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List of events
Events from the year 1807 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- 7 January - The United Kingdom issues an
Order in Council prohibiting British ships from trading with France or its allies.
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- 7–8 February -
Battle of Eylau, indecisive result, but Russian retreat.
- 19 March -
Siege of Danzig begins as French lay siege to
Prussian and Russian forces.
- 4 May -
Treaty of Finckenstein signed between France and
Qajar dynasty Persia, guaranteeing the latter's integrity.
- 24 May - Siege of Danzig ends with Prussian and Russian capitulation.
- 10 June -
Battle of Heilsberg, inconclusive.
- 14 June -
Battle of Friedland: decisive French victory over Russian forces.
- 7–9 July -
Treaties of Tilsit end the war with Russia and Prussia.
- 20 July -
Nicéphore Niépce is awarded a patent by
Napoleon for the
Pyréolophore, the world's first
internal combustion engine, after it successfully powers a boat upstream on the river
Saône.
- 27 October -
Treaty of Fontainebleau signed between Spain and France, dividing Portugal and all its dominions between the signatories.
- 9 September - Napoleon establishes the
Free City of Danzig.
- 27 September - Napoleon purchases the
Borghese
art collection, including the
Antinous Mondragone, and brings it to Paris.
[3]
- 24 November -
Battle of Abrantes, Portugal: The French under
Jean-Andoche Junot take the town.
- 17 December -
Milan Decree issued by Napoleon, stating that no European country is to trade with the
United Kingdom (the 'Continental System').
Births
January to June
- 6 January -
Auguste Nicolas,
Roman Catholic
apologetical writer (died
1888)
- 29 January -
Édouard Dulaurier,
Orientalist and
Egyptologist (died
1881)
- 2 February -
Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin, politician (died
1874)
- 5 February -
Ernest Legouvé, dramatist (died
1903)
- 26 February -
Théophile-Jules Pelouze,
chemist (died
1867)
- 4 March -
Jean Baptiste Lucien Buquet,
entomologist (died
1889)
- 12 April -
Charles Rigault de Genouilly, Admiral (died
1873)
- 26 April -
Charles Auguste Frossard, general (died
1875)
- 17 May -
Jules Guyot, physician and
agronomist (died
1872)
- 17 June -
Auguste Nélaton, physician and surgeon (died
1873)
July to December
Full date unknown
Deaths
January to June
- 13 January -
Pierre Joseph Buchoz,
physician,
lawyer and
naturalist (born
1731)
- 17 January -
Pierre Marie Auguste Broussonet,
naturalist (born
1761)
- 14 February -
Jean-Joseph Ange d'Hautpoul, General (born
1754)
- 25 February -
Jeanne-Marie Marsan, singer and actress (born
1746)
- 4 April -
Jérôme Lalande,
astronomer and writer (born
1732)
- 5 May -
Napoleon Charles Bonaparte, eldest son of
Louis Bonaparte (born
1802)
- 10 May -
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, aristocrat and
Marshal of France (born
1725)
- 18 May -
Antoine Philippe, Duke of Montpensier, younger brother of
Louis-Philippe of France (born
1775)
July to December
- 5 August -
Jeanne Baret, first woman to circumnavigate the globe (born
1740)
- 19 August -
Louis Binot, General (born
1771)
- 25 August
- 31 August -
Ponce Denis Écouchard Lebrun, poet (born
1729)
- October -
Louis Pierre de Chastenet de Puységur, soldier and Minister of War (born
1727)
- 2 November -
Baron de Breteuil,
aristocrat, diplomat and
Prime Minister (born
1730)
- 8 November -
Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait, engineer,
hydrographer and
Minister of the Navy (born
1752)
- 23 November -
Jean-François Rewbell, lawyer, diplomat and politician (born
1747)
See also
References
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^
"BBC - History - Napoleon Bonaparte". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
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^ Dudley, William S., ed. (1985). The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History. Naval Historical Center. p. 34.
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^ Haskell, Francis; Penny, Nicholas (1982). Taste and the Antique: The Lure of Classical Sculpture, 1500-1900. Yale University Press. p. 281.
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