1829 in France

Events from the year 1829 in France.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles X
• Prime Minister – Jean Baptiste Gay (until 8 August), then Jules de Polignac

Events

• 26 July – Red trousers (pantalon rouge) adopted as standard Army uniform.
• 17 November – Jules de Polignac becomes president of the council of ministers.
• Barthélemy Thimonnier invented the "sewing machine"

Births

• 10 January – Henri-Émile Bazin, hydraulic engineer (d. 1917)
• 20 February – Charles-Auguste Lebourg, sculptor (d. 1906)
• 22 February – Henri-Jacques Espérandieu, architect (d. 1874)
• 18 July – Paul Dubois, sculptor (d. 1905)
• 25 November – Charles de Varigny, adventurer, diplomat, translator and writer (d. 1899)
• 21 December – Gabriel-Auguste Ancelet, architect (d. 1895)
• date unknown – Peter Howard, U.S. sailor (d. 1875)

Deaths

• 18 March – Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth, soldier and politician (b. 1760)
• 6 July – Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley, admiral (b. 1770)
• 23 August – Pierre Deval, diplomat (b. 1758)
• 5 September – Pierre, comte Daru, soldier, statesman, historian and poet (b. 1767)
• 13 December – Charles Dambray, chancellor of France (b. 1760)

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