1800 in France

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← 1799 1798 1797 1796 1795 1800 in France → 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805
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See also:	Other events of 1800 History of France  • Timeline  • Years

Events from the year 1800 in France.

Incumbents

• The French Consulate^[1]

Events

• January - Constitutional Referendum held which ratifies a new constitution.
• 13 February - Foundation of the
  Banque de France
  .
• 6 April - Siege of Genoa begins, 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 ends 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 - The Convention of 1800 (Treaty of Mortefontaine), signed between the United States and France, ends the Quasi-War.
• 1 October - Third Treaty of San Ildefonso, secretly negotiated between France and Spain, by which Spain returns the colonial territory of Louisiana to France.
• 10 October -
  Napoleon Bonaparte
  , which is prevented.
• 12 October -
  Boston-Berceau Action
  : The United States captures a French ship.
• 3 December -
  Battle of Hohenlinden
  , decisive French victory over Austrian forces.
• 24 December -
  Napoleon Bonaparte
  in Paris.
• 25 December - Battle of Pozzolo: French victory.

Births

January to June

• 3 January -
  Roman Catholic historian (died 1870
  )
• 12 January -
  lithographer (died 1890
  )
• 6 February -
  lithographer (died 1857
  )
• 12 March - Louis Prosper Gachard, man of letters (died 1885)
• 25 March - Alexis Paulin Paris, scholar and author (died 1881)
• 13 April -
  Princess Elisabeth of Savoy-Carignan (died 1856
  )
• 5 May -
  Louis Christophe François Hachette, publisher (died 1864
  )
• 8 May - Armand Carrel, writer (died 1836)
• 12 May - Jean-Félix Adolphe Gambart, astronomer (died 1836)
• 30 May - Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose, Cardinal (died 1883
  )

• 14 July - Jean-Baptiste Dumas, chemist (died 1884)
• 31 July - Louis Viardot, writer, art historian and critic, theatrical figure, hispanophile and translator (died 1883)
• 28 July - Frédérick Lemaître, actor and playwright (died 1876)
• 12 August -
  philologist and man of letters (died 1864
  )
• 26 August - Félix Archimède Pouchet, naturalist (died 1872)
• 12 September -
  chess master (died 1872
  )
• 22 September - Jean Louis Lassaigne, chemist (died 1859)
• 8 October -
  archaeologist (died 1887
  )
• 23 October -
  zoologist (died 1885
  )
• 25 October - Jacques Paul Migne, priest, theologian and publisher (died 1875)
• 1 November - Charles Antoine Lemaire, botanist and botanical author (died 1871)
• 17 November - Achille Fould, financier and politician (died 1867)
• 22 November - Jules Bastide, publicist (died 1879)
• 10 December - Philippe Ricord, physician (died 1889)
• 28 December - Jean-Pierre Dantan, sculptor (died 1869
  )

• Auguste Belloc, photographer (died 1867)
• Ximénès Doudan, journalist (died 1872)
• Jean Louis Marie Eugène Durieu, photographer (died 1874)
• Charles Auguste Désiré Filon, historian (died 1875)
• Nicolas Remy Maire, bow maker (died 1878
  )
• Jacques-François Ochard, painter (died 1870)

Deaths

January to March

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

April to June

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

July to December

• 2 July - Victor Louis, architect (born 1731)
• 12 August - Anne-Catherine de Ligniville, Madame Helvétius, maintained a renowned salon (born 1722)
• 18 August - Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle, botanist and magistrate (born 1746)
• 13 September - Claude Martin, military officer in French and British armies (born 1735)
• 23 September -
  Cardinal (born 1712
  )
• 27 September - Hyacinthe Jadin, composer (born 1776)
• 14 November - François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé, General (born 1739)
• December - Jean-Baptiste Audebert, artist and naturalist (born 1759)

Full date unknown

• naturalist
  (b. c.1760)
• André-Robert Andréa de Nerciat, novelist (born 1739)

See also

References