See also: 1829 in France, other events of 1830, 1831 in France.

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Events from the year 1830 in France.

Contents 1 Events 2 Arts and literature 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 References

[edit] Events

• July 5 - France invades Algeria.^[1]
• July 17 - Barthélemy Thimonnier is granted a patent (#7454) for a sewing machine. It chain stitches at 200/minute.
• July 25 - Rioting breaks out in Paris against Charles X
• July 27-29 - "Three Glorious Days" - people in Paris rebel against the Ordinance of St. Cloud by king Charles X of France and clash against the National Guard - 1,800 rioters and 300 soldiers dead. King has to flee the capital. The July Revolution begins.^[1]
• August 2 - Abdication of King Charles X in favor of his grandson, Henry V, who is not allowed to take the throne.
• August 9 - The Duke of Orleans becomes King Louis Philippe.
• August 13 - Louis Philippe appoints the Duc de Broglie as Prime Minister.
• November 2 - Jacques Laffitte succeeds the Duc de Broglie as Prime Minister.

[edit] Arts and literature

• 5 December - World premiere of Hector Berlioz's most famous work, Symphonie Fantastique, in Paris.
• First performance of Victor Hugo's Hernani which causes a riot in Paris.^[1]
• Publication of Stendhal's novel The Red and the Black (Le Rouge et le Noir).^[1]
• Eugène Delacroix's painting Liberty Leading the People commemorates the July Revolution.^[1]

[edit] Births

• 10 July - Camille Pissarro, painter (d. 1903)
• 8 September - Frédéric Mistral, poet, shared the Nobel Prize in literature in 1904 (d.1914).
• 17 December - Jules de Goncourt, writer (d.1870).

[edit] Deaths

• 17 March - Laurent, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, marshal (b. 1764)

[edit] References