1829 in France
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Events from the year 1829 in France.
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Charles X[1]
- Prime Minister â Jean Baptiste Gay[2] (until 8 August), then Jules de Polignac[3]
Events
- 26 July â Red trousers (pantalon rouge) adopted as standard Army uniform.[4][5]
- 17 November â Jules de Polignac becomes president of the council of ministers.
- Barthélemy Thimonnier invented the "sewing machine"
Births
- 10 January â Henri-Ãmile Bazin, hydraulic engineer (d. 1917)
- 20 February â Charles-Auguste Lebourg, sculptor (d. 1906)
- 22 February â Henri-Jacques Espérandieu, architect (d. 1874)
- 18 July â Paul Dubois, sculptor (d. 1905)
- 25 November â Charles de Varigny, adventurer, diplomat, translator and writer (d. 1899)
- 21 December â Gabriel-Auguste Ancelet, architect (d. 1895)
- date unknown â Peter Howard, U.S. sailor (d. 1875)
Deaths
- 18 March â Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth, soldier and politician (b. 1760)
- 6 July â Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley, admiral (b. 1770)
- 23 August â Pierre Deval, diplomat (b. 1758)
- 5 September â Pierre, comte Daru, soldier, statesman, historian and poet (b. 1767)
- 13 December â Charles Dambray, chancellor of France (b. 1760)
