1852
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Years: 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 - 1852 - 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857
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2 Year in topic 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Heads of state in 1852 |
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
- November - Franklin Pierce defeats Winfield Scott in the U.S. presidential election
- November 7 - President Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor Napoleon III of France
- 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.
Year in topic
- 1852 in art
- 1852 in literature
- March 20 - Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published
- March 20 - Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published
Births
- April 1 - Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter
- April 13 - F.W. Woolworth, merchant/businessman, founder of Woolworth's
- April 22 - Grand Duke Guillaume IV of Luxembourg
- May 4 - Alice Pleasance Liddell, inspiration for the novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
- May 31 - Julius Richard Petri, German bacteriologist, inventor of Petri dish.
- December 15 - Henri Becquerel, French physicist
Deaths
- January 6 - Louis Braille, teacher, developed writing system for the blind
- September 14 - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British commander at the Battle of Waterloo and Prime Minister.
- November 30 - Junius Brutus Booth, English actor.