Explore 504 historical events from 1800–1809.
Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay was a British historian, poet and Whig politician who served as the Secretary at War between 1839 and 1841, and as the Paymaster Gener…
Thomas Babington Macaulay, English poet, historian, and politician, Secretary at War (died 1859)
Jacques Paul Migne was a French Catholic priest who published inexpensive and widely distributed editions of theological works, encyclopedias, and the texts of the Church Fathers, …
Jacques Paul Migne, French priest (died 1875)
Julius von Mohl was a German Orientalist.
Julius von Mohl, German orientalist (died 1876)
William Cowper was an English poet and Anglican hymnwriter.
William Cowper, English poet (born 1731)
Niccolò Piccinni was an Italian composer of symphonies, sacred music, chamber music, and opera. Although he is somewhat obscure today, Piccinni was one of the most popular composer…
Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer (born 1728)
Graf Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall. The chief of staff of the Prussian Army for thirty years, he is regarded as the creator of a new, more mo…
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal (died 1891)
Count Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov-Rymniksky, Prince of Italy was a Russian general and military theorist in the service of the Russian Empire.
Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (born 1729)
Louis Charles Antoine Desaix was a French general and military leader during the French Revolutionary Wars. According to the usage of the time, he took the name Louis Charles Antoi…
Louis Desaix, French general (born 1768)
Divisional-General Jean-Baptiste Kléber was a French army officer and architect who served in the War of the Bavarian Succession and French Revolutionary Wars. After serving for on…
Jean-Baptiste Kléber, French general (born 1753)
Abraham Gotthelf Kästner was a mathematician and epigrammatist from the Holy Roman Empire.
Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician and academic (born 1719)
Major-General Claude Martin was a French army officer who served in the French and later British East India companies in colonial India. Martin rose to the rank of major-general in…
Claude Martin, French-English general and explorer (born 1735)
William Billings was an American composer and is regarded as the first American choral composer and leading member of the First New England School.
William Billings, American composer and educator (born 1746)
Johann Nepomuk Cosmas Michael Denis, also: Sined the Bard, was an Austrian Catholic priest and Jesuit, who is best known as a poet, bibliographer, and lepidopterist.
Michael Denis, Austrian poet and author (born 1729)
Gabriel's Rebellion was a planned slave rebellion in the Richmond, Virginia, area in the summer of 1800. Information regarding the revolt was leaked before its execution, and Gabri…
Gabriel Prosser, American rebel leader (born 1776)
Artemas Ward was an American major general in the American Revolutionary War and a Congressman from Massachusetts. He was considered an effective political leader, President John A…
Artemas Ward, American general and politician (born 1727)
The Library of Congress is a research library in Washington, D.C., serving as the library and research service for the United States Congress and the de facto national library of t…
The Library of Congress (building pictured), the de facto national library of the United States, was established as part
The War of the Second Coalition (1798–1802) was the second war between revolutionary France and a coalition of European monarchies, led by Britain, Austria and Russia, and includin…
War of the Second Coalition: In the Battle of Marengo, Napoleonic forces secured victory over the Habsburgs when defeat
The War of the Second Coalition (1798–1802) was the second war between revolutionary France and a coalition of European monarchies, led by Britain, Austria and Russia, and includin…
War of the Second Coalition: The signing of the Convention of Alessandria brought temporary peace between France and Aus
The War of the Second Coalition (1798–1802) was the second war between revolutionary France and a coalition of European monarchies, led by Britain, Austria and Russia, and includin…
War of the Second Coalition: French forces won a victory at the Battle of Neuburg, ending Austrian control over the Rive
The War of the Second Coalition (1798–1802) was the second war between revolutionary France and a coalition of European monarchies, led by Britain, Austria and Russia, and includin…
War of the Second Coalition: The British Royal Navy force attacked the well-defended French anchorage of Dunkirk…
The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of sweeping military conflicts resulting from the French Revolution that lasted from 1792 until 1802. They pitted France against Great B…
French Revolutionary Wars: Facing starvation and a death rate of 100 soldiers per day, the French garrison in Malta…
The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of sweeping military conflicts resulting from the French Revolution that lasted from 1792 until 1802. They pitted France against Great B…
French Revolutionary Wars: After U.S. ships became involved, French forces abandoned their invasion of the Batavian…
The Third Treaty of San Ildefonso was a secret agreement signed on 1 October 1800 between Spain and the French Republic by which Spain agreed in principle to exchange its North Ame…
With the signing of the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso, Spain returned the colonial territory of Louisiana to France in…
A privateer is a private person or vessel which engages in commerce raiding under a commission of war. Since piracy was a common aspect of seaborne trade, until the early 19th cent…
The French privateer Robert Surcouf led a 150-man crew to capture the 40-gun, 437-man East Indiaman Kent.