Historedia
Person

Isidore Niépce

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1837–1839

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Isidore 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. Louis Daguerre develops the daguerreotype process

    1837–1839

    Role: Niépce's son and heir

    1. April 1837 · Unspecified location of Daguerre's remark to Isidore NiépceEquipment Readiness

      In April 1837, Daguerre told Isidore Niépce his equipment for taking daguerreotypes was ready, needing only good weather.

    2. 19 August 1839 · French GovernmentPublic Announcement

      Daguerre announced the daguerreotype publicly in 1839 after failing to secure private investors.

Sources

  1. Louis Daguerre Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-29
  2. Daguerreotype Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-01