1841 in France

Events from the year 1841 in France.

Incumbents

22 February - Thomas Robert Bugeaud takes office in French Algeria as Governor-General of the French Possessions in Africa.
25 February - Circular from the Minister of Finances Georges Humann to prefects requiring a general census of property in every commune for a door and window tax. This leads to criticism in the press and unrest in cities across the country from 7 July to 10 September.
22 March - Law on regulation of working conditions for children ages 8 to 16, prohibiting under-8s from employment.
3 April - Allocation of funds for construction of the Thiers wall, last of the city walls of Paris.
25 April - The Indian Ocean island territory of Mayotte is sold by its last sultan to France.
28 June - The ballet Giselle is first presented by the Ballet du Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique, at the Salle Le Peletier in Paris, with music by Adolphe Adam and Italian ballerina Carlotta Grisi in the title rôle.
7 July - Opening of the railway from Bordeaux to La Teste.
10 September - Unrest over the tax census in Clermont-Ferrand leads to fatalities.
11–18 September - Unrest in Paris.
19 September - Inauguration of the first international railway line, between Strasbourg and Basel.
Undated
*The first comprehensive geological map of France is published by Dufrénoy and Élie de Beaumont, the result of 13 years of investigations.
*Uranium is first isolated, by Eugène-Melchior Péligot.

7 January - Bernadette Soubirous, reported apparitions at Lourdes
14 January - Berthe Morisot, Impressionist painter
18 January - Emmanuel Chabrier, composer
30 January - Félix Faure, President of France
25 February - Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Impressionist painter
28 February - Jean Mounet-Sully, actor
2 April - Clément Ader, engineer and aviation pioneer
13 April - Louis-Ernest Barrias, sculptor
28 September - Georges Clemenceau, statesman, physician, journalist and Prime Minister
6 November - Armand Fallières, politician and President of France
12 November - Charles Jean Baptiste Collin-Mezin, luthier
6 December - Frédéric Bazille, Impressionist painter
20 December - Ferdinand Buisson, academic, pacifist, politician, awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1927