1810 in France
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Events from the year 1810 in France.
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[edit] Events
- 6 January - Treaty of Paris ends war between France and Sweden.
- 10 January - Marriage of Napoleon and Josephine de Beauharnais is annulled.
- 4 March - French Army retreats from Portugal.
- 11 March - Napoleon marries Marie-Louise of Austria.
- 26 April - Peninsular War: Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo begins. Spanish garrison besieged by French forces.
- 9 July - Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland.
- 9 July - Peninsular War: Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo ends in French victory.
- 24 July - Peninsular War: Battle of the Côa.
- 25 July - Peninsular War: Siege of Almeida begins. French lay siege to British and Portuguese forces.
- 20 August - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Grand Port, Mauritius. French victory over British fleet.
- 21 August - One of Napoleon's marshals, Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, was elected crown prince of Sweden.
- 27 August - Peninsular War: Siege of Almeida ends with French victory.
- 27 September - Battle of Bussaco, Anglo-Portuguese victory over the French.
[edit] Births
[edit] January to June
- 21 January - Pierre Louis Charles de Failly, General (d.1892).
- 8 February - Eliphas Levi, occult author and magician (d.1875).
- 4 April - Desirée Gay, socialist feminist (d. c1891).
- 8 April - Hégésippe Moreau, poet (d.1838).
- 13 April - Félicien-César David, composer (d.1876).
- 28 June - Célestin Joseph Félix, Jesuit (d.1891).
[edit] July to December
- 14 July - Aristide Boucicaut, creator of Le Bon Marché department stores (d.1877).
- 21 July - Henri Victor Regnault, chemist and physicist (d.1878).
- 4 August - Maurice de Guérin, poet (d.1839).
- 15 August - Louise Colet, poet (d.1876).
- 12 September - Ernest Courtot de Cissey, General (d.1882).
- 29 October - Sophie d'Arbouville, writer (d.1850).
- 8 November - Pierre Bosquet, Marshal of France (d.1861).
- 11 December - Alfred de Musset, dramatist, poet and novelist (d.1857).
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- Louise Rosalie Allan-Despreaux, actress (d.1856).
- Louis Aubert-Roche, physician (d.1874).
- Baron de César Bazancourt, military historian (d.1865).
- Eugène Belgrand, engineer (d.1878).
- Louis-Auguste Desmarres, ophthalmologist (d.1882).
- François Edmond Eugene de Barlatier de Mas, naval officer.
- Pierre-Jules Mêne, sculptor (d.1879).
- Antoine Léon Morel-Fatio, painter (d.1871).
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January to June
- 1 March - Jean-Jacques de Boissieu, painter (b.1736).
- 2 May - Jean-Louis Baudelocque, obstetrician (b.1745).
- 21 May - Chevalier d'Eon, diplomat, spy and soldier who lived the first half of her life as a man and the second half as a woman (b.1728).
- 29 May - François-Urbain Domergue, grammarian and journalist (b.1745).
- 26 June - Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, airship inventor (b.1740).
[edit] July to December
- 12 August - Étienne Louis Geoffroy, entomologist (b.1725).
- 13 August - Jacques-Francois Menou, General (b.1750).
- 19 October - Jean-Georges Noverre, dancer and balletmaster (b.1727).
- 23 October - Jean Baptiste Marie Franceschi-Delonne, General (b.1767).
- 26 October - Alexandre-Antoine Hureau de Sénarmont, Artillery General (b.1769).
- 1 December - Jean Baptiste Treilhard, politician (b.1742).
- 8 December - Ange-François Fariau, poet and translator (b.1747).
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- Charles-Claude Flahaut de la Billaderie, comte d'Angiviller, director of the Bâtiments du Roi (b.1730).
- François Cabarrus, adventurer (b.1752).
- Esprit Calvet, physician and collector (b.1728).
- Antoine-Denis Chaudet, sculptor (b.1763).
- Jean-Marie Morel, architect and surveyor (b.1728).
- François Péron, naturalist and explorer (b.1775).
