1824 in France
Events from the year 1824 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- 25 February - Legislative election held.
- 6 March - Legislative election held.
- 16 September - Charles X succeeds Louis XVIII as King of France.
- Cimetière du Montparnasse is established.
Arts and literature
- The first collection of poetry by Victor Hugo, Nouvelles Odes et Poésies Diverses, is published.
Births
- 11 January - Théophile Nicolas Noblot, politician
- 15 January - Marie Duplessis, courtesan
- 11 May - Jean-Léon Gérôme, painter and sculptor
- 28 June - Paul Broca, physician, anatomist, and anthropologist
- 12 July - Eugène Boudin, painter
- 27 July - Alexandre Dumas, fils, writer, author and playwright
- 6 December - Emmanuel Frémiet, sculptor
- 14 December - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, painter
- 25 December - Rodolphe-Madeleine Cleophas Dareste de la Chavanne, jurist
Full date unknown
- Joséphine-Félicité-Augustine Brohan, actress
Deaths
- 26 January - Théodore Géricault, painter and lithographer
- 27 January - Jean-Benoît-Vincent Barré, architect
- 21 February - Eugène de Beauharnais, soldier and stepson of Napoleon
- 16 June - Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, statesman
- 21 June - Étienne Aignan, translator, political writer, librettist and playwright
- 20 July - Maine de Biran, philosopher
- 16 September - Louis XVIII, King of France and Navarre
- 20 October - Jean-Louis-Paul-François, 5th duc de Noailles, scientist
- 24 October - André Thouin, botanist
- 9 December - Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, painter