1801 in France
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Events from the year 1801 in France.
Events
- 9 February - Treaty of Lunéville signed between the French First Republic and the Holy Roman Empire, ending the war with Austria.
- 8 March - Battle of Abukir, second battle of the Egyptian campaign. British victory.
- 18 March - Treaty of Florence signed between France and the Kingdom of Naples.[1]
- 21 March - Treaty of Aranjuez signed between France and Spain.
- 21 March - Battle of Alexandria. British victory.
- 8 July - First Battle of Algeciras Bay. Franco-Spanish victory.
- 12 July - Second Battle of Algeciras Bay. British victory.
- 15 July - Concordat of 1801, agreement signed between France and Pope Pius VII that reaffirmed the Roman Catholic Church as the majority church of France and restored some of its civil status.
- 17 August - Siege of Alexandria by the British begins.
- 2 September - Siege of Alexandria ends in British victory.
- 29 September - Treaty of Madrid signed between John VI of Portugal and France.
- September - Metric system obligatory throughout France.
- First census in France.
- Joseph Marie Jacquard developed a loom where the pattern being woven was controlled by punched cards.
Births
- 14 January - Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart, botanist (died 1876).
- 1 February - Émile Littré, lexicographer and philosopher (died 1881).
- 6 February - Laure Cinti-Damoreau, soprano (died 1863).
- 22 February - Marc Girardin, politician and man of letters (died 1873).
- 11 March - Frédéric Berat, poet and songwriter (died 1855).
- 8 April - Eugène Burnouf, orientalist (died 1852).
- 24 April - Marthe Camille Bachasson, Count of Montalivet, statesman and Peer of France (died 1880).
- 30 April - André Giroux, photographer and painter (died 1879).
- 11 May - Henri Labrouste, architect (died 1875).
- 15 May - Joseph Jean Baptiste Xavier Fournet, geologist and metallurgist (died 1869).
- 30 June - Frédéric Bastiat, writer and political economist (died 1850).
- 23 July - Charles Rohault de Fleury, architect (died 1875).
- 28 August - Antoine Augustin Cournot, economist, philosopher and mathematician (died 1877).
- 6 October - Hippolyte Carnot, statesman (died 1888).
- 27 December - Étienne Joseph Louis Garnier-Pagès, politician (died 1841).
Full date unknown
- Jean-Baptiste Honoré Raymond Capefigue, historian and biographer (died 1872).
- Carron du Villards, ophthalmologist (died 1860).
- Éléonore-Louis Godefroi Cavaignac, politician (died 1845).
- Amédée Fauré, painter (died 1878).
Deaths
- 11 January - Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix, marquis de Castries, Marshal of France (born 1727).
- 9 February - Armand-Joseph Guffroy, politician (born 1742)
- 12 February - Jean Darcet, chemist and porcelain maker (born 1724).[2]
- 2 March - Charles-Albert Demoustier, writer (born 1760).
- 7 April - Noël François de Wailly, grammarian and lexicographer (born 1724).
- 11 April - Antoine de Rivarol, writer and epigrammatist (born 1753).
- 8 June - Pierre Antoine Monneron, merchant, banker, writer and politician (born 1747)
- 6 July - Pierre Augustin Moncousu, French naval officer (born 1756; killed in action at the First Battle of Algeciras)
- 7 September - Antoine de Sartine, statesman (born 1729).
- 3 October - Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur, Marshal of France (born 1724).
- 29 November - François Macquard, Napoleonic general (born 1738).
- David Charpentier de Cossigny, Governor General of Pondicherry, Réunion and Mauritius (born 1740).
See also
References
- Franceschi, General Michel; Weider, Ben (2008). Wars Against Napoleon: Debunking the Myth of the Napoleonic Wars. Savas Beatie. p. 19. ISBN 9781611210293.
- "Jean d' Arcet (1725-1801)". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
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