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Events from the year 1837 in France.
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1836 in France
See also:1835 in France,other events of 1836,1837 in France.----Events from the year 1836 in France.-Births:*14 January - Henri Fantin-Latour, painter and lithographer .*21 February - Léo Delibes, composer ....
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1838 in France
See also:1837 in France,other events of 1838,1839 in France.----Events from the year 1838 in France.-Births:*2 April - Léon Gambetta, statesman .*20 May - Jules Méline, statesman, Prime Minister ....
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Events from the year 1837 in France.
Events
- 30 May - Treaty of TafnaTreaty of TafnaThe Treaty of Tafna was signed by both Abd-el-Kader and General Thomas Robert Bugeaud on May 30, 1837. This agreement was developed after French imperial forces sustained heavy losses and military reversals in Algeria. The terms of the treaty entailed Abd-el-Kader recognizing French imperial...
signed by France and Abd-el-Kader, after French forces sustained heavy losses and military reversals in AlgeriaFrench rule in AlgeriaFrench Algeria lasted from 1830 to 1962, under a variety of governmental systems. From 1848 until independence, the whole Mediterranean region of Algeria was administered as an integral part of France, much like Corsica and Réunion are to this day. The vast arid interior of Algeria, like the rest...
. - 4 November - Legislative electionFrench legislative election, 1837The 1837 general election organized the fourth legislature of the July Monarchy. The election was held on 4 November.Only citizens paying taxes were eligible to vote....
held for the fourth legislature of the July MonarchyJuly MonarchyThe July Monarchy , officially the Kingdom of France , was a period of liberal constitutional monarchy in France under King Louis-Philippe starting with the July Revolution of 1830 and ending with the Revolution of 1848...
. - At Le MansLe MansLe Mans is a city in France, located on the Sarthe River. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Mans. Le Mans is a part of the Pays de la Loire region.Its inhabitants are called Manceaux...
, Father Basil Moreau founds the Congregation of Holy CrossCongregation of Holy CrossThe Congregation of Holy Cross or Congregatio a Sancta Cruce is a Catholic congregation of priests and brothers founded in 1837 by Blessed Father Basil Anthony-Marie Moreau, CSC, in Le Mans, France....
by joining the Brothers of St. Joseph and the Auxiliary Priests of Le Mans. - Louis DaguerreLouis DaguerreLouis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre was a French artist and physicist, recognized for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography.- Biography :...
develops daguerreotypeDaguerreotypeThe daguerreotype was the first commercially successful photographic process. The image is a direct positive made in the camera on a silvered copper plate....
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Births
- 29 April - Georges Ernest Boulanger, general and politician (d.18911891 in FranceSee also:1890 in France,other events of 1891,1892 in France.----Events from the year 1891 in France.-Events:*1 May - Nine killed and thirty wounded when troops fire on workers' May Day demonstration in support of eight-hour workday in Fourmies....
). - 8 May - Alphonse LegrosAlphonse LegrosAlphonse Legros , painter, etcher and sculptor was born in Dijon. His father was an accountant, and came from the neighbouring village of Véronnes....
, painter and etcher (d.19111911 in FranceSee also:1910 in France,other events of 1911,1912 in France.----Events from the year 1911 in France.-Events:*1 July - Agadir Crisis, sparked by deployment of German gunboat to the Moroccan port of Agadir....
). - 4 July - Carolus-DuranCarolus-DuranCharles Auguste Émile Durand, known as Carolus-Duran , was a French painter and art instructor. He is noted for his stylish depictions of members of high society in Third Republic France.-Biography:...
, painter (d.19171917 in FranceSee also:1916 in France,other events of 1917,1918 in France.----Events from the year 1917 in France.-Events:*9 April - Battle of Arras, a British offensive, begins....
). - 11 August - Marie François Sadi CarnotMarie François Sadi CarnotMarie François Sadi Carnot was a French statesman and the fourth president of the Third French Republic. He served as the President of France from 1887 until his assassination in 1894.-Early life:...
, President of France (assassinated) (d.18941894 in FranceSee also:1893 in France,other events of 1894,1895 in France.----Events from the year 1894 in France.-Events:* 15 February - 04:51 GMT, French anarchist Martial Bourdin attempts to destroy the Royal Greenwich Observatory, London, England with a bomb.* 14 May - Meteor shower in Southern France.* 22...
). - 24 August - Théodore DuboisThéodore DuboisFrançois-Clément Théodore Dubois was a French composer, organist and music teacher.-Biography:Théodore Dubois was born in Rosnay in Marne. He studied first under Louis Fanart and later at the Paris Conservatoire under Ambroise Thomas. He won the Prix de Rome in 1861...
, composer and organist (d.19241924 in FranceSee also:1923 in France,other events of 1924,1925 in France.----Events from the year 1924 in France.-Events:*29 March - Third Ministry of Raymond Poincaré starts....
). - 31 August - Édouard Jean-Marie StephanÉdouard Jean-Marie StephanÉdouard Jean-Marie Stephan was a French astronomer. His surname is sometimes spelled Stéphan in some literature, but this is apparently erroneous....
, astronomer (d.19231923 in FranceSee also:1922 in France,other events of 1923,1924 in France.----Events from the year 1923 in France.-Events:*11 January - Occupation of the Ruhr begins by French and Belgian troops to force Germany to pay its reparation payments....
). - 15 September - Auguste-Louis-Albéric, prince d'ArenbergAuguste-Louis-Albéric, prince d'ArenbergAuguste-Louis-Albéric, prince d'Arenberg was a French noble and monarchist politician, born in Paris. Third son of Pierre d'Alcantara Charles Marie, duc d'Arenberg and Alix de Talleyrand-Périgord, he inherited his father's title because of his older brothers' premature deaths.He was noted for his...
, noble and politician (d.19241924 in FranceSee also:1923 in France,other events of 1924,1925 in France.----Events from the year 1924 in France.-Events:*29 March - Third Ministry of Raymond Poincaré starts....
). - 2 November - Émile BayardÉmile BayardÉmile-Antoine Bayard was born November 2, 1837, in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, Seine-et-Marne. A student of Léon Cogniet, he is best known by many for his illustration of Cosette from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. He died in Cairo in December 1891...
, illustrator (d.18911891 in FranceSee also:1890 in France,other events of 1891,1892 in France.----Events from the year 1891 in France.-Events:*1 May - Nine killed and thirty wounded when troops fire on workers' May Day demonstration in support of eight-hour workday in Fourmies....
). - 8 December - Louis Ducos du HauronLouis Ducos du HauronLouis Arthur Ducos du Hauron was a French pioneer of color photography. He was born in Langon, Gironde and died in Agen....
, pioneer of colour photography (d.19201920 in FranceSee also:1919 in France,other events of 1920,1921 in France.----Events from the year 1920 in France.-Events:At the opening of the year 1920, France was in a stronger position than she had been in for several generations...
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- Jean-Pierre BrissetJean-Pierre BrissetJean-Pierre Brisset was a French writer.Born in a family of farmers, Brisset was an outsider writer, much like Henri Rousseau was an outsider artist. He is a saint on the 'Pataphysics calendar. His writings are in publication as of 2004.Brisset was an autodidact...
, writer (d.19191919 in FranceSee also:1918 in France,other events of 1919,1920 in France.----Events from the year 1919 in France.-Events:*April - Long-Berenger Oil Agreement is concluded between France and the United Kingdom over oil rights....
). - Victor André CornilVictor André CornilVictor André Cornil, also André-Victor Cornil was a French pathologist and histologist born in Cusset, Allier.He studied medicine in Paris, earning his doctorate in 1864...
, pathologist (d.19081908 in FranceSee also:1907 in France,other events of 1908,1909 in France.----Events from the year 1908 in France.-Events:*12 January - A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time....
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Deaths
- 3 February - René-Nicolas Dufriche DesgenettesRené-Nicolas Dufriche DesgenettesRené-Nicolas Dufriche, baron Desgenettes was a French military doctor. He was chief doctor to the French army in Egypt and at Waterloo.-Early life:...
, military doctor (b.1762). - 18 March - Dominique-Georges-Frédéric Dufour de Pradt, clergyman and ambassador (b.1759).
- 28 April - Joseph SouhamJoseph SouhamJoseph Souham was a French general who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was born at Lubersac and died at Versailles.-French revolutionary years:...
, general (b.1760). - 26 August - Joseph Dominique, baron LouisJoseph Dominique, baron LouisJoseph Dominique, baron Louis , French statesman and financier, was born at Toul .At the outbreak of the Revolution the abbé Louis had already some reputation as a financial expert...
, statesman and financier (b.1755). - 27 September - François-Joseph d'OffensteinFrançois-Joseph d'OffensteinFrançois-Joseph d'Offenstein , Baron of the Ist Empire, was a French general and military commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.-Biography:...
, general (b.1760). - 6 October - Jean-François Le SueurJean-François Le SueurJean-François Le Sueur was a French composer, best known for his oratorios and operas.-Life:...
, composer (b.1760). - 16 October - Guillaume Mathieu, comte DumasGuillaume Mathieu, comte DumasGuillaume Mathieu, comte Dumas was a French general.-Biography:Born in Montpellier, France of a noble family, he joined the French army in 1773 and entered upon active service in 1780, as aide-de-camp to Rochambeau in the American Revolutionary War. He had a share in all the principal engagements...
, general (b.1753). - 4 November - Jean-Louis-Marc AlibertJean-Louis-Marc AlibertJean-Louis-Marc Alibert was a French dermatologist born in Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron. He was a pioneer of French dermatology....
, dermatologist (b.1768). - 5 December - Alexis BachelotAlexis BachelotAlexis John Augustine Bachelot was a Roman Catholic priest best known for his tenure as the first Prefect Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands. In that role, he led the first Catholic mission to the Kingdom of Hawaii....
, Roman Catholic priest and Prefect Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands (present Hawaii) (b.17961796 in FranceSee also:1795 in France,other events of 1796,1797 in France.----Events from the year 1796 in France.-Events:*9 March - Widow Joséphine de Beauharnais marries General Napoléon Bonaparte....
). - December - Louis-Sébastien LenormandLouis-Sébastien LenormandLouis-Sébastien Lenormand was a French physicist, inventor and pioneer in parachuting. He is considered the first human to make a witnessed descent with a parachute and is also credited with coining the term parachute...
, physicist, inventor and pioneer in parachuting (b.1757).
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- Jean Baptiste DouvilleJean Baptiste DouvilleJean Baptiste Douville , French traveller, was born at Hambye, in the department of Manche. Having at an early age inherited a fortune, he decided to gratify his taste for foreign travel. According to his own profession he visited India, Kashmir, Khorasan, Persia, Asia Minor and many parts of Europe...
, traveller and writer (b.17941794 in FranceSee also:1793 in France,other events of 1794,1795 in France.----Events from the year 1794 in France.-Events:*4 February - The French Republic abolishes slavery....
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