1793 Abolition of slavery in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (Santo Domingo or Haïti).

22 July, 1795 Franco-Spanish peace reaty of Bâle: Spain ceded her half of the island of Santo Domingo to France.

1796 / 18 August  Alliance treaty of San Ildefonso between France and Spain.
 
30 December  Diplomatic break between France and the US, the beginning of the "Quasi War"

2 March, 1797 French corsairs given governmental permission to attack American vessels.

12 March, 1799  France declares war on Austria and Tuscany.

1800   30 September
Treaty of Mortefontaine between France and the US, closing the Quasi War begun three years earlier.
 
1 October
Secret preliminary treaty of San Ildefonso between France and Spain: France ceded the Grand Duchy of Tuscany to the Spanish heir to the throne, in exchange for Louisiana and the Duchy of Parma. The region of encompassed the modern states of Montana, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana itself, and parts of Minnesota, Wyoming, and Colorado, in other words about 1.6 million km2.

 1801      9 February
Peace of Lunéville with Austria: the left bank of the Rhine returned to France. The Habsburg removed from tuscany was given a principality in Germany in return.
 
21 March
Treaty of Aranjuez between France and Espagne: confirmation of the preliminaries of San Ildefonso of October, 1800: the Grand Duchy of Toscany was officially transformed into the Kingdom of Toscany (later named the Kingdom of Etruria)
 
3 July
General Toussaint-Louverture proclaimed a Constitution for Santo Domingo, the work of the Assemblée Constituante on the island, which had begun sitting on 4 February, 1801.
 
31 August
In Alexandria (Egypt), General Menou (1750-1810) signed the French capitulation to the British: the expedition to Egypt was de facto over.
 
1 October
Preliminaries for the Peace of London between France and England: France regained her colonies and Britain agreed to leave Malta.
 
24 October
General Leclerc (1722-1802), Bonaparte's brother-in-law, was given the order to stifle the desires for autonomy on Santo Domingo; he landed with his troops on 29 January, 1802.

1802    17 February
Toussaint-Louverture was declared an 'outlaw' and then arrested 7 June; deported, he was imprisoned on 23 July, 1802, in the Fort de Joux (Jura).
 
25 March
Signature of the Peace of Amiens between France, Spain and Holland on the one hand and Great Britain on the other (based upon the conditions signed during the London preliminaries of 1 October, 1801). Peace was proclaimed two days later, bringing to a close the 10 years (since 20 April, 1792) that France had been at war.
 
20 March
Law re-introducing slavery in French colonies.
 
20 August
Pierre-Clément de Laussat (1756-1835) was appointed 'préfet colonial' for Louisiana ; he arrived on 26 march, 1803, after having spent two and a half months in the crossing.
 
20 October
French demands made for Britain to leave Malta, as per the Amiens treaty.
 
2 November
General Leclerc died of yellow fever on Santo Domingo. Despite the seizure of Toussaint-Louverture, the insurrection on the island continued.

1803     15 February
Lord Charles Whitworth (1752-1825), British ambassador in Paris, confirmed the refusal to leave Malta.
 
29 March
Bonaparte sent a letter to the King of Spain, Carlos IV, asking him to support French demands from Britain. Charles IV was never to reply to the letter.
 
30 April
Conclusion of an agreement concerning the cession of Louisiana to the United States, accompanied by two financial agreements; because of delays in the translation of the documents, the official signature of the Louisiana Purchase took place on 8 May. France handing over Louisiana for the sum of 80 millions francs (of which 20 million was to be used to cover French debts to American arms producers who had suffered during the Franco-British war). In terms of land mass, the United had almost doubled in size.
 
10 November
The British banker Baring, the financier for the United States for the payment of the 60 million francs, tendered a loan at 6% bearing the signature of the United States.