1828 in France

See also: 1827 in France, other events of 1828, 1829 in France.

Events from the year 1828 in France.

Events

• 4 January - Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac succeeds Jean-Baptiste Guillaume Joseph, comte de Villèle as Prime Minister of France.

Births

• 8 February - Jules Verne, author (d.1905).
• 14 February - Edmond François Valentin About, novelist, publicist and journalist (d.1885).
• 15 April - Jean Danjou, French Foreign Legion (d.1863).
• 13 June - Elie Delaunay, painter (d.1891).
• 19 June - Charles Tellier, engineer(d.1913).
• 17 August - Maria Deraismes, author and pioneer for women's rights (d.1894).
• 10 November - Hector-Jonathan Crémieux, librettist and playwright (d.1892).
• 26 November - René Goblet, politician, Prime Minister of France (d.1905).

Full date unknown

• Amédée Courbet, admiral (d.1885).

Deaths

• 10 January - François de Neufchâteau, statesman, poet, and scientist (b.1750).
• 29 January - Ambrose Maréchal, third Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland (b.1764).
• 15 May - Jean-Pierre Maransin, general (b.1770).
• 15 July - Jean-Antoine Houdon, sculptor (b.1741).
• 10 September - Antoine-François Andréossy, general and diplomat (b.1761).
• 3 November - Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles, statesman and Prime Minister (b.1767).
• 31 December - Louis-Benoît Picard, playwright (b.1769).

Full date unknown

• Joseph Frédéric Bérard, physician and philosopher (b.1789).
• François Antoine de Boissy d'Anglas, statesman (b.1756).

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