1824 in France

"See also:"
1823 in France,
other events of 1824,
1825 in France.

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Events from the year 1824 in France.

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 (d.1847).
*11 May - Jean-Léon Gérôme, painter and sculptor (d.1904).
*28 June - Paul Broca, physician, anatomist, and anthropologist (d.1880).
*12 July - Eugène Boudin, painter (d.1898).
*27 July - Alexandre Dumas, fils, writer, author and playwright (d.1895).
*6 December - Emmanuel Frémiet, sculptor (d.1910).
*14 December - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, painter (d.1898).
*25 December - Rodolphe-Madeleine Cleophas Dareste de la Chavanne, jurist (d.1911).

Full date unknown

*Joséphine-Félicité-Augustine Brohan, actress (d.1893).

Deaths

*26 January - Théodore Géricault, painter and lithographer (b.1791).
*27 January - Jean-Benoît-Vincent Barré, architect (b. c1732).
*21 February - Eugène de Beauharnais, soldier and stepson of Napoleon (b.1781).
*16 June - Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, statesman (b.1739).
*21 June - Étienne Aignan, translator, political writer, librettist and playwright (b.1773).
*20 July - Maine de Biran, philosopher (b.1766).
*16 September - Louis XVIII of France, King of France and Navarre (b.1755).
*20 October - Jean-Louis-Paul-François, 5th duc de Noailles, scientist (b.1739).
*24 October - André Thouin, botanist (b.1746).
*9 December - Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, painter (b.1767).

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