France - 1862AD
In 1862AD:
French actress Sarah Bernhardt made her debut at the Comedie Francaise.
Impressionist artist Edouard Manet painted
Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe
.
Physicist Jean Foucault successfully measured the speed of light.
Writer Victor Hugo completed his social novel
Les Miserables
.
Napoleon III imposed the Austrian prince Maximilian as emperor of Mexico.
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