Events from the year 1807 in France.
Incumbents Emperor – Napoleon I
Events 7 January – The United Kingdom issues an Order in Council prohibiting British ships from trading with France or its allies. 7–8 February – Battle of Eylau, indecisive result, but Russian retreat. 19 March – Siege of Danzig begins as French lay siege to Prussian and Russian forces. 4 May – Treaty of Finckenstein signed between France and Qajar dynasty Persia, guaranteeing the latter's integrity. 24 May – Siege of Danzig ends with Prussian and Russian capitulation. 10 June – Battle of Heilsberg, inconclusive. 14 June – Battle of Friedland: decisive French victory over Russian forces. 7–9 July – Treaties of Tilsit end the war with Russia and Prussia. 20 July – 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 – 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. 27 September – Napoleon purchases the Borghese art collection, including the Antinous Mondragone, and brings it to Paris. 24 November – Battle of Abrantes, Portugal: The French under Jean-Andoche Junot take the town. 17 December – 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 – Auguste Nicolas, Roman Catholic apologetical writer (died 1888) 29 January – Édouard Dulaurier, orientalist and Egyptologist (died 1881) 2 February – Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin, politician (died 1874) 5 February – Ernest Legouvé, dramatist (died 1903) 26 February – Théophile-Jules Pelouze, chemist (died 1867) 4 March – Jean Baptiste Lucien Buquet, entomologist (died 1889) 12 April – Charles Rigault de Genouilly, Admiral (died 1873) 20 April – Célimène Gaudieux, musician and innkeeper (died 1864) 26 April – Charles Auguste Frossard, general (died 1875) 17 May – Jules Guyot, physician and agronomist (died 1872) 17 June – Auguste Nélaton, physician and surgeon (died 1873)
July to December 24 August Jean-Jacques Feuchère, sculptor (died 1852) Jules Verreaux, botanist and ornithologist (died 1873) 3 September – Raymond Gayrard, sculptor (died 1855) 21 October – Napoléon Henri Reber, composer (died 1880) 14 November – Auguste Laurent, chemist (died 1853) 20 November – Augustus Thébaud, Jesuit educator and publicist (died 1885) 29 November – Jean Philippe Goujon de Grondel, General (born 1714)
Full date unknown Auguste-Barthélemy Glaize, painter (died 1893) Alphonse Sagebien, hydrological engineer (died 1892)
Deaths
January to June 13 January – Pierre Joseph Buchoz, physician, lawyer and naturalist (born 1731) 17 January – Pierre Marie Auguste Broussonet, naturalist (born 1761) 14 February – Jean-Joseph Ange d'Hautpoul, General (born 1754) 25 February – Jeanne-Marie Marsan, singer and actress (born 1746) 4 April – Jérôme Lalande, astronomer and writer (born 1732) 5 May – Napoleon Charles Bonaparte, eldest son of Louis Bonaparte (born 1802) 10 May – Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, aristocrat and Marshal of France (born 1725) 18 May – Antoine Philippe, Duke of Montpensier, younger brother of Louis-Philippe of France (born 1775)
July to December 5 August – Jeanne Baret, first woman to circumnavigate the globe (born 1740) 19 August – Louis Binot, General (born 1771) 25 August Sophie Ristaud Cottin, writer (born 1770) Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis, jurist and politician (born 1746) 31 August – Ponce Denis Écouchard Lebrun, poet (born 1729) October – Louis Pierre de Chastenet de Puységur, soldier and Minister of War (born 1727) 2 November – Baron de Breteuil, aristocrat, diplomat and Prime Minister (born 1730) 8 November – Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait, engineer, hydrographer and Minister of the Navy (born 1752) 23 November – Jean-François Rewbell, lawyer, diplomat and politician (born 1747)
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