Events Date 1801 | History by KabAstro

Jan 1 The dwarf planet Ceres is discovered by Italian monk Giuseppe Piazzi

United Kingdom Forms

Jan 1 The Irish Parliament votes to join the Kingdom of Great Britain, forming the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The Union Jack, national flag of the United Kingdom

1st Governor of the Indiana Territory

Jan 10 William Henry Harrison is appointed the first governor of the Indiana Territory

General and 9th US President William Henry Harrison

Marshall Chief Justice

Jan 20 John Marshall appointed US chief justice

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States John Marshall

Feb 9 France & Austria sign Peace of Luneville

Thomas Jefferson Elected US President

Feb 17 US House of Representatives breaks electoral college tie by electing Thomas Jefferson as President over Aaron Burr

Tally of electoral college votes in the election of 1800. No candidate won a majority, so an election in the House of Representatives took place, with Jefferson winning on the 36th ballot.

Feb 27 Washington, D.C. placed under Congressional jurisdiction
Mar 3 1st US Jewish governor, David Emanuel, takes office in Georgia

Thomas Jefferson

Mar 4 Thomas Jefferson is the first US President to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C.

Mar 7 Massachusetts enacts first state voter registration law
Mar 8 British drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt
Mar 10 First official census in Great Britain, revealing a population of approximately 10 million

Henry Addington PM

Mar 14 Henry Addington becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after his friend William Pitt the Younger resigns after being unable to persuade King George III of the need for Catholic Emancipation

British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger

King of Great Britain and Ireland George III

Alexander I

Mar 24 Aleksandr Pavlovich Romanov becomes Tsar Alexander I of Russia

Battle of Copenhagen

Apr 2 Napoleonic Wars: The British led by Horatio Nelson destroy the Danish fleet in the naval Battle of Copenhagen

Nelson’s line anchored and in action against the Danish line, which lies between him and Copenhagen

Apr 8 Soldiers riot in Bucharest, kill 128 Jews
Apr 11 Johann von Schiller's "Die Jungfrau von Orleans" premieres in Leipzig

Die Jahreszeiten

Apr 24 1st performance of Joseph Haydn's oratorio "Die Jahreszeiten" (The Seasons)

May 10 First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America (1st US foreign war)
Jun 6 Peace of Badajoz: Spain-Portugal
Jun 10 Tripoli declares war on US for refusing tribute
Jul 6 Battle at Algeciras: French fleet beats British

Haiti Declares Independence

Jul 7 Toussaint Louverture declares Haitian independence

General and Revolutionary Toussaint Louverture

Jul 11 French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons discovers his 1st comet
Jul 12 Second Battle of Algeciras: British fleet beats French and Spanish (six days after losing the 1st Battle of Algeciras)

French Papal Concord

Jul 16 Pope Pius VII & 1st consul Napoleon sign concord

HMS Investigator

Jul 18 HMS Investigator sets off on a voyage to determine if New Holland (Australia) is one island or two, under command of Matthew Flinders, with botanist Robert Brown and artists Ferdinand Bauer and William Westall aboard