1863 in France

Events from the year 1863 in France.

Incumbents

15 January - French forces bombard Veracruz, during the French intervention in Mexico.
16 March - French siege of Puebla begins.
14 April - Treaty of Hué is signed between Vietnam and the French Empire.
30 April - Battle of Camarón, between the French Foreign Legion and the Mexican army: Mexican victory, but successful French delaying action.
17 May - Puebla surrenders to the French.
7 June - French troops enter Mexico City.
21-22 June - Legislative election, first round.
5-6 July - Legislative election, second round.
First outbreak of phylloxera on the European mainland observed in the vineyards of the southern Rhône region.
The recipe for the herbal liqueur Bénédictine is devised by Alexandre Le Grand in Fécamp.
The Paris Observatory begins to publish weather maps.

31 January - Jules Verne's scientifically inspired novel Five Weeks in a Balloon is published by Pierre-Jules Hetzel in Paris; it will be the first of Verne's Voyages Extraordinaires.
30 September - Georges Bizet's opera, Les pêcheurs de perles receives its première at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris.
4 November - Hector Berlioz's opera Les Troyens receives its première at the Théâtre Lyrique.