1824 in France

Events from the year 1824 in France.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Louis XVIII (until 16 September), then Charles X
 * Prime Minister – Joseph de Villèle

Events

 * 25 February - Legislative election held.
 * 6 March - Legislative election held.
 * 16 September - Charles X succeeds Louis XVIII as King of France.
 * Cimetière du Montparnasse is established.

Arts and literature

 * The first collection of poetry by Victor Hugo, Nouvelles Odes et Poésies Diverses, is published.

Births

 * 11 January - Théophile Nicolas Noblot, politician (died 1891)
 * 15 January - Marie Duplessis, courtesan (died 1847)
 * 11 May - Jean-Léon Gérôme, painter and sculptor (died 1904)
 * 28 June - Paul Broca, physician, anatomist, and anthropologist (died 1880)
 * 12 July - Eugène Boudin, painter (died 1898)
 * 27 July - Alexandre Dumas, fils, writer, author and playwright (died 1895)
 * 6 December - Emmanuel Frémiet, sculptor (died 1910)
 * 14 December - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, painter (died 1898)
 * 25 December - Rodolphe-Madeleine Cleophas Dareste de la Chavanne, jurist (died 1911)

Full date unknown

 * Joséphine-Félicité-Augustine Brohan, actress (died 1893)

Deaths

 * 26 January - Théodore Géricault, painter and lithographer (born 1791)
 * 27 January - Jean-Benoît-Vincent Barré, architect (b. c1732)
 * 21 February - Eugène de Beauharnais, soldier and stepson of Napoleon (born 1781)
 * 16 June - Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, statesman (born 1739)
 * 21 June - Étienne Aignan, translator, political writer, librettist and playwright (born 1773)
 * 20 July - Maine de Biran, philosopher (born 1766)
 * 16 September - Louis XVIII of France, King of France and Navarre (born 1755)
 * 20 October - Jean-Louis-Paul-François, 5th duc de Noailles, scientist (born 1739)
 * 24 October - André Thouin, botanist (born 1746)
 * 9 December - Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, painter (born 1767)