1852 in France

none 1852 Events from the year 1852 in France. Incumbents Monarch – Napoleon III (from December 2, monarchy established) 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. 1 May - Covered market in Nancy is opened to the public.Courbe Charles (1839-1885) Auteur du texte https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k141685x Les rues de Nancy du XVIe siècle à nos jours. Tome 3 / par Ch. Courbe,... ; [préface de L. Lallement] 1885–1886 EN 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) References 1852 France France Category:1850s in France Category:Years of the 19th century in France