1800

Years: 1797 1798 1799 - 1800 - 1801 1802 1803
Decades: 1770s 1780s 1790s - 1800s - 1810s 1820s 1830s
Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century 1800 in art 1800 in literature 1800 in music 1800 in science 1800 in sports List of state leaders in 1800 List of religious leaders in 1800

Table of contents

1 Events

1.1 Ongoing events

2 Births
3 Deaths

Events

March 14 - Cardinal Barnaba Chiaramonti is elected pope Pius VII
March 21 - Pius VII becomes Pope
April 24 - US Library of Congress founded
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 United States 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