1 April – Georges Boulanger flees to Brussels to avoid arrest for treason.
6 May – Exposition Universelle opens in Paris, with the Eiffel Tower as its entrance arch. The Galerie des machines, at 111 m, spans the longest interior space in the world at this time. The Exposition marks the centenary of the French Revolution.
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