Events from the year 1804 in France
Incumbents French Consulate (until 18 May) then 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
3 October – Allan Kardec, writer (died 1869) 19 October – Francisque Joseph Duret, sculptor (died 1865) 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)
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