See also: 1864 in France, other events of 1865, 1866 in France.

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Events from the year 1865 in France.

Contents 1 Events 2 Arts and literature 3 Births 4 Deaths 4.1 Full date unknown 5 References

[edit] Events

The flag was reformed.

[edit] Arts and literature

• 1 January - Hector Berlioz finishes his Memoirs.

[edit] Births

• 20 January - Yvette Guilbert, singer and actress (d.1944).
• 9 June - Albéric Magnard, composer (d.1914).
• 1 October - Paul Dukas, composer and teacher (d.1935).
• 8 December - Jacques Hadamard, mathematician (d.1963).

[edit] Deaths

• 19 January - Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, political philosopher (b.1809).
• 16 February - Louis Pierre Gratiolet, anatomist and zoologist (b.1815).
• 13 April - Achille Valenciennes, zoologist (b.1794).
• 18 April - Léon Jean Marie Dufour, medical doctor and naturalist (b.1780).
• 30 March - Gustave de Beaumont, magistrate, prison reformer and travel companion to Alexis de Tocqueville (b.1802).
• 21 November - Jean-Claude-Léonard Baveux, priest and missionary in Canada (b.1796).

[edit] Full date unknown

• Baron de César Bazancourt, military historian (b.1810).

[edit] References