1851 in France explained

Events from the year 1851 in France.

Events

• 1 July - Serial poisoner Hélène Jégado is arrested in Rennes.^[1]
• 17 July - Victor Hugo uses the phrase United States of Europe in a speech to the National Assembly.
• 2 December - French coup d'état of 1851 is staged by President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, dissolving the National Assembly.^{[2] [3]}
• 6 December - Trial of Hélène Jégado begins; she is eventually sentenced to death and executed by guillotine.
• 21 December - Constitutional referendum held, approving President Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, who had been limited to a single four-year term, serving for ten additional years.
• Messageries Maritimes merchant shipping company founded as Messageries nationales, initially for service to the Middle East.
• Grands Goulets road completed
• The Charles Heidsieck champagne house is established.

Births

• 27 March - Vincent d'Indy, composer (died 1931)
• 6 April - Guillaume Bigourdan, astronomer (died 1932)
• 15 April - Anne Boutiaut Poulard, cook (died 1931)
• 21 April - Charles Barrois, geologist and palaeontologist (died 1939)
• 6 May - Aristide Bruant, singer, comedian and nightclub owner (died 1925)
• 21 May - Léon Bourgeois, politician, Prime Minister, awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1920 (died 1925)
• 29 June - Jane Dieulafoy, born Jeanne Magre, archaeologist and novelist (died 1916)
• 30 September - Auguste Molinier, historian (died 1904)
• 2 October - Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France, military theorist and writer (died 1929)

Deaths

• 28 February - Guillaume Dode de la Brunerie, Marshal of France, (born 1775)
• 19 October - Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte of France, eldest child of King Louis XVI of France (born 1778)
• 26 November - Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Marshal General of France and three times Prime Minister of France (born 1769)

Notes and References

1. Book: Emsley, John . The Elements of Murder: A History of Poison . 2006-07-13 . OUP Oxford . 978-0-19-280600-0 . 151 . en.
2. Book: Margadant, Ted W. . French Peasants in Revolt: The Insurrection of 1851 . 1979 . Princeton University Press . j.ctt12f4ch . 978-0-691-05284-7.
3. Web site: 1870-10-01 . Paris in December, 1851, or the Coup d'État of Napoleon Iii . 2023-06-02 . The Atlantic . en.