Timeline Tuesday 6 January 1852

Events on Tuesday 6 January 1852 2

• 1809 – 1852 Louis Braille (1809-1852) Died 6 January 1852, aged 43 Louis Braille, blinded in a childhood accident, had in the 1820s developed a system of raised dots that let blind readers read and write by touch. He died of tuberculosis in Paris; his Braille system was adopted worldwide after his death.
• 1809 – 1852 Louis Braille Inventor of Braille Developed the system of raised dots that allows blind and visually impaired people to read and write.