Main events	Oudh annexed by British
In Paris	Congress of Paris, 26 Feb Opening of Boulevard St Michel, du Temple and of the Pont de l'Alma: Hausmann's schemes for Paris take shape.
Music	Schumann dies Saint-Saens: Solemn Mass Wagner: Scores Die Walküre Liszt: Dante Symphony
Literature	Tocqueville: L'Ancien Regime Hugo: Contemplations Heine dies Browning: Self education of Aurora Leigh Flaubert: Madame Bovary
Science	First Neanderthal skeleton found Bessemer steel process discovered Pasteur discovers pasteurization Perkins discovers "mauve", 1st artificial aniline dye
March 31st: Goldschmidt discovers asteroid Harmonia May 22nd, discovers Daphne