1821 in France
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Events from the year 1821 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 5 May - Napoléon dies in exile at Saint Helena. The cause of his death is still disputed.
[edit] Births
- 11 February - Auguste Mariette, scholar and archaeologist (d.1881).
- 9 April - Charles Baudelaire, poet, critic and translator (d.1867).
- 1 July - Anatole Jean-Baptiste Antoine de Barthélemy, archaeologist and numismatist (d.1904).
- 18 July - Pauline García-Viardot, mezzo-soprano and composer (d.1910).
- 29 August - Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet, anthropologist (d.1898).
- 17 September - Léonard-Léopold Forgemol de Bostquénard, general (d.1897).
- 22 November - Charles Brun, naval engineer (d.1897).
- 12 December - Gustave Flaubert, novelist (d.1880).
- December - Joseph Déjacque, anarcho-communist poet and writer (d.1864).
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- Jean-André Cuoq, philologist (d.1898).
[edit] Deaths
- 17 March - Louis-Marcelin de Fontanes, poet and politician (b.1757).
- 5 May - Napoleon I of France, military and political leader (b.1769).
- 19 May - François-Henri de Franquetot de Coigny, Marshal of France (b.1737).
- 19 May - Camille Jordan, politician (b.1771).
- 18 September - Jean-Nicolas Corvisart, physician (b.1755).
- 8 November - Jean Rapp, general lieutenant (b.1771).
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- Guy-Toussaint-Julien Carron, Roman Catholic priest and writer (b.1760).
- Jules Granier, composer (b.1770).
- César Guillaume de La Luzerne, Cardinal (b.1738).
- Marie-Denise Villers, painter (b.1774).
