Events from the year 1807 in France.
Incumbents
Events
- 7 January â The United Kingdom issues an Order in Council prohibiting British ships from trading with France or its allies.
- 7âÂÂ8 February â Battle of Eylau, indecisive result, but Russian retreat.
- 19 March â Siege of Danzig begins as French lay siege to Prussian and Russian forces.
- 4 May â Treaty of Finckenstein signed between France and Qajar dynasty Persia, guaranteeing the latter's integrity.
- 24 May â Siege of Danzig ends with Prussian and Russian capitulation.
- 10 June â Battle of Heilsberg, inconclusive.
- 14 June â Battle of Friedland: decisive French victory over Russian forces.
- 7âÂÂ9 July â Treaties of Tilsit end the war with Russia and Prussia.
- 20 July â Nicéphore Niépce is awarded a patent by Napoleon for the Pyréolophore, the world's first internal combustion engine, after it successfully powers a boat upstream on the river Saône.
- 27 October â Treaty of Fontainebleau signed between Spain and France, dividing Portugal and all its dominions between the signatories.
- 9 September â Napoleon establishes the Free City of Danzig.
- 27 September â Napoleon purchases the Borghese art collection, including the Antinous Mondragone, and brings it to Paris.
- 24 November â Battle of Abrantes, Portugal: The French under Jean-Andoche Junot take the town.
- 17 December â Milan Decree issued by Napoleon, stating that no European country is to trade with the United Kingdom (the 'Continental System').
Births
January to June
- 6 January â Auguste Nicolas, Roman Catholic apologetical writer (died 1888)
- 29 January â ÃÂdouard Dulaurier, orientalist and Egyptologist (died 1881)
- 2 February â Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin, politician (died 1874)
- 5 February â Ernest Legouvé, dramatist (died 1903)
- 26 February â Théophile-Jules Pelouze, chemist (died 1867)
- 4 March â Jean Baptiste Lucien Buquet, entomologist (died 1889)
- 12 April â Charles Rigault de Genouilly, Admiral (died 1873)
- 20 April â Célimène Gaudieux, musician and innkeeper (died 1864)
- 26 April â Charles Auguste Frossard, general (died 1875)
- 17 May â Jules Guyot, physician and agronomist (died 1872)
- 17 June â Auguste Nélaton, physician and surgeon (died 1873)
July to December
Full date unknown
Deaths
January to June
- 13 January â Pierre Joseph Buchoz, physician, lawyer and naturalist (born 1731)
- 17 January â Pierre Marie Auguste Broussonet, naturalist (born 1761)
- 14 February â Jean-Joseph Ange d'Hautpoul, General (born 1754)
- 25 February â Jeanne-Marie Marsan, singer and actress (born 1746)
- 4 April â Jérôme Lalande, astronomer and writer (born 1732)
- 5 May â Napoleon Charles Bonaparte, eldest son of Louis Bonaparte (born 1802)
- 10 May â Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, aristocrat and Marshal of France (born 1725)
- 18 May â Antoine Philippe, Duke of Montpensier, younger brother of Louis-Philippe of France (born 1775)
July to December
- 5 August â Jeanne Baret, first woman to circumnavigate the globe (born 1740)
- 19 August â Louis Binot, General (born 1771)
- 25 August
- Sophie Ristaud Cottin, writer (born 1770)
- Jean-ÃÂtienne-Marie Portalis, jurist and politician (born 1746)
- 31 August â Ponce Denis ÃÂcouchard Lebrun, poet (born 1729)
- October â Louis Pierre de Chastenet de Puységur, soldier and Minister of War (born 1727)
- 2 November â Baron de Breteuil, aristocrat, diplomat and Prime Minister (born 1730)
- 8 November â Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait, engineer, hydrographer and Minister of the Navy (born 1752)
- 23 November â Jean-François Rewbell, lawyer, diplomat and politician (born 1747)
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