Timeline December 1851

Events in December 1851 2

• 1775 – 1851 J. M. W. Turner Romanticism · England J. M. W. Turner (April 23, 1775 – December 19, 1851) was an English Romantic painter famous for his luminous seascapes and atmospheric landscapes. He anticipated Impressionism by decades and is considered Britain's greatest painter.
• 1851 Louis-Napoleon's coup d'état President seizes absolute power in France On 2 December 1851, President Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte dissolved the National Assembly and seized dictatorial power in a coup. A rigged plebiscite ratified his rule, and within a year he declared himself Emperor Napoleon III, founding the Second French Empire.