1820 in France
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Events from the year 1820 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 4 November - Legislative election held.
- 13 November - Legislative election held.
[edit] Births
- 20 January - Alexandre-Emile Béguyer de Chancourtois, geologist and mineralogist (d.1886).
- 20 February - Gustave Nadaud, songwriter and chansonnier (d.1893).
- 30 April - Edouard Louis Dubufe, painter (d.1883).
- 11 June - Alexandre Bertrand, archaeologist (d.1902).
- 17 September - Émile Augier, dramatist (d.1889).
- 29 September - Henri, comte de Chambord, Legitimist Pretender to the throne of France (d.1883).
- 24 October - Eugène Fromentin, painter and writer (d.1876).
- 8 November - Hippolyte Castille, writer (d.1886).
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- Antoine-Élisabeth-Cléophas Dareste de la Chavanne, historian (d.1882).
- Léon Fairmaire, entomologist (d.1906).
- Mathieu Auguste Geffroy, historian (d.1895).
- Ernest de Jonquières, mathematician (d.1901).
- Léonard Morel-Ladeuil, goldsmith and sculptor (d.1888).
- Auguste Sallé, traveller and entomologist (d.1896).
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January to June
- 9 January - Charles-Louis Clérisseau, architectural draughtsman, antiquary, and artist (b.1721).
- 21 January - Palisot de Beauvois, naturalist (b.1752).
- 15 February - Pierre-Joseph Cambon, statesman (b.1756).
- 26 March - Jean-Étienne Despréaux, ballet dancer, choreographer, composer, singer and playwright (b.1748).
- 25 April - Constantin-François Chassebœuf, philosopher, historian, orientalist, and politician (b.1757).
- 21 June - Alexis Thérèse Petit, physicist (b.1791).
[edit] July to December
- 14 September - François Joseph Lefebvre, Marshal of France (b.1755).
- 5 October - Augustin Barruel, Jesuit priest and writer (b.1741).
- 16 November - Jean-Lambert Tallien, political figure (b.1767).
- 7 December - Denis Decrès, naval officer and nobleman (b.1761).
- 25 December - Joseph Fouché, statesman and Minister (b.1763).
- 29 December - Jean Baptiste Antoine Auget de Montyon, philanthropist (b.1733).
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- Pierre Denys de Montfort, naturalist (b.1766).
- Jean-Baptiste Robinet, naturalist (b.1735).
- Jean Simeon Rousseau de la Rottiere, painter (b.1747).
