1804 in France
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Events from the year 1804 in France
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Incumbents
- French Consulate (until 18 May)[1] then Napoleon I[2]
Events
- 21 March â 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 â Napoleon Bonaparte was given the title of Emperor by the French Senate.
- 18 May â First French Empire established.
- 2â3 October â Raid on Boulogne
- November â Constitutional referendum concerning the establishment of the French Empire
- 2 December â Coronation of Napoleon I
Births
- 3 October â Allan Kardec, writer (died 1869)
- 19 October â Francisque Joseph Duret, sculptor (died 1865)[3]
- 24 December â Ãdouard Chassaignac, surgeon (died 1879)
Deaths
- 28 February â Marie Louise Marcadet, opera singer and actress (born 1758 in Sweden)
- 20 September â Pierre Méchain, astronomer (born 1744)
- 2 October â Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, inventor (born 1725)
- 15 October â Antoine Baumé, chemist (born 1728)
- 2 November â Armand-Gaston Camus, revolutionist (born 1740)
- 1 December â Philippe le Bon, engineer (born 1767)
