1799 in France

Incumbents

• Until 10 November - the French Directory – five Directors
• From 10 November - the French Consulate – three consuls

Events

• The French Revolutionary Wars resumed, with a number of campaigns
• 9 November - Coup of 18 Brumaire
• 10 November - disbanding of the French Directory, and establishment of the French Consulate

Births

• 20 May - Honoré de Balzac, novelist and playwright
• 8 July - Oscar I of Sweden, king of Sweden and Norway
• 9 July - Théophile Tilmant, violinist

Deaths

• 19 February - Jean-Charles de Borda, mathematician
• 5 April - Honoré Fragonard, anatomist
• 28 April - François Giroust, composer
• 9 May - Claude Balbastre, composer
• 18 May - Pierre Beaumarchais, playwright, watchmaker, satirist and revolutionary
• 31 May - Pierre Charles Le Monnier, astronomer
• 27 June 27 - Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, harpsichordist and composer
• 7 September - Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier, scientist
• 17 October - Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt, chemist
• 9 December - Guillaume Voiriot, portrait painter
• 18 December - Jean-Étienne Montucla, mathematician
• 31 December - Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, naturalist
• 31 December - Jean-François Marmontel, historian