1801

Year 1801  was a (see link for calendar) of the  (or a of the 12-day-slower ).

January - March

 * - The first day of the.
 * - Legislative union of and  completed under the, bringing about the.
 * - discovers the.
 * - is appointed.
 * - resigns as.
 * - The ends the war  between  and.
 * - An tie between  and  is resolved when Jefferson is elected  and Burr  by the.
 * - is placed under the jurisdiction of the.
 * - succeeds  as the.
 * - Second : a army under  defeats the  troops.
 * - The n  is murdered. He is succeeded by his son.

April - June

 * - First - The  fleet under , along with  , attack .  dissolved.
 * - The pascha of declares war on  by having the flagpole on the consulate chopped down.
 * - and  sign the Treaty of . Portugal loses the city of
 * - falls to  troops.

July - September

 * - : The fleet beats the  fleet.
 * - signs the  with the.

October - December

 * - in the.
 * - First edition of .

Undated

 * The (January-March)
 * is officially annexed by.
 * The first is held in Great Britain.  is revealed to have 860,035 residents.
 * First in.
 * developed a where the pattern being woven was controlled by s.
 * is discovered by.

Ongoing events

 * (-)-/Egyptian Campaign

January - June

 * -, Dutch-American religious leader (d. )
 * -, American artist (d. )
 * towards -   evangelic priest, teacher and writer (d. )
 * -, English Roman Catholic Cardinal (d. )
 * -, French architect (d. )
 * -, American religious leader and colonizer (d. )
 * -, English architect (d. )
 * -, American religious leader (d. )
 * -, French philosopher (d. )

July - December

 * -, American naval commander (d.)
 * -, English publisher (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, German author and publisher (d. )
 * -, Italian composer (d. )
 * -, Russian lexicographer (d. )
 * -, German writer (d. )
 * date unknown
 * , Chinese painter (d. )
 * , Polish writer


 * See also .

January - June

 * -, Polish painter (b. )
 * -, Italian composer (b. )
 * - Tsar (b. )
 * -, German poet (b. )
 * -, British general (b. )
 * -, British engineer
 * -, French lexicographer (b. )
 * -, English physician (b. )
 * -, first Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (b. )

July - December

 * -, German astronomer (b. )
 * -, Marshal of France (b. )
 * -, American physician and Continental Congressman (b. )
 * -, Japanese philologist and scholar (b. )
 * -, Austrian field marshal (b. )
 * - ,American Revolution traitor (b. )


 * See also .