1837 in France

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

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 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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