Historedia
Person

Claude Niépce

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1807

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Claude Niépce, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Niépce's Pyréolophore demonstrated on the Saône

    1807

    Role: Inventor

    1. 1807 · River SaôneBoat Demonstration on the Saône

      The Niépce brothers powered a boat upstream on the Saône to prove the Pyréolophore's utility for patent approval.

    2. 20 July 1807 · ParisPatent Grant by Napoleon

      Napoleon Bonaparte signed a patent for the Pyréolophore on 20 July 1807 following the boat demonstration.

Sources

  1. Pyréolophore Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-25
  2. Nicéphore Niépce Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-19