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October 21: Battle of Trafalgar
1805 (MDCCCV) was a common year starting
on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and
a common
year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1805th year of
the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the
805th year of the 2nd millennium,
the 5th year of the 19th century,
and the 6th year of the 1800s decade. As of the start of 1805,
the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which
remained in localized use until 1923. After thirteen years the First French Empire abolished
the French
Republican Calendar in favour of
the Gregorian calendar. Contents ·
1Events ·
2Births ·
3Deaths Events[edit] January–March[edit] ·
January 11 – The Michigan Territory is
created. ·
February 15 – The Harmony Society is officially formed as
a Christian community in Harmony,
Pennsylvania. ·
March 1 – Justice Samuel Chase is acquitted of impeachment charges, by the United States Senate. ·
March 4 – Thomas Jefferson is sworn
in for a second term, as President of the United States. ·
March 5 – The New Brunswick
Legislature passes a bill to advance literacy in the province,
which eventually leads to the creation of public education in what is now
Canada. April–June[edit] ·
April 7 – Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, Eroica,
has its public premiere at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna under his baton. ·
April 27 – Battle of Derne: United States
Marines and Berbers attack the Tripolitan city of Derna (the Shores
of Tripoli). ·
April 29 – Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck is
appointed as Grand Pensionary of
the Batavian Republic,
by Napoleon. ·
May 26 – Napoleon is crowned King of Italy. ·
May 31–June 2 – Napoleonic Wars – Battle of Diamond
Rock: A Franco-Spanish fleet captures the strategic island
of Diamond Rock off Martinique in the West Indies, from the British occupying
force. ·
June 1 – Tuscan-born composer Luigi Boccherini is buried in St.
Michael's Basilica, Madrid, after being found dead on May 28. ·
June 4 – The First Barbary War ends
between Tripoli and the United States of America. ·
June 4 ·
The first Trooping the Colour ceremony is held at the Horse Guards Parade in
London. ·
Detroit burns to the ground; most of
the city is destroyed. ·
June 13 – Lewis and
Clark Expedition in the United States: 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. July–September[edit] ·
July 9 – Muhammad Ali Pasha founds
his dynasty in Egypt. ·
July 26 – An earthquake kills
5,573 people in Molise and Campania, Italy. ·
August 12 – Lewis and
Clark Expedition: U.S. Army Captain Meriwether Lewis becomes the first
white person to reach the Continental
Divide, that marks the division between the east and west sections
of the North American continent, crossing at Lemhi Pass.[1] ·
August 29 – Emperor
Franz I of Austria and his council of ministers vote in favor
of going to war with France.[2] ·
August 31 – British Army General David Baird departs
from Cork, leading an
expedition to capture the Cape of Good Hope.
Their ship arrives on January 4.[3] ·
September 21 – King
Ferdinand of Naples signs a treaty in Paris, agreeing to keep Naples neutral
during the war between France and the allied powers.[4] ·
September 29 – Admiral
Nelson of the Royal Navy takes command of the fleet
off of the coast of Cadiz, in order to
counteract the navies of France and Spain.[5] October–December[edit] ·
October 14 – Napoleonic Wars – War of the
Third Coalition – Ulm Campaign – Battle of Elchingen: An Austrian corps under Johann von Riesch is defeated by Marshal Ney, near Elchingen, Bavaria. ·
October 16–19 – War of the
Third Coalition – Ulm Campaign – Battle of Ulm: Austrian General Mack von Leiberich is forced to surrender his
entire army to Napoleon, after being surrounded. ·
October 21 – Napoleonic Wars – War of the
Third Coalition – Battle of Trafalgar:
The British fleet, led by Admiral Horatio Nelson, defeats a combined French
and Spanish fleet off the coast of Spain; however, Admiral Nelson is fatally
shot. ·
October 31 – Sweden, led by King Gustav IV
Adolf, declares war on France.[6] ·
November 7 – The Lewis and
Clark Expedition arrives at the Pacific Ocean. ·
November 11 – Napoleonic Wars – Battle of Dürenstein: 8,000 French troops attempt to
slow the retreat of a vastly superior Russian and Austrian force. ·
November 16 – Napoleonic Wars – Battle of Schöngrabern: Russian forces, under Pyotr Bagration, delay the pursuit by
French troops under Joachim Murat. ·
November 20 – Beethoven's
only opera Fidelio, in its
original form (known retrospectively as Leonore),
is premiered at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna, which at this time is
under French military occupation. ·
November 26 – The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is opened in Wales; it
is 1,007 ft (307 m) long and 126 ft (38 m) tall.
December 2: Battle of Austerlitz ·
December 2 – Napoleonic Wars – Battle of Austerlitz:
French troops under Napoleon decisively
defeat a joint Russo-Austrian force. ·
December 26 – The Peace of Pressburg is signed, between France and
Austria. ·
December 31 – The French
Republican Calendar (which featured a 10-day week until 1802)
is used for the last time, 8 days after being annulled by Napoleon, with the final official date being
"9 Nivôse in Year XIV of the
Revolution".[7] Date unknown[edit] ·
King Anouvong becomes ruler of Vientiane. ·
The Horse Patrol, a mounted law enforcement force,
is founded in London, England. ·
James Squire becomes the first brewer
in Australia to cultivate hops. ·
The Old Man of the
Mountain, a natural rock formation in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, is first mentioned by two
workmen, Francis Whitcomb and Luke Brooks. ·
Napoleon orders his soldiers to be vaccinated. Births[edit] January–June[edit]
·
January 8 – Orson Hyde, American religious leader
(d. 1878) ·
January 27 – Samuel Palmer, English artist (d. 1881) ·
February 13 – Peter
Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician (d. 1859) ·
February 18 – Louis M.
Goldsborough, United States Navy admiral (d. 1877) ·
March 3 – Jonas Furrer,
first President
of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1861) ·
March 23 – Sears Cook Walker,
American mathematician, astronomer (d. 1853) ·
March 26 – Shirali Muslimov,
World's longest lived person than Jeanne Calment (d. 1973) ·
April 2 – Hans Christian
Andersen, Danish writer (d. 1875) ·
April 8 – Hugo von Mohl,
German botanist (d. 1872) ·
April 22 – Benito de Soto, Galician pirate (d. 1830) ·
June 9 – José Trinidad
Cabañas, Honduran general, president and national hero (d. 1871) ·
June 22 – Giuseppe Mazzini Italian patriot,
statesman, and writer (d. 1872) July–December[edit]
·
July 5 – Robert FitzRoy,
English meteorologist, captain and politician (d. 1865) ·
July 29 – Alexis de
Tocqueville, French historian (d. 1859) ·
July 30 – Rudolf Wagner, German anatomist, pathologist
(d. 1864) ·
August 4 – William Rowan
Hamilton, Irish physicist (d. 1865) ·
September 19 – John Stevens
Cabot Abbott, American historian, pastor, and pedagogical writer
(d. 1877) ·
September 27 – George Müller, Prussian evangelist, founder
of the Ashley
Down orphanage in England (d. 1898) ·
November 14 – Fanny Mendelssohn,
German composer, pianist (d. 1847) ·
November 28 – John Lloyd Stephens,
American traveler, diplomat and Mayanist
archaeologist (d. 1852) ·
December 2 – Cicero Price, American commodore (d. 1888) ·
December 10 – William Lloyd
Garrison, American abolitionist (d. 1879) ·
December 12 – Henry Wells, founder of Wells Fargo (d. 1878) ·
December 22 – John Obadiah
Westwood, English entomologist (d. 1893) ·
December 23 – Joseph Smith, founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Church
and Latter Day Saint
movement (d. 1844) ·
December 31 – Jeanne Deroin,
French socialist, feminist (d. 1894) ·
date unknown ·
Maiden of Ludmir,
Jewish religious leader (d. 1888) Deaths[edit] January–June[edit]
·
January 9 – Noble Wimberly Jones, American Continental Congressman
(b. 1723) ·
January 17 – Paschen von Cossel, German lawyer (b. 1714) ·
January 18 – John
Moore (archbishop of Canterbury) (b. 1730) ·
January 23 – Claude Chappe,
French telecommunication pioneer (b. 1763) ·
February 20 – Justus Claproth,
German jurist, inventor of the de-inking process of recycled paper (b. 1728) ·
February 25 – Thomas Pownall,
English colonial statesman (b. 1722) ·
March 4 – Jean-Baptiste Greuze,
French painter (b. 1725) ·
May 7 – William
Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime
Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1737) ·
May 9 – Friedrich Schiller,
German playwright (b. 1759) ·
May 12 – Ferdinand
von Hompesch zu Bolheim, 71st Grandmaster of the Order of Malta (b. 1744) ·
May 25 – William Paley, English philosopher (b. 1743) ·
May 25 – Anna Maria Rückerschöld, Swedish author (d. 1725) ·
May 28 – Luigi Boccherini, Tuscan-born composer
(b. 1743) ·
June 19 – Louis-Jean-François
Lagrenée, French painter (b. 1724) July–December[edit]
·
August 3 – Christopher Anstey,
English writer (b. 1724) ·
August 28 – Alexander Carlyle,
Scottish church leader (b. 1722) ·
October 5 – Charles
Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, British general (b. 1738) ·
October 5 – Eleonore Prochaska,
German heroine soldier (b. 1785) ·
October 21 – Horatio Nelson, British admiral (mortally
wounded in battle) (b. 1758) ·
December 16 – Saverio Cassar,
Gozitan priest, rebel leader (b. 1746) ·
December 23 – Pehr Osbeck,
Swedish explorer, naturalist (b. 1723) ·
December 23 – Geneviève Thiroux d'Arconville,
French novelist, translator and chemist (b. 1720) ·
date unknown ·
Rafaela Herrera, Nicaraguan heroine
(b. 1742) ·
Bety of Betsimisaraka,
queen regnant (b. 1735) References[edit] 1. ^ Karen Jones and John Wills, The
American West: Competing Visions (Edinburgh University Press, 2009)
p17 2. ^ Kinley Brauer
and William E. Wright, Austria in the Age of the French Revolution,
1789-1815 (Berghahn Books, 1990) p11 3. ^ "Baird, David", in A
New General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 3, ed. by Hugh James Rose (T.
Fellowes, 1857) p20 4. ^ Tales of the Wars; Or, Naval and
Military Chronicle (William Mark Clark, 1836) p329 5. ^ The Englishman's library:
comprising a series of historical, biographical, and national information (Charles
Knight, 1824) p165 6. ^ H. Arnold Barton, Scandinavia
in the Revolutionary Era: 1760–1815 (University of Minnesota Press,
1986) p267 7. ^ Thomas Carlyle, The French
Revolution (Courier Corporation, 2012) p210 ·
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