1883 in France
# 1883 in France

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

## 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)
