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Events from the year 1821 in France.
1820 in France
1820 in France
See also:1819 in France,other events of 1820,1821 in France.----Events from the year 1820 in France.-Events:*4 November - Legislative election held.*13 November - Legislative election held.-Births:...
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1822 in France
1822 in France
See also:1821 in France,other events of 1822,1823 in France.----Events from the year 1822 in France.-Events:*20 October - Congress of Verona, at which Russia, Austria and Prussia approve French intervention in Spain....
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Events from the year 1821 in France.
Events
- 5 May - NapoléonNapoleon I of FranceNapoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815...
dies in exile at Saint HelenaSaint HelenaSaint Helena , named after St Helena of Constantinople, is an island of volcanic origin in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha which also includes Ascension Island and the islands of Tristan da Cunha...
. The cause of his death is still disputed.
Births
- 11 February - Auguste MarietteAuguste MarietteFrançois Auguste Ferdinand Mariette was a French scholar, archaeologist and Egyptologist, the designer of the rebuilt Egyptian Museum under Maximilian of Austria orders when the later had gained control of the artifacts collected to that point.-Early career:Born at Boulogne-sur-Mer, Mariette...
, scholar and archaeologist (d.18811881 in FranceSee also:1880 in France,other events of 1881,1882 in France.----Events from the year 1881 in France.-Events:*13 February - First issue of the feminist newspaper La Citoyenne is published by Hubertine Auclert....
). - 9 April - Charles BaudelaireCharles BaudelaireCharles Baudelaire was a French poet who produced notable work as an essayist, art critic, and pioneering translator of Edgar Allan Poe. His most famous work, Les Fleurs du mal expresses the changing nature of beauty in modern, industrializing Paris during the nineteenth century...
, poet, critic and translator (d.18671867 in FranceSee also:1866 in France,other events of 1867,1868 in France.----Events from the year 1867 in France.-Events:*13 January - French Military Mission arrives in Yokohama, Japan.*7 June - Adolphe Dugléré prepares the Three Emperors Dinner...
). - 1 July - Anatole Jean-Baptiste Antoine de BarthélemyAnatole Jean-Baptiste Antoine de BarthélemyAnatole Jean-Baptiste Antoine de Barthélemy was a French archaeologist and numismatist.He was born at Reims in 1821, and died at Ville d'Avray in 1904.In collaboration with J...
, archaeologist and numismatist (d.19041904 in FranceSee also:1903 in France,other events of 1904,1905 in France.----Events from the year 1904 in France.-Events:*8 April - Entente cordiale, a series of agreements signed between the United Kingdom and France.-Sport:...
). - 18 July - Pauline García-ViardotPauline Garcia-ViardotPauline Viardot [née García] was a leading nineteenth-century French mezzo-soprano, pedagogue and composer of Spanish descent.-Name:Her name appears in various forms. When it is not simply "Pauline Viardot", it most commonly appears in association with her maiden name García or the unaccented...
, mezzo-sopranoMezzo-sopranoA mezzo-soprano is a type of classical female singing voice whose range lies between the soprano and the contralto singing voices, usually extending from the A below middle C to the A two octaves above...
and composerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
(d.19101910 in FranceSee also:1909 in France,other events of 1910,1911 in France.----Events from the year 1910 in France.-Events:*16 January - Constant rain in Paris causes the Seine to overflow its banks, flooding the city...
). - 29 August - Louis Laurent Gabriel de MortilletLouis Laurent Gabriel de MortilletLouis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet , French anthropologist, was born at Meylan, Isère.-Biography:He was educated at the Jesuit college of Chambéry and at the Paris Conservatoire. Becoming in 1847 proprietor of La Revue indépendante, he was implicated in the Revolution of 1848 and sentenced to two...
, anthropologist (d.18981898 in FranceSee also:1897 in France,other events of 1898,1899 in France.----Events from the year 1898 in France.-Events:*13 January - Emile Zola's J'accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair....
). - 17 September - Léonard-Léopold Forgemol de BostquénardLéonard-Léopold Forgemol de BostquénardLéonard-Léopold Forgemol de Bostquénard was a general in the French Army.He was born on the 17th September 1821 at Azerables, in the Creuse départment and died on the 28th November 1897 at Versailles....
, general (d.18971897 in FranceSee also:1896 in France,other events of 1897,1898 in France.----Events from the year 1897 in France.-Events:*9 December - First issue of the feminist newspaper La Fronde is published by Marguerite Durand.-Arts and literature:...
). - 22 November - Charles BrunCharles Brun (France)Charles Brun was a 1st class engineer of the French Navy stationed at Rochefort, France.He was famously involved in building the submarine Plongeur, which had been designed by Simon Bourgeois, in 1862....
, naval engineer (d.18971897 in FranceSee also:1896 in France,other events of 1897,1898 in France.----Events from the year 1897 in France.-Events:*9 December - First issue of the feminist newspaper La Fronde is published by Marguerite Durand.-Arts and literature:...
). - 12 December - Gustave FlaubertGustave FlaubertGustave Flaubert was a French writer who is counted among the greatest Western novelists. He is known especially for his first published novel, Madame Bovary , and for his scrupulous devotion to his art and style.-Early life and education:Flaubert was born on December 12, 1821, in Rouen,...
, novelist (d.18801880 in FranceSee also:1879 in France,other events of 1880,1881 in France.----Events from the year 1880 in France.-Events:*29 June - France annexes Tahiti.*Discovery of piezoelectricity by Pierre Curie and Jacques Curie.-Births:...
). - December - Joseph DéjacqueJoseph DéjacqueJoseph Déjacque was a French anarcho-communist poet and writer. He sought to abolish "personal property, property in land, buildings, workshops, shops, property in anything that is an instrument of work, production or consumption."Déjacque was the first to employ the term libertarian in a...
, anarcho-communistAnarchist communismAnarchist communism is a theory of anarchism which advocates the abolition of the state, markets, money, private property, and capitalism in favor of common ownership of the means of production, direct democracy and a horizontal network of voluntary associations and workers' councils with...
poet and writer (d.18641864 in FranceSee also:1863 in France,other events of 1864,1865 in France.----Events from the year 1864 in France.-Events:*10 April - Treaty of Miramar.*Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth published.-Births:...
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Deaths
- 17 March - Louis-Marcelin de FontanesLouis-Marcelin de FontanesLouis-Marcelin, marquis de Fontanes was a French poet and politician.-Biography:Born in Niort , he belonged to a noble Protestant family of Languedoc which had been reduced to poverty by the revocation of the edict of Nantes. His father and grandfather remained Protestant, but he was himself...
, poet and politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
(b.1757). - 5 May - Napoleon I of FranceNapoleon I of FranceNapoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815...
, military and political leader (b.17691769 in FranceSee also:1768 in France,other events of 1769,1770 in France.----Events from the year 1769 in France.-Events:*8 May - Battle of Ponte Novu begins between royal French forces and the native Corsicans....
). - 19 May - François-Henri de Franquetot de CoignyFrançois-Henri de Franquetot de CoignyFrançois-Henri de Franquetot de Coigny, 1er duc de Coigny was a Marshal of France.The grandson of another Marshal of France, François de Franquetot de Coigny, he entered the musketeers at age fifteen. When he was eleven, his father, Jean, Marquis de Coigny , was killed in a duel...
, Marshal of FranceMarshal of FranceThe Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements...
(b.1737). - 19 May - Camille JordanCamille Jordan (politician)Camille Jordan was a French politician born in Lyon of a well-to-do mercantile family.Jordan was educated in Lyon, and from an early age was imbued with royalist principles. He actively supported by voice, pen and musket his native town in its resistance to the Convention; and when Lyon fell, in...
, politician (b.1771). - 18 September - Jean-Nicolas CorvisartJean-Nicolas CorvisartJean-Nicolas Corvisart was an important figure in the history of French medicine. Born in the French village of Dricourt, Ardennes in 1755, Corvisart gained early notoriety for his translation of Leopold von Auenbrugg's Inventum Novum from Latin into French...
, physician (b.1755). - 8 November - Jean RappJean RappJean Rapp was a French Army general during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.Rapp was born the son of the janitor of the town-hall of Colmar. He began theological studies to became a clergy man, but with his build and heated character, he was better suited to the military,...
, general lieutenant (b.1771).
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- Guy-Toussaint-Julien CarronGuy-Toussaint-Julien CarronAbbé Guy-Toussaint-Julien Carron was a French Roman Catholic priest who founded a number of social and educational institutions, especially while in exile in England, and was a prolific author of pious tracts.-Life:...
, Roman Catholic priestPriestA priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...
and writer (b.1760). - Jules GranierJules GranierJules Granier was a French composer, born in Paris, France. He composed the Easter song "Hosanna" recorded by the Italian tenor Enrico Caruso. The song Hosanna describes a prayer to God, and is a hymn of praise....
, composer (b.1770). - César Guillaume de La LuzerneCésar Guillaume de La LuzerneCésar-Guillaume La Luzerne was a French cardinal.-Life:He studied at the Collège de Navarre, and rose, through the influence of his kinsmen Lamoignon, to the See of Langres , thus becoming duke and peer of France. In that capacity he took part in the Assemblée des Notables and in the Etats-Généraux...
, CardinalCardinal (Catholicism)A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...
(b.1738). - Marie-Denise VillersMarie-Denise VillersMarie-Denise Villers was a French painter, who specialized in portraits. She was born Marie-Denise Lemoine in Paris. She came from an artistic family, and her sisters Marie-Victoire Lemoine and Marie-Élisabeth Gabiou were also accomplished artists...
, painter (b.1774).