1834 in France

"See also:"
1833 in France,
other events of 1834,
1835 in France.

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Events from the year 1834 in France.

Events

*26 February - Treaty of Desmichels signed between Abd-el-Kader and France, recognising him as the independent sovereign ruler of the province of Oran in Algeria.
*21 June - Legislative election held for the third legislature of the July Monarchy.

Births

*1 January - Ludovic Halévy, author and playwright (d.1908).
*9 April - Edmond Laguerre, mathematician (d.1886).
*18 May - Auguste-Théodore-Paul de Broglie, professor of apologetics (d.1895).
*19 July - Edgar Degas, artist (d.1917).
*2 August - Frédéric Bartholdi, sculptor, designer of the Statue of Liberty (d.1904).
*16 December - Léon Walras, economist (d.1910).

Full date unknown

*Pierre Jean Marie Delavay, missionary, explorer and botanist (d.1895).
*Louis Pierre Mouillard, engineer (d.1897).

Deaths

*20 May - Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette, military officer and former aristocrat (b.1757).
*14 July - Edmond-Charles Genêt, ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution (b.1763).
*7 August - Joseph Marie Jacquard, silk weaver and inventor (b.1752).
*8 October - François-Adrien Boieldieu, composer (b.1775).

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