1805
1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar).
EventsJanuary 11 - Michigan Territory is created.February 15 - Harmony Society officially formedMarch 1 - Justice Samuel Chase acquitted of impeachment charges by the U.S. SenateApril 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 dead on May 28. June - War ends between Tripoli and the United States of America. June 4 - The first Trooping the Colour ceremony at the Horse Guards Parade in London June 13 - Lewis and Clark Expedition: Scouting ahead of the expedition, Meriwether Lewis and four companions sight the Great Falls of the Missouri River, confirming they are heading in the right direction.[1] October 21 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar - British naval fleet led by Admiral Horatio Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet off the coast of Spain. Admiral Nelson is fatally shot November 16 - Battle at Schungrabern - Russian army stops the French December 2 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Austerlitz - French troops under Napoleon decisively defeat a joint Russo-Austrian force. December 26 – Peace of Pressburg between France and Austria - Sweden declares war on France
- Horse Patrol, mounted law enforcement force, founded in London, England
- Napoleon annuls the ten-day week of the French Revolutionary Calendar. He also orders his soldiers to be vaccinated
Ongoing events - Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815)-Third Coalition
Births - January 8 - Orson Hyde, American religious leader (d. 1878)
- January 27 - Samuel Palmer, English artist (d. 1881)
- March 3 - Jonas Furrer, Swiss politician and first President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1861)
- April 2 - Hans Christian Andersen, Danish writer (d. 1875)
- June 22 - Giuseppe Mazzini Italian patriot, statesman, and writer (d. 1872)
- July 29 - Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian (d. 1859)
- August 29 - Frederick Maurice, English theologian (d. 1872)
- November 14 - Fanny Mendelssohn, German composer and pianist (d. 1847)
- December 22 - John Obadiah Westwood, British entomologist (d. 1893)
- December 23 - Joseph Smith, Jr, American religious leader, founder of Mormonism (d. 1844)
Deaths - January 23 - Claude Chappe, telecommunication pioneer
- May 9 - Friedrich Schiller, German playwright (b. 1759)
- May 25 - William Paley, philosopher
- May 28 - Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer (b. 1743)
- October 21 - Horatio Nelson, British admiral
- John Moore, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1730)
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