11 December - Casimir Delavigne, poet and dramatist (born 1793) 26 December - Albert Gaspard Grimod, general and nobleman (born 1772) Full date unknown Claude Louis Séraphin Barizain, actor (born 1783) Casimir, Comte de Montrond, diplomatic agent (born 1768) Auguste Defauconpret, writer and translator (born 1767) Pierre-Philippe Thomire, sculptor (born 1751) References 1840s in France