1801 in France
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Events from the year 1801 in France.
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[edit] 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.
- 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.
- 18 July - Concordat of 1801, agreement signed between France and Pope Pius VII that reaffirmed the Roman Catholic Church as the majority church of France and restored 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 between John VI of Portugal and France.
- First census in France.
- Joseph Marie Jacquard developed a loom where the pattern being woven was controlled by punch cards.
[edit] Births
- 14 January - Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart, botanist (d.1876).
- 1 February - Émile Littré, lexicographer and philosopher (d.1881).
- 6 February - Laure Cinti-Damoreau, soprano (d.1863).
- 22 February - Marc Girardin, politician and man of letters (d.1873).
- 11 March - Frédéric Berat, poet and songwriter (d.1855).
- 8 April - Eugène Burnouf, orientalist (d.1852).
- 24 April - Marthe Camille Bachasson, Count of Montalivet, statesman and Peer of France (d.1880).
- 30 April - André Giroux, photographer and painter (d.1879).
- 11 May - Henri Labrouste, architect (d.1875).
- 15 May - Joseph Jean Baptiste Xavier Fournet, geologist and metallurgist (d.1869).
- 30 June - Frédéric Bastiat, writer and political economist (d.1850).
- 23 July - Charles Rohault de Fleury, architect (d.1875).
- 28 August - Antoine Augustin Cournot, economist, philosopher and mathematician (d.1877).
- 6 October - Hippolyte Carnot, statesman (d.1888).
- 27 December - Étienne Joseph Louis Garnier-Pagès, politician (d.1841).
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- Jean-Baptiste Honoré Raymond Capefigue, historian and biographer (d.1872).
- Carron du Villards, ophthalmologist (d.1860).
- Éléonore-Louis Godefroi Cavaignac, politician (d.1845).
- Amédée Fauré, painter (d.1878).
[edit] Deaths
- 11 January - Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix, marquis de Castries, Marshal of France (b.1727).
- 7 April - Noël François de Wailly, grammarian and lexicographer (b.1724).
- 11 April - Antoine de Rivarol, writer and epigrammatist (b.1753).
- 7 September - Antoine de Sartine, statesman (b.1729).
- 3 October - Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur, Marshal of France (b.1724).
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- David Charpentier de Cossigny, Governor General of Pondicherry, Réunion and Mauritius (b.1740).
- Jean Darcet, chemist and porcelain maker (b.1724).
- Charles-Albert Demoustier, writer (b.1760).
