1804 in France
Events from the year '''1804 in France'''
Incumbents
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
- 19 October - Francisque Joseph Duret, sculptor
- 24 December - Édouard Chassaignac, surgeon
Deaths
- 28 February - Marie Louise Marcadet, opera singer and actress
- 20 September - Pierre Méchain, astronomer
- 2 October - Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, inventor
- 15 October - Antoine Baumé, chemist
- 2 November - Armand-Gaston Camus, revolutionist
- 1 December - Philippe le Bon, engineer