1823 in France
Events from the year 1823 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- 22 January - By secret treaty signed at the Congress of Verona, the Quintuple Alliance gives France a mandate to invade Spain for the purpose of restoring Ferdinand VII as absolute monarch of the country.
- 7 April - French forces, the "Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis", cross the Spanish border.
- 23 May - The rebel Spanish government withdraws from Madrid to Seville following French attacks.
- 31 August - Battle of Trocadero: French infantry capture the fort of Trocadero and turn its guns on Cádiz.
- 30 September - Cádiz surrenders to the French and Ferdinand VII of Spain is restored to his throne as absolute monarch.
- 5 November - The "Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis" begin their withdrawal from Spain, although a French army of occupation remains in the country until 1828.
Arts and literature
- The debut novel by Victor Hugo, Hans of Iceland, is published.
Births
January to June
- 27 January - Édouard Lalo, composer
- 28 February - Ernest Renan, Biblical scholar, philosopher and writer
- 4 March - Casimir Marie Gaudibert, astronomer and selenographer
- 14 March - Théodore de Banville, poet and writer
- 18 March - Antoine Chanzy, general and governor of Algeria
- 21 March - Jules Émile Planchon, botanist
- 13 April - Charles Joseph Marty-Laveaux, literary scholar
- 21 June - Jean Chacornac, astronomer
- 28 June - Jules Adenis, dramatist and opera librettist
July to December
- 12 July - Jacques-Léonard Maillet, sculptor
- 18 July - Félix du Temple de la Croix, Army captain, aviation pioneer
- 8 August - Théodule Ribot, realist painter
- 15 August - Marie-Louis-Antoine-Gaston Boissier, classical scholar
- 1 September - Louis Gustave Ricard, painter
- 28 September - Alexandre Cabanel, painter
- 8 October - Louis-Frédéric Brugère, professor of apologetics and church history
- 21 October - Edme-Armand-Gaston d'Audiffret-Pasquier, politician
- 8 November - Joseph Monier, inventor
- 22 December - Jean Henri Fabre, entomologist
Full date unknown
- Théodore Barrière, dramatist
- Antoine Fauchery, photographer
Deaths
January to June
- 3 January - Jean Joseph Amable Humbert, general, led a failed invasion of Ireland
- 22 January - Jean-Pierre, Count of Montalivet, statesman and peer
- 16 February - Pierre Paul Prud'hon, painter and draughtsman
- 1 March - Pierre-Jean Garat, opera singer
- 14 March - Charles François Dumouriez, general
- 18 March - Jean-Baptiste Bréval, cellist and composer
- 27 March - Jacques-Michel Hurel de Lamare, cellist
- 1 June - Louis-Nicolas Davout, Marshal of France
- 27 June - Pierre Antoine Delalande, naturalist and explorer
July to December
- 2 August - Lazare Carnot, politician, engineer and mathematician
- 16 August - Louis-Martin Berthault, architect
- 18 August - André-Jacques Garnerin, inventor of the frameless parachute
- 22 August - Lazare Carnot, general, politician and mathematician
- 18 November - Jean-Nicolas Pache, politician
Full date unknown
- Antoine-François Callet, painter