World War I
(d.
1925
).
13 July
-
La Goulue
, dancer (d.
1929
).
4 August
-
Maurice Schutz
, actor (d.
1955
).
7 September
-
Tristan Bernard
, playwright, novelist, journalist and lawyer (d.
1947
).
21 September
-
Charles Nicolle
,
bacteriologist
who won the
1928
Nobel Prize
in
Medicine
(d.
1936
).
Deaths
8 March
-
Siméon-François Berneux
,
Roman Catholic
missionary killed in
Korea
(b.
1814
).
Philippe Buchez
, author and politician (b.
1796
).
References
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)
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.
Last updated on Wednesday September 17, 2008 at 14:44:51 PDT (GMT -0700)
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