1862 in France

Events from the year 1862 in France.

Incumbents

6 January - French, Spanish and British forces arrive in Veracruz, Mexico, beginning the French intervention in Mexico.
22 March - the vietnamese emperor Tu Duc suffers a heavy military defeat; French troops capture the provincial capital Vĩnh Long
April - Tu Duc agrees to the Treaty of Saigon
5 June - This treaty is signed. It establishes the colony French Indochina
5 May - Battle of Puebla, victory for the Mexican Army against the French occupational forces.

3 April - The first two volumes of Les Misérables by Victor Hugo is published.
15 May - The remainder of Les Misérables is published.

28 March - Aristide Briand, statesman, Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner (died 1932)
6 April - Georges Darien, writer (died 1921)
22 August - Claude Debussy, composer (died 1918)
19 October - Auguste Lumière, filmmaker (died 1954)
7 December - Paul Adam, novelist (died 1920)
8 December - Georges Feydeau, playwright (died 1921)

11 January - Jean Philibert Damiron, philosopher (born 1794)
7 February - Prosper Ménière, scientist (born 1799)
11 February - Jules Lequier, philosopher (born 1814)
17 March - Fromental Halévy, composer (born 1799)
9 April - Charles Deval, ophthalmologist (born 1806)
18 June - Jean-Baptiste Pallegoix, vicar apostolic of Eastern Siam (born 1805)
5 July - Étienne-Denis Pasquier, statesman (born 1767)
September - Mathieu-Richard-Auguste Henrion, magistrate, historian and journalist (born 1805)