1822 in France
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See also: 1821 in France, other events of 1822, 1823 in France.
Events from the year 1822 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 20 October - Congress of Verona, at which Russia, Austria and Prussia approve French intervention in Spain.
- Hieroglyphs deciphered by Thomas Young and Jean-François Champollion using the Rosetta Stone.
[edit] Births
- 8 February - Maxime Du Camp, writer and photographer (d.1894).
- 4 March - Jules Antoine Lissajous, mathematician (d.1880).
- 8 March - Charles Frédéric Girard, biologist (d.1895).
- 11 March - Joseph Louis François Bertrand, mathematician (d.1900).
- 7 May - André Garin, missionary and parish priest (d.1895).
- 20 May - Frédéric Passy, economist, joint winner (with Henry Dunant) of first Nobel Peace Prize, 1901 (d.1912).
- 26 May - Edmond de Goncourt, writer, critic and book publisher (d.1896).
- 19 October - Louis-Nicolas Ménard, man of letters (d.1901).
- 27 December - Louis Pasteur, chemist and microbiologist (d.1895).
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- Delphine Delamare, housewife and suicide (d.1848).
- Gabriel-Hippolyte Destailleur, architect (d.1893).
- Maurice Jean Auguste Girard, entomologist (d.1886).
[edit] Deaths
- 3 March - Abraham-Joseph Bénard, actor (b.1750).
- 19 March - Valentin Haüy, founder of the first school for the blind (b.1745).
- 10 May - Roch-Ambroise Cucurron Sicard, abbé and instructor of deaf-mutes (b.1742).
- 3 June - René Just Haüy, mineralogist (b.1743).
- 2 August - Thomas de Treil de Pardailhan, nobleman and soldier (b.1754).
- 19 August - Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, mathematician and astronomer (b.1749).
- 16 September - Auguste Jean Ameil, Brigade General (b.1776).
- 6 November - Claude Louis Berthollet, chemist and senator (b.1748).
- 10 December - Bertrand Andrieu, medal engraver (b.1761).
