Timeline Saturday 14 June 1800

Events on Saturday 14 June 1800 5

• 1753 – 1800 Jean-Baptiste Kleber (1753-1800) Died 14 June 1800, aged 47 Kleber was a French general who commanded the Army of the Orient after Napoleon left Egypt, winning a major victory over Ottoman forces at Heliopolis. He was assassinated by a Syrian student shortly afterward in Cairo. His death removed France's most capable commander in Egypt, hastening the eventual French withdrawal.
• 1768 – 1800 Louis Desaix (1768-1800) Died 14 June 1800, aged 31 Desaix was a French general whose timely counterattack turned the Battle of Marengo from a looming defeat into a decisive victory for Napoleon. He was shot and killed leading the charge and never learned of the win. Napoleon had a monument erected in his honor and brought his body back to be interred at the Hospice du Grand-Saint-Bernard.
• 1800 Battle of Marengo Napoleon narrowly defeats Austria in northern Italy Napoleon Bonaparte, as First Consul, defeated an Austrian army under General Michael von Melas near the village of Marengo in Piedmont. A late counterattack led by General Louis Desaix turned an apparent defeat into victory, though Desaix was killed in the fighting. The win secured French control of northern Italy and cemented Napoleon's political standing in France.
• 1800 Premiere of Schiller's Mary Stuart Tragedy first staged at Weimar Friedrich Schiller's play Maria Stuart, about the last days of Mary, Queen of Scots, was first performed at the Weimar court theatre directed by Goethe. It became one of the most often staged works of German classical drama.
• 1800 Premiere of Schiller's Mary Stuart Tragedy first staged at Weimar Friedrich Schiller's play Maria Stuart, about the last days of Mary, Queen of Scots, was first performed at the Weimar court theatre directed by Goethe. It became one of the most often staged works of German classical drama.