1871 in France
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History of France • Timeline • Years
Events from the year 1871 in France.
- President: Louis Jules Trochu (until 13 February), Adolphe Thiers (starting 17 February)
- President of the Council of Ministers: Louis-Jules Trochu (until 22 January), Jules Armand Dufaure (starting 19 February)
- 3 January - Battle of Bapaume, a Prussian victory in the continuing Franco-Prussian War.
- 10 January - Besieged city of Péronne surrenders to Prussian forces.
- 10–12 January - Battle of Le Mans ends French resistance in western France.
- 15–17 January - Battle of the Lisaine: Prussian victory.
- 18 January - Prussian King Wilhelm I is proclaimed German Emperor in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles.
- 19 January - Battle of St. Quentin: Prussians defeat French attempts to relieve the siege of Paris.
- 19–20 January - Battle of Buzenval: Prussian victory.
- 28 January - Siege of Paris ends with the city falling to Prussian forces.
- 8 February - Legislative election held.
- 15 February - Armistice signed between France and Prussia.
- 18 February - Siege of Belfort ends with surrender of French garrison.
- 26 February - Treaty of Versailles ends the Franco-Prussian War.
- 18 March - The army sent by Thiers to seize the cannons stored on the Butte Montmartre refuses to shoot on the crowd and fraternises with the civilians and the National Guard, leading to the Paris Commune.
- 26 March - The Paris Commune is formally established.
- 10 May - Treaty of Frankfurt is signed confirming the frontiers.
- 21–30 May - Government troops invade Paris Commune and crush the rebellion.
- 2 July - Legislative election held.
- 31 August - Adolphe Thiers becomes President.
- 27 October - Henry, Count of Chambord, refuses to be crowned 'King Henry V of France' until France abandons its tricolour and returns to the old Bourbon flag.
- 7 January - Émile Borel, mathematician and politician (died 1956)
- 6 May - Victor Grignard, chemist, shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1912 (died 1935)
- 27 May - Georges Rouault, painter and printmaker (died 1958)
- 10 July - Marcel Proust, novelist, essayist and critic (died 1922)
- 29 August - Albert Lebrun, politician and President of France (died 1950)
- 30 October - Paul Valéry, poet, essayist and philosopher (died 1945)
- 3 April - Gustave Flourens, revolutionary leader and writer (born 1838)
- 8 April - Jean-Baptiste Guimet, industrial chemist (born 1795)
- 13 May - Daniel Auber, composer (born 1782)
- June - Charles Antoine Lemaire, botanist and botanical author (born 1800)
- 20 July - François Delsarte, musician and teacher (born 1811)
- 5 August - Paul-Martin Gallocher de Lagalisserie, engineer (born 1805)
- 9 September - Louis Édouard Bouët-Willaumez, admiral (born 1808)
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- Jean-François Cail, entrepreneur and industrialist (born 1804)
- Louis Dominique Girard, hydraulic engineer (born 1815)
- Antoine Léon Morel-Fatio, painter (born 1810)
- Félix Marie Charles Texier, historian and archaeologist (born 1802)
- Jeanne Villepreux-Power, marine biologist (born 1794)