1824 in France
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Events from the year 1824 in France.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Louis XVIII (until 16 September), then Charles X
Events
- 25 February - Legislative election held.
- 6 March - Legislative election held.
- 16 September - Charles X succeeds Louis XVIII as King of France.
- Cimetière du Montparnasse is established.
Arts and literature
- The first collection of poetry by Victor Hugo, Nouvelles Odes et Poésies Diverses, is published.
Births
- 15 January - Marie Duplessis, courtesan (died 1847).
- 11 May - Jean-Léon Gérôme, painter and sculptor (died 1904).
- 28 June - Paul Broca, physician, anatomist, and anthropologist (died 1880).
- 12 July - Eugène Boudin, painter (died 1898).
- 27 July - Alexandre Dumas, fils, writer, author and playwright (died 1895).
- 6 December - Emmanuel Frémiet, sculptor (died 1910).
- 14 December - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, painter (died 1898).
- 25 December - Rodolphe-Madeleine Cleophas Dareste de la Chavanne, jurist (died 1911).
Full date unknown
- Joséphine-Félicité-Augustine Brohan, actress (died 1893).
Deaths
- 26 January - Théodore Géricault, painter and lithographer (born 1791).
- 27 January - Jean-Benoît-Vincent Barré, architect (b. c1732).
- 21 February - Eugène de Beauharnais, soldier and stepson of Napoleon (born 1781).
- 16 June - Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, statesman (born 1739).
- 21 June - Étienne Aignan, translator, political writer, librettist and playwright (born 1773).
- 20 July - Maine de Biran, philosopher (born 1766).
- 16 September - Louis XVIII of France, King of France and Navarre (born 1755).
- 20 October - Jean-Louis-Paul-François, 5th duc de Noailles, scientist (born 1739).
- 24 October - André Thouin, botanist (born 1746).
- 9 December - Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, painter (born 1767).
References
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