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1800 in France

  • Conspiration des poignardsOn the evening of the 10th of October 1800, Parisians filled the seats of the Salle Le Peletier for a performance of Les Horaces.
  • Battle of MarengoThe year 1800 began with France in a state of political and military crisis. Napoleon Bonaparte had seized power as First Consul just months earlier during…
  • Plot of the rue Saint-NicaiseAn Italian engineer in Spanish service created the explosive device known as the infernal machine during the Siege of Antwerp in 1585.