1837 in France

"See also:"
1836 in France,
other events of 1837,
1838 in France.

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Events from the year 1837 in France.

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.

Births

*29 April - Georges Ernest Boulanger, general and politician (d.1891).
*8 May - Alphonse Legros, painter and etcher (d.1911).
*4 July - Carolus-Duran, painter (d.1917).
*11 August - Marie François Sadi Carnot, President of France (assassinated) (d.1894).
*24 August - Théodore Dubois, composer and organist (d.1924).
*31 August - Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan, astronomer (d.1923).
*15 September - Auguste-Louis-Albéric, prince d'Arenberg, noble and politician (d.1924).
*2 November - Émile Bayard, illustrator (d.1891).
*8 December - Louis Ducos du Hauron, pioneer of colour photography (d.1920).

Full date unknown

*Jean-Pierre Brisset, writer (d.1919).
*Victor André Cornil, pathologist (d.1908).

Deaths

*3 February - René-Nicolas Dufriche Desgenettes, military doctor (b.1762).
*18 March - Dominique-Georges-Frédéric Dufour de Pradt, clergyman and ambassador (b.1759).
*28 April - Joseph Souham, general (b.1760).
*26 August - Joseph Dominique, baron Louis, statesman and financier (b.1755).
*27 September - François-Joseph d'Offenstein, general (b.1760).
*6 October - Jean-François Le Sueur, composer (b.1760).
*16 October - Guillaume Mathieu, comte Dumas, general (b.1753).
*4 November - Jean-Louis-Marc Alibert, dermatologist (b.1768).
*5 December - Alexis Bachelot, Roman Catholic priest and Prefect Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands (present Hawaii) (b.1796).
*December - Louis-Sébastien Lenormand, physicist, inventor and pioneer in parachuting (b.1757).

Full date unknown

*Jean Baptiste Douville, traveller and writer (b.1794).

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