Famous Birthdays Aug 10 Robert Woodward Barnwell, MC (Confederacy), (d. 1882) Aug 21 Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch statesman and historian, born in Voorburg, Netherlands (d. 1876) Aug 28 Antoine Cournot, French philosopher and mathematician (rule of Cournot), born in Gray, France (d. 1877) Born in 1801 Famous Deaths Aug 22 Pieter Gerardus van Overstraten, Dutch Governor-General of Dutch East Indies (1796-1801), dies at 46 Aug 24 Jacques-Denis Antoine, French builder (La Monnaie Paris), dies at 68 Jul 1801 History by Year Sep 1801 What Happened in 1801 United Kingdom FormsJanuary 1, 1801 Thomas Jefferson Elected US PresidentFebruary 17, 1801 Tsar Goes a Step Too FarMarch 23, 1801 Battle of CopenhagenApril 2, 1801
