8 May – Divorce is abolished by theChambre introuvable, after having been permitted following the French Revolution.[3]
2 July –French frigateMéduse (1810) runs aground off the coast ofSenegal, with 140 lives lost in the botched rescue that takes weeks, leading to a scandal in the French government.
6 September – King Louis XVIII dissolves theChambre introuvable, the legislature that had been elected after theSecond Restoration re-established the old monarchy.[4]
Mutuelle de L'assurance contre L'incendie ("L'Anciente Mutuelle"), predecessor ofAxa, the globalinsurance andfinancial services company, is founded inRouen.[7]