1837 in France
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Events from the year 1837 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 30 May - Treaty of Tafna signed by France and Abd-el-Kader, after French forces sustained heavy losses and military reversals in Algeria.
- 4 November - Legislative election held for the fourth legislature of the July Monarchy.
- At Le Mans, Father Basil Moreau founds the Congregation of Holy Cross by joining the Brothers of St. Joseph and the Auxiliary Priests of Le Mans.
- Louis Daguerre develops daguerreotype.
[edit] Births
- 29 April - Georges Ernest Boulanger, general and politician (d.1891).
- 8 May - Alphonse Legros, painter and etcher (d.1911).
- 4 July - Carolus-Duran, painter (d.1917).
- 11 August - Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France (assassinated) (d.1894).
- 24 August - Théodore Dubois, composer and organist (d.1924).
- 31 August - Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan, astronomer (d.1923).
- 15 September - Auguste-Louis-Albéric, prince d'Arenberg, noble and politician (d.1924).
- 2 November - Émile Bayard, illustrator (d.1891).
- 8 December - Louis Ducos du Hauron, pioneer of colour photography (d.1920).
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- Jean-Pierre Brisset, writer (d.1919).
- Victor André Cornil, pathologist (d.1908).
[edit] Deaths
- 3 February - René-Nicolas Dufriche Desgenettes, military doctor (b.1762).
- 18 March - Dominique-Georges-Frédéric Dufour de Pradt, clergyman and ambassador (b.1759).
- 28 April - Joseph Souham, general (b.1760).
- 26 August - Joseph Dominique, baron Louis, statesman and financier (b.1755).
- 27 September - François-Joseph d'Offenstein, general (b.1760).
- 6 October - Jean-François Le Sueur, composer (b.1760).
- 16 October - Guillaume Mathieu, comte Dumas, general (b.1753).
- 4 November - Jean-Louis-Marc Alibert, dermatologist (b.1768).
- December - Louis-Sébastien Lenormand, physicist, inventor and pioneer in parachuting (b.1757).
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- Jean Baptiste Douville, traveller (b.1794).
