1801

18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Decades: 1790s - 1800s - 1810s - 1820s - 1830s - 1840s - 1850s - 1860s - 1870s - 1880s - 1890s - 1900s

1796 1797 1798 1799 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806

Events

• January 1 - Legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland completed
• January 1 - The first (and largest) asteroid Ceres is discovered by [Giuseppe Piazzi]?
• April 2 - First Battle of Copenhagen. [Armed Neutrality of the North]? dissolved.
• May - The pascha of Tripoli declares war on United States of America by having the flagpole on the consulate chopped down.
• [Joseph-Marie Jacquard]? developed a loom where the pattern being woven was controlled by [punch cards]?.
• Thomas Jefferson succeeds John Adams as the President of the United States of America

Births

• November 1 - Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer
• Frederic Bastiat, French philosopher

Deaths