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France in 1801

Historical records for France in 1801, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

41Records
16Events
10Named people
6Places
5Categories

Historical records

January

5 January 1801Reform of Political RepressionNapoleon I

Paris · Government / Government of France

The Council of State supports Napoleon's mass deportations against the "Jacobins"

February

9 February 1801Coalition, 2ndNapoleon I

Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

After this Treaty, Great Britain was the sole nation still at war with France

9 February 1801Coalition, 2ndNapoleon I

Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Austria makes peace with France.

9 February 1801Coalition, 2ndNapoleon I

Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Forced to sue for peace, the Austrians signed another in a series of humiliating treaties. This Treaty (along with the Treaty of Amiens of 1802) marked the end of the Second Coalition against Napoleon.

9 February 1801Coalition, 2ndNapoleon I

Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Joseph Bonaparte signed for France, whereas Count Ludwig von Cobenzl, the Austrian Foreign Minister, signed for the Emperor.

9 February 1801Coalition, 2ndNapoleon I

Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

The Austrian army had been defeated by Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Marengo on 14 June 1800 and then by Jean Victor Moreau at the Battle of Hohenlinden on 3 December.

9 February 1801Coalition, 2ndNapoleon I

Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

The signatory parties were the French Republic and Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, who was negotiating on his own behalf as ruler the hereditary domains of the Habsburg Monarchy and also on behalf of the other rulers who controlled territories within the Holy Roman Empire.

9 February 1801Treaty of Campo FormioNapoleon I

Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

After this Treaty, Great Britain was the sole nation still at war with France. The Treaty of Luneville declared that "there shall be, henceforth and forever, peace, amity, and good understanding" among the parties. The Treaty required Austria to enforce the conditions of the earlier Treaty of Campo Formio (concluded on 17 October 1797)

9 February 1801Treaty of Campo FormioNapoleon I

Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Austria makes peace with France.

9 February 1801Treaty of Campo FormioNapoleon I

Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Forced to sue for peace, the Austrians signed another in a series of humiliating treaties. This Treaty (along with the Treaty of Amiens of 1802) marked the end of the Second Coalition against Napoleon.

9 February 1801Treaty of Campo FormioNapoleon I

Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Joseph Bonaparte signed for France, whereas Count Ludwig von Cobenzl, the Austrian Foreign Minister, signed for the Emperor.

9 February 1801Treaty of Campo FormioNapoleon I

Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

The Austrian army had been defeated by Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Marengo on 14 June 1800 and then by Jean Victor Moreau at the Battle of Hohenlinden on 3 December.

9 February 1801Treaty of Campo FormioNapoleon I

Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

The signatory parties were the French Republic and Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, who was negotiating on his own behalf as ruler the hereditary domains of the Habsburg Monarchy and also on behalf of the other rulers who controlled territories within the Holy Roman Empire.

9 February 1801Treaty of LunevilleJoseph Bonaparte

Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Austria makes peace with France. The signatory parties were the French Republic and Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, who was negotiating on his own behalf as ruler the hereditary domains of the Habsburg Monarchy and also on behalf of the other rulers who controlled territories within the Holy Roman Empire. Joseph Bonaparte signed for France, whereas Count Ludwig von Cobenzl, the Austrian Foreign Minister, signed for the Emperor

9 February 1801Treaty of LunevilleLudwig von Cobnzl

Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Austria makes peace with France. The signatory parties were the French Republic and Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, who was negotiating on his own behalf as ruler the hereditary domains of the Habsburg Monarchy and also on behalf of the other rulers who controlled territories within the Holy Roman Empire. Joseph Bonaparte signed for France, whereas Count Ludwig von Cobenzl, the Austrian Foreign Minister, signed for the Emperor

9 February 1801Treaty of LunevilleNapoleon I

Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

After this Treaty, Great Britain was the sole nation still at war with France. The Treaty of Luneville declared that "there shall be, henceforth and forever, peace, amity, and good understanding" among the parties. The Treaty required Austria to enforce the conditions of the earlier Treaty of Campo Formio (concluded on 17 October 1797)

9 February 1801Treaty of LunevilleNapoleon I

Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Austria makes peace with France.

9 February 1801Treaty of LunevilleNapoleon I

Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Forced to sue for peace, the Austrians signed another in a series of humiliating treaties. This Treaty (along with the Treaty of Amiens of 1802) marked the end of the Second Coalition against Napoleon.

9 February 1801Treaty of LunevilleNapoleon I

Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Joseph Bonaparte signed for France, whereas Count Ludwig von Cobenzl, the Austrian Foreign Minister, signed for the Emperor.

9 February 1801Treaty of LunevilleNapoleon I

Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

The Austrian army had been defeated by Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Marengo on 14 June 1800 and then by Jean Victor Moreau at the Battle of Hohenlinden on 3 December.

9 February 1801Treaty of LunevilleNapoleon I

Luneville · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

The signatory parties were the French Republic and Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, who was negotiating on his own behalf as ruler the hereditary domains of the Habsburg Monarchy and also on behalf of the other rulers who controlled territories within the Holy Roman Empire.

March

21 March 1801Battle of AlexandriaJacques-Francois de Menou

Alexandria · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

The Battle of Alexandria is fought between the French army under General Menou and the British expeditionary corps under Sir Ralph Abercrombie, where the British troops had advanced towards Alexandria. Abercromby defeats the French but dies during the battle. The British advance and capture Alexandria 2nd Sept 1801

25 March 1801PeaceJoseph Bonaparte

Amiens · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Signed by Joseph Bonaparte and the Marquess Cornwallis as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom

25 March 1801PeaceNapoleon I

Amiens · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

England keeps Ceylon & Trinidad & Malta is restored to the Knights of St John.

25 March 1801PeaceNapoleon I

Amiens · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

France keeps continental conquests.

25 March 1801PeaceNapoleon I

Amiens · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Great Britain recognises the French Republic, the consequent peace, which lasted only one year, is the only period during which Great Britain was not at war with France during the so-called Great French War.

25 March 1801PeaceNapoleon I

Amiens · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Signed by Joseph Bonaparte and the Marquess Cornwallis as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom.

Other Events

1801ConcordatNapoleon I

Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Napoleon sees religion as a uniting social force. France recognizes Catholicism as "the religion of the majority of Frenchmen". Agreed with Pius VII in an effort to undermine the effects of the emgre clergy. Agreed after the Battle of Marengo at the request of Napoleon

1801GovernorLouis-Gabriel Suchet Albufera

Padua · Government / Government of France

Appointed Governor of Padua

1801InspectorLouis-Gabriel Suchet Albufera

Warfare / Military

Appointed Inspector General of Infantry

1801InspectorLouis-Gabriel Suchet Albufera

Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Appointed Inspector General of Infantry

1801Minister of FinanceFrancois de Marquis Barbemarbois

Warfare / Military

Appointed Minister of Finance

1801Minister of FinanceFrancois de Marquis Barbemarbois

Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Appointed Minister of Finance

1801Minister of WarLazare Nicholas Marguerite Carnot

Warfare / Military

Appointed Minister of War by Napoleon

1801Minister of WarLazare Nicholas Marguerite Carnot

Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Appointed Minister of War by Napoleon

1801Rule of EgyptNapoleon I

Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

French forces in Egypt are defeated by the Anglo-Turkish alliance & repatriated

1801Sequential Block Production System DesignedMarc Isambard Brunel

London · Science / Civil Engineering

Brunel develops a linked sequence of specialised machines so pulley blocks can be produced repeatedly to standard dimensions.

1801Tissue-Based AnatomyMarie Francois Xavier Bichat

Paris · Science / Medicine

Establishes tissue analysis as a foundation of pathological anatomy.

1801Treatise on MembranesMarie Francois Xavier Bichat

Paris · Science / Medicine

Classifies organs according to distinct tissues and membranes.

1801TribunateBoissy DAnglais

Warfare / Military

Appointed Member of Tribunate

1801TribunateBoissy DAnglais

Warfare / Napoleonic Wars

Appointed Member of Tribunate

Names involved

Boissy DAnglaisFrancois de Marquis BarbemarboisJacques-Francois de MenouJoseph BonaparteLazare Nicholas Marguerite CarnotLouis-Gabriel Suchet AlbuferaLudwig von CobnzlMarc Isambard BrunelMarie Francois Xavier BichatNapoleon I

Places involved

AlexandriaAmiensLondonLunevillePaduaParis

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.