Portrait of Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry

Birthday profile

Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry

Member of the French royal family (1778–1820)

Born
January 24, 1778
Died
February 14, 1820
Zodiac sign
Aquarius
Birth year
1778

About Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry

Charles Ferdinand d'Artois, Duke of Berry (24 January 1778 – 14 February 1820), was the third child and younger son of Charles, Count of Artois (later King Charles X of France), and Maria Theresa of Savoy. In 1820 he was assassinated at the Paris Opera by Louis Pierre Louvel, a Bonapartist. In June 1832, two years after the overthrow of Charles X, an unsuccessful royalist insurrection in the Vendée was led by Charles Ferdinand's widow, Marie-Caroline, in an attempt to restore their son Henri, Comte de Chambord, to the French throne. Her son Athanase-Charles-Marie Charette de la Contrie was a military commander and became a general for France and other nations.

Biography source: Wikipedia. The profile adds birthday-specific historical context from the Celebs Birthday Today editorial database.

The world when Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry was born

Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry was born in 1778. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineFrance allies with American colonies against Britain
  • Technology milestoneJoseph Bramah patents improved flush toilet
  • World population~776M

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderContinental Congress
  • U.S. population2.8M

1778 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure17782026
Population2.8M341 million

Sources and editorial standards

This profile combines a biographical source with structured birthday and historical context. Sources recorded for this profile: Wikipedia, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Library of Congress. See our editorial policy for sourcing, corrections, and review standards.

Read the source biography on Wikipedia. Wikipedia text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.