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The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Events
- 19 February - Peninsular WarPeninsular WarThe Peninsular War was a war between France and the allied powers of Spain, the United Kingdom, and Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. The war began when French and Spanish armies crossed Spain and invaded Portugal in 1807. Then, in 1808, France turned on its...
: Battle of the GeboraBattle of the GeboraThe Battle of the Gebora was a minor battle of the Peninsular War between Spanish and French armies. It occurred on 19 February 1811, near Badajoz, Spain, where an outnumbered French force routed and nearly destroyed the Spanish Army of Extremadura....
, French routed Spanish forces. - 5 March - Peninsular War: Battle of BarrosaBattle of BarrosaThe Battle of Barrosa was an unsuccessful French attack on a larger Anglo-Portuguese-Spanish force attempting to lift the siege of Cádiz, Spain during the Peninsular War...
, tactical defeat for French. - 13 March - Napoleonic WarsNapoleonic WarsThe Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...
: Battle of LissaBattle of Lissa (1811)The Battle of Lissa was a naval action fought between a British frigate squadron and a substantially larger squadron of French and Venetian frigates and smaller ships on 13 March 1811 during the Adriatic campaign of the Napoleonic Wars...
, decisive British naval victory. - 25 March - The Great Comet of 1811 is discovered by Honoré FlaugerguesHonoré FlaugerguesHonoré Flaugergues was a French astronomer.....
. - 3 April - Peninsular War: Battle of SabugalBattle of SabugalThe Battle of Sabugal was an engagement of the Peninsular War which took place on 3 April 1811 between Anglo-Portuguese forces under Arthur Wellesley and French troops under the command of Marshal André Masséna...
, Anglo-Portuguese victory. - 14 April - Peninsular War: Siege of AlmeidaSiege of Almeida (1811)The Siege of Almeida took place during the Peninsular War portion of the Napoleonic Wars. After a month-long blockade, the French garrison under Brigadier-General Antoine Brenier escaped, leaving the fortress in Anglo-Portuguese hands.Almeida is located in eastern Portugal, near the border with...
. Siege of French garrison begins. - 3 May-5 May - Peninsular War: Battle of Fuentes de OnoroBattle of Fuentes de OnoroIn the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro , the British-Portuguese Army under Viscount Wellington checked an attempt by the French Army of Portugal under Marshal André Masséna to relieve the besieged city of Almeida.-Background:...
, Anglo-Portuguese victory, preventing French relief of the Siege of Almeida. - 10 May - Peninsular War: Siege of Almeida ends with escape of French garrison.
- 16 May - Peninsular War: Battle of AlbueraBattle of AlbueraThe Battle of Albuera was an indecisive battle during the Peninsular War. A mixed British, Spanish and Portuguese corps engaged elements of the French Armée du Midi at the small Spanish village of Albuera, about 20 kilometres south of the frontier fortress-town of Badajoz, Spain.From...
, indecisive, French tactical defeat. - 25 May - Peninsular War: Battle of UsagreBattle of UsagreIn the Battle of Usagre on 25 May 1811, Anglo-Allied cavalry commanded by Major-General William Lumley routed a French cavalry force led by Major-General Marie Victor Latour-Maubourg at the village of Usagre in the Peninsular War.-Background:...
, Anglo-Portuguese victory. - 28 October - Peninsular War: Battle of Arroyo dos MolinosBattle of Arroyo dos MolinosThe Battle of Arroyo dos Molinos took place on 28 October 1811 during the Peninsula War. An allied force under General Rowland Hill trapped and defeated, a French force under General Jean-Baptiste Girard, forcing the latter's dismissal by the Emperor Napoleon...
, Anglo-Portuguese victory over French forces.
Births
- 18 January - Édouard René de LaboulayeÉdouard René de LaboulayeÉdouard René Lefèbvre de Laboulaye was a French jurist, poet, author and anti-slavery activist...
, juristJuristA jurist or jurisconsult is a professional who studies, develops, applies, or otherwise deals with the law. The term is widely used in American English, but in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth countries it has only historical and specialist usage...
(d.18831883 in FranceSee also:1882 in France,other events of 1883,1884 in France.----Events from the year 1883 in France.-Events:*27 March-28 March - Battle of Gia Cuc, French victory over Vietnamese forces....
). - 19 February - Jules SandeauJules SandeauLeonard Sylvain Julien Sandeau was a French novelist.He was born at Aubusson , and was sent to Paris to study law, but spent much of his time in unruly behaviour with other students. He met George Sand, then Madame Dudevant, at Le Coudray in the house of a friend, and when she came to Paris in...
, novelist (d.18831883 in FranceSee also:1882 in France,other events of 1883,1884 in France.----Events from the year 1883 in France.-Events:*27 March-28 March - Battle of Gia Cuc, French victory over Vietnamese forces....
). - 11 March - Urbain Le Verrier, mathematicianMathematicianA mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
(d.18771877 in FranceSee also:1876 in France,other events of 1877,1878 in France.----Events from the year 1877 in France.-Events:*16 May - Political crisis which ultimately sealed the defeat of the royalist movement.*14 October - Legislative election held....
). - 20 March - Napoleon II of FranceNapoleon II of FranceNapoléon II , after 1818 known as Franz, Duke of Reichstadt, was the son of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, and his second wife, Marie Louise of Austria...
, son of Napoleon BonaparteNapoleon I of FranceNapoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815...
(d.18321832 in FranceSee also:1830 in France,other events of 1832,1833 in France.----Events from the year 1832 in France.-Events:*5 June - Anti-monarchist June Rebellion briefly breaks out in Paris....
). - 17 August - Alfred-Henri-Amand MameAlfred-Henri-Amand MameAlfred-Henri-Amand Mame was a French printer and publisher.-Mame, publishers:The founder of the Mame firm, Charles Mame, printed two newspapers at Angers in the last quarter of the eighteenth century; General Hoche had at one time hoped to marry his daughter...
, printer and publisher (d.18931893 in FranceSee also:1892 in France,other events of 1893,1894 in France.----Events from the year 1893 in France.-Events:*10 March - Côte d'Ivoire becomes a French colony.*20 August - Legislative election held.*3 September - Legislative election held....
). - 23 August - Auguste BravaisAuguste BravaisAuguste Bravais was a French physicist, well known for his work in crystallography...
, physicist (d.18631863 in FranceSee also:1862 in France,other events of 1863,1864 in France.----Events from the year 1863 in France.-Events:*15 January - French forces bombard Veracruz, during the French intervention in Mexico.*16 March - French siege of Puebla begins....
). - 30 August - Théophile GautierThéophile GautierPierre Jules Théophile Gautier was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, art critic and literary critic....
, poet, novelist, journalist, dramatist and literary critic (d.18721872 in FranceSee also:1871 in France,other events of 1872,1873 in France.----Events from the year 1872 in France.-Events:*27 November - Meteor shower display over France.*Louis Ducos du Hauron creates the first color photograph.-Births:...
). - 25 October - Évariste GaloisÉvariste GaloisÉvariste Galois was a French mathematician born in Bourg-la-Reine. While still in his teens, he was able to determine a necessary and sufficient condition for a polynomial to be solvable by radicals, thereby solving a long-standing problem...
, mathematicianMathematicianA mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
(d.18321832 in FranceSee also:1830 in France,other events of 1832,1833 in France.----Events from the year 1832 in France.-Events:*5 June - Anti-monarchist June Rebellion briefly breaks out in Paris....
). - 29 October - Louis BlancLouis BlancLouis Jean Joseph Charles Blanc was a French politician and historian. A socialist who favored reforms, he called for the creation of cooperatives in order to guarantee employment for the urban poor....
, politician and historian (d.18821882 in FranceSee also:1881 in France,other events of 1882,1883 in France.----Events from the year 1882 in France.-Events:*28 March - Republican Jules Ferry makes primary education in France free, non-clerical and obligatory....
). - 30 October - Auguste-François MaunouryAuguste-François MaunouryAuguste-François Maunoury was a Catholic Hellenist and exegete.He studied classics at the preparatory seminary in Séez, to which institution he returned after his theological course, and where he spent the whole of his long priestly career...
, Hellenist and exegete (d.18981898 in FranceSee also:1897 in France,other events of 1898,1899 in France.----Events from the year 1898 in France.-Events:*13 January - Emile Zola's J'accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair....
). - 11 November - François DelsarteFrançois DelsarteFrançois Alexandre Nicolas Chéri Delsarte was a French musician and teacher.Delsarte was born in Solesmes, Nord. He was a pupil of the Paris Conservatory, was for a time tenor singer in the Opéra Comique, and composed a few songs. However, he is chiefly known as a teacher in singing and...
, musician and teacher (d.18711871 in FranceSee also:1870 in France,other events of 1871,1872 in France.----Events from the year 1871 in France.- Events :* 3 January - Battle of Bapaume...
). - 15 November - Jacques-Maurice De Saint PalaisJacques-Maurice De Saint PalaisJacques-Maurice des Landes d’Aussac De Saint Palais was a French-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Vincennes, currently known as the Archbishop of Indianapolis, from 1848 until his death.De Saint Palais was born in La Salvetat, and ordained to the...
, Archbishop of Indianapolis (d.18771877 in FranceSee also:1876 in France,other events of 1877,1878 in France.----Events from the year 1877 in France.-Events:*16 May - Political crisis which ultimately sealed the defeat of the royalist movement.*14 October - Legislative election held....
). - 5 December - Arthur-Marie Le HirArthur-Marie Le HirArthur-Marie Le Hir was a French Biblical scholar and Orientalist.-Life:...
, Biblical scholar and Orientalist (d.18681868 in FranceSee also:1867 in France,other events of 1868,1869 in France.----Events from the year 1868 in France.-Events:*31 May - The first bicycle race is held at Parc de Saint-Cloud, Paris....
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- Auguste Casimir-PerierAuguste Casimir-PerierAuguste Victor Laurent Casimir-Perier was a French diplomat and political leader. He was the son of Casimir Pierre Perier and the father of President Jean Casimir-Perier....
, diplomat (d.18761876 in FranceSee also:1875 in France,other events of 1876,1877 in France.----Events from the year 1876 in France.-Events:*20 February - Legislative Election held.*5 March - Legislative Election held.-Births:...
). - Henri DelabordeHenri Delaborde (painter)Count Henri Delaborde was a French art critic and historical painter, born in Rennes, son of Count Henri françoise Delaborde. He studied for some time in Paris with Delaroche and afterward produced historical pictures of a rather conventional classical type. Among them are:* Hagar in the Desert *...
, art critic and painter (d.18991899 in FranceSee also:1898 in France,other events of 1899,1900 in France.----Events from the year 1899 in France.-Events:*16 April - Battle of Lougou, French victory in Niger....
). - Philippe Édouard FoucauxPhilippe Édouard FoucauxPhilippe Édouard Foucaux was a French tibetologist. He published the first Tibetan grammar in French and occupied the first chaire of Tibetan studies in Europe....
, Tibetologist (d.18941894 in FranceSee also:1893 in France,other events of 1894,1895 in France.----Events from the year 1894 in France.-Events:* 15 February - 04:51 GMT, French anarchist Martial Bourdin attempts to destroy the Royal Greenwich Observatory, London, England with a bomb.* 14 May - Meteor shower in Southern France.* 22...
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Deaths
- 10 January - Joseph ChénierJoseph ChénierMarie-Joseph Blaise de Chénier was a French poet, dramatist and politician.The younger brother of André Chénier, he was born at Constantinople, but brought up at Carcassonne. He was educated in Paris at the Collège de Navarre...
, poetPoetA poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, dramatist and politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
(b.1764). - 27 January - Jean-Baptiste HuetJean-Baptiste HuetJean-Baptiste Marie Huet was a French painter, engraver and designer associated with pastoral and genre scenes of animals in the Rococo manner, influenced by François Boucher....
, painter, engraver and designer (b.1745). - 13 March - Bernard DubourdieuBernard DubourdieuBernard Dubourdieu was a French rear-admiral who led the allied French-Venetian forces at the Battle of Lissa in 1811, during which he was killed....
, Rear Admiral (b.1773). - 28 April - Jacques-André EmeryJacques-André EmeryJacques-André Emery was a French Sulpician monk, Superior of the Society of St-Sulpice during the French Revolution.-Life:...
, Superior of the Society of St-Sulpice (b.1732). - 15 May - François Amable RuffinFrançois Amable RuffinFrançois Amable Ruffin was a Général de division of the First French Empire.- Biography :Having been captain of a company of volunteers from Bolbec, he was named commander of the 7th Battalion of Seine-Inférieure on 20 September 1792...
, General (b.1771). - 19 July - Raphael Bienvenu SabatierRaphael Bienvenu SabatierRaphael Bienvenu Sabatier was a French anatomist and surgeon who was born in Paris.He studied medicine in Paris, and in 1756 became a professor at the Collège Royal de Chirurgie. Shortly afterwards, he became chief surgeon at the Hôtel des Invalides, and in 1795 was a professor at the École de Santé...
, anatomist and surgeonSurgeonIn medicine, a surgeon is a specialist in surgery. Surgery is a broad category of invasive medical treatment that involves the cutting of a body, whether human or animal, for a specific reason such as the removal of diseased tissue or to repair a tear or breakage...
(b.1732). - 20 August - Louis Antoine de BougainvilleLouis Antoine de BougainvilleLouis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville was a French admiral and explorer. A contemporary of James Cook, he took part in the French and Indian War and the unsuccessful French attempt to defend Canada from Britain...
, navigator and military commander (b.1729). - 27 October - Nicolas GodinotNicolas GodinotDeo-Gratias-Nicolas Godinot was a Général de Division of the First French Empire who saw action during the Peninsular War. He was made Chef de Brigade of the 25th Légère on 30 June 1799 and rose to become Colonel of that regiment in 1803...
, General (b.1765). - 17 December - Louis Abel Beffroy de ReignyLouis Abel Beffroy de ReignyLouis Abel Beffroy de Reigny , French dramatist and man of letters, was born at Laon, Aisne.Under the name of "Cousin Jacques" he founded a periodical called Les Lunes . The followed...
, dramatist (b.1757).
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- Jean-Simon BerthélemyJean-Simon BerthélemyJean-Simon Berthélemy was a French history painter who was commissioned to paint allegorical ceilings for the Palais du Louvre, the Luxembourg Palace and others, in a conservative Late Baroque-Rococo manner only somewhat affected by Neoclassicism.Berthélemy was born in Laon, Aisne, the son of a...
, painter (b.1743). - Jean-Baptiste PussinJean-Baptiste PussinJean-Baptiste Pussin was a hospital superintendent who, along with his wife and colleague Marguerite, is recognized as having established more humane treatment of patients with mental disorders...
, hospital superintendent (b.1746). - Jean-Baptiste RéveillonJean-Baptiste RéveillonJean-Baptiste Réveillon, was a French wallpaper manufacturer. Réveillon's career was an exemplary story of the self-made businessman.-Life:...
, paper manufacturer (b.1725).