1829 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch - Charles X
• Prime Minister - Jean Baptiste Gay, then Jules de Polignac

Events

• 26 July – Red trousers adopted as standard Army uniform.
• 17 November – Jules de Polignac becomes president of the council of ministers.
• Barthélemy Thimonnier invented the "sewing machine"

Births

• 10 January – Henri-Émile Bazin, hydraulic engineer
• 20 February – Charles-Auguste Lebourg, sculptor
• 22 February – Henri-Jacques Espérandieu, architect
• 18 July – Paul Dubois, sculptor
• 25 November – Charles de Varigny, adventurer, diplomat, translator and writer
• 21 December – Gabriel-Auguste Ancelet, architect
• date unknown – Peter Howard, U.S. sailor

Deaths

• 18 March – Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth, soldier and politician
• 6 July – Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley, admiral
• 23 August – Pierre Deval, diplomat
• 5 September – Pierre, comte Daru, soldier, statesman, historian and poet
• 13 December – Charles Dambray, chancellor of France