1826 in France

See also: 1825 in France, other events of 1826, 1827 in France.

Events from the year 1826 in France.

Events

The oldest surviving photograph, Nicéphore Niépce, circa 1826

• June - Photography: Nicéphore Niépce makes a true photograph.

Arts and literature

• The second novel by Victor Hugo, Bug-Jargal, is published.

Births

• 6 April - Gustave Moreau, painter (d.1898).
• 5 May - Eugénie de Montijo, wife of Napoléon III (d.1920).
• 18 May - Emile-Justin Menier, pharmaceutical manufacturer, chocolatier, and politician (d.1881).
• 29 June - Charles Ernest Beulé, archaeologist and politician (d.1874).
• 24 October - Léopold Victor Delisle, bibliophile and historian (d.1910).

Full date unknown

• Louis Arsene Delaunay, actor (d.1903).

Deaths

• 3 January - Louis Gabriel Suchet, Marshal of France (b.1770).
• 2 February - Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, lawyer, politician, epicure and gastronome (b.1755).
• 8 October - Marie-Guillemine Benoist, painter (b.1768).
• 5 November - Élie Halévy (Chalfan), Hebrew poet and author (b.1760).

Full date unknown

• Henri-Cardin-Jean-Baptiste d'Aguesseau, politician (b.1746).
• Jean-Baptiste Stouf, sculptor (b.1742).

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