1805
1805 was a
common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar).
January
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January 11 -
Michigan Territory is created.
February
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February 15 -
Harmony Society officially formed
March
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March 1 - Justice
Samuel Chase acquitted of
impeachment charges by the U.S. Senate
April
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April 27 -
United States Marines and
Berbers attack the
Tripolitan city of
Derna (The "Shores of Tripoli").
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April 29 -
Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck is appointed as
Grand Pensionary of the
Batavian Republic by
Napoleon.
May
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May 26 - In
Milan's cathedral,
Napoleon I of France crowns himself
King of Italy with the
Iron Crown of LombardyJune
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June 1 -
Luigi Boccherini was buried in
Italy after being found dead on
May 28.
* June - War ends between Tripoli and the United States of America.
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June 4 - The first
Trooping the Colour ceremony at the
Horse Guards Parade in London
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June 13 -
Lewis and Clark Expedition: Scouting ahead of the expedition,
Meriwether Lewis and four companions sight the
Great Falls of the Missouri River, confirming they are heading in the right direction.[
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October
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October 17 -
Napoleonic Wars:
Battle of Ulm - Austrian General
Mack von Leiberich is forced to surrender his entire army to Napoleon after being surrounded.
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October 21 -
Napoleonic Wars:
Battle of Trafalgar -
British naval fleet led by Admiral
Horatio Nelson defeats a combined
French and
Spanish fleet off the coast of Spain. Admiral Nelson is fatally shot
November
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November 7 -
Lewis and Clark Expedition arrived at the
Pacific Ocean.
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November 16 -
Battle at Schungrabern - Russian army stops the French
December
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December 2 -
Napoleonic Wars:
Battle of Austerlitz -
French troops under
Napoleon decisively defeat a joint
Russo-
Austrian force.
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December 26 -
Peace of Pressburg between France and Austria
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Sweden declares war on
France*
Horse Patrol, mounted
law enforcement force, founded in London, England
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Napoleon annuls the ten-day week of the
French Revolutionary Calendar. He also orders his soldiers to be
vaccinated*
King Anouvong becomes ruler of
Vientiane.
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Napoleonic Wars (
1799-
1815)-
Third Coalition*
January 8 -
Orson Hyde, American religious leader (d.
1878)
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January 27 -
Samuel Palmer, English artist (d.
1881)
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March 3 -
Jonas Furrer, first
President of the Swiss Confederation (d.
1861)
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April 2 -
Hans Christian Andersen, Danish writer (d.
1875)
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June 22 -
Giuseppe Mazzini Italian patriot, statesman, and writer (d.
1872)
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July 29 -
Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian (d.
1859)
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August 4 -
William Rowan Hamilton, Irish mathematician (d.
1865)
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August 29 -
Frederick Maurice, English theologian (d.
1872)
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November 14 -
Fanny Mendelssohn, German composer and pianist (d.
1847)
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December 22 -
John Obadiah Westwood, British entomologist (d.
1893)
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December 23 -
Joseph Smith, Jr., American religious leader, founder of Mormonism (d.
1844)
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January 9 -
Noble Jones, American Continental Congressman (b.
1723)
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January 23 -
Claude Chappe, French telecommunication pioneer (b.
1763)
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February 25 -
Thomas Pownall, British colonial statesman (b.
1722)
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March 4 -
Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter (b.
1725)
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May 9 -
Friedrich Schiller, German playwright (b.
1759)
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May 25 -
William Paley, English philosopher (b.
1743)
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May 28 -
Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer (b.
1743)
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June 19 -
Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter (b.
1724)
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August 3 -
Christopher Anstey, English writer (b.
1724)
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August 28 -
Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader (b.
1722)
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October 5 -
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, British general (b.
1738)
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October 21 -
Horatio Nelson, British admiral (mortally wounded in battle) (b.
1758)
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December 23 -
Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and naturalist (b.
1723)
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John Moore,
Archbishop of Canterbury (b.
1730)
