See also: 1816 in France, other events of 1817, 1818 in France.
Events from the year 1817 in France.
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Events
Births
- 2 January - François Chabas, egyptologist (d.1882).
- 3 February - Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse, geologist and mineralogist (d.1881).
- 15 February - Charles-François Daubigny, painter (d.1878).
- 24 February - Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot, general (d.1882).
- 6 March - Princess Clémentine of Orléans, youngest daughter of Louis-Philippe, King of the French (d.1907).
- 10 March - Claude Marie Dubuis, second Roman Catholic bishop of Texas (d.1895).
- 23 May - Gustave Thuret, botanist (d.1875).
- 31 May - Edouard Deldevez, violinist, conductor and composer (d.1897).
- 31 May - Joseph Marie Elisabeth Durocher, geologist (b.1858).
- 12 July - Paul-Quentin Desains, physicist (d.1885).
- 23 October - Pierre Larousse, grammarian and lexicographer (d.1875).
- 3 November - Ernest Hébert, painter (d.1908).
Full date unknown
Deaths
- 14 January - Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, composer (b.1729).
- 4 April - André Masséna, Marshal of France (b.1758).
- 12 April - Charles Messier, astronomer (b.1730).
- 20 June - Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste de Choiseul-Gouffier, diplomat and historian (b.1752).
- 14 July - Anne Louise Germaine de Staël, author (b.1766).
- 22 July - François-Philippe Charpentier, engraver and inventor (b.1734).
- 7 August - Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, writer, economist and government official (b.1739).
- 4 October - Étienne-François Letourneur, lawyer, soldier and politician (b.1751).
- 27 December - Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux, general (b.1740).
Full date unknown
- Le Clerc Milfort, expedition leader and general (b.1752).
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