5 January 1856Canal ConcessionFerdinand de Lesseps
Secures a second concession clarifying company powers and obligations for construction of the canal.
Historical records for France in 1856, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Secures a second concession clarifying company powers and obligations for construction of the canal.
Hosts the peace congress ending the war.
Supports the opening of the Congress of Paris, where the powers negotiate a final peace settlement.
Supports creation of an international Danube commission.
Treaty settlement of the Congress of Paris.
Birth of Henri Philippe Petain, in the Pas de Calais, son of a peasant familly
A commission is established to define the rights of neutrals in war on the Danube.
The Congress ends the war, neutralises the Black Sea and limits Russia's special claims concerning Ottoman Christian subjects.
The settlement returns Kars to the Ottoman Empire, reduces Russian territory near the Danube, and establishes international regulation of Danube navigation.
Presides over the Congress of Paris on behalf of Napoleon III's government.
The Black Sea is neutralised. A commission is established to define the rights of neutrals in war on the Danube.
Uses the Paris settlement to confirm France's renewed influence in European diplomacy.
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