1824 in France

Events from the year 1824 in France.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Louis XVIII (until 16 September), then Charles X
• Prime Minister – Joseph de Villèle

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

• 11 January - Théophile Nicolas Noblot, politician (died 1891)
• 15 January - Marie Duplessis, courtesan (died 1847)
• 11 May - Jean-Léon Gérôme, painter and sculptor (died 1904)
• 28 June - Paul Broca, physician, anatomist, and anthropologist (died 1880)
• 12 July - Eugène Boudin, painter (died 1898)
• 27 July - Alexandre Dumas, fils, writer, author and playwright (died 1895)
• 6 December - Emmanuel Frémiet, sculptor (died 1910)
• 14 December - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, painter (died 1898)
• 25 December - Rodolphe-Madeleine Cleophas Dareste de la Chavanne, jurist (died 1911)

Full date unknown

• Joséphine-Félicité-Augustine Brohan, actress (died 1893)

Deaths

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