1815 in France
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1814 in France
1814 in France
See also:1813 in France,other events of 1814,1815 in France.----Events from the year 1814 in France.-Events:*26 January - First Battle of St-Dizier, French victory over Russian forces....

,
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----

Events from the year 1815 in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

.

Events

  • 3 January - Austria
    Austrian Empire
    The Austrian Empire was a modern era successor empire, which was centered on what is today's Austria and which officially lasted from 1804 to 1867. It was followed by the Empire of Austria-Hungary, whose proclamation was a diplomatic move that elevated Hungary's status within the Austrian Empire...

    , Britain
    United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

    , and Bourbon-restored France
    France
    The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

     form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussia
    Prussia
    Prussia was a German kingdom and historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, successfully expanding its size by way of an unusually well-organized and effective army. Prussia shaped the history...

     and Russia
    Russia
    Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

    .
  • 26 February - Napoleon escaped from Elba
    Elba
    Elba is a Mediterranean island in Tuscany, Italy, from the coastal town of Piombino. The largest island of the Tuscan Archipelago, Elba is also part of the National Park of the Tuscan Archipelago and the third largest island in Italy after Sicily and Sardinia...

    .
  • 1 March - Napoleon lands at Antibes
    Antibes
    Antibes is a resort town in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.It lies on the Mediterranean in the Côte d'Azur, located between Cannes and Nice. The town of Juan-les-Pins is within the commune of Antibes...

    .
  • 20 March - Napoleon arrives back in Paris
    Paris
    Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

    , ending the First Restoration
    First Restoration
    The First Restoration, or Première Restauration in French, refers to Louis XVIII of France's accession to the throne after Napoleon's exile to Elba. It lasted from 6 April 1814 to 20 March 1815, on which day Napoleon arrived back in Paris....

     of Louis XVIII of France
    Louis XVIII of France
    Louis XVIII , known as "the Unavoidable", was King of France and of Navarre from 1814 to 1824, omitting the Hundred Days in 1815...

    .
  • 22 April - Constitutional Referendum
    French constitutional referendum, 1815
    A constitutional referendum on the constitution of the First French Empire, with Napoleon I restored to power in place of Louis XVIII, was held on 22 April 1815. As in all previous French referendums, the officially-announced result was nearly unanimous. Out of seven million eligible voters, 77.46%...

     held.
  • 22 April - Charter of 1815
    Charter of 1815
    The Charter of 1815, signed on April 22, 1815, was the French constitution prepared by Benjamin Constant at the request of Napoleon I when he returned from exile on Elba...

     signed bringing in a new French constitution.
  • 16 June - Battle of Quatre Bras
    Battle of Quatre Bras
    The Battle of Quatre Bras, between Wellington's Anglo-Dutch army and the left wing of the Armée du Nord under Marshal Michel Ney, was fought near the strategic crossroads of Quatre Bras on 16 June 1815.- Prelude :...

    , inconclusive result.
  • 16 June - Battle of Ligny
    Battle of Ligny
    The Battle of Ligny was the last victory of the military career of Napoleon I. In this battle, French troops of the Armée du Nord under Napoleon's command, defeated a Prussian army under Field Marshal Blücher, near Ligny in present-day Belgium. The bulk of the Prussian army survived, however, and...

    , French defeat Prussian forces.
  • 18 June - Battle of Waterloo
    Battle of Waterloo
    The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands...

    , decisive defeat of French forces.
  • 18 June-19 June - Battle of Wavre
    Battle of Wavre
    The Battle of Wavre was the final major military action of the Hundred Days campaign and the Napoleonic Wars. It was fought on 18-19 June 1815 between the Prussian rearguard under the command of General Johann von Thielmann and three corps of the French army under the command of Marshal Grouchy. A...

    , inconclusive result.
  • 24 June - Napoleon announces his abdication.
  • 28 June - Battle of La Suffel
    Battle of La Suffel
    The Battle of La Suffel was a French victory over Austrian forces of the Seventh Coalition and the last French pitched battle victory in the Napoleonic Wars...

    , French victory over Austrian forces.
  • 1 July - Battle of Rocquencourt
    Battle of Rocquencourt
    The Battle of Rocquencourt was a cavalry skirmish fought on 1 July 1815 in and around the villages of Rocquencourt and Le Chesnay. French dragoons supported by infantry and commanded by General Exelmans destroyed a Prussian brigade of hussars...

    , French victory over Prussian forces.
  • 3 July - Battle of Issy
    Battle of Issy
    The Battle of Issy was a skirmish fought on 3 July 1815 at the village of Issy, a short distance south west of Paris. The result was a victory for Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher over a French army defending Paris.-Prelude:...

    , French defeat by Prussian forces.
  • 8 July - Louis XVIII of France
    Louis XVIII of France
    Louis XVIII , known as "the Unavoidable", was King of France and of Navarre from 1814 to 1824, omitting the Hundred Days in 1815...

     returns.
  • 15 July - Napoleon I surrenders and is transported to England
    England
    England 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...

    .
  • 14 August - Elections to Chamber of Deputies
    Chamber of Deputies of France
    Chamber of Deputies was the name given to several parliamentary bodies in France in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries:* 1814–1848 during the Bourbon Restoration and the July Monarchy, the Chamber of Deputies was the Lower chamber of the French Parliament, elected by census suffrage.*...

     produces a heavy ultra-royalist majority.
  • 3 October - Fall of the Mars meteorite in Chassigny
    Chassigny
    Chassigny is a Mars meteorite which fell on October 3, 1815, at approximately 8:00 am, in Chassigny, Haute-Marne, France. Chassigny is the meteorite for which the Chassignites are named, and gives rise to the "C" in SNCs. Chassigny is an olivine cumulate rock . It consists almost entirely of...

    , Haute-Marne.
  • 7 October - Chamber of Deputies (Chambre introuvable
    Chambre introuvable
    La Chambre introuvable was the first Chamber of Deputies elected after the Second Bourbon Restoration in 1815. It was dominated by Ultra-royalists who completely refused to accept the results of the French Revolution...

    ) first assembles.
  • 15 October - Napoleon begins exile on Saint Helena
    Saint Helena
    Saint Helena , named after St Helena of Constantinople, is an island of volcanic origin in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha which also includes Ascension Island and the islands of Tristan da Cunha...

     in the Atlantic Ocean
    Atlantic Ocean
    The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...

    .
  • 20 November - Treaty of Paris
    Treaty of Paris (1815)
    Treaty of Paris of 1815, was signed on 20 November 1815 following the defeat and second abdication of Napoleon Bonaparte. In February, Napoleon had escaped from his exile on Elba; he entered Paris on 20 March, beginning the Hundred Days of his restored rule. Four days after France's defeat in the...

     signed following defeat and second abdication of Napoleon.

January to June

  • 21 February - Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier
    Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier
    Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier was a French Classicist painter and sculptor famous for his depictions of Napoleon, his armies and military themes. He documented sieges and manoeuvres and was the teacher of Édouard Detaille.-Biography:Ernest Meissonier was born at Lyon...

    , painter and sculptor (d.1891
    1891 in France
    See also:1890 in France,other events of 1891,1892 in France.----Events from the year 1891 in France.-Events:*1 May - Nine killed and thirty wounded when troops fire on workers' May Day demonstration in support of eight-hour workday in Fourmies....

    ).
  • 12 March - Louis Jules Trochu
    Louis Jules Trochu
    Louis Jules Trochu was a French military leader and politician. He served as President of the Government of National Defense—France's de facto head of state—from 4 September 1870 until his resignation on 22 January 1871 .- Military career :He was born at Palais...

    , soldier and statesman (d.1896
    1896 in France
    See also:1895 in France,other events of 1896,1897 in France.----Events from the year 1897 in France.-January to June:*4 January - André Masson, artist .*19 February - André Breton, writer, poet, and surrealist theorist ....

    ).
  • 28 March - Arsène Houssaye
    Arsène Houssaye
    Arsène Houssaye , French novelist, poet and man of letters, was born at Bruyères , near Laon. His real surname was Housset....

    , novelist and poet (d.1896
    1896 in France
    See also:1895 in France,other events of 1896,1897 in France.----Events from the year 1897 in France.-January to June:*4 January - André Masson, artist .*19 February - André Breton, writer, poet, and surrealist theorist ....

    ).
  • 8 April - Edmond Henri Adolphe Schérer
    Edmond Henri Adolphe Schérer
    Edmond Henri Adolphe Schérer , French theologian, critic and politician, was born in Paris.After a course of legal studies he spent several years in theological study at Strasbourg, where he graduated in theology in 1843, and was ordained...

    , theologian, critic and politician (d.1889
    1889 in France
    See also:1888 in France,other events of 1889,1890 in France.----Events from the year 1889 in France.-Events:*31 March - The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated.*6 May - Exposition Universelle opens in Paris, along with the Eiffel Tower....

    ).
  • 27 April - Albert L'Ouvrier
    Albert L'Ouvrier
    Albert l'Ouvrier , born Alexandre Martin , was a French socialist statesman of the French Second Republic. He was the first member of the industrial working class to be in French government....

    , socialist
    Socialism
    Socialism is an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy; or a political philosophy advocating such a system. "Social ownership" may refer to any one of, or a combination of, the following: cooperative enterprises,...

     statesman
    Statesman
    A statesman is usually a politician or other notable public figure who has had a long and respected career in politics or government at the national and international level. As a term of respect, it is usually left to supporters or commentators to use the term...

     (d.1895
    1895 in France
    See also:1894 in France,other events of 1895,1896 in France.----Events from the year 1895 in France.-Events:*5 January - The military degradation of Alfred Dreyfus takes place on the Champ de Mars, Paris....

    ).
  • 5 May - Eugène Marin Labiche
    Eugène Marin Labiche
    Eugène Marin Labiche was a French dramatist.-Biography:He was born into a bourgeois family and studied law. At the age of twenty, he contributed a short story to Chérubin magazine, entitled Les plus belles sont les plus fausses. A few others followed , but failed to catch the attention of the...

    , dramatist (d.1888
    1888 in France
    See also:1887 in France,other events of 1888,1889 in France.----Events from the year 1888 in France.-Events:*14 October - Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture: Roundhay Garden Scene in Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK...

    ).
  • 8 May - Jean-Delphin Alard, violin
    Violin
    The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....

    ist (d.1888
    1888 in France
    See also:1887 in France,other events of 1888,1889 in France.----Events from the year 1888 in France.-Events:*14 October - Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture: Roundhay Garden Scene in Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK...

    ).

July to December

  • 6 July - Louis Pierre Gratiolet
    Louis Pierre Gratiolet
    Louis Pierre Gratiolet was a French anatomist and zoologist who was a native of Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, Gironde. He succeeded Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as professor of zoology to the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Paris.Gratiolet is remembered for his work in neuroanatomy,...

    , anatomist and zoologist (d.1865
    1865 in France
    See also:1864 in France,other events of 1865,1866 in France.----Events from the year 1865 in France.-Births:*20 January - Yvette Guilbert, singer and actress .*9 June - Albéric Magnard, composer ....

    ).
  • 24 July - Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie
    Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie
    Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie was a French and Basque geographer, and along with his older brother Antoine-Thomson d'Abbadie, was notable for his travels in Ethiopia. The Chambers Biographical Dictionary calls him "Michel Arnaud d'Abbadie".They were both born in Dublin, of a French father and an Irish...

    , geographer
    Geographer
    A geographer is a scholar whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's natural environment and human society.Although geographers are historically known as people who make maps, map making is actually the field of study of cartography, a subset of geography...

     (d.1893
    1893 in France
    See also:1892 in France,other events of 1893,1894 in France.----Events from the year 1893 in France.-Events:*10 March - Côte d'Ivoire becomes a French colony.*20 August - Legislative election held.*3 September - Legislative election held....

    ).
  • 16 August - Madame Céleste
    Madame Céleste
    Madame Céleste or Madame Céline Céleste was a French dancer and actress. As a little girl she was a pupil in the ballet class at the Opéra. When fifteen, she had an offer from the United States, and made her debut at the Bowery theatre, New York...

    , actress (d.1882
    1882 in France
    See also:1881 in France,other events of 1882,1883 in France.----Events from the year 1882 in France.-Events:*28 March - Republican Jules Ferry makes primary education in France free, non-clerical and obligatory....

    ).
  • 26 August - Bernard Jauréguiberry
    Bernard Jauréguiberry
    Jean Bernard Jauréguiberry was a French admiral and statesman.A native of Bayonne, Jauréguiberry entered the French Navy in 1831. He rose steadily through the ranks, becoming a lieutenant in 1845, a commander in 1856, and a captain in 1860...

    , Admiral and statesman (d.1887
    1887 in France
    See also:1886 in France,other events of 1887,1888 in France.----Events from the year 1887 in France.-Events:*11 January - Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the French Academy of Medicine by Dr...

    ).
  • 21 December - Thomas Couture
    Thomas Couture
    Thomas Couture was an influential French history painter and teacher. Couture taught such later luminaries of the art world as Édouard Manet, Henri Fantin-Latour, John La Farge, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Karel Javůrek, and J-N Sylvestre.-Life:He was born at Senlis, Oise, France...

    , painter and teacher (d.1879
    1879 in France
    See 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...

    ).

Full date unknown

  • Jean Baptiste Prosper Bressant
    Jean Baptiste Prosper Bressant
    Jean Baptiste Prosper Bressant was a French actor born in Chalon-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, in 1815. In 1838 he went to the French theatre at St. Petersburg, where for eight years he played important parts with ever-increasing reputation...

    , actor (d.1886
    1886 in France
    See 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....

    ).
  • Alphonse Beau de Rochas, engineer (d.1893
    1893 in France
    See also:1892 in France,other events of 1893,1894 in France.----Events from the year 1893 in France.-Events:*10 March - Côte d'Ivoire becomes a French colony.*20 August - Legislative election held.*3 September - Legislative election held....

    ).
  • Jacques-Eugene Feyen
    Jacques-Eugene Feyen
    Jacques-Eugène Feyen was a French painter.-Career:The elder brother of painter Auguste Feyen-Perrin, Jacques-Eugène enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and studied under Paul Delaroche...

    , painter (d.1908
    1908 in France
    See also:1907 in France,other events of 1908,1909 in France.----Events from the year 1908 in France.-Events:*12 January - A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time....

    ).
  • Louis Dominique Girard
    Louis Dominique Girard
    Louis Dominique Girard was a French hydraulic engineer.A friend and colleague of Léon Foucault, Girard was most notable for his work with impulse turbines...

    , hydraulic engineer
    Engineer
    An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...

     (d.1871
    1871 in France
    See also:1870 in France,other events of 1871,1872 in France.----Events from the year 1871 in France.- Events :* 3 January - Battle of Bapaume...

    ).
  • Honoré Jacquinot
    Honoré Jacquinot
    Honoré Jacquinot was a French surgeon and zoologist. Jacquinot was the younger brother of the naval officer Charles Hector Jacquinot, and sailed with him as a naturalist on La Zelee on Dumont d'Urville's Astrolabe expedition . With J. B...

    , surgeon
    Surgeon
    In medicine, a surgeon is a specialist in surgery. Surgery is a broad category of invasive medical treatment that involves the cutting of a body, whether human or animal, for a specific reason such as the removal of diseased tissue or to repair a tear or breakage...

     and zoologist (d.1887
    1887 in France
    See also:1886 in France,other events of 1887,1888 in France.----Events from the year 1887 in France.-Events:*11 January - Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the French Academy of Medicine by Dr...

    ).
  • Jean-François Jarjavay
    Jean-François Jarjavay
    Jean-François Jarjavay was a French anatomist and surgeon who was a native of Savignac-les-Églises in the department of Dordogne...

    , anatomist and surgeon
    Surgeon
    In medicine, a surgeon is a specialist in surgery. Surgery is a broad category of invasive medical treatment that involves the cutting of a body, whether human or animal, for a specific reason such as the removal of diseased tissue or to repair a tear or breakage...

     (d.1868
    1868 in France
    See also:1867 in France,other events of 1868,1869 in France.----Events from the year 1868 in France.-Events:*31 May - The first bicycle race is held at Parc de Saint-Cloud, Paris....

    ).
  • Louis Léonard de Loménie, author (d.1878
    1878 in France
    See 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:...

    ).
  • Jules Achille Noël
    Jules Achille Noël
    Jules Achille Noël was a French maritime painter, known for his depiction of seascapes and naval scenes.-External links:*...

    , painter (d.1881
    1881 in France
    See also:1880 in France,other events of 1881,1882 in France.----Events from the year 1881 in France.-Events:*13 February - First issue of the feminist newspaper La Citoyenne is published by Hubertine Auclert....

    ).
  • Félix Esquirou de Parieu
    Félix Esquirou de Parieu
    Félix Marie Louis Pierre Esquirou de Parieu was a French statesman.Born in Aurillac, Cantal, he was notably Minister of Education and Public Worship from 1849 to 1851, and headed the French Council of State in 1870....

    , statesman (d.1893
    1893 in France
    See also:1892 in France,other events of 1893,1894 in France.----Events from the year 1893 in France.-Events:*10 March - Côte d'Ivoire becomes a French colony.*20 August - Legislative election held.*3 September - Legislative election held....

    ).

January to June

  • 11 January - Jean-Baptiste de Caffarelli du Falga
    Jean-Baptiste de Caffarelli du Falga
    Jean-Baptiste de Caffarelli du Falga was a French churchman from a noble family with origins in Italy that had come to France during the reign of Louis XIII in the train of the nuncio Bentivoglio...

    , churchman (b.1763).
  • 18 January - Stanislas de Boufflers
    Stanislas de Boufflers
    Stanislas Jean, chevalier de Boufflers was a French statesman and writer.-Biography:He was born near Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, the son of Louis Franois, marquis de Boufflers. His mother, Marie Catherine de Beauveau Craon, was the mistress of Stanislas Leszczynski, and the boy was brought up at...

    , statesman and writer (b.1738).
  • 12 February - Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty
    Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty
    Count Étienne-Marie-Antoine-Champion de Nansouty was a French cavalry commander during the French Revolutionary Wars who rose to the rank of General of Division in 1803 and subsequently held important military commands during the Napoleonic Wars. Of noble Burgundian descent, he was a student at...

    , General (b.1768).
  • 1 June - Louis Alexandre Berthier
    Louis Alexandre Berthier
    Louis Alexandre Berthier, 1st Prince de Wagram, 1st Duc de Valangin, 1st Sovereign Prince de Neuchâtel , was a Marshal of France, Vice-Constable of France beginning in 1808, and Chief of Staff under Napoleon.-Early life:Alexandre was born at Versailles to Lieutenant-Colonel Jean Baptiste Berthier ,...

    , Marshal of France
    Marshal of France
    The Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements...

     (b.1753).
  • 18 June - Claude-Etienne Michel
    Claude-Etienne Michel
    General Claude-Étienne Michel , an officer in Napoleon's army, was second in command of the Chasseur Division of the Guard and commander of its Brigade of Middle Guard...

    , General (b.1772).
  • 18 June - Guillaume Philibert Duhesme
    Guillaume Philibert Duhesme
    Guillaume Philibert, 1st Count Duhesme was a French general during the Napoleonic Wars.-Revolution:...

    , General (b.1766).

July to December

  • 2 August - Guillaume Marie Anne Brune
    Guillaume Marie Anne Brune
    Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, 1st Comte Brune was a French soldier and political figure who rose to Marshal of France....

    , Marshal of France
    Marshal of France
    The Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements...

     (b.1763).
  • 14 August - Jean Auguste de Chastenet de Puységur
    Jean Auguste de Chastenet de Puységur
    Jean Auguste de Chastenet de Puységur was a French bishop.He was named bishop of Saint-Omer on 29 June 1775, then bishop of Carcassonne in 1778...

    , Bishop (b.1740).
  • 20 September - Nicolas Desmarest
    Nicolas Desmarest
    Nicolas Desmarest was a French geologist.Desmarest was born at Soulaines, in the department of Aube. Of humble parentage, he was educated at the college of the Oratorians of Troyes and Paris. Taking full advantage of the instruction he received, he was able to support himself by teaching, and to...

    , geologist
    Geologist
    A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth as well as the processes and history that has shaped it. Geologists usually engage in studying geology. Geologists, studying more of an applied science than a theoretical one, must approach Geology using...

     (b.1725).
  • 13 October - Joachim Murat
    Joachim Murat
    Joachim-Napoléon Murat , Marshal of France and Grand Admiral or Admiral of France, 1st Prince Murat, was Grand Duke of Berg from 1806 to 1808 and then King of Naples from 1808 to 1815...

    , Marshal of France
    Marshal of France
    The Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements...

    , brother-in-law of Napoleon (b.1767).
  • 22 October - Claude Lecourbe
    Claude Lecourbe
    Claude Jacques Lecourbe , born in Besançon, was a French general during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars....

    , General (b.1759).
  • 11 November - Pierre-Louis Ginguené
    Pierre-Louis Ginguené
    Pierre-Louis Ginguené was a French author.-Biography:He was born at Rennes, in Brittany, and educated at a Jesuit college there. He came to Paris in 1772, and wrote criticisms for the Mercure de France. He also composed a comic opera, Pomponin . The Satire des satires and the Confession de...

    , author (b.1748).
  • 7 December - Michel Ney
    Michel Ney
    Michel Ney , 1st Duc d'Elchingen, 1st Prince de la Moskowa was a French soldier and military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was one of the original 18 Marshals of France created by Napoleon I...

    , Marshal of France
    Marshal of France
    The Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements...

     (b.1769
    1769 in France
    See also:1768 in France,other events of 1769,1770 in France.----Events from the year 1769 in France.-Events:*8 May - Battle of Ponte Novu begins between royal French forces and the native Corsicans....

    ).

Full date unknown

  • Geneviève Brossard de Beaulieu
    Genevieve Brossard de Beaulieu
    Geneviève Brossard de Beaulieu was a French painter. She was born at La Rochelle and studied painting under Jean-Baptiste Greuze. She established herself as a successful artist, specializing in historical and mythological genres and portraiture...

    , painter.
  • Charles de la Bédoyère
    Charles de la Bédoyère
    Charles Angélique François Huchet, Comte de la Bédoyère was a French General during the reign of Emperor Napoleon I who was executed in 1815....

    , General (b.1786).
  • Philippe Henri, Comte de Grimoard
    Philippe Henri, Comte de Grimoard
    Philippe Henri, comte de Grimoard was a French soldier and military writer.He entered the royal army at the age of sixteen, and in 1775 published his Essai théorique et practique sur les batailles. Shortly afterwards Louis XVI placed him in his own military cabinet and employed him especially in...

    , soldier and military writer (b.1753).
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