January 1 Giuseppe Piazzi discovers 1st asteroid, which is named Ceres later Ireland and Great Britain, England and Scotland, form United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland established January 20 John Marshall appointed U.S. chief justice February 9 France and Austrian sign Peace of Luneville February 17 House breaks electoral college tie, chooses Jefferson President over Burr February 27 Washington D.C. placed under Congressional jurisdiction March 3 1st U.S. Jewish governor, David Emanuel, takes office in Georgia March 4 Thomas Jefferson is the 1st president inaugurated in Washington D.C. March 7 Massachusetts enacts 1st state voter registration law March 8 British drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt March 23 Murder attempt on Czar Paul I March 24 Aleksandr P Romanov becomes emperor of Russia April 8 Soldiers riot in Bucharest, kill 128 Jews April 11 Johann von Schiller's "Die Jungfrau von Orleans," premieres in Leipzig April 24 1st performance of Joseph Haydn's oratorio "Die Jahreszeiten" June 6 Peace of Badajoz: Spain-Portugal June 10 Tripoli declares war on U.S. for refusing tribute July 6 Battle at Algeciras: French fleet beats British July 7 Toussaint L'Ouverture declares Haitian independence July 11 French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons discovers his 1st comet July 12 Battle at Algeciras: British fleet beats French and Spanish July 16 Pope Pius VII and 1st consul Napoleon sign concord July 20 Elisha Brown, Jr. pressed a 1,235 pound cheese ball at his farm October 1 England and France signs Preliminary of London November 10 Kentucky outlaws dueling November 16 1st edition of New York Evening Post
