Ephemeris - April
1st April
1802 : A new voting rule divides the Tribunate into three sections. They deliberate separately.
1810 : Celebration of the civil marriage of Napoleon and Marie-Louise of Austria in Saint-Cloud.
1814 : Appointment of a provisional government by the Senate.
2 April
1801 : Nelson and his fleet bombard Copenhagen.
1810 : Celebration of the religious marriage of Napoleon and Marie-Louise of Austria in the Salon Carre of the Louvre.
1814 : Proclamation by the Senate of the downfall of Napoleon and his family.
3 April
1814 : The legislative body vote the revocation of Napoleon.
4 April
1814 : First abdication of Napoleon.
5 April
1814 : Napoleon reviews debris of his guard.
6 April
1804 : Suicide of Pichegru.
1814 : Council of Napoleon's marshals. "Louis-Stanislas-Xavier" (Louis XVIII) is called to throne by the Senate.
7 April
1802 : Adoption of the Concordat by the Tribunes.
8 April
1802 : Adoption of the Concordat by the legislative body.
1809 : The Austrian army crosses the Inn near Braun and enters into Bavaria.
9 April
1809 : Declaration of war from Austria to France.
1815 : Victory of the Austrians on Murat at Ochiobello.
10 April
1805 : Arrival of Admiral Villeneuve and his fleet in Cadiz.
1809 : Entry of the Archduke John in Italy at the head of an army Austrian.
1814 : Wellington's Victory on Soult at Toulouse.
11 April
1803 : Creation of the schools of pharmacy.
1805 : England and Russia sign the Convention of Saint-Petersburg, which seals their alliance.
1811 : The Spanish guerrillas attack the French army at the Avis Pass (Fight of Guisando).
12 April
1796 : Battle of Montenotte.
1803 : Regulation of the operation of the factories and workshops. Prohibition of the coalitions of workers. Establishment of Protection trademarks.
1814 : Napoleon attempts to commit suicide.
13 April
1796 : Battle of Millesimo.
1804 : The Privy Council chooses the title of Emperor for Napoleon.
14 April
1802 : Publication of Chateaubriand's Genius of Christianity, dedicated to the First Consul.
1803 : The Bank of France obtains for fifteen years the exclusive privilege of issuance of banknotes.
1815 : Benjamin Constant is requested to draft a constitution.
15 April
1796 : Victory of Dego.
1808 : Louis Bonaparte refuses the crown of Spain. Napoleon offers it to Jerome, who also refuses.
1811 : Abolition of feudalism in Illyria.
16 April
1799 : Battle of Mount Tabor.
17 April
1797 : Massacre of the French in the region of Verona.
18 April
1797 : Signature of the preliminaries of the peace of Leoben.
19 April
1809 : Davout defeats Archduke Charles at Tengen.
20 April
1808 : Birth of Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, future Napoleon III.
1814 : Farewell of the Emperor to his close relations.
21 April
1795 : Engagement of Napoleon and Desiree Clary.
1796 : Battle of Mondovi.
22 April
1806 : Admiral Villeneuve commits suicide. Napoleon wanted to put him in accusation.
1809 : Battle of Eckmühl.
1815 : Publication of the Supplementary Act to the Constitutions of the Empire.
23 April
1804 : Proposal to raise Napoleon Bonaparte's dignity to the one of hereditary Emperor of the French.
1809 : Taken of Regensburg. Slight wound of the Emperor.
24 April
1812 : Publication of a Russian ultimatum.
25 April
1814 : Hostility to the passage of Napoleon in Provence.
26 April
1802 : Conditional amnesty to all exiles.
27 April
1807 : The Emperor receives the Persian ambassador, Mirza Reza, at Finckenstein.
28 April
1796 : Signing of the Armistice of Cherasco with the kingdom of Sardinia.
29 April
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.
1814 : In Hamburg, Davoust agrees to recognize the authority of Louis XVIII but continues to defend the city.
30 April
1803 : The United States purchase the Louisiana.
