1807 in France

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1807
in
France

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See also:Other events of 1807
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Events from the year 1807 in France.

Incumbents[]

  • First Consul / EmperorNapoléon Bonaparte / Napoleon I

Events[]

  • 7 January - The United Kingdom issues an Order in Council prohibiting British ships from trading with France or its allies.[1]
  • 7–8 February - Battle of Eylau, indecisive result, but Russian retreat.
  • 19 March - Siege of Danzig begins as French lay siege to Prussian and Russian forces.
  • 4 May - Treaty of Finckenstein signed between France and Qajar dynasty Persia, guaranteeing the latter's integrity.
  • 24 May - Siege of Danzig ends with Prussian and Russian capitulation.
  • 10 June - Battle of Heilsberg, inconclusive.
  • 14 June - Battle of Friedland: decisive French victory over Russian forces.
  • 7–9 July - Treaties of Tilsit end the war with Russia and Prussia.
  • 20 July - Nicéphore Niépce is awarded a patent by Napoleon for the Pyréolophore, the world's first internal combustion engine, after it successfully powers a boat upstream on the river Saône.
  • 27 October - Treaty of Fontainebleau signed between Spain and France, dividing Portugal and all its dominions between the signatories.
  • 9 September - Napoleon establishes the Free City of Danzig.
  • 27 September - Napoleon purchases the Borghese art collection, including the Antinous Mondragone, and brings it to Paris.[2]
  • 24 November - Battle of Abrantes, Portugal: The French under Jean-Andoche Junot take the town.
  • 17 December - Milan Decree issued by Napoleon, stating that no European country is to trade with the United Kingdom (the 'Continental System').

Births[]

January to June[]

  • 6 January - Auguste Nicolas, Roman Catholic apologetical writer (died 1888).
  • 29 January - Édouard Dulaurier, Orientalist and Egyptologist (died 1881).
  • 2 February - Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin, politician (died 1874).
  • 5 February - Ernest Legouvé, dramatist (died 1903).
  • 26 February - Théophile-Jules Pelouze, chemist (died 1867).
  • 4 March - Jean Baptiste Lucien Buquet, entomologist (died 1889).
  • 12 April - Charles Rigault de Genouilly, Admiral (died 1873).
  • 26 April - Charles Auguste Frossard, general (died 1875).
  • 17 May - Jules Guyot, physician and agronomist (died 1872).
  • 17 June - Auguste Nélaton, physician and surgeon (died 1873).

July to December[]

  • 24 August
  • 3 September - Raymond Gayrard, sculptor (died 1855).
  • 21 October - Napoléon Henri Reber, composer (died 1880).
  • 14 November - Auguste Laurent, chemist (died 1853).
  • 20 November - Augustus Thébaud, Jesuit educator and publicist (died 1885).
  • 29 November - Jean Philippe Goujon de Grondel, General (born 1714).

Full date unknown[]

Deaths[]

January to June[]

  • 13 January - Pierre Joseph Buchoz, physician, lawyer and naturalist (born 1731).
  • 17 January - Pierre Marie Auguste Broussonet, naturalist (born 1761).
  • 14 February - Jean-Joseph Ange d'Hautpoul, General (born 1754).
  • 25 February - Jeanne-Marie Marsan, singer and actress (born 1746).
  • 4 April - Jérôme Lalande, astronomer and writer (born 1732).
  • 5 May - Napoleon Charles Bonaparte, eldest son of Louis Bonaparte (born 1802).
  • 10 May - Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, aristocrat and Marshal of France (born 1725).
  • 18 May - Antoine Philippe, Duke of Montpensier, younger brother of Louis-Philippe of France (born 1775).

July to December[]

  • 19 August - Louis Binot, General (born 1771).
  • 25 August
  • 31 August - Ponce Denis Écouchard Lebrun, poet (born 1729).
  • October - Louis Pierre de Chastenet de Puységur, soldier and Minister of War (born 1727).
  • 2 November - Baron de Breteuil, aristocrat, diplomat and Prime Minister (born 1730).
  • 8 November - Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait, engineer, hydrographer and Minister of the Navy (born 1752).
  • 23 November - Jean-François Rewbell, lawyer, diplomat and politician (born 1747).

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Dudley, William S., ed. (1985). The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History. Naval Historical Center. p. 34.
  2. ^ Haskell, Francis; Penny, Nicholas (1982). Taste and the Antique: The Lure of Classical Sculpture, 1500-1900. Yale University Press. p. 281.
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