Events from the year 1829 in
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
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Incumbents
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Monarch
A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority and power i ...
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Charles X
Charles X (born Charles Philippe, Count of Artois; 9 October 1757 – 6 November 1836) was King of France from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. An uncle of the uncrowned Louis XVII and younger brother to reigning kings Louis XVI and Lou ...
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Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...
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Jean Baptiste Gay (until 8 August), then
Jules de Polignac
Events
*26 July – Red trousers (''
pantalon rouge'') adopted as standard Army uniform.
*17 November –
Jules de Polignac becomes president of the
council of ministers
A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a town, city or county/ shire level, but most legislative bodies at the state/provincial or nati ...
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*Barthélemy Thimonnier invented the "sewing machine"
Births
*10 January –
Henri-Émile Bazin
Henri-Émile Bazin (10 January 1829 – 7 February 1917), also known as Henry Bazin, was a French engineer specializing in hydraulic engineering, and whose main contributions relate to the systematic study of free surface flows and the measurement ...
, hydraulic engineer (d. 1917)
*20 February –
Charles-Auguste Lebourg
Charles-Auguste Lebourg (20 February 1829 – February 1906) was a French sculptor, best known for the sculptural design of the Wallace fountains, which are found in virtually every quarter of Paris and in various cities throughout the world ...
, sculptor (d. 1906)
*22 February –
Henri-Jacques Espérandieu
Henri-Jacques Espérandieu (22 February 1829 – 11 November 1874) was an architect who made his career in Marseille, France. He was responsible for some of the most famous buildings of the city, including the "Bonne mère", Notre-Dame de la Garde. ...
, architect (d. 1874)
*18 July –
Paul Dubois
Paul may refer to:
*Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name)
*Paul (surname), a list of people
People
Christianity
*Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chris ...
, sculptor (d. 1905)
*25 November –
Charles de Varigny
Charles Victor Crosnier de Varigny (November 25, 1829 – November 9, 1899) was a French adventurer, diplomat, translator and writer.
He was born November 25, 1829 in Versailles.
He was educated at Lycée Bourbon. He came with his father to the C ...
, adventurer, diplomat, translator and writer (d. 1899)
*21 December –
Gabriel-Auguste Ancelet
Gabriel-Auguste Ancelet (21 December 1829 – 3 August 1895) was a French architect who undertook various projects for the Emperor Napoleon III,
and later taught for many years at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Birth and education
Gab ...
, architect (d. 1895)
*date unknown –
Peter Howard, U.S. sailor (d. 1875)
Deaths
*18 March –
Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth
Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth (20 October 176018 March 1829) was a French soldier and politician.
Life
Alexandre Lameth was born in Paris on 20 October 1760 and was the youngest child of Marie Thérèse de Broglie. His mother was t ...
, soldier and politician (b. 1760)
*6 July –
Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley, admiral (b. 1770)
*23 August –
Pierre Deval
Pierre Deval (1897 in Lyon – 1993 in La Valette-du-Var), was a French figurative painter of the 20th century, noted as a colorist and for his subtle paintings of women and children. In the 1920s and 1930s, the Domaine d'Orvès, his h ...
, diplomat (b. 1758)
*5 September –
Pierre, comte Daru, soldier, statesman, historian and poet (b. 1767)
*13 December –
Charles Dambray
Charles Henry Dambray (9 October 1760, Rouen – 13 December 1829) was chancellor of France, minister of justice, and president of the chamber of peers during the short lived restored French Royalist government of 1814 and 1815.
Biography
Charles ...
, chancellor of France (b. 1760)
See also
References
{{Year in Europe, 1829
1820s in France