• Source: 1883 in France

      • Events from the year 1883 in France.


      Incumbents


      President: Jules Grévy
      President of the Council of Ministers:
      until 29 January: Charles Duclerc
      29 January-21 February: Armand Fallières
      starting 21 February: Jules Ferry


      Events


      27–28 March – Battle of Gia Cuc, French victory over Vietnamese forces.
      19 May – Battle of Paper Bridge, French defeat by Black Flag forces.
      25 August – Treaty of Hué signed between the Nguyễn dynasty Emperor of Viet Nam and the French Empire, recognizing French imperial control over the regions of Annam and Tonkin.
      De Dion-Bouton set up in Paris to manufacture mechanical road vehicles.
      The first purebred Percheron (horse) stud book is created.


      Births




      = January to June

      =
      5 January – Marie-Louise Bouglé, feminist, librarian, and archivist (died 1936)
      3 February – Camille Bombois, naïve painter (died 1970)
      18 February – Jacques Ochs, artist, épée and foil fencer and Olympic gold medallist (died 1971)
      15 May – Maurice Feltin, Cardinal (died 1975)
      28 June – Pierre Laval, politician and Prime Minister (executed) (died 1945)


      = July to December

      =
      19 July – Louis Paulhan, pilot (died 1963)
      25 July – Louis Massignon, scholar and historian of Islam (died 1962)
      19 August – Coco Chanel, fashion designer (died 1971)
      14 September – Rose Combe, writer and railway worker (died 1932)
      14 December – Robert Péguy, film director (died 1968)
      16 December – Max Linder, actor (died 1925)
      17 December – Raimu, actor (died 1946)
      19 December – Abel Bonnard, poet, novelist and politician (died 1968)
      22 December – Edgard Varèse, composer (died 1965)
      26 December – Maurice Utrillo, painter (died 1955)


      = Full date unknown

      =
      Charles Jourdan, fashion designer (died 1976)


      Deaths


      4 January – Antoine Chanzy, general and governor of Algeria (born 1823)
      23 January – Gustave Doré, artist, engraver, illustrator and sculptor (born 1832)
      17 February – Napoléon Coste, guitarist and composer (born 1805)
      24 April – Jules Sandeau, novelist (born 1811)
      30 April – Édouard Manet, painter (born 1832)
      5 May – Louis Viardot, writer, art historian and critic, theatrical figure, hispanophile and translator (born 1800)
      11 May – Juliette Drouet, actress, mistress and secretary of Victor Hugo (born 1806)
      19 May – Henri Rivière, Naval officer and writer (born 1827)
      25 May – Édouard René de Laboulaye, jurist (born 1811)
      20 June – Gustave Aimard, traveller and writer (born 1818)
      11 August – Edouard Louis Dubufe, painter (born 1820)
      24 August – Henri, comte de Chambord, Legitimist Pretender to the throne of France (born 1820)
      6 September – Auguste Arnaud, sculptor (born 1825)
      29 October – Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose, Cardinal (born 1800)
      27 November – Charles Théodore Colet, Roman Catholic Archbishop (born 1806)


      References

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