1804 in France

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1804
in
France

Decades:
  • 1780s
  • 1790s
  • 1800s
  • 1810s
  • 1820s
See also:Other events of 1804
History of France  • Timeline  • Years

Events from the year 1804 in France

Incumbents[]

  • First Consul / EmperorNapoléon Bonaparte / Napoleon I

Events[]

  • 21 March – The Napoleonic Code entered into force, forbidding privileges based on birth, allowing freedom of religion, and specifying that government jobs should go to the most qualified
  • 14 May – Napoleon Bonaparte was given the title of Emperor by the French Senate.
  • 18 May – First French Empire established.
  • 2–3 October – Raid on Boulogne
  • November – Constitutional referendum concerning the establishment of the French Empire
  • 2 December – Coronation of Napoleon I

Births[]

Francisque Joseph Duret.
  • 3 October – Allan Kardec, writer (died 1869)
  • 19 October – Francisque Joseph Duret, sculptor (died 1865).[1]
  • 24 December – Édouard Chassaignac, surgeon (died 1879)

Deaths[]

  • 28 February – Marie Louise Marcadet, opera singer and actress (born 1758 in Sweden)
  • 20 September – Pierre Méchain, astronomer (born 1744)
  • 2 October – Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, inventor (born 1725)
  • 15 October – Antoine Baumé, chemist (born 1728)
  • 2 November – Armand-Gaston Camus, revolutionist (born 1740)
  • 1 December – Philippe le Bon, engineer (born 1767)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Blangstrup, Chr., ed. (1917). "Duret, Francisque". Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). Vol. 6 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. p. 540. Retrieved 2014-11-23.


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