See also: 1833 in France, other events of 1834, 1835 in France.

Events from the year 1834 in France.

Events

• 26 February - Treaty of Desmichels signed between Abd-el-Kader and France, recognising him as the independent sovereign ruler of the province of Oran in Algeria.
• 21 June - Legislative election held for the third legislature of the July Monarchy.

Births

• 1 January - Ludovic Hal vy, author and playwright (d.1908).
• 9 April - Edmond Laguerre, mathematician (d.1886).
• 18 May - Auguste-Th odore-Paul de Broglie, professor of apologetics (d.1895).
• 19 July - Edgar Degas, artist (d.1917).
• 2 August - Fr d ric Bartholdi, sculptor, designer of the Statue of Liberty (d.1904).
• 16 December - L on Walras, economist (d.1910).

Full date unknown

• Pierre Jean Marie Delavay, missionary, explorer and botanist (d.1895).
• Louis Pierre Mouillard, engineer (d.1897).

Deaths

• 20 May - Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette, military officer and former aristocrat (b.1757).
• 14 July - Edmond-Charles Gen t, ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution (b.1763).
• 7 August - Joseph Marie Jacquard, silk weaver and inventor (b.1752).
• 8 October - Fran ois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer (b.1775).

References

fr:1834 en France