1821 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch - Louis XVIII

  Events

• 5 May - Napoléon dies in exile at Saint Helena. The cause of his death is still disputed.

  Births

• 11 February - Auguste Mariette, scholar and archaeologist.
• 9 April - Charles Baudelaire, poet, critic and translator.
• 6 June - Jean-André Cuoq, philologist.
• 1 July - Anatole Jean-Baptiste Antoine de Barthélemy, archaeologist and numismatist.
• 18 July - Pauline García-Viardot, mezzo-soprano and composer.
• 29 August - Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet, anthropologist.
• 17 September - Léonard-Léopold Forgemol de Bostquénard, general.
• 22 November - Charles Brun, naval engineer.
• 12 December - Gustave Flaubert, novelist.
• December - Joseph Déjacque, anarcho-communist poet and writer.
• Undated - Michel Lévy, publisher.

  Deaths

• 15 March - Guy-Toussaint-Julien Carron, Roman Catholic priest and writer.
• 17 March - Louis-Marcelin de Fontanes, poet and politician.
• 5 May - Napoleon I of France, military and political leader.
• 19 May
• *François-Henri de Franquetot de Coigny, Marshal of France.
• *Camille Jordan, politician.
• 21 June - César Guillaume de La Luzerne, Cardinal.
• 19 August - Marie-Denise Villers, painter.
• 18 September - Jean-Nicolas Corvisart, physician.
• 8 November - Jean Rapp, general lieutenant.
• Undated - Jules Granier, composer.