1800 in France

Events

• January - Constitutional Referendum held which ratified a new constitution.
• 13 February - Foundation of the Banque de France.
• 6 April - Siege of Genoa began, 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 ended 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 - Convention of 1800, signed between the United States and France, ending their previous alliance.
• 1 October - Third Treaty of San Ildefonso, secretly negotiated treaty between France and Spain, where Spain returned the colonial territory of Louisiana to France.
• 10 October - Conspiration des poignards, conspiracy assassination against Napoleon Bonaparte, which was prevented.
• 12 October - Boston-Berceau Action, United States capture of French ship.
• 3 December - Battle of Hohenlinden, decisive French victory over Austrian forces.
• 24 December - Plot of the Rue Saint-Nicaise, assassination attempt on Napoleon Bonaparte in Paris.
• 25 December - Battle of Pozzolo, French victory.

  Births

January to June

• 3 January - Etienne-Michel Faillon, Roman Catholic historian.
• 12 January - Eugène Lami, painter and lithographer.
• 6 February - Achille Devéria, painter and lithographer.
• 12 March - Louis Prosper Gachard, man of letters.
• 25 March - Alexis Paulin Paris, scholar and author.
• 13 April - Princess Elisabeth of Savoy-Carignan.
• 5 May - Louis Christophe François Hachette, publisher.
• 8 May - Armand Carrel, writer.
• 12 May - Jean-Félix Adolphe Gambart, astronomer.
• 30 May - Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose, Cardinal.

  July to December

• 14 July - Jean-Baptiste Dumas, chemist.
• 31 July - Louis Viardot, writer, art historian and critic, theatrical figure, hispanophile and translator.
• 28 July - Frédérick Lemaître, actor and playwright.
• 12 August - Jean-Jacques Ampère, philologist and man of letters.
• 26 August - Félix Archimède Pouchet, naturalist.
• 12 September - Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant, chess master.
• 22 September - Jean Louis Lassaigne, chemist.
• 8 October - Jules Desnoyers, geologist and archaeologist.
• 23 October - Henri Milne-Edwards, zoologist.
• 25 October - Jacques Paul Migne, priest, theologian and publisher.
• 1 November - Charles Antoine Lemaire, botanist and botanical author.
• 17 November - Achille Fould, financier and politician.
• 22 November - Jules Bastide, publicist.
• 10 December - Philippe Ricord, physician.
• 28 December - Jean-Pierre Dantan, sculptor.

  Full date unknown

• Auguste Belloc, photographer.
• Ximénès Doudan, journalist.
• Jean Louis Marie Eugène Durieu, photographer.
• Charles Auguste Désiré Filon, historian.
• Nicolas Remy Maire, bow maker.
• Jacques-François Ochard, painter.

  Deaths

January to March

• 1 January - Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, naturalist.
• 9 January - Jean Étienne Championnet, General.
• 18 February - Jean-Baptiste Perrée, Admiral.
• 27 February - Princess Marie Adélaïde of France.
• 16 March - Jean-Joseph Casot, Jesuit in Canada.
• 29 March - Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, military engineer and writer.
• March - Joseph de Guignes, orientalist and sinologist.

  April to June

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

  July to December

• 2 July - Victor Louis, architect.
• 12 August - Anne-Catherine de Ligniville, Madame Helvétius, maintained a renowned salon.
• 18 August - Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle, botanist and magistrate.
• 13 September - Claude Martin, military officer in French and British armies.
• 23 September - Dominique de La Rochefoucauld, Cardinal.
• 27 September - Hyacinthe Jadin, composer.
• 14 November - François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé, General.
• December - Jean-Baptiste Audebert, artist and naturalist.

  Full date unknown

• François-Nicolas Martinet, engraver and naturalist.
• André-Robert Andréa de Nerciat, novelist.