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Events on Friday 23 September 1870 1
1803 – 1870Prosper Merimee (1803-1870)Died 23 September 1870, aged 67Prosper Merimee, the French writer best known for the novella Carmen, later adapted into Bizet's opera, died in Cannes on 23 September 1870. He was also a noted historian and one of France's pioneering advocates for the preservation of historic monuments. He served as a senator during the Second Empire.