1801 Calendar
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1801 Historical Event(s)
January 1, 1801
– The legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland is completed to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
January 20, 1801
– John Marshall is appointed the Chief Justice of the United States.
February 4, 1801
– John Marshall is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States.
February 17, 1801
– An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr Vice President by the United States House of Representatives.
February 27, 1801
– Pursuant to the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Washington, D.C. is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress.
March 23, 1801
– Tsar Paul I of Russia is struck with a sword, then strangled, and finally trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael’s Castle.
April 2, 1801
– Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen – The British destroy the Danish fleet.
May 10, 1801
– First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.
July 6, 1801
– Battle of Algeciras: the French navy are defeated by the Royal Navy.
September 9, 1801
– Alexander I of Russia confirms the privileges of Baltic provinces.
Who Were Born On 1801?
January 29, 1801
– Horatia Nelson, daughter of Emma Hamilton and Horatio Nelson (d. 1881)
February 21, 1801
– John Henry Newman, English Catholic cardinal (d. 1890)
March 14, 1801
– Kristjan Jaak Peterson, first Estonian poet (d. 1822)
March 21, 1801
– Maria Theresa of Tuscany, Queen of Sardinia (d. 1855)
April 26, 1801
– Ambrose Dudley Mann, American diplomat (d. 1889)
May 31, 1801
– Johann Georg Baiter, Swiss philologist (d. 1887)
June 14, 1801
– Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (d. 1868)
July 5, 1801
– David Farragut, American naval commander (d. 1870)
August 28, 1801
– Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician (d. 1877)
December 11, 1801
– Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German writer (d. 1836)