1799 in France explained

This article lists events from the year 1799 in France

Incumbents

• Until 10 November  - the French Directory – five Directors^[1]
• From 10 November  - the French Consulate – three consuls^[2]

Events

• The French Revolutionary Wars resumed, with a number of campaigns
• 9 November  - Coup of 18 Brumaire
• 10 November  - disbanding of the French Directory, and establishment of the French Consulate

Births

• 20 May  - Honoré de Balzac, novelist and playwright (died 1850)
• 8 July  - Oscar I of Sweden, king of Sweden and Norway (died 1859)^[3]
• 9 July  - Théophile Tilmant, violinist (died 1878)

Deaths

• 19 February  - Jean-Charles de Borda, mathematician (born 1733)
• 5 April  - Honoré Fragonard, anatomist (born 1732)
• 28 April  - François Giroust, composer (born 1737)
• 9 May  - Claude Balbastre, composer (born 1724)
• 18 May  - Pierre Beaumarchais, playwright, watchmaker, satirist and revolutionary (born 1732)
• 31 May  - Pierre Charles Le Monnier, astronomer (born 1715)
• 27 June 27  - Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, harpsichordist and composer (b. 1665)^[4]
• 7 September  - Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier, scientist (born 1717)
• 17 October  - Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt, chemist (born 1731)
• 9 December  - Guillaume Voiriot, portrait painter (born 1712)
• 18 December  - Jean-Étienne Montucla, mathematician (born 1725)
• 31 December  - Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, naturalist (born 1716)
• 31 December  - Jean-François Marmontel, historian (born 1723)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Coup of 18–19 Brumaire French history [1799] Britannica ]. www.britannica.com . 25 June 2022 . en.
2. Web site: Consulate French history Britannica . www.britannica.com . 25 June 2022 . en.
3. Encyclopedia: Oskar I . 647–649 . G . Carlquist . . 18 . 1924 . 2 . Blangstrup, Chr. . Christian Blangstrup . J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel . Copenhagen . da . 19 November 2014 .
4. Book: Hopkins Porter, Cecelia. Five Lives in Music: Women Performers, Composers, and Impresarios from the Baroque to the Present. Urbana. University of Illinois Press. 2014. 978-0-25208-009-8. 53.