1852 in France
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Events from the year 1852 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 14 January - French Constitution of 1852 enacted by Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte (Napoleon III).
- 29 February - Legislative Election held.
- 14 March - Legislative Election held.
- 24 September - Engineer Henri Giffard makes the first airship trip from Paris to Trappes.
- 21 November - New French Empire confirmed by referendum.
- 2 December - Napoleon III becomes Emperor of the French.
[edit] Births
- 26 January - Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, explorer (d.1905).
- 1 March - Théophile Delcassé, statesman (d.1923).
- 28 September - Henri Moissan, chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d.1907).
- 22 November - Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, diplomat and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d.1924).
- 15 December - Henri Becquerel, physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d.1908).
[edit] Deaths
- 6 January - Louis Braille, teacher, inventor of braille (b.1809).
- 17 April - Étienne Maurice Gérard, general and statesman (b.1773).
- 22 July - Auguste de Marmont, general, nobleman and marshal (b.1774).
