1852

Years: 1849 1850 1851 - 1852 - 1853 1854 1855
Decades: 1820s 1830s 1840s - 1850s - 1860s 1870s 1880s
Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century 1852 in art 1852 in literature 1852 in music 1852 in science 1852 in sports List of state leaders in 1852 List of religious leaders in 1852

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths

Events

January 14 - President Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte proclaims a new constitution for the French Second Republic.
January 17 - United Kingdom recognizes independence of the Transvaal
Devil's Island penal colony opens
February 11 - First British public toilet for women opens in Bedford Street, London
February 15 - Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits first patient
February 16 - Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established
April 1 - Start of Second Burmese War
September 24 - French engineer Henri Giffard makes the first airship trip from Paris to Trappes
November - Franklin Pierce defeats Winfield Scott in the U.S. presidential election
November 4 - Count Cavour becomes Piedmont prime minister
November 7 - President Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor Napoleon III of France
November 11 - New houses of Parliament opened in Great Britain
November 21/November 22 New French Empire confirmed by plebiscite: 7,824,000 for, 253,000 against
December 2 - Napoleon III becomes Emperor of France.
French replace semaphores with Morse telegraphs