1837 in France
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Events from the year 1837 in France.
Incumbents
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.
- Sylvain Charles Valée captures and conquers Skikda, Algeria[1]
Births
- 29 April - Georges Ernest Boulanger, general and politician (died 1891)
- 8 May - Alphonse Legros, painter and etcher (died 1911)
- 17 June - Victor André Cornil, pathologist (died 1908)
- 4 July - Carolus-Duran, painter (died 1917)
- 11 August - Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France (assassinated) (died 1894)
- 24 August - Théodore Dubois, composer and organist (died 1924)
- 31 August - Édouard Stephan, astronomer (died 1923)
- 15 September - Auguste-Louis-Albéric, prince d'Arenberg, noble and politician (died 1924)
- 30 October - Jean-Pierre Brisset, writer (died 1919)
- 2 November - Émile Bayard, illustrator (died 1891)
- 8 December - Louis Ducos du Hauron, pioneer of colour photography (died 1920)
Deaths
- 3 February - René-Nicolas Dufriche Desgenettes, military doctor (born 1762)
- 18 March - Dominique-Georges-Frédéric Dufour de Pradt, clergyman and ambassador (born 1759)
- 28 April - Joseph Souham, general (born 1760)
- 26 August - Joseph Dominique, baron Louis, statesman and financier (born 1755)
- 27 September - François-Joseph d'Offenstein, general (born 1760)
- 6 October - Jean-François Le Sueur, composer (born 1760)
- 16 October - Guillaume Mathieu, comte Dumas, general (born 1753)
- 4 November - Jean-Louis-Marc Alibert, dermatologist (born 1768)
- 5 December - Alexis Bachelot, Roman Catholic priest and Prefect Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands (present Hawaii) (born 1796)
- December - Louis-Sébastien Lenormand, physicist, inventor and pioneer in parachuting (born 1757)
Full date unknown
- Jean Baptiste Douville, traveller and writer (born 1794)
References
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