1865 in France
The following lists events that happened during 1865 in the French Empire.
Incumbents
Events
- 1 January - The French government suppresses promulgation of the Papal "Syllabus of Errors" from the pulpit.
- 3 November - Opening of the first Printemps department store, in Paris.
- 6 December - Treaty with Monaco.
- Count Alexandre Colonna-Walewski, son of Napoleon, becomes President of the Corps législatif.
- Flag reformed.
Arts and literature
- 1 January - Hector Berlioz finishes his memoirs.
- Édouard Manet's painting Olympia is first exhibited, at the Salon (Paris), and causes controversy.
- Jean-François Millet's painting The Angelus is first exhibited and becomes very popular in France.
Births
- 20 January - Yvette Guilbert, singer and actress
- 5 March - Clémentine Delait, bearded lady
- 9 June - Albéric Magnard, composer
- 1 October - Paul Dukas, composer and teacher
- 8 December - Jacques Hadamard, mathematician
Deaths
- 19 January - Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, political philosopher
- 16 February - Louis Pierre Gratiolet, anatomist and zoologist
- 13 April - Achille Valenciennes, zoologist
- 18 April - Léon Jean Marie Dufour, medical doctor and naturalist
- 30 March - Gustave de Beaumont, magistrate, prison reformer and travel companion to Alexis de Tocqueville
- 18 November – Joseph Déjacque, anarcho-communist poet and writer.
- 21 November - Jean-Claude-Léonard Baveux, priest and missionary in Canada
- Full date unknown - César Lecat de Bazancourt, military historian