1801 in France

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1801
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France

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See also:Other events of 1801
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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 reaffirms the Roman Catholic Church as the majority church of France and restores 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 develops a loom where the pattern being woven is 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[]

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, 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).
  • Honoré Blanc, gunsmith (born 1736).
  • David Charpentier de Cossigny, Governor General of Pondicherry, Réunion and Mauritius (born 1740).

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Franceschi, General Michel; Weider, Ben (2008). Wars Against Napoleon: Debunking the Myth of the Napoleonic Wars. Savas Beatie. p. 19. ISBN 9781611210293.
  2. ^ "Jean d' Arcet (1725–1801)". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
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