1852 in France
See also: 1851 in France, 1853 in France.
Events from the year 1852 in France.
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.
Births
- 26 January - Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, explorer (died 1905).
- 1 March - Théophile Delcassé, statesman (died 1923).
- 28 September - Henri Moissan, chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1907).
- 22 November - Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, diplomat and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (died 1924).
- 15 December - Henri Becquerel, physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1908).
Deaths
- 6 January - Louis Braille, teacher, inventor of braille (born 1809).
- 26 February - Hélène Jégado, domestic servant and serial killer, executed (born 1803).
- 17 April - Étienne Maurice Gérard, general and statesman (born 1773).
- 28 May - Eugène Burnouf, orientalist (born 1801).
- 22 July - Auguste de Marmont, general, nobleman and marshal (born 1774).
- 26 July - Jean-Jacques Feuchère, sculptor (born 1807).
Full date unknown
- Jacques Bernard Hombron, naval surgeon and naturalist (born 1798).