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What Happened In History Year 1800

Historical Events for the Year 1800

  • 1st January » The Dutch East India Company is dissolved.
  • 21st March » With the church leadership driven out of Rome during an armed conflict, Pope Pius VII Pius VII is Papal Coronation crowned Pope in Venice with a Papier-mâché Tiara temporary papal tiara made of papier-mâché.
  • 2nd April » Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his Symphony No. 1 (Beethoven) e.g First Symphony in Vienna.
  • 24th April » The United States Library of Congress is established when President of the United States President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 United States dollar USD to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress of the Unite
  • 15th May » King George III of the United Kingdom survives an assassination attempt by James Hadfield, who is later acquitted by reason of insanity.
  • 7th June » David Thompson (explorer) known as David Thompson reaches the mouth of the Saskatchewan River in Manitoba.
  • 14th June » The French Army of Napoleon known as First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte defeats the Austrians at the Battle of Marengo in Northern Italy and re-conquers Italy.
  • 1st August » The Acts of Union 1800 is passed in which merges the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
  • 30th August » Gabriel Prosser postpones a planned slave rebellion in Richmond, Virginia, but is arrested before he can make it happen.
  • 4th September » The French garrison in Valletta surrenders to British troops who had been called at the invitation of the Maltese people or Maltese. The islands of Malta (island) named Malta and Gozo become the Malta Protectorate.
  • 1st October » Spain cedes Louisiana (New France) e.g Louisiana to France via the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso named Treaty of San Ildefonso.
  • 17th October » Kingdom of Great Britain called Britain takes control of the Dutch colony of Curaçao.
  • 1st November » John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House).
  • 17th November » The United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C..

Famous Birthdays in 1800

  • 7th January » Millard Fillmore, American politician, 13th President of the United States (d. 1874)
  • 11th January » Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist (d. 1895)
  • 14th January » Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian composer, botanist, and publisher (d. 1877)
  • 6th February » Achille Devéria, French painter (d. 1857)
  • 9th February » Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (d. 1844)
  • 11th February » Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer, invented the calotype (d. 1877)
  • 14th February » Emory Washburn, American historian, lawyer, and politician, 22nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1877)
  • 19th February » Émilie Gamelin, Canadian nun, founded the Sisters of Providence (Montreal, Quebec) called Sisters of Providence (d. 1851)
  • 2nd March » Evgeny Baratynsky, Russian poet (d. 1844)
  • 3rd March » Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist (d. 1862)
  • 16th March » Emperor Ninkō of Japan (d. 1846)
  • 20th March » Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican politician, President of Costa Rica (d. 1845)
  • 25th March » Ernst Heinrich Karl von Dechen, German geologist (d. 1889)
  • 14th April » John Appold, English engineer (d. 1865)
  • 15th April » James Clark Ross, English captain and explorer (d. 1862)
  • 16th April » George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, English field marshal (d. 1888)
  • 5th May » Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (d. 1864)
  • 6th May » Roman Sanguszko, Polish general (d. 1881)
  • 9th May » John Brown (abolitionist) named John Brown, American activist (d. 1859)
  • 30th May » Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose, French cardinal (d. 1883)
  • 1st June » Edward Deas Thomson, Australian educator and politician (d. 1879)
  • 23rd June » Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and activist (d. 1846)
  • 9th July » Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, German physician, pathologist, and anatomist (d. 1885)
  • 15th July » Sidney Breese, American jurist and politician (d. 1878)
  • 19th July » Juan José Flores, Venezuelan general and politician, 1st President of Ecuador (d. 1864)
  • 31st July » Friedrich Wöhler, German chemist and academic (d. 1882)
  • 21st August » Hiram Walden, American politician (d. 1880)
  • 22nd August » William S. Harney, American general (d. 1889)
  • 22nd August » Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian poet and scholar (d. 1865)
  • 6th September » Catharine Beecher, American educator (d. 1878)
  • 11th September » Daniel S. Dickinson, American lawyer and politician, 13th Lieutenant Governor of New York (d. 1866)
  • 20th September » Benjamin Franklin White, American singer (d. 1879)
  • 23rd September » William Holmes McGuffey, American educator and author (d. 1873)
  • 30th September » Decimus Burton, English architect, designed the Pharos Lighthouse (Fleetwood) named Pharos Lighthouse (d. 1881)
  • 3rd October » George Bancroft, American historian and politician, 17th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1891)
  • 25th October » Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, English poet, historian, and politician (d. 1859)
  • 26th October » Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal (d. 1891)
  • 7th November » Platt Rogers Spencer, American calligrapher and writer (d. 1864)
  • 3rd December » France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer (d. 1849)
  • 29th December » Charles Goodyear, American engineer (d. 1860)

Famous Deaths in History for 1800

  • 1st January » Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, French naturalist (b. 1716)
  • 9th January » Jean Étienne Championnet, French general (b. 1762)
  • 23rd January » Edward Rutledge, American politician, 39th Governor of South Carolina (b. 1749)
  • 23rd February » Joseph Warton, English academic and critic (b. 1722)
  • 13th March » Nana Fadnavis, Indian minister and politician (b. 1742)
  • 29th March » Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French engineer (b. 1714)
  • 25th April » William Cowper, English poet (b. 1731)
  • 7th May » Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer (b. 1728)
  • 18th May » Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (b. 1729)
  • 14th June » Louis Desaix, French general (b. 1768)
  • 14th June » Jean Baptiste Kléber, French general (b. 1753)
  • 20th June » Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician and academic (b. 1719)
  • 13th September » Claude Martin, French-English general (b. 1735)
  • 26th September » William Billings, American composer (b. 1746)
  • 29th September » Michael Denis, Austrian poet and author (b. 1729)
  • 10th October » Gabriel Prosser, American rebel leader (b. 1776)
  • 28th October » Artemas Ward, American general and politician (b. 1727)
  • 27th December » Hugh Blair, Scottish minister and author (b. 1718)

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