Learns of Léopoldine's death at Rochefort
· Former Café de l'Europe, Place Colbert, Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · file Returning from Spain with Juliette Drouet, Hugo read the newspaper report announcing the drowning of his daughter Léopoldine and her husband. The event is commonly dated 9 September 1843; this source establishes the month and location but does not state the day.
