1800

Years:
1797 1798 1799 – 1800 – 1801 1802 1803

Decades:
1770s 1780s 1790s – 1800s – 1810s 1820s 1830s

Centuries:
17th century – 18th century – 19th century

1800 in topic:
Arts
Architecture - Art - Literature - Music
Other topics
Canada – Rail transport - Science - South Africa – Sport

Lists of leaders:
Colonial governors - State leaders

1800 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar).

Events

March 14 – Cardinal Barnaba Chiaramonti is elected pope as Pius VII.
March 21 – Pius VII is coronated.
April 24 – US Library of Congress founded.
May 5 – Great Britain passes the Act of Union to join Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom to take effect on 1 January 1801. The act is signed by King George III in August.
May 15 – Napoleon Bonaparte crosses the Alps and invades Italy.
June 14 – Battle of Marengo, Napoleon defeats the Austrian troops near Marengo, Italy.
June 2 – First smallpox vaccination in North America, at Trinity, Newfoundland.
June 27 – Pascha Jussuf Karamanli of Tripoli declares war on Sweden by having the flagpole on the consulate chopped down.
September 5 – The island of Malta, that was occupied by the French, is conquered by British troops.
November 1 – US President John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House).
November 17 – The U.S. Congress holds its first Washington, DC session.
December 3 – Battle of Hohenlinden, the French army defeats the Austrian troops.
December 24 – An assault on Napoleon Bonaparte fails in Paris.
Invention of the voltaic pile by Alessandro Volta: the first chemical battery
The infrared radiation is discovered by Wilhelm Herschel.
The Althing of Iceland, the world's oldest parliament, is abolished.

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