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List of events
Events from the year 1813 in
France.
Incumbents
Events
- 7 February -
Action of 7 February 1813, stalemate between two evenly matched
frigates
Aréthuse and
HMS Amelia
- 2 May -
Battle of Lützen, French victory over a combined
Prussian and
Russian force.
- 20 May–21 May -
Battle of Bautzen, French victory over a combined
Russian/
Prussian army.
- 3 June-11 June -
Peninsular War:
Siege of Tarragona, Anglo-Spanish-Portuguese forces fail to capture port from its Franco-Italian garrison.
- 21 June -
Peninsular War:
Battle of Vitoria, decisive victory by Anglo-Spanish-Portuguese forces.
- 7 July -
Peninsular War:
Siege of San Sebastian by Anglo-Portuguese forces begins.
- 25 July -
Peninsular War:
Battle of Maya, French victory over British forces.
- 25 July -
Peninsular War:
Battle of Roncesvalles, French victory over Anglo-Portuguese forces.
- 25 July -
Peninsular War:
Battle of the Pyrenees, large-scale French offensive, starts.
- 2 August -
Peninsular War:
Battle of the Pyrenees ends in a tactical Anglo-Spanish-Portuguese victory.
- 23 August -
Battle of Großbeeren, French defeated by an allied
Prussian-
Swedish army.
- 26 August -
Battle of Katzbach, French defeat by
Russo-
Prussian army.
- 26 August-27 August -
Battle of Dresden results in French victory.
- 30 August -
Battle of Kulm, French defeated by
Austrian,
Russian, and
Prussian forces.
- 31 August -
Peninsular War:
Battle of San Marcial, Spanish victory over French army.
- 6 September -
Battle of Dennewitz,
Prussians and
Russians victory over French forces.
- 9 September -
Peninsular War:
Siege of San Sebastian ends with surrender of French garrison.
- 16 October-19 October -
Battle of Leipzig, one of the most decisive defeats suffered by
Napoleon Bonaparte.
- 7 October -
Peninsular War:
Battle of the Bidassoa, tactical Anglo-Portuguese victory over French forces.
- 30 October-31 October -
Battle of Hanau, tactical French victory over
Austro-
Bavarian forces.
- 10 November -
Peninsular War:
Battle of Nivelle, French defeated by British, Portuguese and Spanish forces.
- 11 December - By the
Treaty of Valençay,
Napoleon recognises his prisoner
Ferdinand VII as
King of Spain and releases him.
- 9 December-13 December -
Peninsular War:
Battle of the Nive, Anglo-Portuguese-Spanish army defeats French forces.
- 31 December (
New Year's Eve) - Prussian forces under
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher cross the
Rhine beginning the invasion of France.
Births
- 23 April -
Frédéric Ozanam, lawyer, literary scholar, journalist and social reformer, founder of the
Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (died
1853)
- 12 July -
Francisque Bouillier,
philosopher (died
1899)
- 18 July -
Pierre Alphonse Laurent,
mathematician (died
1854)
- 15 August -
Léon Gastinel,
composer (died
1906)
- 23 October -
Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, philosopher and archaeologist (died
1900)
- 29 October -
Eugène Pelletan, writer, journalist and politician (died
1884)
- 30 November -
Charles-Valentin Alkan,
composer and
pianist (died
1888)
- December -
Pauline Duvernay, dancer (died
1894)
- 22 December -
Jean-Jacques Bourassé, priest,
archaeologist and historian (died
1872)
Deaths
- 2 January -
Pedro de Almeida Portugal, 3rd Marquis of Alorna, general in French service (born
1754 in Portugal)
- 6 January -
Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, general (born
1764)
- 9 March -
Louise Contat, actress (born
1760)
- 19 March -
Jean Baptiste, baron Franceschi, general (born
1766)
- 1 May -
Jean-Baptiste Bessières,
Marshal of France (born
1768)
- 23 May -
Geraud Duroc, general (born
1772)
- 6 June -
Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, architect (born
1739)
- 26 June -
Jacques Thomas Sarrut, military commander (born
1765)
- 23 July -
Léger-Félicité Sonthonax,
Jacobin and
abolitionist (born
1763)
- 29 July -
Jean-Andoche Junot, general (born
1771)
- 11 August -
André Joseph Boussart, general (born
1758)
- 1 September -
Edmé-Martin Vandermaesen, general (born
1767)
- 2 September -
Jean Victor Marie Moreau, general (born
1763)
- 16 October -
Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau, soldier (born
1755)
- 11 November -
Nicolas François Conroux, military commander (born
1770)
- 12 November -
J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur, writer on America (born
1735)
- 13 December -
Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, nutritionist (born
1737)
See also
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