Events from the year 1866 in France .
Events
Arts and literature
Births
17 January - Joseph Bernard , sculptor (died 1931 )
29 January - Romain Rolland , writer, recipient of Nobel Prize in Literature (died 1944 )
19 February - Louis-Henri Foreau , painter (died 1938 )
17 May - Erik Satie , composer and pianist (died 1925 )
23 May - Ellen Richards Ridgway , American golfer (died 1934 )[ 1]
6 July - Charles Mangin , general during World War I (died 1925 )
13 July - La Goulue , dancer (died 1929 )
4 August - Maurice Schutz , actor (died 1955 )
7 September - Tristan Bernard , playwright, novelist, journalist and lawyer (died 1947 )
21 September - Charles Nicolle , bacteriologist , recipient of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine , 1928 (died 1936 )
Deaths
References
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