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.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 2.1 January to June 2.2 July to December 2.3 Full date unknown 3 Deaths 3.1 January to March 3.2 April to June 3.3 July to December 3.4 Full date unknown 4 References

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 François 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).

References