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January 11 Michigan Territory organizes March 3 Louisiana-Missouri Territory forms April 7 Premiere of Beethoven's "Eroica" (conducted by himself) April 27 U.S. Marines attack shores of Tripoli May 4 Henry C. Overing buys 80 acres of Throggs Neck in Bronx May 26 Lewis and Clark 1st see Rocky Mountains May 26 Napoleon is crowned king of Italy June 4 Tripoli forced to conclude peace with U.S. after war over tribute June 5 1st recorded tornado in "Tornado Alley", Southern Illinois June 21 Great Stoneface Mt. found in New Hampshire July 8 American Bill Richmond knocks out Jack Holmes, Kilburn Wells, England July 26 Naples/Calabria struck by Earthquake; about 26,000 die September 4 1st edition of Batavian State-Current published September 30 Napoleons army draws into the Rhine October 21 Battle of Trafalgar, Adm Nelson defeats French and Spanish fleet and dies October 23 Sailing ship "Aeneus" sinks off Newfoundland killing 340 November 7 Lewis and Clark 1st sights Pacific Ocean November 8 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific Ocean November 16 Battle at Schongrabern: Russian army stop French November 18 30 women meet at Mrs. Silas Lee's home in Wiscasset Maine, organizes November 18 Female Charitable Society, first woman's club in America November 18 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific Ocean, 1st Americans to cross continent November 20 Beethoven's "Fidelio," premieres in Vienna November 25 Opera "Thais" 1st American performance December 2 Napoleon defeats Russians and Austrians at Austerlitz December 9 Comet 3D/1805 V1 (Biela) approaches within 0.0366 AUs of Earth December 26 France and Austria signs Peace of Pressburg December 26 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts established, Philadelphia December 31 End of French Republican calendar; France returns to Gregorianism |
Alexis de Tocqueville 1805 - 1859 Robert Smith Surtees 1805 - 1864 Samuel Palmer 1805 - 1880 William Lloyd Garrison 1805 - 1879 Angelina Grimke 1805 - 1879 Giuseppe Mazzini 1805 - 1872 William Paley 1743 - 1805 Horatio Nelson 1758 - 1805 Barry Yelverton 1736 - 1805 Johann Friedrich Von Schiller 1759 - 1805 |
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