1821 in France
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See also: | Other events of 1821 History of France • Timeline • Years |
Events from the year 1821 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- 5 May - Napoléon dies in exile at Saint Helena. The cause of his death is still disputed.
Births
- 11 February - Auguste Mariette, scholar and archaeologist (died 1881).
- 9 April - Charles Baudelaire, poet, critic and translator (died 1867).
- 1 July - Anatole Jean-Baptiste Antoine de Barthélemy, archaeologist and numismatist (died 1904).
- 18 July - Pauline García-Viardot, mezzo-soprano and composer (died 1910).
- 29 August - Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet, anthropologist (died 1898).
- 17 September - Léonard-Léopold Forgemol de Bostquénard, general (died 1897).
- 22 November - Charles Brun, naval engineer (died 1897).
- 12 December - Gustave Flaubert, novelist (died 1880).
- December - Joseph Déjacque, anarcho-communist poet and writer (died 1864).
Full date unknown
- Jean-André Cuoq, philologist (died 1898).
Deaths
- 17 March - Louis-Marcelin de Fontanes, poet and politician (born 1757).
- 5 May - Napoleon I of France, military and political leader (born 1769).
- 19 May - François-Henri de Franquetot de Coigny, Marshal of France (born 1737).
- 19 May - Camille Jordan, politician (born 1771).
- 18 September - Jean-Nicolas Corvisart, physician (born 1755).
- 8 November - Jean Rapp, general lieutenant (born 1771).
Full date unknown
- Guy-Toussaint-Julien Carron, Roman Catholic priest and writer (born 1760).
- Jules Granier, composer (born 1770).
- César Guillaume de La Luzerne, Cardinal (born 1738).
- Marie-Denise Villers, painter (born 1774).