1803 in France
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1802 in France
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Events from the year 1803 in France.
1802 in France
1802 in France
See also:1801 in France,other events of 1802,1802 in France.----Events from the year 1802 in France.-Events:*23 February - Haitian Revolution: Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres, French victory....
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other events of 1803,
1804 in France.
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Events from the year 1803 in France.
Events
- 30 January - MonroeJames MonroeJames Monroe was the fifth President of the United States . Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States, and the last president from the Virginia dynasty and the Republican Generation...
and Livingston sail for Paris to discuss, and possibly buy, New Orleans: they end completing the Louisiana PurchaseLouisiana PurchaseThe Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition by the United States of America of of France's claim to the territory of Louisiana in 1803. The U.S...
. - 30 April - Louisiana PurchaseLouisiana PurchaseThe Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition by the United States of America of of France's claim to the territory of Louisiana in 1803. The U.S...
made by the United States from France. - May - The First Consul of France Citizen BonaparteNapoleon I of FranceNapoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815...
begins making preparations to invade EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. - 18 May - The United Kingdom redeclares war on France, after French refuse to withdraw from DutchNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
territory. - 5 July - Convention of ArtlenburgConvention of ArtlenburgThe Convention of Artlenburg or Elbkonvention was the surrender of the Electorate of Hanover to Napoleon's army, signed at Artlenburg on 5 July 1803 by Oberbefehlshaber Johann Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn...
, the surrender of the Electorate of HanoverElectorate of HanoverThe Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg was the ninth Electorate of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation...
to NapoleonNapoleon I of FranceNapoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815...
's army. - 18 November - Haitian RevolutionHaitian RevolutionThe Haitian Revolution was a period of conflict in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, which culminated in the elimination of slavery there and the founding of the Haitian republic...
: Battle of VertièresBattle of VertièresThe Battle of Vertières , the last major battle of the Second War of Haitian Independence, the final part of the Haitian Revolution under François Capois. It was fought between Haitian rebels and French expeditionary forces on 18 November 1803 at Vertières...
, decisive Haitian victory over the French colonial army.
January to June
- 3 March - Alexandre-Gabriel DecampsAlexandre-Gabriel Decamps]Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps was a French painter.He was born in Paris. In his youth he travelled in the East, and reproduced Oriental life and scenery with a bold fidelity to nature that puzzled conventional critics...
, painter (d.18601860 in FranceSee also:1859 in France,other events of 1860,1861 in France.----Events from the year 1860 in France.-Events:*23 January - Cobden-Chevalier Treaty Free Trade treaty is signed between the United Kingdom and France....
). - 15 March - Alexandre BoreauAlexandre BoreauAlexandre Boreau was a French pharmacist and botanist. He is the binomial authority of plants such as Polygonum arenastrum and Pulmonaria longifolia.-Biography:...
, pharmacistPharmacistPharmacists are allied health professionals who practice in pharmacy, the field of health sciences focusing on safe and effective medication use...
and botanist (d.18751875 in FranceSee also:1874 in France,other events of 1875,1876 in France.----Events from the year 1875 in France.-Arts and literature:*3 March - The first performance of Bizet’s Carmen at the Opéra Comique, Paris.-Births:...
). - 7 April - Flora TristanFlora TristanFlora Tristan was a socialist writer and activist. She was also one of the founders of modern feminism...
, socialist writer and activist (d.18441844 in FranceSee also:1843 in France,other events of 1844,1845 in France.----Events from the year 1844 in France.-Events:*6 August - First Franco-Moroccan War begins....
). - 24 May - Charles Lucien BonaparteCharles Lucien BonaparteCharles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte, 2nd Prince of Canino and Musignano was a French naturalist and ornithologist.-Biography:...
, naturalistNatural historyNatural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards observational rather than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research published in magazines than in academic journals. Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study...
and ornithologistOrnithologyOrnithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds. Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and the aesthetic appeal of birds...
(d.18571857 in FranceSee also:1856 in France,other events of 1857,1858 in France.----Events from the year 1857 in France.-Events:*3 March - France and the United Kingdom formally declare war on China in the Second Opium War.*21 June - Legislative election held....
).
July to December
- 22 July - Eugène IsabeyEugène IsabeyEugène Louis Gabriel Isabey was a French painter, draftsman, and printmaker.-Career:Born in Paris, the son of Jean-Baptiste Isabey, a painter as well, Eugène Isabey studied and worked at the Louvre Museum. Early in his career his paintings consisted of mostly watercolor landscapes...
, painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, draftsmanDrawingDrawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...
, and printmaker (d.18861886 in FranceSee also:1885 in France,other events of 1886,1887 in France.----Events from the year 1886 in France.-Arts and literature:*30 November - Folies Bergère stages its first revue....
). - 24 July - Adolphe AdamAdolphe AdamAdolphe Charles Adam was a French composer and music critic. A prolific composer of operas and ballets, he is best known today for his ballets Giselle and Le corsaire , his operas Le postillon de Lonjumeau , Le toréador and Si j'étais roi , and his Christmas...
, composerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and music critic (d.18561856 in FranceSee also:1855 in France,other events of 1856,1857 in France.----Events from the year 1856 in France.-Events:*30 March - Treaty of Paris is signed by Russia and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, the Kingdom of Sardinia, France, and the United Kingdom, settling the Crimean War.-Births:*1 February -...
). - 8 September - Léon FaucherLéon FaucherLéonard Joseph Léon Faucher was a French politician and economist.Faucher was born at Limoges, Haute-Vienne. When he was nine years old the family removed to Toulouse, where the boy was sent to school...
, politician and economist (d.18541854 in FranceSee also:1853 in France,other events of 1854,1855 in France.----Events from the year 1854 in France.-Events:*27 March - United Kingdom declares war on Russia and Crimean War begins.*28 March - France declares war on Russia....
). - 12 September - Julien Auguste Pélage BrizeuxJulien Auguste Pélage BrizeuxJulien Auguste Pélage Brizeux was a French poet. He was said to belong to a family of Irish origin, long settled in Brittany...
, poet (d.18581858 in FranceSee also:1857 in France,other events of 1858,1859 in France.----Events from the year 1858 in France.-Events:*14 January - Felice Orsini and his accomplices fail to assassinate Napoleon III in Paris but their bombs kill 156 bystanders...
). - 13 September - Jean Ignace Isidore GérardJean Ignace Isidore GérardJean Ignace Isidore Gérard , generally known by the pseudonym of J. J. Grandville, was a French caricaturist.-Life and work:...
, caricaturist (d.18471847 in FranceSee also:1846 in France,other events of 1847,1848 in France.----Events from the year 1847 in France.-Events:*15 April - French vessels dispatched by Admiral Cécille bombarded Đà Nẵng in response to the persecution of Roman Catholic missionaries.*21 December - Abd al-Kader surrenders and is...
). - 23 September - Jacques Crétineau-JolyJacques Crétineau-JolyJacques Crétineau-Joly was a French Catholic journalist and historian.- Biography :He was born at Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée. At first he studied theology at the seminary of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, but, feeling that he had no vocation, he left after a stay of three years, during which he received the...
, journalist and historian (d.18751875 in FranceSee also:1874 in France,other events of 1875,1876 in France.----Events from the year 1875 in France.-Arts and literature:*3 March - The first performance of Bizet’s Carmen at the Opéra Comique, Paris.-Births:...
). - 28 September - Ferdinand BerthierFerdinand BerthierFerdinand Berthier was a deaf educator, intellectual and political organiser in nineteenth-century France, and is one of the earliest champions of Deaf identity and culture.Berthier first attended the famous school for the Deaf in Paris as a young student in 1811, when the school was under the...
, deaf educator, intellectual and political organiser (d.18861886 in FranceSee also:1885 in France,other events of 1886,1887 in France.----Events from the year 1886 in France.-Arts and literature:*30 November - Folies Bergère stages its first revue....
). - 28 September - Prosper MériméeProsper MériméeProsper Mérimée was a French dramatist, historian, archaeologist, and short story writer. He is perhaps best known for his novella Carmen, which became the basis of Bizet's opera Carmen.-Life:...
, dramatist, historian and archaeologist (d.18701870 in FranceSee also:1869 in France,other events of 1870,1871 in France.----Events from the year 1870 in France.-Events:*20 April - Constitutional referendum reaffirmed the status of the Second French Empire....
). - 11 December - Hector BerliozHector BerliozHector Berlioz was a French Romantic composer, best known for his compositions Symphonie fantastique and Grande messe des morts . Berlioz made significant contributions to the modern orchestra with his Treatise on Instrumentation. He specified huge orchestral forces for some of his works; as a...
, composer (d.18691869 in FranceSee also:1868 in France,other events of 1869,1870 in France.----Events from the year 1869 in France.-Events:*23 May - Legislative election held.*6 June - Legislative election held to elect the fourth legislature of the French Second Empire....
). - 24 December - Jean-Rémy BessieuxJean-Rémy BessieuxJean-Rémy Bessieux , also seen as Jean-Rémi or Jean René, was the founder of the Roman Catholic mission in Gabon and the first bishop to serve there....
, founder of Roman Catholic mission in GabonGabonGabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west...
and first BishopBishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
there (d.18761876 in FranceSee also:1875 in France,other events of 1876,1877 in France.----Events from the year 1876 in France.-Events:*20 February - Legislative Election held.*5 March - Legislative Election held.-Births:...
).
Full date unknown
- Jean Étienne BercéJean Étienne BercéJean-Etienne Bercé was a French entomologist specialising in Lepidoptera. He wrote Faune Entomologique Française. Lépidoptères. Description de tous les Papillons qui se trouvent en France Paris, Chez Deyrolle Fils, 1867-1878....
, entomologist (d.18791879 in FranceSee also:1878 in France,other events of 1879,1880 in France.----Events from the year 1879 in France.-Events:*1 June - Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial , great-nephew of Napoléon Bonaparte, Bonapartist Pretender to the throne, died in Africa during the Anglo-Zulu War.*Ferdinand Cheval begins to...
). - Louis-Antoine Garnier-PagèsLouis-Antoine Garnier-PagèsLouis-Antoine Garnier-Pagès , French politician, fought on the barricades during the revolution of July....
, politician (d.18781878 in FranceSee also:1877 in France,other events of 1878,1879 in France.----Events from the year 1878 in France.-Events:*1 May - Exposition Universelle opened in Paris.*10 November - Exposition Universelle closed.-January to June:...
). - Hélène JégadoHélène JegadoHélène Jégado was a French domestic servant and serial killer. She is believed to have murdered as many as 36 people with arsenic over a period of 18 years...
, domestic servant and serial killerSerial killerA serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification...
, executed (d.18521852 in FranceSee also:1851 in France,other events of 1852,1853 in France.----Events from the year 1852 in France.-Events:*14 January - French Constitution of 1852 enacted by Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte ....
).
January to June
- 18 January - Sylvain MaréchalSylvain MaréchalSylvain Maréchal was a French essayist, poet, philosopher, and, as a political theorist, precursor of utopian socialism and communism...
, essayist, poet and philosopher (b.1750). - 29 January - La ClaironLa ClaironLa Clairon , French actress, whose real name was Clair Josèphe Hippolyte Leris, was born at Condé-sur-l'Escaut, Hainaut, the daughter of an army sergeant....
, actress (b.1723). - 9 February - Jean François de Saint-LambertJean François de Saint-LambertJean François de Saint-Lambert was a French poet and military officer, but he is most remembered for his involvement in two love affairs....
, poet (b.17161716 in FranceSee also:1715 in France,other events of 1716,1717 in France.----Events from the year 1716 in France.-Births:*20 January - Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, writer and numismatist .*29 May - Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, naturalist ....
). - 11 February - Jean-François de La HarpeJean-François de La HarpeJean-François de La Harpe was a French playwright, writer and critic.-Life:La Harpe was born in Paris of poor parents. His father, who signed himself Delharpe, was a descendant of a noble family originally of Vaud...
, playwrightPlaywrightA playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
, writer and criticCriticA critic is anyone who expresses a value judgement. Informally, criticism is a common aspect of all human expression and need not necessarily imply skilled or accurate expressions of judgement. Critical judgements, good or bad, may be positive , negative , or balanced...
(b.1739). - 16 February - Louis René Édouard, cardinal de RohanLouis René Édouard, cardinal de RohanLouis René Édouard de Rohan known as the Cardinal de Rohan , prince de Rohan-Guéméné, was a French bishop of Strasbourg , politician, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, and cadet of the Rohan family...
, Cardinal (b.1734). - 20 February - Marie DumesnilMarie DumesnilMarie Françoise Dumesnil , original name Marie-Françoise Marchand, was a French actress.She was born in Paris, daughter of a poor nobleman, and began her stage career in the provinces, whence she was summoned in 1737 to make her debut at the Comédie-Française as Clytemnestre in Racine's Iphigénie...
, actress (b.1713). - 24 April - Adélaïde Labille-GuiardAdélaïde Labille-GuiardAdélaïde Labille-Guiard , also known as Adélaïde Labille-Guiard des Vertus, was a French miniaturist and portrait painter.-Family:...
, painter (b.1749). - April - Louis François Antoine Arbogast, mathematicianMathematicianA mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
(b.1759). - 6 June - Louis GallodierLouis GallodierLouis Gallodier was a French ballet dancer and choreographer who spent the majority of his career in Sweden, were he was to have a great importance for the development of the ballet in Sweden as the ballet master of the Royal Swedish Ballet.- Biography and career:Louis Gallodier was born in France...
, ballet dancer and choreographer (b. c1734).
July to December
- 16 August - Gabriel Sénac de MeilhanGabriel Sénac de MeilhanGabriel Sénac de Meilhan was a French writer.-Biography:Son of Jean Sénac, physician to Louis XV, he was born in Versailles. He entered the civil service in 1762; two years later he bought the office of master of requests, and in 1766 further advanced his position by a rich marriage...
, writer (b.1736). - 5 September - François DevienneFrançois DevienneFrançois Devienne was a French composer and professor for flute at the Paris Conservatory.François Devienne was born in Joinville , as the youngest of fourteen children of a saddlemaker...
, composer and flautist (b.1759). - 5 September - Pierre Choderlos de LaclosPierre Choderlos de LaclosPierre Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos was a French novelist, official and army general, best known for writing the epistolary novel Les Liaisons dangereuses ....
, General and novelist (b.1741). - 7 October - Pierre VachonPierre VachonPierre Vachon was a French composer.Vachon was born in Avignon. He wrote around thirty string quartets, various chamber works, operas, and orchestral pieces. He studied the violin with Carlo Chiabrano in Paris and first performed on 24 December 1756, at the Concert Spirituel, playing one of his...
, composer (b.1731). - 12 October - Jacques GamelinJacques GamelinArtist Jacques Gamelin was born in Carcassonne, France, the son of a successful merchant. After receiving an education from the Jesuits, he went into the service of Nicolas Joseph de Marcassus, baron de Puymaurin , a wealthy industrialist of Toulouse, in order to learn the ways of business...
, painter and engraver (b.1738). - 7 November - Pierre BrugièrePierre BrugièrePierre Brugière was a French priest and Jansenist, who supported the French Revolution and the reforms it sought to bring to bear on the Catholic Church.Brugière was born at Thiers...
, priest and Jansenist (b.1730).
Full date unknown
- Louis-Antoine CaraccioliLouis-Antoine CaraccioliMarquis Louis-Antoine Caraccioli was a prolific French writer, poet, historian, and biographer long time considered an "enemy of Philosophy" because of his broad apologetic production.-Life:...
, writer, poet, historianHistorianA historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
and biographer (b.1719). - Antoine GuenéeAntoine GuenéeAntoine Guenée was a French priest and Christian apologist, born at Étampes.He wrote, besides various apologetic works, Lettres de Quelques Juifs Portugais, Allemands et Polonais, à M. de Voltaire, Paris, 1769, often reprinted and translated into English and other languages. The letters are a...
, priestPriestA priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...
and ChristianChristianA Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
apologist (b.1717). - Madame de MarsanMadame de MarsanMarie Louise de Rohan , also known as Madame de Marsan, was the governess of Louis XVI of France and his siblings.-Biography:...
, Royal children's governess (b.1720).