1826 in France
Events from the year 1826 in France.
Events
The oldest surviving photograph, Nicéphore Niépce, c. 1826
- June - Photography: Nicéphore Niépce makes a true photograph.
Arts and literature
- The second novel by Victor Hugo, Bug-Jargal, is published.
Births
- 6 April - Gustave Moreau, painter (died 1898).
- 5 May - Eugénie de Montijo, wife of Napoléon III (died 1920).
- 18 May - Emile-Justin Menier, pharmaceutical manufacturer, chocolatier, and politician (died 1881).
- 29 June - Charles Ernest Beulé, archaeologist and politician (died 1874).
- 24 October - Léopold Victor Delisle, bibliophile and historian (died 1910).
Full date unknown
- Louis Arsene Delaunay, actor (died 1903).
Deaths
- 3 January - Louis Gabriel Suchet, Marshal of France (born 1770).
- 2 February - Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, lawyer, politician, epicure and gastronome (born 1755).
- 8 October - Marie-Guillemine Benoist, painter (born 1768).
- 5 November - Élie Halévy (Chalfan), Hebrew poet and author (born 1760).
Full date unknown
- Henri-Cardin-Jean-Baptiste d'Aguesseau, politician (born 1746).
- Jean-Baptiste Stouf, sculptor (born 1742).