1800 in France
Events from the year 1800 in France.
Incumbents
- The French Consulate
Events
- January - Constitutional Referendum held which ratifies a new constitution.
- 13 February - Foundation of the Banque de France.
- 6 April - Siege of Genoa begins, with the Austrians besieging the French garrison.
- 3 May - Battle of Engen, French victory over Austrian forces.
- 3 May - Battle of Stockach, French victory.
- 15 May - Battle of Erbach, French victory with heavy casualties on both sides.
- 15 May - Napoleon Bonaparte crosses the Alps and invades Italy.
- 4 June - Siege of Genoa ends in a tactical victory for Austria.
- 9 June - Battle of Montebello, French victory.
- 14 June - Battle of Marengo, French victory, driving the Austrians out of Italy.
- 19 June - Battle of Höchstädt, French victory.
- 5 September - At the invitation of the Maltese, British troops liberate the Islands of Malta and Gozo from the French.
- 30 September - The Convention of 1800, signed between the United States and France, ends the Quasi-War.
- 1 October - Third Treaty of San Ildefonso, secretly negotiated between France and Spain, by which Spain returns the colonial territory of Louisiana to France.
- 10 October - Conspiration des poignards, conspiracy to assassinate Napoleon Bonaparte, which is prevented.
- 12 October - Boston-Berceau Action: The United States captures a French ship.
- 3 December - Battle of Hohenlinden, decisive French victory over Austrian forces.
- 24 December - Plot of the Rue Saint-Nicaise, assassination attempt on Napoleon Bonaparte in Paris.
- 25 December - Battle of Pozzolo: French victory.
Births
January to June
- 3 January - Etienne-Michel Faillon, Roman Catholic historian
- 12 January - Eugène Lami, painter and lithographer
- 6 February - Achille Devéria, painter and lithographer
- 12 March - Louis Prosper Gachard, man of letters
- 25 March - Alexis Paulin Paris, scholar and author
- 13 April - Princess Elisabeth of Savoy-Carignan
- 5 May - Louis Christophe François Hachette, publisher
- 8 May - Armand Carrel, writer
- 12 May - Jean-Félix Adolphe Gambart, astronomer
- 30 May - Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose, Cardinal
July to December
- 14 July - Jean-Baptiste Dumas, chemist
- 31 July - Louis Viardot, writer, art historian and critic, theatrical figure, hispanophile and translator
- 28 July - Frédérick Lemaître, actor and playwright
- 12 August - Jean-Jacques Ampère, philologist and man of letters
- 26 August - Félix Archimède Pouchet, naturalist
- 12 September - Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant, chess master
- 22 September - Jean Louis Lassaigne, chemist
- 8 October - Jules Desnoyers, geologist and archaeologist
- 23 October - Henri Milne-Edwards, zoologist
- 25 October - Jacques Paul Migne, priest, theologian and publisher
- 1 November - Charles Antoine Lemaire, botanist and botanical author
- 17 November - Achille Fould, financier and politician
- 22 November - Jules Bastide, publicist
- 10 December - Philippe Ricord, physician
- 28 December - Jean-Pierre Dantan, sculptor
Full date unknown
- Auguste Belloc, photographer
- Ximénès Doudan, journalist
- Jean Louis Marie Eugène Durieu, photographer
- Charles Auguste Désiré Filon, historian
- Nicolas Remy Maire, bow maker
- Jacques-François Ochard, painter
Deaths
January to March
- 1 January - Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, naturalist
- 9 January - Jean Étienne Championnet, General
- 18 February - Jean-Baptiste Perrée, Admiral
- 27 February - Princess Marie Adélaïde of France
- 16 March - Jean-Joseph Casot, Jesuit in Canada
- 29 March - Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, military engineer and writer
- March - Joseph de Guignes, orientalist and sinologist
April to June
- 19 April - Jean Antoine Marbot, general and politician
- 4 May - Armand, duc d'Aiguillon, nobleman
- 7 May - Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe, architect
- 10 May - Jacques Mallet du Pan, journalist
- 14 June - Louis Charles Antoine Desaix, General
- 14 June - Jean Baptiste Kléber, General
- 18 June - Francis V of Beauharnais, nobleman, soldier, politician, colonial governor and admiral
- 28 June - Théophile Corret de la Tour d'Auvergne, Military officer and antiquarian
July to December
- 2 July - Victor Louis, architect
- 12 August - Anne-Catherine de Ligniville, Madame Helvétius, maintained a renowned salon
- 18 August - Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle, botanist and magistrate
- 13 September - Claude Martin, military officer in French and British armies
- 23 September - Dominique de La Rochefoucauld, Cardinal
- 27 September - Hyacinthe Jadin, composer
- 14 November - François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé, General
- December - Jean-Baptiste Audebert, artist and naturalist