1800 in France

"See also:"
1799 in France,
other events of 1800,
1801 in France.

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Events from the year 1800 in France.

Events

*January - Constitutional Referendum held which ratified a new constitution.
*13 February - Foundation of the Banque de France.
*6 April - Siege of Genoa began, with the Austrians besieging the French garrison.
*3 May - Battle of Engen, French victory over Austrian forces.
*3 May - Battle of Stockach, French victory.
*15 May - Battle of Erbach, French victory with heavy casualties on both sides.
*15 May - Napoleon Bonaparte crosses the Alps and invades Italy.
*4 June - Siege of Genoa ended in a tactical victory for Austria.
*9 June - Battle of Montebello, French victory.
*14 June - Battle of Marengo, French victory, driving the Austrians out of Italy.
*19 June - Battle of Höchstädt, French victory.
*5 September - At the invitation of the Maltese, British troops liberate the Islands of Malta and Gozo from the French.
*30 September - Convention of 1800, signed between the United States and France, ending their previous alliance.
*1 October - Third Treaty of San Ildefonso, secretly negotiated treaty between France and Spain, where Spain returned the colonial territory of Louisiana to France.
*10 October - Conspiration des poignards, conspiracy assassination against Napoleon Bonaparte, which was prevented.
*12 October - Boston-Berceau Action, United States capture of French ship.
*3 December - Battle of Hohenlinden, decisive French victory over Austrian forces.
*24 December - Plot of the Rue Saint-Nicaise, assassination attempt on Napoleon Bonaparte in Paris.
*25 December - Battle of Pozzolo, French victory.

Births

January to June

*3 January - Etienne-Michel Faillon, Roman Catholic historian (d.1870).
*12 January - Eugène Lami, painter and lithographer (d.1890).
*6 February - Achille Devéria, painter and lithographer (d.1857).
*12 March - Louis Prosper Gachard, man of letters (d.1885).
*25 March - Alexis Paulin Paris, scholar and author (d.1881).
*13 April - Princess Elisabeth of Savoy-Carignan (d.1856).
*5 May - Louis Christophe François Hachette, publisher (d.1864).
*8 May - Armand Carrel, writer (d.1836).
*12 May - Jean-Félix Adolphe Gambart, astronomer (d.1836).

July to December

*14 July - Jean-Baptiste Dumas, chemist (d.1884).
*28 July - Frédérick Lemaître, actor and playwright (d.1876).
*12 August - Jean-Jacques Ampère, philologist and man of letters (d.1864).
*26 August - Félix Archimède Pouchet, naturalist (d.1872).
*12 September - Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant, chess master (d.1872).
*22 September - Jean Louis Lassaigne, chemist (d.1859).
*8 October - Jules Desnoyers, geologist and archaeologist (d.1887).
*23 October - Henri Milne-Edwards, zoologist (d.1885).
*25 October - Jacques Paul Migne, priest, theologian and publisher (d.1875).
*1 November - Charles Antoine Lemaire, botanist and botanical author (d.1871).
*17 November - Achille Fould, financier and politician (d.1867).
*22 November - Jules Bastide, publicist (d.1879).
*10 December - Philippe Ricord, physician (d.1889).

Full date unknown

*Auguste Belloc, photographer (d.1867).
*Auguste Francois Biard, painter (d.1882).
*Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose, Cardinal (d.1883).
*Jean-Pierre Dantan, sculptor (d.1869).
*Ximénès Doudan, journalist (d.1872).
*Jean Louis Marie Eugène Durieu, photographer (d.1874).
*Charles Auguste Désiré Filon, historian (d.1875).
*Pierre François Lacenaire, poet and murderer (d.1836).
*Nicolas Remy Maire, bow maker (d.1878).
*Jacques-François Ochard, painter (d.1870).

Deaths

January to March

*1 January - Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, naturalist (b.1716).
*9 January - Jean Étienne Championnet, General (b.1762).
*18 February - Jean-Baptiste Perrée, Admiral (b.1761).
*27 February - Princess Marie Adélaïde of France (b.1732).
*16 March - Jean-Joseph Casot, Jesuit in Canada (b.1728).
*29 March - Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, military engineer and writer (b.1714).
*March - Joseph de Guignes, orientalist and sinologist (b.1721).

April to June

*19 April - Jean Antoine Marbot, general and politician (b.1754).
*4 May - Armand, duc d'Aiguillon, nobleman (b.1750).
*7 May - Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe, architect (b.1729).
*10 May - Jacques Mallet du Pan, journalist (b.1749).
*14 June - Louis Charles Antoine Desaix, General (b.1768).
*14 June - Jean Baptiste Kléber, General (b.1753).
*18 June - Francis V of Beauharnais, nobleman, soldier, politician, colonial governor and admiral (b.1714).
*28 June - Théophile Corret de la Tour d'Auvergne, Military officer and antiquarian (b.1743).

July to December

*2 July - Victor Louis, architect (b.1731).
*12 August - Anne-Catherine de Ligniville, Madame Helvétius, maintained a renowned salon (b.1722).
*18 August - Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle, botanist and magistrate (b.1746).
*13 September - Claude Martin, military officer in French and British armies (b.1735).
*23 September - Dominique de La Rochefoucauld, Cardinal (b.1712).
*27 September - Hyacinthe Jadin, composer (b.1776).
*14 November - François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé, General (b.1739).

Full date unknown

*Jean-Baptiste Audebert, artist and naturalist (b.1759).
*François-Nicolas Martinet, engraver and naturalist (b. c1760).
*André Robert de Nerciat, novelist (b.1739).

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