Events from the year 1821 in France. Incumbents Monarch – Louis XVIII Prime Minister – Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu (until 14 December), then Joseph de Villèle 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 (died 1881) 9 April - Charles Baudelaire, poet, critic and translator (died 1867) 6 June - Jean-André Cuoq, philologist (died 1898) 1 July - Anatole Jean-Baptiste Antoine de Barthélemy, archaeologist and numismatist (died 1904) 18 July - Pauline García-Viardot, mezzo-soprano and composer (died 1910) 29 August - Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet, anthropologist (died 1898) 17 September - Léonard-Léopold Forgemol de Bostquénard, general (died 1897) 22 November - Charles Brun, naval engineer (died 1897) 12 December - Gustave Flaubert, novelist (died 1880) December - Joseph Déjacque, anarcho-communist poet and writer (died 1864) Undated - Michel Lévy, publisher (died 1875) Deaths 15 March - Guy-Toussaint-Julien Carron, Roman Catholic priest and writer (born 1760) 17 March - Louis-Marcelin de Fontanes, poet and politician (born 1757) 5 May - Napoleon I of France, military and political leader (born 1769) 19 May François-Henri de Franquetot de Coigny, Marshal of France (born 1737) Camille Jordan, politician (born 1771) 21 June - César Guillaume de La Luzerne, Cardinal (born 1738) 19 August - Marie-Denise Villers, painter (born 1774) 18 September - Jean-Nicolas Corvisart, physician (born 1755) 8 November - Jean Rapp, general lieutenant (born 1771) Undated - Jules Granier, composer (born 1770) References 1820s in France