1827 in France explained

Events from the year 1827 in France.

Incumbents

• Monarch  - Charles X^[1]
• Prime Minister  - Joseph de Villèle^[2]

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 (died 1892)
• 1 February - Alphonse James de Rothschild, banker and philanthropist (died 1905)
• 1 May - Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton, painter (died 1906)
• 11 May - Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, sculptor and painter (died 1875)
• 19 May - Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, statesman (died 1896)
• 1 June - Charles Émile Freppel, Bishop and politician (died 1891)
• 24 June - Louis Brière de l'Isle, Military officer and colonial governor (died 1897)

July to September

• 11 July - Paul Bins, comte de Saint-Victor, author (died 1881)
• 12 July - Henri Rivière, Naval officer and writer (died 1883)
• 29 July - Louis Ratisbonne, writer and man of letters (died 1900)
• 16 September - Jean Albert Gaudry, geologist and palaeontologist (died 1908)
• 27 September - Pierre Tirard, politician (died 1893)

October to December

• 8 October - Francisque Sarcey, journalist and drama critic (died 1899)
• 25 October - Marcellin Berthelot, chemist and politician (died 1907)
• 1 November - Pierre Adolphe Adrien Doyon, dermatologist (died 1907)
• 23 November - Auguste Chauveau, professor and veterinarian (died 1917)
• 30 November - Henri Ernest Baillon, botanist and physician (died 1895)
• 5 December - Marie Henri d'Arbois de Jubainville, historian and philologist (died 1910)
• 7 December - Marc Monnier, writer (died 1885)
• 9 December - Joseph-Christian-Ernest Bourret, Cardinal (died 1896)
• 10 December - Jacques-Marie-Louis Monsabré, priest and orator (died 1907)
• 26 December - Étienne Léopold Trouvelot, artist, astronomer and amateur entomologist, introduces the gypsy moth into North America (died 1895)

Deaths

January to June

• 13 January - Jean Denis, comte Lanjuinais, politician, lawyer, jurist, journalist and historian (born 1753)
• 15 January - Michel Mathieu Lecointe-Puyraveau, politician (born 1764)
• 30 January - Victor Marie du Pont, diplomat, then businessman in America (born 1767)
• 19 February - Armand Augustin Louis de Caulaincourt, General and diplomat (born 1773)
• 5 March - Pierre-Simon Laplace, mathematician and astronomer (born 1749)
• 5 March - Charles du Houx de Viomesnil, Marshal of France (born 1734)
• 27 March - François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, social reformer (born 1747)
• 6 May - François-Frédéric Lemot, sculptor (born 1772)
• 31 May - Pierre Louis Prieur, politician (born 1756)

July to December

• 8 July - Robert Surcouf, privateer, businessman and slave-trader (born 1773)
• 14 July - Augustin-Jean Fresnel, physicist (born 1788)
• 9 August - Marc-Antoine Madeleine Désaugiers, composer, dramatist and songwriter (born 1772)
• 20 August - Jacques-Antoine Manuel, politician and orator (born 1775)
• 13 September - Joseph-Geneviève de Puisaye, aristocrat (born 1755)

Full date unknown

• Jean-Nicolas Curély, Cavalry leader (born 1774)

Notes and References

1. Book: Sand . George . Story of My Life: The Autobiography of George Sand . 1 January 1991 . SUNY Press . 978-0-7914-0580-2 . 47 . en.
2. Web site: Joseph, count de Villèle French politician Britannica . www.britannica.com . 26 June 2022 . en.