| GOUNOD | Charles, French composer of the 1864 opera Mireille (6) |
| OFFENBACH | German composer of the 1864 opera bouffe La belle Helene (9) |
| VERNE | Author of the 1864 novel Journey To The Centre Of The Earth, Jules _ (5) |
| GAALLE | Charles .. ......, French president 1959-1969 (2,6) |
| BOULLE | Andre-Charles, French cabinetmaker born in 1642 (6) |
| HALEVY | Jacques, French composer of the opera La Juive (6) |
| RAMEAU | Jean-Philippe, French composer of the opera Hippolyte Et Aricie (6) |
| CHOPIN | Frederic ___, Polish-born French composer of the Romantic school who wrote mainly for the solo piano (6) |
| DUPARC | Henri, French composer of the 1875 symphonic poem Lenore (6) |
| LABELLEHELENE | 1864 opera-bouffe by Offenbach (2,5,6) |
| DEGAULLE | Charles, French general who was first president of the Fifth Republic (2,6) |
| SOLDIERBLUE | 1970 Western inspired by the 1864 Sand Creek massacre in the Colorado Territory |
| PERRAULT | Charles -, French author of fairy tales Cinderella and The Sleeping Beauty |
| REDCROSS | Which organisation, that tends the wounded in wartime, was founded after the 1864 Geneva Convention? (3,5) |
| PAPERCHASE | *Film for which John Houseman won an Oscar, with 'The' (1864-1873) |
| MCCLELLAN | Union general who later lost to Lincoln in the 1864 election |
| BLONDIN | Charles, French tightrope walker who crossed the Niagara Falls (7) |
| DE | Charles .. ......, French president 1959-1969 (2,6) |
| MESSIER | Charles, French astronomer noted for his catalogue of nebulae and star clusters (7) |
| LECLERC | Charles -, French general; brother-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte |
