1805

Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Decades: 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s - 1800s - 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s

Years: 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 - 1805 - 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810

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Table of contents

1 Events 2 Year in topic 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

• January 11 - Michigan Territory is created.
• February 15 - Harmony Society officially formed
• April 27 - United States Marines and Berbers attack the Tripolitan city of Derna (The "shores of Tripoli").
• May 26 - In Milan's cathedral, Napoleon I of France is crowned King of Italy.
• June 1 - Luigi Boccherini was buried in Italy after being found found dead on May 28.
• October 21 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar - British naval fleet led by Admiral Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish off the coast of Spain.
• June - War ends between Tripoli and the United States of America.
• December 2 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Austerlitz - French troops under Napoleon decisively defeat a joint Russo-Austrian force.
• Sweden declares war on France
• Lewis and Clark Expedition sets out across North America

Year in topic

• 1805 in literature

Births

• March 3 - Jonas Furrer, Swiss politician and first President of the Swiss Confederation (+ 1861)
• April 2 - Hans Christian Andersen, writer (+ 1875)
• November 14 - Fanny Mendelssohn, composer and pianist
• December 23 - Joseph Smith, Jr, religious leader, founded Mormonism

Deaths

• January 23 - Claude Chappe, telecommunication pioneer (semaphores)
• May 9 - Schiller, German playwright.
• May 25 - William Paley, philosopher
• May 28 - Luigi Boccherini, Italian classical music preformer
• October 21 - Horatio Nelson, British admiral.\n

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