1823 in France
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
See also: 1822 in France, other events of 1823, 1824 in France.
Events from the year 1823 in France.
Contents |
[edit] Events
- 17 April - French forces, authorised by the Congress of Verona, enter Spain following the capture of Ferdinand VII of Spain by armed revolutionary liberals.
- 23 May - Rebel government withdraws from Madrid to Seville following French attacks.
- 31 August - French forces take the besieged fort at Cadiz in the Battle of Trocadero.
[edit] Births
[edit] January to June
- 27 January - Édouard Lalo, composer (d.1892).
- 28 February - Ernest Renan, philosopher and writer (d.1892).
- 14 March - Théodore de Banville, poet and writer (d.1891).
- 18 March - Antoine Chanzy, general and governor of Algeria (d.1883).
- 21 March - Jules Émile Planchon, botanist (d.1888).
- 13 April - Charles Joseph Marty-Laveaux, literary scholar (d.1899).
- 21 June - Jean Chacornac, astronomer (d.1873).
[edit] July to December
- 12 July - Jacques-Léonard Maillet, sculptor (d.1894).
- 15 August - Marie-Louis-Antoine-Gaston Boissier, classical scholar (d.1908).
- 8 October - Louis-Frédéric Brugère, professor of apologetics and church history (d.1888).
- 21 October - Edme-Armand-Gaston d'Audiffret-Pasquier, politician (d.1905).
[edit] Full date unknown
- Jules Adenis, dramatist and opera librettist (d.1900).
- Theodore Barrière, dramatist (d.1877).
- Antoine Fauchery, photographer (d.1862).
- Casimir Marie Gaudibert, astronomer and selenographer (d.1901).
- Louis Gustave Ricard, painter (d.1873).
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January to June
- 3 January - Jean Joseph Amable Humbert, general, led a failed invasion of Ireland (b.1755).
- 16 February - Pierre Paul Prud'hon, painter and draughtsman (b.1758).
- 1 March - Pierre-Jean Garat, opera singer (b.1764).
- 14 March - Charles François Dumouriez, general (b.1739).
- 18 March - Jean-Baptiste Bréval, cellist and composer (b.1753).
- 27 March - Jacques-Michel Hurel de Lamare, cellist (b.1772).
- 1 June - Louis-Nicolas Davout, Marshal of France (b.1770).
- 27 June - Pierre Antoine Delalande, naturalist and explorer (b.1787).
[edit] July to December
- 2 August - Lazare Carnot, politician, engineer, and mathematician (b.1753).
- 18 August - André-Jacques Garnerin, inventor of the frameless parachute (b.1769).
- 18 November - Jean-Nicolas Pache, politician (b.1746).
[edit] Full date unknown
- Antoine-François Callet, painter (b.1741).
- Jean-Pierre, Count of Montalivet, statesman and peer (b.1766).
