11/12/1859
Jules Léotard performs the first high-flying trapeze act at the Cirque Napoléon in Paris Cultural
01/03/1857
Archbishop of Paris is assassinated on his way to Mass Crime/Disasters
01/14/1858
Assassination attempt on the life of Emperor Napoleon III fails in Paris US/the World
01/01/1863
Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the Modern Olympic Games is born in Paris Personal
03/31/1861
Body of Napoleon Bonaparte reinterred under the great dome of Les Invalides in Paris US/the World
04/23/1864
Celebrations for the 300th birthday of William Shakespeare are held around the world, but not in Paris Education/Culture
03/19/1859
Charles Gounod's opera "Faust" premieres in Paris to luke-warm critical acclaim Education/Culture
11/01/1852
Efficient telegraph service initiated between London and Paris Business/Industry
05/12/1869
Elihu Washburne arrives in Paris, France Personal
03/17/1869
- 09/10/1877
Elihu Washburne serves as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to France Legal/Political
08/13/1863
Eugène Delacroix, French Romantic painter, dies in Paris, aged sixty-five Personal
04/16/1856
European powers agree to Declaration of Paris on foreign shipping during times of war US/the World
08/03/1860
European powers hold conference in Paris on the recent massacres of Christians in Lebanon and Syria US/the World
03/13/1858
Felice Orsini and Guiseppe Pieri, unsuccessful assassins of Napoleon III, are executed in Paris Foreign
07/23/1867
France abolishes imprisonment for debt and closes the Clichy Debtors' Prison in Paris. Lawmaking/Litigating
05/10/1859
- 05/12/1859
French Emperor Napoleon III travels from Paris to Genoa to take command of the French troops in Italy Foreign
12/30/1850
French painter Gustave Courbet exhibits "Burial at Ornans" and "The Stonebreakers" in Paris Education/Culture
06/29/1853
Georges-Eugène Haussmann assumes the post of Prefect of the Seine in Paris Foreign
07/06/1859
Heat soars in Europe to some of the highest temperatures recorded US/the World
11/03/1867
In France, the Paris Industrial Exhibition closes after seven months of unprecedented display. Education/Culture
04/02/1867
- 11/02/1867
In France, the Paris Industrial Exhibition is open with items from forty-two countries on show. Education/Culture
04/01/1867
In France, the Paris Industrial Exhibition opens with items from forty-two countries on show. Education/Culture
07/29/1866
- 08/04/1866
In London, cholera continues its European assault, killing five thousand in two weeks. Crime/Disasters
06/06/1867
In Paris, a young Polish exile makes a futile assassination attempt on Russian Tsar Alexander II. Crime/Disasters
02/28/1862
In Paris, Charles Gounod's opera "The Queen of Sheba" has its first performance Education/Culture
05/16/1862
In Paris, Etienne Renoir demonstrates his internal combustion powered "horseless carriage" Science/Technology
04/09/1860
In Paris, French inventor Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville makes the first known recording of a human voice Science/Technology
11/25/1864
In Paris, Jules Verne publishes his third novel, relating a scientific expedition to the center of the Earth. Education/Culture
12/02/1852
In Paris, Louis Napoleon declares France an Empire and himself its Emperor Foreign
05/15/1863
In Paris, Manet's revolutionary painting "Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe" is exhibited for the first time Education/Culture
05/17/1859
In Paris, the French Loan called to fund with Austria is massively over-subscribed Foreign
01/14/1867
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, the leading Neoclassical painter of his day, dies in at his home in France. Personal
10/03/1859
John Young Mason dies in Paris where he is United States Minister Personal
12/02/1851
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte strengthens his power over the French government Foreign
09/09/1847
Louis Philippe of France names the moderate liberal François Guizot as prime minister Foreign
11/15/1907
Moncure Conway dies in Paris, France Personal
06/01/1898
- 11/15/1907
Moncure Conway leaves America for Paris, France Personal
11/25/1858
Montalembert is tried and convicted for libel in a French imperial court Foreign
12/21/1858
Napoleon II pardons Montalembert for his libel conviction Foreign
01/29/1860
Napoleon III closes down France's leading Catholic newspaper US/the World
01/01/1859
Napoleon III hints at coming war with Austria US/the World
02/01/1858
Napoleon III of France names his wife as Regent should he die before the majority of his son Foreign
12/31/1859
Napoleon III urges Pope Pius IX to give up the revolting Papal States Foreign
10/21/1858
Offenbach's operetta "Orpheus in the Underworld" opens in Paris and introduces the world to the "can-can" Cultural
01/27/1862
Robert E. Lee appoints Edward Warren as Medical Inspector of the Department of Northern Virginia Personal
07/12/1867
Sultan Abdülaziz of Turkey arrives at Dover for a ten day state visit to Britain. US/the World
09/03/1858
The American chess player, Paul Charles Morphy, puts on a demonstration of his skill in Paris Cultural
04/05/1858
The Boulevard de Sebastopol, the latest of Haussmann's tranformations of Paris, is opened Foreign
10/23/1858
The dispute between France and Portugal over the slave ship "Charles-et-Georges" is settled Foreign
11/29/1859
The fifteen year old Sarah Bernhardt enters the Paris Conservatory Cultural
11/21/1860
The French Empress relaxes in England and Scotland on a private visit US/the World
12/13/1860
The French Empress returns to France from Britain after her relaxed three week private visit US/the World
06/22/1867
The ill-fated miniature schooner "John T. Ford" sails from Baltimore for the Paris Exhibition. Crime/Disasters
05/31/1863
The inaugural Grand Prix de Paris horserace is held at Longchamps Racecourse outside the city Education/Culture
03/02/1852
The last of Napoleon's Marshals dies in Venice Foreign
08/19/1867
The miniature schooner "John T. Ford," bound for the Paris Exhibition, capsizes off the Irish coast. Crime/Disasters
04/27/1848
The new republican government of France declares all slaves in French colonies to be free US/the World
08/23/1867
The sole survivor of the miniature schooner "John T. Ford" is rescued off the Irish coast. Crime/Disasters
03/30/1856
Treaty of Paris ends Crimean War and guarantees the territorial boundaries of the Ottoman Empire Foreign
02/22/1859
Washington's Birthday celebrated around the country and in London and Paris Cultural
