1810 in France

"See also:"
1809 in France,
other events of 1810,
1811 in France.

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Events from the year 1810 in France.

Events

*6 January - Treaty of Paris ends war between France and Sweden.
*10 January - Marriage of Napoleon and Josephine de Beauharnais is annulled.
*4 March - French Army retreats from Portugal.
*11 March - Napoleon marries Marie-Louise of Austria.
*26 April - Peninsular War: Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo begins. Spanish garrison besieged by French forces.
*9 July - Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland.
*9 July - Peninsular War: Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo ends in French victory.
*24 July - Peninsular War: Battle of the Côa.
*25 July - Peninsular War: Siege of Almeida begins. French lay siege to British and Portuguese forces.
*20 August - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Grand Port, Mauritius. French victory over British fleet.
*21 August - One of Napoleon's marshals, Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, was elected crown prince of Sweden.
*27 August - Peninsular War: Siege of Almeida ends with French victory.
*27 September - Battle of Bussaco, Anglo-Portuguese victory over the French.

Births

January to June

*21 January - Pierre Louis Charles de Failly, General (d.1892).
*8 February - Eliphas Levi, occult author and magician (d.1875).
*4 April - Desirée Gay, socialist feminist (d. c1891).
*8 April - Hégésippe Moreau, poet (d.1838).
*13 April - Félicien-César David, composer (d.1876).
*28 June - Célestin Joseph Félix, Jesuit (d.1891).

July to December

*14 July - Aristide Boucicaut, creator of Le Bon Marché department stores (d.1877).
*21 July - Henri Victor Regnault, chemist and physicist (d.1878).
*4 August - Maurice de Guérin, poet (d.1839).
*15 August - Louise Colet, poet (d.1876).
*12 September - Ernest Courtot de Cissey, General (d.1882).
*29 October - Sophie d'Arbouville, writer (d.1850).
*8 November - Pierre Bosquet, Marshal of France (d.1861).
*11 December - Alfred de Musset, dramatist, poet and novelist (d.1857).

Full date unknown

*Louise Rosalie Allan-Despreaux, actress (d.1856).
*Louis Aubert-Roche, physician (d.1874).
*Baron de César Bazancourt, military historian (d.1865).
*Eugène Belgrand, engineer (d.1878).
*Louis-Auguste Desmarres, ophthalmologist (d.1882).
*François Edmond Eugene de Barlatier de Mas, naval officer.
*Pierre-Jules Mêne, sculptor (d.1879).
*Antoine Léon Morel-Fatio, painter (d.1871).

Deaths

January to June

*1 March - Jean-Jacques de Boissieu, painter (b.1736).
*2 May - Jean-Louis Baudelocque, obstetrician (b.1745).
*21 May - Chevalier d'Eon, [diplomat] , spy and soldier who lived the first half of her life as a man and the second half as a woman (b.1728).
*29 May - François-Urbain Domergue, grammarian and journalist (b.1745).
*26 June - Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, airship inventor (b.1740).

July to December

*12 August - Étienne Louis Geoffroy, entomologist (b.1725).
*13 August - Jacques-Francois Menou, General (b.1750).
*19 October - Jean-Georges Noverre, dancer and balletmaster (b.1727).
*23 October - Jean Baptiste Marie Franceschi-Delonne, General (b.1767).
*26 October - Alexandre-Antoine Hureau de Sénarmont, Artillery General (b.1769).
*1 December - Jean Baptiste Treilhard, politician (b.1742).
*8 December - Ange-François Fariau, poet and translator (b.1747).

Full date unknown

*Charles-Claude Flahaut de la Billaderie, comte d'Angiviller, director of the Bâtiments du Roi (b.1730).
*François Cabarrus, adventurer (b.1752).
*Esprit Calvet, physician and collector (b.1728).
*Antoine-Denis Chaudet, sculptor (b.1763).
*Jean-Marie Morel, architect and surveyor (b.1728).
*François Péron, naturalist and explorer (b.1775).

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