1807 in France
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Births
January to June
- 6 January – Auguste Nicolas, Roman Catholic apologetical writer
- 29 January – Édouard Dulaurier, orientalist and Egyptologist
- 2 February – Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin, politician
- 5 February – Ernest Legouvé, dramatist
- 26 February – Théophile-Jules Pelouze, chemist
- 4 March – Jean Baptiste Lucien Buquet, entomologist
- 12 April – Charles Rigault de Genouilly, Admiral
- 20 April – Célimène Gaudieux, musician and innkeeper
- 26 April – Charles Auguste Frossard, general
- 17 May – Jules Guyot, physician and agronomist
- 17 June – Auguste Nélaton, physician and surgeon
July to December
- 24 August
- *Jean-Jacques Feuchère, sculptor
- *Jules Verreaux, botanist and ornithologist
- 3 September – Raymond Gayrard, sculptor
- 21 October – Napoléon Henri Reber, composer
- 14 November – Auguste Laurent, chemist
- 20 November – Augustus Thébaud, Jesuit educator and publicist
- 29 November – Jean Philippe Goujon de Grondel, General
Full date unknown
- Auguste-Barthélemy Glaize, painter
- Alphonse Sagebien, hydrological engineer
Deaths
January to June
- 13 January – Pierre Joseph Buchoz, physician, lawyer and naturalist
- 17 January – Pierre Marie Auguste Broussonet, naturalist
- 14 February – Jean-Joseph Ange d'Hautpoul, General
- 25 February – Jeanne-Marie Marsan, singer and actress
- 4 April – Jérôme Lalande, astronomer and writer
- 5 May – Napoleon Charles Bonaparte, eldest son of Louis Bonaparte
- 10 May – Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, aristocrat and Marshal of France
- 18 May – Antoine Philippe, Duke of Montpensier, younger brother of Louis-Philippe of France
July to December
- 5 August – Jeanne Baret, first woman to circumnavigate the globe
- 19 August – Louis Binot, General
- 25 August
- *Sophie Ristaud Cottin, writer
- *Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis, jurist and politician
- 31 August – Ponce Denis Écouchard Lebrun, poet
- October – Louis Pierre de Chastenet de Puységur, soldier and Minister of War
- 2 November – Baron de Breteuil, aristocrat, diplomat and Prime Minister
- 8 November – Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait, engineer, hydrographer and Minister of the Navy
- 23 November – Jean-François Rewbell, lawyer, diplomat and politician