Events from the year 1883 in France.
Incumbents President: Jules Grévy President of the Council of Ministers: until 29 January: Charles Duclerc 29 January-21 February: Armand Fallières starting 21 February: Jules Ferry
Literature
Pierre Loti - Mon Frère Yves Guy de Maupassant - Une vie Jules Verne - Kéraban-le-têtu Émile Zola - Au Bonheur des Dames / Pot-Bouille
Events 27–28 March – Battle of Gia Cuc, French victory over Vietnamese forces. 19 May – Battle of Paper Bridge, French defeat by Black Flag forces. 25 August – Treaty of Hué signed between the Nguyễn dynasty Emperor of Viet Nam and the French Empire, recognizing French imperial control over the regions of Annam and Tonkin. De Dion-Bouton set up in Paris to manufacture mechanical road vehicles. The first purebred Percheron (horse) stud book is created.
Births
January to June 5 January – Marie-Louise Bouglé, feminist, librarian, and archivist (died 1936) 3 February – Camille Bombois, naïve painter (died 1970) 18 February – Jacques Ochs, artist, épée and foil fencer and Olympic gold medallist (died 1971) 15 May – Maurice Feltin, Cardinal (died 1975) 28 June – Pierre Laval, politician and Prime Minister (executed) (died 1945)
July to December 19 July – Louis Paulhan, pilot (died 1963) 25 July – Louis Massignon, scholar and historian of Islam (died 1962) 19 August – Coco Chanel, fashion designer (died 1971) 14 September – Rose Combe, writer and railway worker (died 1932) 14 December – Robert Péguy, film director (died 1968) 16 December – Max Linder, actor (died 1925) 17 December – Raimu, actor (died 1946) 19 December – Abel Bonnard, poet, novelist and politician (died 1968) 22 December – Edgard Varèse, composer (died 1965) 26 December – Maurice Utrillo, painter (died 1955)
Full date unknown Charles Jourdan, fashion designer (died 1976)
Deaths 4 January – Antoine Chanzy, general and governor of Algeria (born 1823) 23 January – Gustave Doré, artist, engraver, illustrator and sculptor (born 1832) 17 February – Napoléon Coste, guitarist and composer (born 1805) 24 April – Jules Sandeau, novelist (born 1811) 30 April – Édouard Manet, painter (born 1832) 5 May – Louis Viardot, writer, art historian and critic, theatrical figure, hispanophile and translator (born 1800) 11 May – Juliette Drouet, actress, mistress and secretary of Victor Hugo (born 1806) 19 May – Henri Rivière, Naval officer and writer (born 1827) 25 May – Édouard René de Laboulaye, jurist (born 1811) 20 June – Gustave Aimard, traveller and writer (born 1818) 11 August – Edouard Louis Dubufe, painter (born 1820) 24 August – Henri, comte de Chambord, Legitimist Pretender to the throne of France (born 1820) 6 September – Auguste Arnaud, sculptor (born 1825) 29 October – Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose, Cardinal (born 1800) 27 November – Charles Théodore Colet, Roman Catholic Archbishop (born 1806)
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