1820 in France
See also: 1819 in France, other events of 1820, 1821 in France.
Events from the year 1820 in France.
Events
Births
- 16 January - Pierre Louis Rouillard, sculptor (d.1881).
- 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 - Henry, Count of 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).
Full date unknown
Deaths
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).
July to December
Full date unknown
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