1829 in France
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Events from the year 1829 in France.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Charles X[1]
- Prime Minister – Jean Baptiste Gay[2] (until 8 August), then Jules de Polignac[3]
Events
- 17 November – Jules de Polignac becomes president of the council of ministers.
- Red trousers (pantalons rouge or garance) adopted as standard Army uniform.
- Barthélemy Thimonnier invented the "sewing machine"
Births
- 10 January – Henri-Émile Bazin, hydraulic engineer (d. 1917)
- 20 February – Charles-Auguste Lebourg, sculptor (d. 1906)
- 22 February – Henri-Jacques Espérandieu, architect (d. 1874)
- 18 July – Paul Dubois, sculptor (d. 1905)
- 25 November – Charles de Varigny, adventurer, diplomat, translator and writer (d. 1899)
- 21 December – Gabriel-Auguste Ancelet, architect (d. 1895)
- date unknown – Peter Howard, U.S. sailor (d. 1875)
Deaths
- 18 March – Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth, soldier and politician (b. 1760)
- 6 July – Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley, admiral (b. 1770)
- 23 August – Pierre Deval, diplomat (b. 1758)
- 5 September – Pierre, comte Daru, soldier, statesman, historian and poet (b. 1767)
- 13 December – Charles Dambray, chancellor of France (b. 1760)
See also
References
- ^ Sand, George (1 January 1991). Story of My Life: The Autobiography of George Sand. SUNY Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-7914-0580-2.
- ^ "Jean-Baptiste-Sylvère Gay, viscount de Martignac | French politician and historian | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ Rigatelli, Laura Toti (6 December 2012). Evariste Galois 1811–1832. Birkhäuser. p. 52. ISBN 978-3-0348-9198-1.