1807 in France

"See also:"
1806 in France,
other events of 1807,
1808 in France.

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Events from the year 1807 in France.

Events

*February - Napoleon attacks Russia.
*7 February-8 February - Battle of Eylau, indecisive result, but Russian retreat.
*19 March - Siege of Danzig begins as French lay siege to Russian and Prussian forces.
*4 May - Treaty of Finckenstein signed between France and Persia, guaranteeing the integrity of Persia.
*24 May - Siege of Danzig ends with Russian and Prussian capitulation.
*10 June - Battle of Heilsberg, inconclusive.
*14 June - Battle of Friedland, decisive French victory over Russian forces.
*7 July - Treaty of Tilsit ends the war with Russia.
*9 July - Treaty of Tilsit ends the war with Prussia.
*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.
*17 December - Milan Decree issued by Napoleon I of France, stating that no European country was to trade with the United Kingdom.

Births

January to June

*6 January - Auguste Nicolas, Roman Catholic apologetical writer (d.1888).
*2 February - Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin, politician (d.1874).
*5 February - Ernest Legouvé, dramatist (d.1903).
*26 February - Théophile-Jules Pelouze, chemist (d.1867).
*4 March - Jean Baptiste Lucien Buquet, entomologist (d.1889).
*12 April - Charles Rigault de Genouilly, Admiral (d.1873).
*26 April - Charles Auguste Frossard, general (d.1875).

July to December

*24 August - Jules Verreaux, botanist and ornithologist (d.1873).
*3 September - Raymond Gayrard, sculptor (d.1855).
*21 October - Napoléon Henri Reber, composer (d.1880).
*14 November - Auguste Laurent, chemist (d.1853).
*20 November - Augustus Thébaud, Jesuit educator and publicist (d.1885).

Full date unknown

*Edouard Dulaurier, Orientalist and Egyptologist (d.1881).
*Jean-Jacques Feuchère, sculptor (d.1852).
*Auguste-Barthélemy Glaize, painter (d.1893).
*Jules Guyot, physician and agronomist (d.1872).
*Alphonse Sagebien, hydrological engineer (d.1892).

Deaths

January to June

*13 January - Pierre Joseph Buchoz, physician, lawyer and naturalist (b.1731).
*17 January - Pierre Marie Auguste Broussonet, naturalist (b.1761).
*14 February - Jean-Joseph Ange d'Hautpoul, General (b.1754).
*25 February - Jeanne-Marie Marsan, singer and actress (b.1746).
*4 April - Jérôme Lalande, astronomer and writer (b.1732).
*5 May - Napoleon Charles Bonaparte, eldest son of Louis Bonaparte (b.1802).
*10 May - Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, aristocrat and Marshal of France (b.1725).
*18 May - Antoine Philippe, Duke of Montpensier, younger brother of Louis-Philippe of France (b.1775).

July to December

*19 August - Louis Binot, General (b.1771).
*25 August - Sophie Ristaud Cottin, writer (b.1770).
*25 August - Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis, jurist and politician (b.1746).
*31 August - Ponce Denis Écouchard Lebrun, poet (b.1729).
*October - Louis Pierre de Chastenet de Puységur, soldier and Minister of War (b.1727).
*2 November - Baron de Breteuil, aristocrat, diplomat and Prime Minister (b.1730).
*8 November - Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait, engineer, hydrographer and Minister of the Navy (b.1752).
*23 November - Jean-François Rewbell, lawyer, diplomat and politician (b.1747).

Full date unknown

*Gui-Jean-Baptiste Target, lawyer and politician (b.1733).

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