1855 in France

Events from the year 1855 in France.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Napoleon III

Events

 * 1 March – Compagnie Générale des Omnibus established to secure a monopoly over horse-buses in Paris.
 * 15 May–15 November – Exposition Universelle in Paris. This gives rise to the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855.
 * 16 August – Battle of Chernaya River, Russian troops defeated by French and Sardinian forces in the Crimean War.
 * 7 September – Battle of Malakoff, French victory over Russian forces, part of the siege of Sevastopol.
 * 11 September – siege of Sevastopol ends in Franco-British victory.
 * 17 October – Battle of Kinburn, combined British Royal Navy and French Navy force engage Russian forts on shore.

Undated

 * ROAM (Réunion des Organismes d'Assurance Mutuelle) association is founded.

Births

 * 20 January – Ernest Chausson, composer (died 1899)
 * 15 February – Jean-Joseph Carriès, sculptor, ceramist, and miniaturist (died 1894)
 * 18 February – Jean Jules Jusserand, author and diplomat (died 1932)
 * 16 March – Achille Maffre de Baugé, poet (died 1928)
 * 27 April – Caroline Rémy de Guebhard, socialist, journalist and feminist (died 1929)
 * 27 September – Paul Émile Appell, mathematician (died 1930)
 * 5 November – Léon Teisserenc de Bort, meteorologist (died 1913)
 * 10 November – Alexandre Darracq, automobile manufacturer (died 1931)

Deaths

 * 15 January – Henri Braconnot, chemist and pharmacist (born 1780)
 * 26 January – Gérard de Nerval, poet, essayist and translator (born 1808)
 * 3 March
 * Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure, lawyer and Prime Minister (born 1767)
 * Antoine-Geneviève-Héraclius-Agénor de Gramont, aristocrat (born 1789)
 * 26 May – Jean Isidore Harispe, Marshal of France (born 1768)
 * 18 April – Jean-Baptiste Isabey, painter (born 1767)
 * 10 June – Jacques-Jean Barre, engraver (born 1793)
 * 23 October – François André Michaux, botanist (born 1770)
 * 25 November – Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart, entomologist (born 1778)
 * 2 December – Frédéric Berat, poet and songwriter (born 1801)
 * Full date unknown – Raymond Gayrard, sculptor (born 1807)

The arts

 * Jean-François Millet produces the engraving "Study of a Woman Churning Butter".