1843 in France
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Events from the year 1843 in France.
Incumbents
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 (died 1918)
- 14 February - Louis Diémer, pianist and composer (died 1919)
- 5 March - Hugh Antoine d'Arcy, poet, writer and pioneer executive in the American motion picture industry (died 1925)
- 14 March - Leon Dehon, clergyman (died 1925)
- 29 March - Paul Ferrier, dramatist (died 1928)
- 21 May - Édouard-Henri Avril, painter and commercial artist (died 1928)
- 19 June - Charles-Edouard Lefebvre, composer (died 1917)
- 26 June - Paul Arène, poet and writer (died 1896)
July to December
- 13 July - Jean Marie Antoine de Lanessan, statesman and naturalist (died 1919)
- 17 August - Alexandre Lacassagne, physician and criminologist (died 1924)
- 29 August - Alfred Agache, painter (died 1915)
- 6 September - Yves Guyot, politician and economist (died 1928)
- 13 September - Louis Duchesne, priest, philologist, teacher and historian (died 1922)
- 21 September - Gabriel Paul Othenin de Cléron, comte d'Haussonville, politician and author (died 1924)
- 29 September - Jacques-Joseph Grancher, pediatrician (died 1907)
- 16 October - Émile Delahaye, automotive pioneer (died 1905)
- 12 December - Marcel Deprez, electrical engineer (died 1918)
Full date unknown
- Paul Adolphe Marie Prosper Granier de Cassagnac, journalist and politician (died 1904)
Deaths
- 4 January - Hippolyte de Bouchard, sailor and corsair (b. c. 1780)
- 11 January - Antoine Bournonville, ballet dancer, actor, singer and choreographer (born 1760)
- 2 March - François-Joseph-Philippe de Riquet, nobleman (born 1771)
- 24 May - Sylvestre François Lacroix, mathematician (born 1765)
- 7 June - Alexis Bouvard, astronomer (born 1767)
- 25 June - Marie Anne Lenormand, professional fortune-teller (born 1772)
- 4 September - Léopoldine Hugo, daughter of Victor Hugo (born 1824)
- 11 September - Joseph Nicollet, geographer and mathematician (born 1786)
- 19 September - Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, mathematician, mechanical engineer and scientist (born 1792)
- 24 October - Antoine Berjon, painter and designer (born 1754)
- 11 December - Casimir Delavigne, poet and dramatist (born 1793)
Full date unknown
- Claude Louis Séraphin Barizain, actor (born 1783)
- Casimir, Comte de Montrond, diplomatic agent (born 1768)
- Gaspard de Chabrol, prefect of the Seine (born 1773)
- Jean-Pierre Cortot, sculptor (born 1787)
- Auguste Defauconpret, writer and translator (born 1767)
- Albert Gaspard Grimod, general and nobleman (born 1772)
- Pierre-Philippe Thomire, sculptor (born 1751)