This article lists events from the year 1799 in France
Incumbents Until 10 November – the French Directory – five Directors From 10 November – the French Consulate – three consuls
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) 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) 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)
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