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.

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 June 3.2 July to December 3.3 Full date unknown 4 References

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).

References