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1801
Year '''1801 (Roman numerals|MDCCCI)''' was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday
[
"Calendar in year 1801 (Russia)" (Julian calendar, starting Tuesday), webpage:
Julian-1801
(Russia used the Julian calendar until 1919).
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of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar).
Events of 1801
January - March
- January 1 - The legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland is completed under the Act of Union 1800, bringing about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- January 1 - Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres (dwarf planet)|Ceres.
- January 21 - John Marshall is appointed Chief Justice of the United States.
- February 4 - William Pitt the Younger resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- February 16 - The Treaty of Lunéville ends the war (Second Coalition) between France and Austria.
- February 19 - An U.S. Electoral College|electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved, when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr Vice President of the United States|Vice President by the United States House of Representatives.
- February 27 - Washington, DC is placed under the jurisdiction of the Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress.
- March 4 - Thomas Jefferson succeeds John Adams as the President of the United States of America.
- March 21 - Second Battle of Abukir (1801)|Battle of Abukir: a United Kingdom|British army under Ralph Abercromby defeats the France|French troops.
- March 23 - The Russian Tsar Paul I of Russia|Paul I is murdered. He is succeeded by his son Alexander I of Russia.
April - June
- April 2 - First Battle of Copenhagen: The United Kingdom|British fleet under Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, along with Admiral Horatio Nelson, attack Copenhagen; the Armed Neutrality of the North is dissolved.
- May 10 - The pascha of Tripoli declares war on the United States by having the flagpole on the consulate chopped down.
- June 7 - Portugal and Spain sign the Treaty of Badajoz; Portugal loses the city of Olivenza.
- June 27 - Cairo falls to United Kingdom|British troops.
July - September
- July 6 - Battle of Algeciras: The France|French fleet beats the United Kingdom|British fleet.
- July 18 - Napoleon signs the Concordat of 1801 with the Pope.
October - December
- October 17 - A coup d'état is staged in the Netherlands (Batavian Republic).
- November 16 - The first edition of ''New York Evening Post'' is printed.
Undated
- Aachen is officially annexed by France.
- The first census is held in Great Britain. London is revealed to have 860,035 residents.
- The first census is held in France.
- Joseph Marie Jacquard|Joseph-Marie Jacquard develops a loom where the pattern being woven is controlled by punch cards.
- ultraviolet|Ultraviolet radiation is discovered by Johann Wilhelm Ritter.
- 1.5 million people live in cities of 20,000 or more in England and Wales. Cities of 20,000 or more account for 17% of the total English population.
- Toussaint Louverture conquers Santo Domingo, declares himself emperor of the entire island of Hispaniola, abolishes slavery and institutes reforms.
Ongoing events
- French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802)-Second Coalition/Egyptian Campaign
- Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815)
- The Indian March of Paul (January-March)
Births
January - June
- January 3 - Gijsbert Haan, Dutch-American religious leader (d. 1874)
- February 1 - Thomas Cole, American artist (d. 1848)
- February 13 - János Kardos, Hungarian Slovenes evangelical priest, teacher and writer (d. 1875)
- February 21 - John Henry Newman, English Roman Catholic Cardinal (d. 1890)
- May 11 - Henri Labrouste, French architect (d. 1875)
- June 1 - Brigham Young, American religious leader and colonizer (d. 1877)
- June 4 - James Pennethorne, English architect (d. 1871)
- June 14 - Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (d. 1868)
- June 30 - Frederic Bastiat, French philosopher (d. 1850)
July - December
- July 5 - David Farragut, American naval commander (d.1870)
- July 29 - George Bradshaw, English publisher (d. 1853)
- October 12 - Friedrich Frey-Herosé, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1873)
- November 3 - Karl Baedeker, German author and publisher (d. 1859)
- November 3 - Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (d. 1835)
- November 10 - Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer (d. 1872)
- December 11 - Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German writer (d. 1836)
- ''date unknown''
- Dai Xi, Chinese painter (d. 1860)
- Franciszek Ksawery Godebski, Polish writer
- ''See also :Category: 1801 births.''
Deaths
January - June
- February 7 - Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (b. 1726)
- March 19 Ambrosio O'Higgins, Marquis of Osorno, Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru|viceroy of Peru and Kingdom of Chile|Governor of Chile, father of Bernardo O'Higgins
- March 21 - Andrea Luchesi, Italian composer (b. 1741)
- March 23 - Tsar Paul of Russia (b. 1754)
- March 25 - Novalis, German poet (b. 1772)
- March 28 - Ralph Abercromby, British general (b. 1734)
- April 2 - Thomas Dadford Junior, British engineer
- April 7 - Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer (b. 1724)
- May 17 - William Heberden, English physician (b. 1710)
- June 4 - Frederick Muhlenberg, first Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (b. 1750)
- June 14 - Benedict Arnold, American Revolution hero and traitor (b. 1741)
July - December
- September 19 - Johann Gottfried Koehler, German astronomer (b. 1745)
- October 3 - Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur, Marshal of France (b. 1724)
- November 4 - William Shippen, American physician and Continental Congressman (b. 1536)
- November 5 - Motoori Norinaga, Japanese philologist and scholar (b. 1730)
- November 24 - Franz Moritz Graf von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (b. 1725)
- ''See also :Category: 1801 deaths.''
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