Centuries: Year in Review 19th Century
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