Events from the year 1820 in France.
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Incumbents edit
- Monarch – Louis XVIII[1]
- Prime Minister – Élie, duc Decazes (until 20 February),[citation needed] then Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu[2]
Events edit
- 14 February – Charles Ferdinand d'Artois, Duke of Berry, the nephew of the king is assassinated by a fanatic. The Prime Minister, Elie Louis, Duke of Decazes and Glücksbierg is held indirectly for the crime by the Ultra-royalists and forced to resign from the government
- 12 June – Élie Decazes, leader of the opposition in the Chamber of Deputies, successfully introduces the "Law of the Double Vote", a proposal to add to the 258 existing legislators by creating 172 seats that would be "selected by special electoral colleges" made up of the wealthiest 25% of voters in each of France's departments.[3]
- 4 November – Legislative election held.
- 13 November – Legislative election held.
- Public gas lighting in Paris.
Births edit
- 16 January – Pierre Louis Rouillard, sculptor (died 1881)
- 20 January – Alexandre-Emile Béguyer de Chancourtois, geologist and mineralogist (died 1886)
- 20 February – Gustave Nadaud, songwriter and chansonnier (died 1893)
- 30 April – Edouard Louis Dubufe, painter (died 1883)
- 11 June – Alexandre Bertrand, archaeologist (died 1902)
- 17 September – Émile Augier, dramatist (died 1889)
- 29 September – Henry, Count of Chambord, Legitimist Pretender to the throne of France (died 1883)
- 24 October – Eugène Fromentin, painter and writer (died 1876)
- 8 November – Hippolyte Castille, writer (died 1886)
Full date unknown edit
- Antoine-Élisabeth-Cléophas Dareste de la Chavanne, historian (died 1882)
- Léon Fairmaire, entomologist (died 1906)
- Mathieu Auguste Geffroy, historian (died 1895)
- Ernest de Jonquières, mathematician (died 1901)
- Léonard Morel-Ladeuil, goldsmith and sculptor (died 1888)
- Auguste Sallé, traveller and entomologist (died 1896)
Deaths edit
January to June edit
- 9 January – Charles-Louis Clérisseau, architectural draughtsman, antiquary, and artist (born 1721)
- 21 January – Palisot de Beauvois, naturalist (born 1752)
- 15 February – Pierre-Joseph Cambon, statesman (born 1756)
- 26 March – Jean-Étienne Despréaux, ballet dancer, choreographer, composer, singer and playwright (born 1748)
- 25 April – Constantin-François Chassebœuf, philosopher, historian, orientalist, and politician (born 1757)
- 21 June – Alexis Thérèse Petit, physicist (born 1791)
July to December edit
- 14 September – François Joseph Lefebvre, Marshal of France (born 1755)
- 5 October – Augustin Barruel, Jesuit priest and writer (born 1741)
- 16 November – Jean-Lambert Tallien, political figure (born 1767)
- 7 December – Denis Decrès, naval officer and nobleman (born 1761)
- 25 December – Joseph Fouché, statesman and Minister (born 1763)
- 29 December – Jean Baptiste Antoine Auget de Montyon, philanthropist (born 1733)
Full date unknown edit
- Pierre Denys de Montfort, naturalist (born 1766)
- Jean-Baptiste Robinet, naturalist (born 1735)
- Jean Simeon Rousseau de la Rottiere, painter (born 1747)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Strieter, Terry W. (1999). Nineteenth-century European Art: A Topical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-313-29898-1.
- ^ "Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, duke de Richelieu | prime minister of France | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ Price, Munro (2010). The Perilous Crown: France Between Revolutions, 1814-1848. Pan Macmillan. p. 108.
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