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Napoleonic Timeline of 1801

January 1801

5 January 1801 – A hundred and thirty Jacobins, alleged accomplices of the attack staged on rue Saint-Nicaise, were deported to the Seychelles islands without judgment.

7 January 1801 – Beginning of the trial of the authors of the attack. Fifty-two citizens were put under surveillance; they were forbidden to reside in the Seine department and the neighbouring ones.

9 January 1801 – Several death sentences were handed down: Dominique Demerville, Joseph Antoine Arena, Giuseppe Ceracchi and François Jean-Baptiste Topino-Lebrun.

11 January 1801 – Execution of Alexandre-Joachim Chevalier, chemist, arrested the previous year and accused of preparing an “infernal machine”.

15 January 1801 – In Treviso, an armistice was signed between French and Austrian armies.

18 January 1801 – François-Joseph Carbon, a royalist agent and one of the main instigators of the attack of rue Saint-Nicaise, was arrested.

20 January 1801 – Execution of Bernard Metge and two of his friends.

28 January 1801 – Arrest of the royalist Pierre Robinault de Saint-Régeant.

30 January 1801 – Execution of Ceracchi, Arena, Dermerville and Topino-Lebrun.

February 1801

6 February 1801 – In Foligno, an armistice was signed between Joachim Murat and the King of Naples. Napoleon Bonaparte limited the number of foundings that the government will support to thirty thousand. Cancellation of assistance to single mothers.

7 February 1801 – Seditious gatherings, rebellions, assassinations and robberies became liable to be reported to special courts which would have neither jury nor appeal or reversal of judgment.

9 February 1801 – Peace between France and Austria was signed in Lunéville.

27 February 1801 – Napoleon Bonaparte wrote to the Tsar Paul I for denouncing the arrogance and insolence of the British.

March 1801

4 March 1801 – Beginning of Thomas Jefferson's presidency in the new capital of the United States of America: Washington.

6 March 1801 – Negotiations started with Russia. An English expeditionary force landed in Egypt, under the command of General Ralph Abercromby.

8 March 1801 – The four departments of the left bank of the Rhine were reunited with France.

14 March 1801 – Resignation of William Pitt "the Younger"; Henry Addington succeeded him as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

18 March 1801 – In Florence , Tuscany: peace was signed between France and the Kingdom of Naples.

21 March 1801 – Reuniting of the Duchy of Parma with France. The Treaty of Aranjuez was signed on between France and Spain; it confirmed the terms presented in the secret treaty of San Ildefonso.

The Palace of Aranjuez
The Palace of Aranjuez [40.03635, -3.60827], where the treaty of March 21, 1801 was signed

23 March 1801 – Emperor of Russia Paul I was assassinated; his son Alexander I succeeded him.

28 March 1801 – In France, establishment of a commission in charge of drafting the criminal code.

29 March 1801 – Signing of a treaty with the Kingdom of Naples; its ports were forbidden to the British.

April 1801

1st April 1801 – In Paris: opening of the trial of Carbon and Saint-Réjant.

2 April 1801 – A British fleet under Admiral Hyde Parker bombarded Copenhagen ; Horatio Nelson "turned a blind eye" in order not to see Parker's signal to cease fire.

21 April 1801 – Carbon and Saint-Réjant were guillotined.

May 1801

8 May 1801 – In Saint-Domingue (Santo-Domingo), Toussaint Louverture promulgated a constitution.

12 May 1801 – In Paris: preliminary conference on the Concordat with Monsignore Giuseppe Spina , the Pope's representative.

13 May 1801 – Breaking up of the Cisalpine Republic into twelve French departments.

20 May 1801 – Beginning of the "War of the Oranges" between Spain and Portugal.

28 May 1801 – Peace was signed between England and Denmark.

June 1801

3 June 1801 – Napoleon and Joséphine entertained the sovereigns of Etrurian Kingdom at Malmaison .

6 June 1801 – Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of Badajoz that ended the "War of the Oranges".

17 June 1801 – Peace was signed between England and Russia.

21 June 1801 – Arrival in Paris of cardinal-Secretary of State Ercole Consalvi ; he was vested with full powers for signing the Concordat.

22 June 1801 – Creation of sixty mercantile brokers with the Paris Stock Exchange.

27 June 1801 – The French army left Cairo.

July 1801

12 July 1801 – Joseph Bonaparte was given charge of negotiating and signing a Concordat.

15 July 1801 – The Concordat was signed  .

19 July 1801 – The play of the water fountains restarted in Versailles.

23 July 1801 – Louis Ripault, librarian of the First Consul, submitted an analysis of the contents of the newspapers to him every day. Beginning of the discussion of the Civil Code in the Council of State.

31 July 1801 – Organization of the national gendarmerie.

August 1801

3rd August 1801 – Establishment of a commission in charge of drafting the commercial code.

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10 August 1801 – Establishment of a commission in charge of drafting the rural code.

15 August 1801 – New failure of attack on Boulogne by Nelson.

24 August 1801 – The elector of Bavaria accepted the treaty of Lunéville. He renounced his possessions of the left bank of the Rhine.

31 August 1801 – In Alexandria, Egypt: General Jacques François de Menou de Boussay surrendered.

September 1801

2nd September 1801 – Evacuation from Egypt.

6 September 1801 – Institution of the general inspectors of the public exchequer.

7 September 1801 – Napoleon Bonaparte set up house in Saint-Cloud.

8 September 1801 – Ratification of the Concordat by the First consul.

9 September 1801 – Creation of the rue de Castiglione. Beginning of the transformation of the Tuileries district .

16 September 1801 – Creation of a director-general and four customs administrators.

18 September 1801 – Exhibition of national industry, held at the Louvre Palace.

26 September 1801 – At the Council of State, the First Consul personally insisted that obedience must be specified among women's duties.

29 September 1801 – Signing of a peace treaty between the French Republic and the Kingdom of Portugal.

October 1801

1st October 1801 – Preliminaries for peace are signed in London  between England and France, represented by Louis Otto.

4 October 1801 – The theophilanthropists lost their right to use churches.

8 October 1801 – Conclusion of a peace treaty between the French Republic and the Emperor of Russia.

24 October 1801 – General Charles Leclerc was appointed commander of the expedition to re-establish control over Saint-Domingue.

28 October 1801 – Dissolution of the Swiss Diet (Tagsatzung).

29 October 1801 – The Théâtre Feydeau became the National Theatre of the Comic Opera.

November 1801

4 November 1801 – The four bronze horses brought from Venice to Paris were placed upon the pillars of the consular palace gate.

7 November 1801 – Napoleon Bonaparte, at the meeting of the Institute proposed to award scientist Alessandro Volta a gold medal in recognition of his experiences on galvanism.

9 November 1801 – Second anniversary of 18 Brumaire and proclamation of Napoleon Bonaparte: Whichever way the eyes are doing, opens a long perspective of hope and happiness...

12 November 1801 – A Governor, Géraud Duroc, and four prefects of the palace of the Tuileries were established by order. The same issue ruled ceremonials for the reception of ambassadors and other official occasions.

30 November 1801 – Election of Abbot Grégoire (Louis Grégoire) in the Senate. He was the leader of the Constitutional Church.

December 1801

3rd December 1801 – Start of Anglo-French negotiations in Amiens, Picardy.

6 December 1801 – Resumption of work at the Tribunat.

14 December 1801 – Departure of an expedition to Saint-Domingue (Hispaniola) under the command of General Leclerc.

17 December 1801 – Renewal of the Treaty with the regency of Algiers; the Dey continued to receive tribute paid by France.

29 December 1801 – A law decided that death penalty will continue to be applied.

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Sources

This page has as its main source the Napoleonic chronology established by Gérard Walter for his edition of The Memorial of Saint Helena, in the French classics series La Pléiade, published by the Éditions Gallimard, Paris.