# 1801 in France

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Events from the year **1801 in [France](/source/France)**.

## Incumbents

- The [French Consulate](/source/French_Consulate)[1]

## Events

- 9 February – [Treaty of Lunéville](/source/Treaty_of_Lun%C3%A9ville) signed between the [French First Republic](/source/French_First_Republic) and the [Holy Roman Empire](/source/Holy_Roman_Empire), ending the war with [Austria](/source/Austria).
- 8 March – [Battle of Abukir](/source/Battle_of_Abukir_(1801)), second battle of the [Egyptian](/source/Egypt) campaign. British victory.
- 18 March – [Treaty of Florence](/source/Treaty_of_Florence) signed between France and the [Kingdom of Naples](/source/Kingdom_of_Naples).[2]
- 21 March - [Treaty of Aranjuez](/source/Treaty_of_Aranjuez_(1801)) signed between France and [Spain](/source/Spain).
- 21 March - [Battle of Alexandria](/source/Battle_of_Alexandria_(1801)). British victory.
- 8 July – First [Battle of Algeciras Bay](/source/Battle_of_Algeciras_Bay). Franco-Spanish victory.
- 12 July – Second Battle of Algeciras Bay. British victory.
- 15 July – [Concordat of 1801](/source/Concordat_of_1801), agreement signed between France and [Pope Pius VII](/source/Pope_Pius_VII) that reaffirms the [Roman Catholic Church](/source/Roman_Catholic_Church) as the majority church of [France](/source/France) and restores some of its civil status.
- 17 August – [Siege of Alexandria](/source/Siege_of_Alexandria_(1801)) by the British begins.
- 2 September – Siege of Alexandria ends in British victory.
- 29 September – [Treaty of Madrid](/source/Treaty_of_Madrid_(1801)) signed between [John VI of Portugal](/source/John_VI_of_Portugal) and France.
- September – [Metric system](/source/Metric_system) obligatory throughout France.
- First [census](/source/Census) in France.
- [Joseph Marie Jacquard](/source/Joseph_Marie_Jacquard) develops a [loom](/source/Loom) where the pattern being woven is controlled by [punched cards](/source/Punched_card).

## Births

- 14 January – [Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart](/source/Adolphe-Th%C3%A9odore_Brongniart), [botanist](/source/Botanist) (died [1876](/source/1876_in_France))
- 1 February – [Émile Littré](/source/%C3%89mile_Littr%C3%A9), [lexicographer](/source/Lexicographer) and [philosopher](/source/Philosopher) (died [1881](/source/1881_in_France))
- 6 February – [Laure Cinti-Damoreau](/source/Laure_Cinti-Damoreau), soprano (died [1863](/source/1863_in_France))
- 22 February – [Marc Girardin](/source/Marc_Girardin), politician and [man of letters](/source/Intellectual) (died [1873](/source/1873_in_France))
- 11 March – [Frédéric Berat](/source/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Berat), poet and songwriter (died [1855](/source/1855_in_France))
- 8 April – [Eugène Burnouf](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Burnouf), [orientalist](/source/Oriental_studies) (died [1852](/source/1852_in_France))
- 24 April – [Marthe Camille Bachasson, Count of Montalivet](/source/Marthe_Camille_Bachasson,_Count_of_Montalivet), statesman and [Peer of France](/source/Peer_of_France) (died [1880](/source/1880_in_France))
- 30 April – [André Giroux](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Giroux_(painter)), photographer and painter (died [1879](/source/1879_in_France))
- 11 May – [Henri Labrouste](/source/Henri_Labrouste), architect (died [1875](/source/1875_in_France))
- 15 May – [Joseph Jean Baptiste Xavier Fournet](/source/Joseph_Jean_Baptiste_Xavier_Fournet), [geologist](/source/Geologist) and [metallurgist](/source/Metallurgy) (died [1869](/source/1869_in_France))
- 30 June – [Frédéric Bastiat](/source/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Bastiat), writer and political economist (died [1850](/source/1850_in_France))
- 23 July – [Charles Rohault de Fleury](/source/Charles_Rohault_de_Fleury), architect (died [1875](/source/1875_in_France))
- 28 August – [Antoine Augustin Cournot](/source/Antoine_Augustin_Cournot), economist, [philosopher](/source/Philosopher) and [mathematician](/source/Mathematician) (died [1877](/source/1877_in_France))
- 6 October – [Hippolyte Carnot](/source/Hippolyte_Carnot), statesman (died [1888](/source/1888_in_France))
- 27 December – [Étienne Joseph Louis Garnier-Pagès](/source/%C3%89tienne_Joseph_Louis_Garnier-Pag%C3%A8s), politician (died [1841](/source/1841_in_France))

### Full date unknown

- [Jean-Baptiste Honoré Raymond Capefigue](/source/Jean-Baptiste_Honor%C3%A9_Raymond_Capefigue), historian and biographer (died [1872](/source/1872_in_France))
- [Carron du Villards](/source/Carron_du_Villards), [ophthalmologist](/source/Ophthalmologist) (died [1860](/source/1860_in_France))
- [Éléonore-Louis Godefroi Cavaignac](/source/%C3%89l%C3%A9onore-Louis_Godefroi_Cavaignac), politician (died [1845](/source/1845_in_France))
- [Amédée Fauré](/source/Am%C3%A9d%C3%A9e_Faur%C3%A9), painter (died [1878](/source/1878_in_France))

## Deaths

- 11 January – [Charles Eugène Gabriel de La Croix, marquis de Castries](/source/Charles_Eug%C3%A8ne_Gabriel_de_La_Croix,_marquis_de_Castries), [Marshal of France](/source/Marshal_of_France) (born [1727](/source/1727_in_France))
- 9 February – [Armand-Joseph Guffroy](/source/Armand-Joseph_Guffroy), politician (born [1742](/source/1742_in_France))
- 12 February – [Jean Darcet](/source/Jean_Darcet), chemist and porcelain maker (born [1724](/source/1724_in_France))[3]
- 2 March – [Charles-Albert Demoustier](/source/Charles-Albert_Demoustier), writer (born [1760](/source/1760_in_France))
- 7 April – [Noël François de Wailly](/source/No%C3%ABl_Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Wailly), [grammarian](/source/Philologist) and [lexicographer](/source/Lexicographer) (born [1724](/source/1724_in_France))
- 11 April – [Antoine de Rivarol](/source/Antoine_de_Rivarol), writer and [epigrammatist](/source/Epigram) (born [1753](/source/1753_in_France))
- 8 June – [Pierre Antoine Monneron](/source/Pierre_Antoine_Monneron), merchant, banker, writer and politician (born [1747](/source/1747_in_France))
- 6 July – [Pierre Augustin Moncousu](/source/Pierre_Augustin_Moncousu), naval officer (born [1756](/source/1756_in_France); killed in action at the [First Battle of Algeciras](/source/First_Battle_of_Algeciras))
- 7 September – [Antoine de Sartine](/source/Antoine_de_Sartine), statesman (born [1729](/source/1729_in_France))
- 3 October – [Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur](/source/Philippe_Henri,_marquis_de_S%C3%A9gur), [Marshal of France](/source/Marshal_of_France) (born [1724](/source/1724_in_France))
- 29 November – [François Macquard](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Macquard), Napoleonic general (born [1738](/source/1738_in_France))
- [Honoré Blanc](/source/Honor%C3%A9_Blanc), gunsmith (born [1736](/source/1736_in_France))
- [David Charpentier de Cossigny](/source/David_Charpentier_de_Cossigny), Governor General of [Pondicherry](/source/Puducherry_(city)), [Réunion](/source/R%C3%A9union) and [Mauritius](/source/Mauritius) (born [1740](/source/1740_in_France))

## References

1. ["Consulate | French history | Britannica"](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Consulate-French-history). *www.britannica.com*. Retrieved 25 June 2022.

1. Franceschi, General Michel & Weider, Ben (2008). [*Wars Against Napoleon: Debunking the Myth of the Napoleonic Wars*](https://books.google.com/books?id=5vLQ0qn_fEAC&pg=PA19). Savas Beatie. p. 19. ISBN 9781611210293.

1. ["Jean d' Arcet (1725–1801)"](http://data.bnf.fr/12095885/jean_d__arcet/). *data.bnf.fr*. Retrieved 13 May 2018.

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