1826 in France
overview of France-related events during the year of 1826
Events from the year 1826 in France.
Incumbents
Monarch – Charles X
Prime Minister – Joseph de Villèle
Events
15 January - The newspaper Le Figaro begins publication in Paris, initially as a satirical weekly.
June - Photography: Nicéphore Niépce makes a true photograph, View from the Window at Le Gras.
19 August - Louis Christophe François Hachette purchases the Brédif bookshop on rue Pierre-Sarrazin, Paris, origin of the Hachette publishing business.
3 November - The Paris Stock Exchange opens at the Palais de la Bourse.
Unknown date - Société alsacienne de constructions mécaniques founded; becomes part of Alstom, global railway rolling stock manufacturer.
Arts and literature
The second novel by Victor Hugo, Bug-Jargal, is published.
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