1827 in France
Events from the year 1827 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- April - Ottoman Algeria: Husain Dei slaps the French consul, Decalina, on the face, eventually leading to war and French rule in Algeria.
- 6 July - Treaty of London, signed by the United Kingdom, France and Russia calling upon Greece and the Ottoman Empire to cease hostilities.
- 20 October - Battle of Navarino: A combined British, French and Russian naval force destroys a combined Ottoman and Egyptian armada.
- 17 November - Legislative Election held for the third legislature of the Second Restoration.
- 24 November - Legislative Election held.
Births
January to June
- 28 January - Jean Antoine Villemin, physician
- 1 February - Alphonse James de Rothschild, banker and philanthropist
- 1 May - Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton, painter
- 11 May - Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, sculptor and painter
- 19 May - Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, statesman
- 1 June - Charles Émile Freppel, Bishop and politician
- 24 June - Louis Brière de l'Isle, Military officer and colonial governor
July to September
- 11 July - Paul Bins, comte de Saint-Victor, author
- 12 July - Henri Rivière, Naval officer and writer
- 29 July - Louis Ratisbonne, writer and man of letters
- 16 September - Jean Albert Gaudry, geologist and palaeontologist
- 27 September - Pierre Tirard, politician
October to December
- 8 October - Francisque Sarcey, journalist and drama critic
- 25 October - Marcellin Berthelot, chemist and politician
- 1 November - Pierre Adolphe Adrien Doyon, dermatologist
- 23 November - Auguste Chauveau, professor and veterinarian
- 30 November - Henri Ernest Baillon, botanist and physician
- 5 December - Marie Henri d'Arbois de Jubainville, historian and philologist
- 7 December - Marc Monnier, writer
- 9 December - Joseph-Christian-Ernest Bourret, Cardinal
- 10 December - Jacques-Marie-Louis Monsabré, priest and orator
- 26 December - Étienne Léopold Trouvelot, artist, astronomer and amateur entomologist, introduces the gypsy moth into North America
Deaths
January to June
- 13 January - Jean Denis, comte Lanjuinais, politician, lawyer, jurist, journalist and historian
- 15 January - Michel Mathieu Lecointe-Puyraveau, politician
- 30 January - Victor Marie du Pont, diplomat, then businessman in America
- 19 February - Armand Augustin Louis de Caulaincourt, General and diplomat
- 5 March - Pierre-Simon Laplace, mathematician and astronomer
- 5 March - Charles du Houx de Viomesnil, Marshal of France
- 27 March - François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, social reformer
- 6 May - François-Frédéric Lemot, sculptor
- 31 May - Pierre Louis Prieur, politician
July to December
- 8 July - Robert Surcouf, privateer, businessman and slave-trader
- 14 July - Augustin-Jean Fresnel, physicist
- 9 August - Marc-Antoine Madeleine Désaugiers, composer, dramatist and songwriter
- 20 August - Jacques-Antoine Manuel, politician and orator
- 13 September - Joseph-Geneviève de Puisaye, aristocrat
Full date unknown
- Jean-Nicolas Curély, Cavalry leader