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    1st April

    1. 1802 : A new voting rule divides the Tribunate into three sections. They deliberate separately.
    2. 1810 : Celebration of the civil marriage of Napoleon and Marie-Louise of Austria in Saint-Cloud.
    3. 1814 : Appointment of a provisional government by the Senate.

    2 April

    1. 1801 : Nelson and his fleet bombard Copenhagen.
    2. 1810 : Celebration of the religious marriage of Napoleon and Marie-Louise of Austria in the Salon Carre of the Louvre.
    3. 1814 : Proclamation by the Senate of the downfall of Napoleon and his family.

    3 April

    1. 1814 : The legislative body vote the revocation of Napoleon.

    4 April

    1. 1814 : First abdication of Napoleon.

    5 April

    1. 1814 : Napoleon reviews debris of his guard.

    6 April

    1. 1804 : Suicide of Pichegru.
    2. 1814 : Council of Napoleon's marshals. "Louis-Stanislas-Xavier" (Louis XVIII) is called to throne by the Senate.

    7 April

    1. 1802 : Adoption of the Concordat by the Tribunes.

    8 April

    1. 1802 : Adoption of the Concordat by the legislative body.
    2. 1809 : The Austrian army crosses the Inn near Braun and enters into Bavaria.

    9 April

    1. 1809 : Declaration of war from Austria to France.
    2. 1815 : Victory of the Austrians on Murat at Ochiobello.

    10 April

    1. 1805 : Arrival of Admiral Villeneuve and his fleet in Cadiz.
    2. 1809 : Entry of the Archduke John in Italy at the head of an army Austrian.
    3. 1814 : Wellington's Victory on Soult at Toulouse.

    11 April

    1. 1803 : Creation of the schools of pharmacy.
    2. 1805 : England and Russia sign the Convention of Saint-Petersburg, which seals their alliance.
    3. 1811 : The Spanish guerrillas attack the French army at the Avis Pass (Fight of Guisando).

    12 April

    1. 1796 : Battle of Montenotte.
    2. 1803 : Regulation of the operation of the factories and workshops. Prohibition of the coalitions of workers. Establishment of Protection trademarks.
    3. 1814 : Napoleon attempts to commit suicide.

    13 April

    1. 1796 : Battle of Millesimo.
    2. 1804 : The Privy Council chooses the title of Emperor for Napoleon.

    14 April

    1. 1802 : Publication of Chateaubriand's Genius of Christianity, dedicated to the First Consul.
    2. 1803 : The Bank of France obtains for fifteen years the exclusive privilege of issuance of banknotes.
    3. 1815 : Benjamin Constant is requested to draft a constitution.

    15 April

    1. 1796 : Victory of Dego.
    2. 1808 : Louis Bonaparte refuses the crown of Spain. Napoleon offers it to Jerome, who also refuses.
    3. 1811 : Abolition of feudalism in Illyria.

    16 April

    1. 1799 : Battle of Mount Tabor.

    17 April

    1. 1797 : Massacre of the French in the region of Verona.

    18 April

    1. 1797 : Signature of the preliminaries of the peace of Leoben.

    19 April

    1. 1809 : Davout defeats Archduke Charles at Tengen.

    20 April

    1. 1808 : Birth of Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, future Napoleon III.
    2. 1814 : Farewell of the Emperor to his close relations.

    21 April

    1. 1795 : Engagement of Napoleon and Desiree Clary.
    2. 1796 : Battle of Mondovi.

    22 April

    1. 1806 : Admiral Villeneuve commits suicide. Napoleon wanted to put him in accusation.
    2. 1809 : Battle of Eckmühl.
    3. 1815 : Publication of the Supplementary Act to the Constitutions of the Empire.

    23 April

    1. 1804 : Proposal to raise Napoleon Bonaparte's dignity to the one of hereditary Emperor of the French.
    2. 1809 : Taken of Regensburg. Slight wound of the Emperor.

    24 April

    1. 1812 : Publication of a Russian ultimatum.

    25 April

    1. 1814 : Hostility to the passage of Napoleon in Provence.

    26 April

    1. 1802 : Conditional amnesty to all exiles.

    27 April

    1. 1807 : The Emperor receives the Persian ambassador, Mirza Reza, at Finckenstein.

    28 April

    1. 1796 : Signing of the Armistice of Cherasco with the kingdom of Sardinia.

    29 April

    1. 1801 : The First Consul, acting as arbiter of the conflict between centralist and federalist in Switzerland Republic, offers them the act of Malmaison. Nobody is satisfied.
    2. 1814 : In Hamburg, Davoust agrees to recognize the authority of Louis XVIII but continues to defend the city.

    30 April

    1. 1803 : The United States purchase the Louisiana.
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