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1819 in France

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1819
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France
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Events from the year 1819 in France.

Incumbents

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Events

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  • 6 April–21 June - French slave ship Le Rodeur sails from Bonny in West Africa to Guadeloupe in the West Indies; in the course of the transatlantic voyage all onboard become blind, and slaves are thrown overboard as a consequence.[3]
  • May: enactment of the Serre laws, which governed press freedom for much of the nineteenth century[4]
  • 12 May – Trial begins in Paris of Marie André Cantillon and Joseph Stanislas Marinet accused of involvement in the plot to assassinate the Duke of Wellington the previous February. Both men are ultimately acquitted.
  • 25 August – An Exposition promoting French industry opens at the Louvre, attracting over a hundred thousand visitors over the next month.[5]

Arts and literature

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Births

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January to June

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July to September

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October to December

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Full date unknown

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Deaths

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July to December

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Strieter, Terry W. (1999). Nineteenth-century European Art: A Topical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-313-29898-1.
  2. ^ Dwyer, Philip G. (17 September 2016). Talleyrand. Routledge. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-317-88183-4.
  3. ^ "Western Africa". The Missionary Register. 9. London: Church Missionary Society: 284–5. July 1821.
  4. ^ Haynes, Christine (2010). Lost illusions: the politics of publishing in nineteenth-century France. Harvard historical studies. Vol. 167. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-03576-8.
  5. ^ Haynes, Christine. Out Friends the Enemies: The Occupation of France After Napoleon. Harvard University Press, 2018